Our bodies are not the problem, power is the problem in Life Support: Forms of Care in Art and Activism by Olivia Plender Life Support: Forms of Care in Art […]
Collection: Archive
Items from the Archive collection
Life Support – Olivia Plender
![A scan of a comic strip style page from Harpies and Quines. It shows a series of photos from the GWL Lesbian Panto with speech bubbles applied on top.](https://womenslibrary.org.uk/gwl_wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/PMH1-455x644.jpg)
Lesbian Panto complaint response from Harpies and Quines
GWL’s response to a complaint about ‘Panto Most Horrid’.
![A selection of items donated to the GWL collection during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown in 2020. The include a floral patterend face mask, a black and white photograph of a door chain, a roller derby t-shirt, a pink and black Womenzade badge, a bottle of perfume with a postcard of a bottle of perfume being clutched by many hads, and a zine titles Nuclear ReSisters](https://womenslibrary.org.uk/gwl_wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Lockdown-donations-644x482.jpg)
Collecting in the Time of Coronavirus
As the UK-wide lockdown began on 23rd March, the Glasgow Women’s Library team was already working from home. Amazingly, our museum and archive collections continued to grow. Throughout lockdown, thoughtful first-time donors and long-time champions got in touch. All were keen to preserve part of their personal histories at this momentous time.