Category: Placements and Volunteers Blog

Transformations

Published on 25th March, 2022 by HollyM

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Glasgow Women’s Library (GWL) celebrated its thirtieth birthday in 2021. Since its creation GWL has helped and enriched the lives of countless women and non-binary people. A two year study was carried out at the University of Strathclyde exploring this impact and the transformative power GWL has had over the years. This blog includes more information on the academics who carried out the research as well as an interview with them. The blog will also introduce the exhibition entitled Transformations on display in the library building until the 2nd of April 2022 which presents the findings of the study through artwork.

Joan Eardley and the Representation of Woman Artists: A Journey to Gender Equality

Published on 25th March, 2022 by GWL Volunteer

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This is a blog written by our volunteer Mhairi on our recent exhibition of Joan Eardley’s works. Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley was born in Sussex on the 18th May 1921. […]

Women in Musicals

Published on 17th March, 2022 by Ruoying Chen

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Hi readers! Welcome to my blog. My name is Ruoying and I’m a placement student at GWL. This time I will introduce women characters in musicals! Women figures, as in literature, have formed a significant part of musical theatres. Women were not only supporting characters but also the focus of many productions. In this blog, I will present altogether 13 female characters from 6 musical theatres covering three different languages. Some of them played their role in history and some are fictional characters.

A Space of Our Own: Mandarin Fanfiction Creation [4] Fanfiction Community

Published on 4th March, 2022 by Ruoying Chen

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Welcome back to the blog series about Chinese Mandarin fanfiction creation! Here are links to the first three blogs: Introduction to fanfiction, uniqueness in fanfiction, and writing and barriers. Before […]

A Space of Our Own: Mandarin Female Fanfiction Creation [3] Writing and Barriers

Published on 25th February, 2022 by Ruoying Chen

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Hi readers! Welcome back to the third blog about fanfiction. In the first blog, I gave a brief introduction to fanfiction, and the second one focused on its unique features. […]

Read our LiPS again: Lesbians in Peer Support

Published on 21st February, 2022 by Celine Kempf

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This is the sixth blog of a series exploring the GWL newsletters published from 1996 to 2008. This month we share some highlights from the regular column ‘Read our LIPS: Lesbians in Peer Support’.

A Space of Our Own: Mandarin Female Fanfiction Creation [2] Fanfiction and its Uniqueness

Published on 10th February, 2022 by Ruoying Chen

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Hi, welcome back to my blog series about fanfiction. In the last blog, I mentioned that Busse argues that concerning literary creation, fanfiction is no different except that the whole […]

A Space of Our Own: Mandarin Female Fanfiction Creation [1]

Published on 8th February, 2022 by Ruoying Chen

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This blog series focuses on Chinese Mandarin fanfiction creation, whose authors are overwhelming women.

GWL at 30: Health and Wellbeing

Published on 4th February, 2022 by Gabrielle

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The sixth in a series of 12 blogs drawing on GWL’s newsletters published from 1996 to 2008 and showcasing past work on a range of issues from anti-racist work to access and inclusion. This month we look at how GWL has sought to improve women’s health and wellbeing.

Consciously Rising Blog

Published on 24th January, 2022 by HollyM

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Glasgow Women’s Library is currently hosting a wonderful exhibition in its gallery until the 5th of February 2022 entitled Consciously Rising. This blog provides a bit of background to its creation as well as an interview with some of the people involved.