Category: From the Archives

NMRD Sticker of the Month: July 2022

Published on 8th January, 2023 by Kerry

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

Published on 8th January, 2023 by Kerry

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

Published on 22nd December, 2022 by Mae Moss

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

Published on 16th December, 2022 by Aishwarya Balasubramanian

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

Published on 14th October, 2022 by GWL Blog Contributors

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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.

A long history: women in Scottish religion

Published on 25th July, 2022 by Ashley

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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!

Published on 23rd June, 2022 by Mae Moss

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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

Published on 16th June, 2022 by Mae Moss

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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) […]

Green Growth from Seeds of Change: In Conversation with the Green Cluster

Published on 9th June, 2022 by Mae Moss

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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

Published on 2nd June, 2022 by Mae Moss

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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 […]

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