Jessica S

Genderqueer:Notes From Beyond The Sexual Binary by Joan Nestle,Clare Howell and Riki Wilchins

  Genderqueer is a fantastic anthology of queer and lgbt reflection on gender and sexuality.It looks back at the stories of those who come from earlier points of the lgbt […]

Volunteer Photo Project: Eilidh

Meet one of our of our many wonderful volunteers Eilidh.

Volunteer Photo Project: Jessica

This photography project will convey why the library is a great place to volunteer and work by asking volunteers about their experiences. This first post is about my own answers.

Rookie Yearbook 2 &3 edited by Tavi Gevinson

It is an increasingly difficult time for teenage girls in the western world today. Sexualised, judged and more, young women are having to deal with different challenges to what their […]

Ultraviolet voices-Stories of women on the Autistic Spectrum edited by Dr.Elizabeth Hurley.Part 2.

In the second part of my review I will now discuss the concept of abuse and its relationship with autism and gender .I believe fervently that the connection between both […]

Ultraviolet Voices-Stories of women on the Autistic Spectrum edited by Dr.Elizabeth Hurley.Part 1.

The concept of Intersectionality has seldom been considered in Autistic research to its discredit. In the new book `Ultraviolet Voices-Stories of Women on the Autism Spectrum` this has set right […]

Good Times,Bad Times:Women With Learning Disabilities Telling Their Stories by BILD

Good times, Bad Times: Women With Learning Disabilities Telling Their Stories is a book by the British Institute of Learning Disabilities(BILD) published in 2000[…] In this review I will discuss some of the areas explored by theme in the book. The first area is that of unfairness which looks at work and sexual abuse and the second is fighting back which considers activism.