What does pink remind you of? Dark Pink? Think. Imagine. Focus. On this commonly stereotyped colour. Did you imagine something? Women? No, don’t focus. Let it all go away. Like […]
Category: Placements and Volunteers Blog
Blog 1 – My student placement
Welcome to my first blog for GWL! I’m a new student on placement and would like to welcome you into my world and what I am up to at work!
Story Cafe round-up!
What’s been happening at Story Cafe over the last few months? Pauline gives us a brilliant round-up!
New books for you to borrow
We have lots of new books, please come in to borrow them!
A long history: women in Scottish religion
My name is Ashley Thompson and I’m a current volunteer at GWL. When I’m not volunteering, I’m a history student whose passion is gender history, focussing on expressions of femininity […]
Green Growth from Seeds of Change: GWL has a Green Thumb!
Glasgow Women’s Library (GWL) celebrated its 30th anniversary in September 2021. As we now enter our fourth decade we ‘look back to move forward’ through our 30 Years of Changing […]
Green Growth from Seeds of Change: Green Events at GWL
In her third blog student placement Amelia takes a look back at Green Events at GWL over the last decade… Whilst trying to map environmentalism at Glasgow Women’s Library (GWL) […]
June Book Picnic Recommendations
On the first Wednesday of every month, GWL team members and volunteers share what we’ve read recently at our Book Picnic. This was our first Book Picnic in person in […]
Green Growth from Seeds of Change: In Conversation with the Green Cluster
Student Placement Amelia’s second blog on GWL’s work with the environment… The Green Cluster, at Glasgow Women’s Library (GWL), is a group of women at the library who aim to […]
Green Growth from Seeds of Change: Introduction
Amelia is studying a Masters in Applied Gender Studies at Strathclyde University and completed her placement with us in April. Read her first in a series of blogs focusing on […]