From the Archives
From ‘Mother House’ to ‘Role Play’, placement student Viki explores the work of artist Pamela So
As part of our ‘GWL Origins: Pre-internet Community Building’ exhibition GWL recreated a vinyl window text site from Pam So’s ‘Mother House’ (1998) exhibited in the prior Trongate space of […]
Lesbians in Peer Support- Blog 3
This is the third and last of my blog posts about Lesbians in Peer Support (LIPS), the youth group that GWL ran from 2000 to 2006. 2003 marked a new […]
Lesbians in Peer Support- Blog 2
This blog is the second in a series of three blogs by Catherine who is doing a six month placement at GWL as part of her PhD. Over the past three months she has been exploring the Lesbians in Peer Support (LIPS) collection which is part of GWL’s organisational archive.
“A Guiding Hand” – Founding Lesbians in Peer Support (LIPS)
This blog is the first in a series of three blogs by Catherine who is doing a six month placement at GWL as part of her PhD. Over the past three months she has been exploring the Lesbians in Peer Support (LIPS) collection which is part of GWL’s organisational archive.
NMRD Sticker of the Month: August 2022
WFTDA started off as the United Leagues Coalition in 2004 with a handful of leagues under its belt operated and ran by the skaters themselves. Roller Derby is very much a grassroots sport and the drive has been to re-imagine roller derby as a modern and progressive sport.
NMRD Sticker of the Month: July 2022
Puns, such as this one, are often used in Roller Derby and it highlights the sports’ sense of humour, their imagination, and the influence of pop-culture.
NMRD Sticker of the Month: June 2022
This Cherry Bomber sticker pays homage to The Runaways all-girl rock group of the 70s. Their infamous song Cherry Bomb from their debut album reached No.6 in the U.S. Billboard charts.
Shining a light on Women in Profile’s 35mm slides: Lara reflects on her student placement
As we say goodbye to 2022, we also say goodbye to Lara, a student placement who has shared her thoughts and experiences of the last 3 months she spent working […]
This is not a goodbye
On a decent snowy afternoon, I find my colleague’s keyboard tapping soothing. I love the sounds of many things. Like the keyboard, the shoes, the snapping of fingers, the rustled […]
Reassembling the Network After the Internet? Sappho Magazine (1974-1981) and Reproductive Technologies
Rebecca Close is a doctoral researcher at Aalto University doing a dissertation in artistic research as ‘reproductive work’. Rebecca conducted research on the Sappho Archive held at GWL in 2022 and wrote this piece on Sappho, queer networks and assisted reproduction.