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Think of a piece of crime fiction. What broad plot points spring to mind? There’s a not-so-terrible chance your selection includes a beautiful dead woman and a sad male protagonist for whom the crime prompts a journey of discovery and personal development. In this brief animation, the US writer Laura Lippman argues that it’s time for writers to strike a fatal blow to this tired trope, and make sure that victims – especially female victims that belong to marginalised groups – are treated as human beings instead of mere plot devices.
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Sports and games
Young Palestinians find fleeting moments of freedom at a West Bank skate park
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History of science
Meet the Quaker pacifist who shattered British science’s highest glass ceilings
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Gender
A catchy tune explains the world’s ‘isms’ – according to your mum doing the laundry
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Human rights and justice
Surreal, dazzling visuals form an Iranian expat’s tribute to defiance back home
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History
Hags, seductresses, feminist icons – how gender dynamics manifest in witches
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Love and friendship
Never marry a man you love too much, and other views on romance in Sierra Leone
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Engineering
Can monumental ‘ice stupas’ help remote Himalayan villages survive?
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Stories and literature
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Fairness and equality
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