ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSJo Shaw and Ben Fletcher-WatsonFOREWORDJo ShawINTRODUCTIONCompanions, Friends, EqualsMargie OrfordREPARING THE CANVAS: SETTING THE SCENEThe Business of IncantationsHeather PearsonPORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST: ON ARTISTS AND ART-MAKINGArt vs Craft s? On resisting gendered hierarchies of practice in the art worldAlana TysonSowing dangerous seedsRachel RobertsRoma StorytellerIldiko NovaThis is not a poemK.E. CarverLike a Woman: How we move embodies our past and creates our futureAnna BrazierHow to be a MonsterMaya MackrandilalBODY OF WORK: ON SEXUALITY AND THE BODYNĀNHeshani Sothiraj EddlestonIf a dangerous woman you be…Jayde KirchertThe Praying MantisRebecca VedavathyShamelessSim BajwaMonster CostumeSasha de Buyl-PiscoBein a GirlLeonie MhariAgendasElaine GallagherNeo-Burlesque’s Neo-FeminismTara PixleyNot My TypeMary Paulson-EllisHer & ITreasa NealonEat Them AllSiris GallinatArchetypes Have No Place HereMaria FuscoPoetry, art and ‘to dare to talk about my body’Sepideh JodeyriART OF THE POSSIBLE: ON POLITICS, ACTIVISM AND HUMAN RIGHTSHide & SeekZuhal FeraidonResponse to Random Murder III: December 14, 2012, Newtown, CT, 28 dead (Mother & Child with a Glock)Meredith BergmannA Cry for the MothersAlison JonesThe TrialMaria StoianObituaryIrene HossackThe PainterLucy WaltersWomen of St eel: seeing powerful women in a new frameSatdeep GrewalMartha Gruening: ‘Brick in a soft hat’susan c. desselAn EducationSavanna Scott LeslieARS LONGA, VITA BREVIS: ON FOLKLORE AND HISTORYRiding with Baba YagaKate FeldDangerous Agencies: Norns, Games and Aesthetics of EmergenceTanya KrzywinskaNot by Blood AloneDilys RoseStargazedS.E. CraythornePersephone No MoreRoisin KellyA Short History of Enemies and FriendsShirley DayAnne Askew: Dangerous ConvictionsClaire AskewSUFFERING FOR YOUR ART: ON STRENGTH, CONFLICT AND RESISTANCEDangerous Emotions: three poemsJL WilliamsPlaits Underneath an Orange HelmetMillie Earle-WrightThis is your storyMelissa Álvaro MutoloThe TruthNkateko MasingaSpeaking Out / Keeping SilentSasha de Buyl-PiscoForgottenKerri TurnerA Dangerous WomanJoanie ConwellPaper Dolls Join Together with Dots of Whispered SteelClare ArchibaldRearguard Act ion on Neilson RoadPriyanthini GunsLIVES OF THE ARTISTS: ON BIOGRAPHY AND IDENTITYUnica Zürn: Creating Art from a Dangerous PlaceHilaireJoan Eardley: A Woman for all WeathersHelen BodenLady Macbeth: Elisabet Ney’s Final SculptureCarly BrownCamille Claudel: the dangerous French sculptorElif SezenAmparo Cardenal: the singing non-singerEva Moreda RodríguezCelebrating transgressive celebrity: Sarah BernhardtVictoria DuckettLee Miller: Photography, Surrealism, and BeyondPatricia AllmerAlison SmithsonKate SchneiderDangerous Art: Liubov Popova, Constructivism and politics as an artformSotiria GrekElizabeth Miller: the Maiden of the SeaBrenda RoseteWonder and grief, poetry and danger: reflecting on the life and work of the ‘other’ WordsworthMarianne BoruchPOSTSCRIPTMay you forever be fierce: a dangerous devotionalBrooke BolanderINDEXUnique and kaleidoscopic collection of feminist visual and literary artThe idea that women are dangerous – individually or collectively – runs throughout history and across cultures. Behind this label lies a significant set of questions about the dynamics, conflicts, identities and power relations with which women live today.The Art of Being Dangerous offers many different images of women, some humorous, some challenging, some well-known, some forgotten, but all unique. In a dazzling variety of creative forms, artists and writers of diverse identities explore what it means to be a dangerous woman.With almost 100 evocative images, this collection showcases an array of contemporary art that highlights the staggering breadth of talent among today’s female artists. It offers an unparalleled gallery of feminist creativity, ranging from emerging visual artists from the UK to multi-award-winning writers and translators from the Global South.The idea that women are dangerous – individually or collectively – runs throughout history and across cultures. Behind this label lies a significant set of questions about the dynamics, conflicts, identities and power relations with which women live today.The Art of Being Dangerous offers many different images of women, some humorous, some challenging, some well-known, some forgotten, but all unique. In a dazzling variety of creative forms, artists and writers of diverse identities explore what it means to be a dangerous woman.With almost 100 evocative images, this collection showcases an array of contemporary art that highlights the staggering breadth of talent among today’s female artists. It offers an unparalleled gallery of feminist creativity, ranging from emerging visual artists from the UK to multi-award-winning writers and translators from the Global South.