Category: Placements and Volunteers Blog

Committed to Diversity and Inclusion

Published on 26th June, 2017 by Gabrielle

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Volunteers are at the heart of everything we do so we were really chuffed when the Volunteer Programme was shortlisted for an award.

We Are GWL: Kathryn, Katie and Niamh

Published on 21st June, 2017 by Jessica S

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Kathryn, Katie and Niamh are all part of the team. Find out more about what they do, what they enjoy (and don’t enjoy so much) about Glasgow Women’s Library.

Thoughts on The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf

Published on 15th June, 2017 by Kyla McDowall

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A couple of days ago, I finished reading the popular third wave feminist non-fiction book The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf, and its 368 pages of socio-political commentary, theory and […]

We are GWL: Kate

Published on 25th May, 2017 by Jessica S

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Kate is a volunteer on Front of House. Next time you pop in she might be the one greeting you!

Don’t Miss This June at GWL!

Published on 22nd May, 2017 by Kyla McDowall

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On 11th May we celebrated the launch of our exciting and jam-packed summer programme, full of new opportunities, workshops, sessions and initiatives. From the various exciting aspects of our new […]

Triumph for Scottish Heroines Finally Recognised in Hall of Heroes

Published on 1st May, 2017 by Kyla McDowall

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Stirling’s National Wallace Monument is an imposing place of historical resonance. Within its strong grey walls sits a gallery which features the marble busts of sixteen men from Scottish history, […]

Arena Three: A network to spread lesbian culture and empower female experience

Published on 25th April, 2017 by Giorgia Succi

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Arena Three, March 1972 In this last but not least important blog I will outline Arena Three’s evolution of content and style lingering on the most compelling cases. As I […]

Arena Three: Lesbians do it better

Published on 24th April, 2017 by Giorgia Succi

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Here we go to my third post! In this blog I am going to compare Arena Three’s editorial structure and aims with those of Urania (So, do no worry if […]

Don’t Miss Our Exciting Story Café Special Featuring Fiona Macintosh!

Published on 13th April, 2017 by Kyla McDowall

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On Thursday 27th April between 12:30 and 2:30pm, GWL is delighted to be welcoming artist, human rights advocate and writer Fiona Macintosh in a very special Story Café as she […]

Abortion, Contraception and the Collection

Published on 5th April, 2017 by Parris Joyce

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It is over two years ago now that I first visited the Glasgow Women’s Library and it truly was love at first sight. I am now studying a Masters in Museum Studies, and I got my dream placement of working and being a part of the GWL. A condition of my placement is to conduct research and write a blog post on some objects from the collections. So, given my previous history with the GWL, I thought it only fitting to do my blog about the topic which brought me to value the library so much.