Open Archive: Lesbian Erotic Journals

Glasgow Women's Library 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

In the opening text of Quim, an erotic lesbian magazine that launched in 1989, the feminist sex wars of the time are referred to as a reason for the magazine's establishment. Too much had been kept […]

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Event Series Story Café

Story Café

Glasgow Women's Library 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Travel the world, one tale at a time, as we dip into stories and poems by some of the best women writers around. From awe-inspiring adventures to gentle journeys amongst […]

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Exploring The Last Taboo of Motherhood?

Glasgow Women's Library 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

A talk with the creative and academic team behind the installationThe Last Taboo of Motherhood? is an installation about the silence around postnatal mental illness, which uses stories to illuminate […]

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Event Series Readers of Colour

Readers of Colour – Glasgow

Glasgow Women's Library 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Readers of Colour is a thriving community of Women* and Non-binary Readers of Colour who come together to read writing by Women and Non-binary Writers of Colour!We share our laughter […]

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Event Series Conversation Café

Conversation Café

Glasgow Women's Library 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

If you are new to speaking English or fancy a cuppa and chat, this event is perfect for you! As part of the adult literacy and numeracy team at GWL, […]

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Trans Zines: Launching Our New Display

Glasgow Women's Library 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Our archive is full of incredible zines donated to us over the years by their makers and fanz. Health and heartaches, music and menstruation, our zines are full of knowledge […]

Comfort

Glasgow Women's Library 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Comfort the Breast Quilt, was made by 180 women and teenage girls from across the UK. The artwork explores the subject of breasts, from prepubescent hopes, aging, breastfeeding, sexualization, operations and hormones for health or cosmetic issues, to transgender women feminization. These are women’s stories of embarrassment, pleasure, pain and joy. 

We Deserve A Medal: Militant Suffrage Activism

Glasgow Women's Library 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Due to popular demand we have extended the celebration of Glasgow Women’s Library’s recent acquisition of Maud Joachim’s hunger strike medal, with a rare opportunity to see two other special medals in this exhibition of militant suffrage memorabilia.