PEGI EYERS
Dangerous Women:
Fifty Reflections on Women, Power and Identity
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Published by Unbound and the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities in Edinburgh, DANGEROUS WOMEN was launched on International Women's Day 2022~! Including the essay "Dangerous White Woman!" by Pegi Eyers, this amazing anthology features fifty reflections on women, power and identity. You can order the deluxe paperback version of Dangerous Women, or download various formats of the ebook on Unbound here.
What does it mean to be a dangerous woman? Who, or what, does she present a danger to? Who gets to say she’s dangerous? Why do they want to say it? Does she consider herself dangerous? Is feminism dangerous? And what do the answers to those questions tell us about societies past and present? About our social and political structures, about our everyday lives, our attitudes and our very identities? Dangerous Women gives fifty wide-ranging perspectives on these questions. We have welcomed poets, playwrights, artists, academics, journalists, historians, performers and opinion-formers, and indeed anyone with an angle on the theme, to reflect on the danger of females. Speaking from a variety of ages, ethnicities and cultures, we have come together from all over the world to give agency to any woman dismissed for her power, talent or success, trivialized as a threat or condemned for challenging the status quo. We are here to celebrate these women and applaud them for their strength. In doing so, we have reclaimed the right to be dangerous, and highlighted the power of otherwise dismissed female figures. If you lack female idols, this book is for you. If you want to challenge the narrative that a powerful woman is a threat, this inclusive and diverse book is for you. Dangerous Women is for anyone and everyone who questions how to be dangerous, and indeed, what that means.
The Editors Jo Shaw, Ben Fletcher-Watson and Abrisham Ahmadzadeh
What does it mean to be a dangerous woman? Who, or what, does she present a danger to? Who gets to say she’s dangerous? Why do they want to say it? Does she consider herself dangerous? Is feminism dangerous? And what do the answers to those questions tell us about societies past and present? About our social and political structures, about our everyday lives, our attitudes and our very identities? Dangerous Women gives fifty wide-ranging perspectives on these questions. We have welcomed poets, playwrights, artists, academics, journalists, historians, performers and opinion-formers, and indeed anyone with an angle on the theme, to reflect on the danger of females. Speaking from a variety of ages, ethnicities and cultures, we have come together from all over the world to give agency to any woman dismissed for her power, talent or success, trivialized as a threat or condemned for challenging the status quo. We are here to celebrate these women and applaud them for their strength. In doing so, we have reclaimed the right to be dangerous, and highlighted the power of otherwise dismissed female figures. If you lack female idols, this book is for you. If you want to challenge the narrative that a powerful woman is a threat, this inclusive and diverse book is for you. Dangerous Women is for anyone and everyone who questions how to be dangerous, and indeed, what that means.
The Editors Jo Shaw, Ben Fletcher-Watson and Abrisham Ahmadzadeh
