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Liberating Histories: Women's Movement Magazines, Media Activism and Periodical Pedagogies | funded by the AHRC | Northumbria University UK | Women's Library LSE
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To find out more about Liberating Histories, tune into our podcast series 🎙️
It explores the last 50 years of feminism through the campaigns, communities & controversies sparked by some of its most cherished magazines ✨
Listen wherever you get your podcasts: liberatinghistories.org/podcast-seri...
It explores the last 50 years of feminism through the campaigns, communities & controversies sparked by some of its most cherished magazines ✨
Listen wherever you get your podcasts: liberatinghistories.org/podcast-seri...
Today!
Whatever happened to an Internationalist British Feminism?
Find out at the Women's Library, LSE 4-6pm
+ leaf through feminist magazines from the 70s-80s
free tickets below >>
tinyurl.com/2s42fdzf
Whatever happened to an Internationalist British Feminism?
Find out at the Women's Library, LSE 4-6pm
+ leaf through feminist magazines from the 70s-80s
free tickets below >>
tinyurl.com/2s42fdzf
Whatever happened to an Internationalist British Feminism?
Join Liberating Histories in The Women's Library Reading Room
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May 13, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Today!
Whatever happened to an Internationalist British Feminism?
Find out at the Women's Library, LSE 4-6pm
+ leaf through feminist magazines from the 70s-80s
free tickets below >>
tinyurl.com/2s42fdzf
Whatever happened to an Internationalist British Feminism?
Find out at the Women's Library, LSE 4-6pm
+ leaf through feminist magazines from the 70s-80s
free tickets below >>
tinyurl.com/2s42fdzf
Tomorrow! 4-6pm at The Women's Library LSE
Join us to explore the intertwined histories of British feminism and global fights for reproductive justice
You'll also be able to look at original magazines of the 70s-80s from the Women's Library collection
Free tickets below >>>
Join us to explore the intertwined histories of British feminism and global fights for reproductive justice
You'll also be able to look at original magazines of the 70s-80s from the Women's Library collection
Free tickets below >>>
'Whatever happened to an internationalist British feminism?' Join @liberatinghistorys.bsky.social in LSE Library on 13 May at 4pm to consider the question with an opportunity to look through women's liberation journals of the 1970s and 1980s. More details here:
Whatever happened to an Internationalist British Feminism?
Join Liberating Histories in The Women's Library Reading Room
www.eventbrite.co.uk
May 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Tomorrow! 4-6pm at The Women's Library LSE
Join us to explore the intertwined histories of British feminism and global fights for reproductive justice
You'll also be able to look at original magazines of the 70s-80s from the Women's Library collection
Free tickets below >>>
Join us to explore the intertwined histories of British feminism and global fights for reproductive justice
You'll also be able to look at original magazines of the 70s-80s from the Women's Library collection
Free tickets below >>>
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It's tomorrow at 4pm. Find out about the brilliant @liberatinghistorys.bsky.social project and have a look through some women's lib magazines at LSE Library.
'Whatever happened to an internationalist British feminism?' Join @liberatinghistorys.bsky.social in LSE Library on 13 May at 4pm to consider the question with an opportunity to look through women's liberation journals of the 1970s and 1980s. More details here:
Whatever happened to an Internationalist British Feminism?
Join Liberating Histories in The Women's Library Reading Room
www.eventbrite.co.uk
May 12, 2025 at 8:27 AM
It's tomorrow at 4pm. Find out about the brilliant @liberatinghistorys.bsky.social project and have a look through some women's lib magazines at LSE Library.
Reposted by Liberating Histories
'Whatever happened to an internationalist British feminism?' Join @liberatinghistorys.bsky.social in LSE Library on 13 May at 4pm to consider the question with an opportunity to look through women's liberation journals of the 1970s and 1980s. More details here:
Whatever happened to an Internationalist British Feminism?
Join Liberating Histories in The Women's Library Reading Room
www.eventbrite.co.uk
May 6, 2025 at 8:40 AM
'Whatever happened to an internationalist British feminism?' Join @liberatinghistorys.bsky.social in LSE Library on 13 May at 4pm to consider the question with an opportunity to look through women's liberation journals of the 1970s and 1980s. More details here:
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Our archive contains over a hundred articles and podcasts related to women’s history!
To celebrate Women’s History Month we asked our editors to pick some of their current favourites ✊🗃️
To celebrate Women’s History Month we asked our editors to pick some of their current favourites ✊🗃️
March 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Our archive contains over a hundred articles and podcasts related to women’s history!
To celebrate Women’s History Month we asked our editors to pick some of their current favourites ✊🗃️
To celebrate Women’s History Month we asked our editors to pick some of their current favourites ✊🗃️
Latest in our special issue:
Carla Cerqueira, Célia Taborda, & Ana Sofia Pereira on ‘Contemporary Portuguese feminist activisms through the analysis of the International Feminist Strike website: subversive revolt and counterpower’
Read via the Journal of Gender Studies ✊✊
doi.org/10.1080/0958...
Carla Cerqueira, Célia Taborda, & Ana Sofia Pereira on ‘Contemporary Portuguese feminist activisms through the analysis of the International Feminist Strike website: subversive revolt and counterpower’
Read via the Journal of Gender Studies ✊✊
doi.org/10.1080/0958...
Contemporary Portuguese feminist activisms through the analysis of the International Feminist Strike website: subversive revolt and counterpower
The International Feminist Strike, emerging in 2017, seeks to redefine International Women’s Day (8 March). Its objective is to reclaim and revitalize the day by aligning it with its original purpo...
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March 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Latest in our special issue:
Carla Cerqueira, Célia Taborda, & Ana Sofia Pereira on ‘Contemporary Portuguese feminist activisms through the analysis of the International Feminist Strike website: subversive revolt and counterpower’
Read via the Journal of Gender Studies ✊✊
doi.org/10.1080/0958...
Carla Cerqueira, Célia Taborda, & Ana Sofia Pereira on ‘Contemporary Portuguese feminist activisms through the analysis of the International Feminist Strike website: subversive revolt and counterpower’
Read via the Journal of Gender Studies ✊✊
doi.org/10.1080/0958...
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& biggest thank you to @liberatinghistorys.bsky.social for putting the special issue together! liberatinghistories.org/liberating-h...
Publications
Publications BACK TO THE FUTURE: FEMINIST MEDIA ACTIVISM IN TRANSITION This special issue of the Journal of Gender Studies was curated by the Liberating Histories project, and co-edited by Pro…
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March 8, 2025 at 11:13 PM
& biggest thank you to @liberatinghistorys.bsky.social for putting the special issue together! liberatinghistories.org/liberating-h...
Excited to announce that ‘Networks of queer reproduction in Sappho magazine (1972-81)’ by Rebecca Close is out now 🌐✨
This piece is part of our special issue on Feminist
Media in Transition for the Journal of Gender Studies
Read it here!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This piece is part of our special issue on Feminist
Media in Transition for the Journal of Gender Studies
Read it here!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Networks of queer reproduction in Sappho magazine (1972–1981)
In 1978 the London Evening News ran a series of ‘exposés’ on the UK lesbian organization and magazine Sappho and their Artificial Insemination by Donor (A.I.D) network. This article situates the Sa...
www.tandfonline.com
March 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Excited to announce that ‘Networks of queer reproduction in Sappho magazine (1972-81)’ by Rebecca Close is out now 🌐✨
This piece is part of our special issue on Feminist
Media in Transition for the Journal of Gender Studies
Read it here!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This piece is part of our special issue on Feminist
Media in Transition for the Journal of Gender Studies
Read it here!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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A little niche, our Leftie Book of the Day: Big Flame, the only socialist/feminist group named after a TV programme. 200 members at most, in the 70s/80s. The best bits are people writing about what they did afterwards: fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/product/big-flame-building-the-movements-new-politics/
January 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
A little niche, our Leftie Book of the Day: Big Flame, the only socialist/feminist group named after a TV programme. 200 members at most, in the 70s/80s. The best bits are people writing about what they did afterwards: fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/product/big-flame-building-the-movements-new-politics/
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#OtD 23 Jan 1913 10,000 clothing workers went on strike in Rochester, NY for an 8 hour day, a 10% wage increase, union recognition and better benefits. Ended in April after employers agreed not to discriminate against union members stories.workingclasshistory.c...
January 24, 2025 at 3:48 AM
#OtD 23 Jan 1913 10,000 clothing workers went on strike in Rochester, NY for an 8 hour day, a 10% wage increase, union recognition and better benefits. Ended in April after employers agreed not to discriminate against union members stories.workingclasshistory.c...
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OTD in 2021: abortion became legal in Argentina.
This piece from our archive uncovers the feminist and LGTBIQ+ alliance which led an influential campaign advocating bodily autonomy for all those with the capacity to conceive ✊🗃️
This piece from our archive uncovers the feminist and LGTBIQ+ alliance which led an influential campaign advocating bodily autonomy for all those with the capacity to conceive ✊🗃️
No uterus, no opinion? Travestis, Gays & Maricas’ Activism for the Abortion Legalization in Argentina
How did the movements for bodily autonomy by those without the capacity to conceive - travestis, maricas, and gays – contribute to Argentina's recent legalization of abortion? Marce Butierrez and Patr...
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
January 24, 2025 at 7:13 AM
OTD in 2021: abortion became legal in Argentina.
This piece from our archive uncovers the feminist and LGTBIQ+ alliance which led an influential campaign advocating bodily autonomy for all those with the capacity to conceive ✊🗃️
This piece from our archive uncovers the feminist and LGTBIQ+ alliance which led an influential campaign advocating bodily autonomy for all those with the capacity to conceive ✊🗃️
Excited to see brilliant new exhibition
'Animated Activism: Women Empowered'
feat. work by feminist collective Leeds Animation Workshop & Women's Aid Federation
on in Leeds until December 2025!
@leedsanimation.bsky.social
@leedsunilibraries.bsky.social
library.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...
'Animated Activism: Women Empowered'
feat. work by feminist collective Leeds Animation Workshop & Women's Aid Federation
on in Leeds until December 2025!
@leedsanimation.bsky.social
@leedsunilibraries.bsky.social
library.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...
Animated Activism: Women Empowered
An exhibition to get angry about.
library.leeds.ac.uk
January 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Excited to see brilliant new exhibition
'Animated Activism: Women Empowered'
feat. work by feminist collective Leeds Animation Workshop & Women's Aid Federation
on in Leeds until December 2025!
@leedsanimation.bsky.social
@leedsunilibraries.bsky.social
library.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...
'Animated Activism: Women Empowered'
feat. work by feminist collective Leeds Animation Workshop & Women's Aid Federation
on in Leeds until December 2025!
@leedsanimation.bsky.social
@leedsunilibraries.bsky.social
library.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...
This also looks excellent!
And the book exists online! Available in July this year manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526140128/
Manchester University Press - Unhappy mothers
Unhappy mothers - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Unhappy mothers by Sarah Crook
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk
January 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This also looks excellent!
To find out more about Liberating Histories, tune into our podcast series 🎙️
It explores the last 50 years of feminism through the campaigns, communities & controversies sparked by some of its most cherished magazines ✨
Listen wherever you get your podcasts: liberatinghistories.org/podcast-seri...
It explores the last 50 years of feminism through the campaigns, communities & controversies sparked by some of its most cherished magazines ✨
Listen wherever you get your podcasts: liberatinghistories.org/podcast-seri...
January 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
To find out more about Liberating Histories, tune into our podcast series 🎙️
It explores the last 50 years of feminism through the campaigns, communities & controversies sparked by some of its most cherished magazines ✨
Listen wherever you get your podcasts: liberatinghistories.org/podcast-seri...
It explores the last 50 years of feminism through the campaigns, communities & controversies sparked by some of its most cherished magazines ✨
Listen wherever you get your podcasts: liberatinghistories.org/podcast-seri...
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Are you on the pathway to becoming an archivist & looking to put theory into practice? Or perhaps you have previous archive experience & would like to refresh your cataloguing skills &/or gain experience in a different setting?
Find out more & apply here:
womenslibrary.org.uk/2025/01/09/a...
Find out more & apply here:
womenslibrary.org.uk/2025/01/09/a...
Archive volunteer recruitment | Glasgow Women's Library
GWL houses a truly unique collection of materials relating to diverse women’s lives and contributions. Our collection include materials documenting women’s role in: activism, work…
womenslibrary.org.uk
January 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Are you on the pathway to becoming an archivist & looking to put theory into practice? Or perhaps you have previous archive experience & would like to refresh your cataloguing skills &/or gain experience in a different setting?
Find out more & apply here:
womenslibrary.org.uk/2025/01/09/a...
Find out more & apply here:
womenslibrary.org.uk/2025/01/09/a...
this looks excellent
📢 Hot off Press New Book Alert 📢. 1/2: With @ruthdav.bsky.social & @evecolpus.bsky.social we are exited to share our new co-edited book that demands a re-think of histories of welfare in modern Britain. Fully OA. Links to all chapters to follow & our Chap 1 Intro 👇
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
January 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
this looks excellent
also by this foray into loneliness.. the subject of one of the chapters of our forthcoming monograph on feminist periodicals and networks of feeling
No is not a lonely utterance. Written with affection. And other fighting feelings! feministkilljoys.substack.com/p/no-is-not-...
No is Not a Lonely Utterance
I have been immersed in writing No is Not a Lonely Utterance and have just now sent a revised version back to my editor at Penguin.
feministkilljoys.substack.com
January 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
also by this foray into loneliness.. the subject of one of the chapters of our forthcoming monograph on feminist periodicals and networks of feeling
We're intrigued by the Spare Rib headstone
I have started a newsletter, which is really more of a killjoy diary so that is the title of the first post. Hopefully, more to follow. Even shorter and snappier if I can manage it.
It will remain free.
open.substack.com/pub/feminist...
It will remain free.
open.substack.com/pub/feminist...
A Killjoy Diary
The title of this post is a reference to what I hope to be doing in writing this newsletter.
open.substack.com
January 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
We're intrigued by the Spare Rib headstone
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Only a month to go until the CfP deadline for the 'Legacies of Section 28' conference, which will bring together historians, educators and activists to explore the context and impact of the legislation. Send in your abstracts and please share with your networks! royalhistsoc.org/calendar/leg...
Legacies of Section 28 – CALL FOR PAPERS | RHS
royalhistsoc.org
December 19, 2024 at 9:57 AM
Only a month to go until the CfP deadline for the 'Legacies of Section 28' conference, which will bring together historians, educators and activists to explore the context and impact of the legislation. Send in your abstracts and please share with your networks! royalhistsoc.org/calendar/leg...
Liberating Histories tells the stories of the UK Women’s Liberation Movement through feminist magazines like Spare Rib, Red Rag, Mukti, Shocking Pink & many more
Explore our podcast series, publications, reader testimonies, teaching resources & periodicals guide here:
liberatinghistories.org
Explore our podcast series, publications, reader testimonies, teaching resources & periodicals guide here:
liberatinghistories.org
January 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Liberating Histories tells the stories of the UK Women’s Liberation Movement through feminist magazines like Spare Rib, Red Rag, Mukti, Shocking Pink & many more
Explore our podcast series, publications, reader testimonies, teaching resources & periodicals guide here:
liberatinghistories.org
Explore our podcast series, publications, reader testimonies, teaching resources & periodicals guide here:
liberatinghistories.org