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’No you’re not’ – a portrait of autistic women

In this sensitive series of portraits and interviews, photographer Rosie Barnes acknowledges the voices and experiences of autistic women.

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Battling the heteronormativity of sexual health

As a queer, Black women, Mary W is sick of the never-ending hetero-cycle of clinic appointments, where her needs and sexuality are always a surprise to the doctor. She calls for a revolution.

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Mary Morris-Knibb, a woman of courage and ability

A Jamaican election banner reveals the story of a pioneering women’s rights campaigner who continues to inspire 80 years on.

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Dangers inside and out

Eimear McBride reflects on the deadly consequences of misogyny in the wake of the murder of Sarah Everard and argues why advising women to simply “stay indoors” is wrong.

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  • A woman's face on shattered glass: women's health rights in Sudan. Colour lithograph by Ahfad Reproductive Health Centre, ca. 1999.
  • A black female silhouette figure with a purple drape and long hair dancing to the left representing an advertisement for a programme about Women's Rights to commemorate World AIDS Day in Honduras. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • Two women from Zanzibar, one milking the other's right breast into a cup.
  • Left, a woman undressing (?) to take a bath; right, two women preparing a bath. Woodcut by Sukenobu, 1736.
  • Various wigs and wig accessories for women, left; two patterns of wigs for men, right. Engraving by R. Bénard.
  • Dancing spectres (centre), a man and a woman arguing (left), and two women arguing over a man (right). Coloured etching.
  • Javanese dancers, with men on the left and women on the right, accompanied by a musician. Engraving by T. de Bry.
  • Two fashionable women who wear extremely high wigs; to the right a gentleman greets them by taking his hat off. Engraving, 1773.
  • Dance of death: three music-making and dancing skeletons flanked by two women on the left and a couple on the right. Etching.
  • Mont Alto Sanatorium for tuberculosis, Pennsylvania: view showing the Men's Camp (left) and the Women's Camp (right), with the Recreation Hall in the foreground. Photograph, 1920/1940?.
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