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Liberating Histories: Women's Movement Magazines, Media Activism and Periodical Pedagogies | funded by the AHRC | Northumbria University UK | Women's Library LSE

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Liberating Histories @liberatinghistorys.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Today! Whatever happened to an Internationalist British Feminism? Find out at the Women's Library, LSE 4-6pm + leaf through feminist magazines from the 70s-80s free tickets below >> tinyurl.com/2s42fdzf
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Whatever happened to an Internationalist British Feminism?
Join Liberating Histories in The Women's Library Reading Room
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Liberating Histories @liberatinghistorys.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Tomorrow! 4-6pm at The Women's Library LSE Join us to explore the intertwined histories of British feminism and global fights for reproductive justice You'll also be able to look at original magazines of the 70s-80s from the Women's Library collection Free tickets below >>>
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Gillian Murphy @gillianmurphy.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
It's tomorrow at 4pm. Find out about the brilliant @liberatinghistorys.bsky.social project and have a look through some women's lib magazines at LSE Library.
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Gillian Murphy @gillianmurphy.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
'Whatever happened to an internationalist British feminism?' Join @liberatinghistorys.bsky.social in LSE Library on 13 May at 4pm to consider the question with an opportunity to look through women's liberation journals of the 1970s and 1980s. More details here:
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Whatever happened to an Internationalist British Feminism?
Join Liberating Histories in The Women's Library Reading Room
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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 18/03/2025
Our archive contains over a hundred articles and podcasts related to women’s history! To celebrate Women’s History Month we asked our editors to pick some of their current favourites ✊🗃️
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Liberating Histories @liberatinghistorys.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Latest in our special issue: Carla Cerqueira, Célia Taborda, & Ana Sofia Pereira on ‘Contemporary Portuguese feminist activisms through the analysis of the International Feminist Strike website: subversive revolt and counterpower’ Read via the Journal of Gender Studies ✊✊ doi.org/10.1080/0958...
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Contemporary Portuguese feminist activisms through the analysis of the International Feminist Strike website: subversive revolt and counterpower
The International Feminist Strike, emerging in 2017, seeks to redefine International Women’s Day (8 March). Its objective is to reclaim and revitalize the day by aligning it with its original purpo...
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Tess Maxwell @tessmaxwell.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
& biggest thank you to @liberatinghistorys.bsky.social for putting the special issue together! liberatinghistories.org/liberating-h...
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Publications
Publications BACK TO THE FUTURE: FEMINIST MEDIA ACTIVISM IN TRANSITION This special issue of the Journal of Gender Studies was curated by the Liberating Histories project, and co-edited by Pro…
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Liberating Histories @liberatinghistorys.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Excited to announce that ‘Networks of queer reproduction in Sappho magazine (1972-81)’ by Rebecca Close is out now 🌐✨ This piece is part of our special issue on Feminist Media in Transition for the Journal of Gender Studies Read it here! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Networks of queer reproduction in Sappho magazine (1972–1981)
In 1978 the London Evening News ran a series of ‘exposés’ on the UK lesbian organization and magazine Sappho and their Artificial Insemination by Donor (A.I.D) network. This article situates the Sa...
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Five Leaves Bookshop @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
A little niche, our Leftie Book of the Day: Big Flame, the only socialist/feminist group named after a TV programme. 200 members at most, in the 70s/80s. The best bits are people writing about what they did afterwards: fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/product/big-flame-building-the-movements-new-politics/
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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 24/01/2025
OTD in 2021: abortion became legal in Argentina. This piece from our archive uncovers the feminist and LGTBIQ+ alliance which led an influential campaign advocating bodily autonomy for all those with the capacity to conceive ✊🗃️
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No uterus, no opinion? Travestis, Gays & Maricas’ Activism for the Abortion Legalization in Argentina
How did the movements for bodily autonomy by those without the capacity to conceive - travestis, maricas, and gays – contribute to Argentina's recent legalization of abortion? Marce Butierrez and Patr...
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Liberating Histories @liberatinghistorys.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Excited to see brilliant new exhibition 'Animated Activism: Women Empowered' feat. work by feminist collective Leeds Animation Workshop & Women's Aid Federation on in Leeds until December 2025! @leedsanimation.bsky.social @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social library.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...
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Animated Activism: Women Empowered
An exhibition to get angry about.
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Liberating Histories @liberatinghistorys.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
This also looks excellent!
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Liberating Histories @liberatinghistorys.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
To find out more about Liberating Histories, tune into our podcast series 🎙️ It explores the last 50 years of feminism through the campaigns, communities & controversies sparked by some of its most cherished magazines ✨ Listen wherever you get your podcasts: liberatinghistories.org/podcast-seri...
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Glasgow Women's Library @womenslibrary.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Are you on the pathway to becoming an archivist & looking to put theory into practice? Or perhaps you have previous archive experience & would like to refresh your cataloguing skills &/or gain experience in a different setting? Find out more & apply here: womenslibrary.org.uk/2025/01/09/a...
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Archive volunteer recruitment | Glasgow Women's Library
GWL houses a truly unique collection of materials relating to diverse women’s lives and contributions. Our collection include materials documenting women’s role in: activism, work…
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Liberating Histories @liberatinghistorys.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
this looks excellent
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Liberating Histories @liberatinghistorys.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
also by this foray into loneliness.. the subject of one of the chapters of our forthcoming monograph on feminist periodicals and networks of feeling
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Liberating Histories @liberatinghistorys.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
We're intrigued by the Spare Rib headstone
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Rebecca Jennings @rebeccajennings.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Only a month to go until the CfP deadline for the 'Legacies of Section 28' conference, which will bring together historians, educators and activists to explore the context and impact of the legislation. Send in your abstracts and please share with your networks! royalhistsoc.org/calendar/leg...
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Legacies of Section 28 – CALL FOR PAPERS | RHS
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Liberating Histories @liberatinghistorys.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Liberating Histories tells the stories of the UK Women’s Liberation Movement through feminist magazines like Spare Rib, Red Rag, Mukti, Shocking Pink & many more Explore our podcast series, publications, reader testimonies, teaching resources & periodicals guide here: liberatinghistories.org
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