We Are GWL is a way of providing introductions to our amazing volunteers and workers who make the library what it is. Find out what you can do, see and be through reading our volunteers stories. Interview and photography by Jessica S.U.
Category: Placements and Volunteers Blog
We Are GWL: Zefi and Amaia
We Are GWL is a way of providing introductions to our amazing volunteers and workers who make the library what it is. Find out what you can do, see and be through reading our volunteers stories. Interview and photography by Jessica S.U.
Book Review and Recommendation: Autumn by Ali Smith
In the fraught political times we live in, Scottish writer Ali Smith crafts a poignant story set in the immediate aftermath of Brexit, using this critical juncture in our nation’s […]
Urania: feminist opposition to the powers of ‘Evil’
In my previous blog, I outlined the aims and structure of Urania. In this second one, I think it is essential to identify and then discuss the contents I found […]
Celebrate Glasgow’s Alternative Spirit This Weekend At GWL
We take a look at some of the great female performers at this weekend’s BBC 6 Music Festival in Glasgow. Missed out on tickets? Never fear, there’s plenty of events to keep you busy here at GWL!
Urania: How to be a bad XXs feminist and a queer angel in the 20s
Gender Studies placement student Giorgia Succi shares her first blog on Urania, one of the oldest journals in the Lesbian Archive.
The Devastating Endemic of Sexism in the Workplace
Shocking – but, unfortunately, perhaps not too surprising – new mental health statistics released by the Scottish Health Survey have shown that young women of the 16-24 age demographic have […]
(Re)visiting “Jackie”
Do you remember having a favourite magazine when you were young? Were you a Bunty, Diana, Jinty, June or Judy girl? Maybe you preferred Pink or Patches, My Guy or Boyfriend [or maybe girls mags left you cold and it was the Hotspur, Beano or Dandy for you!] .
A Taster of Events Springing Into the GWL This March!
As the flowers begin to bloom, the nights begin to lengthen (finally) and we all thaw out, we at the GWL have prepared a jam-packed schedule from workshops to outings […]
Helen Oyeyemi and Boy, Snow, Bird: a Review
Some of my very favourite reads are ones that intricately incorporate rich myth, folklore and fairytale, and Helen Oyeyemi’s novels are nothing if not characterised by her abundant use of […]