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The podcast currently has 52 episodes available.
What should have been a quick blog post, rapidly grew to four posts when Becky started writing about feminism and knitting. This is the audio version of those posts, narrated by her, to hopefully make a long piece of writing a little more accessible. Brody, Jane E. ‘Homosexuality: Parents Aren’t Always to Blame’. The New York Times, 10 Feb. 1971. NYTimes.com, https://www.nytimes.com/1971/02/
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In this podcast volunteers Niamh and Joy chat with Archivist Mae Moss, Volunteering Programme Assistant Ren Clark, and Director Sue John (also an early instigator of GWL in the 1990s) about lesbian activism, the evolution of language in relation to the LGBTQ+ community, the Lesbian Archive and other aspects of GWL’s work which have been significant in fore fronting the lives…
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Starting in November 2022 volunteers supported by staff developed, produced, recorded and edited a series of podcasts exploring the work of GWL over three decades on six key themes: Access, Anti-Racism, LGBTQ+, Violence against Women, Environment and Sustainability, and Change Making. In this episode we find out more about how ecofeminism and care for the environment have impacted our work in the…
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Starting in November 2022 volunteers supported by staff developed, produced, recorded and edited a series of podcasts exploring the work of GWL over three decades on six key themes: Access, Anti-Racism, LGBTQ+, Violence against Women, Environment and Sustainability, and Change Making. In this episode, we look at what “access” and “accessibility” means at GWL and how this has influenced our work…
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The poetry slam at FLUP feels like the heart of the festival. In this final episode of Glasgow Women’s Library and FLUP the podcast, Tomiwa Folorunso finds sits down with one of the founders of FLUP, Julio Ludemir, and some of the poetry slammers to find out more about this special event. From Rio de Janeiro they discuss community, Blackness and the importance of the slam poetry movement.
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In this second episode of Glasgow Women’s Library and FLUP the podcast, Tomiwa Folorunso sits down with Funmilola Fagbamila, the Nigerian-American activist, playwright, author and scholar, one of the original organisers of the Black Lives Matter Movement. From Rio de Janeiro they discuss activism off and online, and protecting and looking after yourself. A transcript of the podcast can be…
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This podcast, looking at nature writing, is part of Open the Door 2020. The panelists are Christina Riley, Maria Sledmere and Rebecca Jones and the episode was produced by Jennifer Wood. Scroll down to the bottom of this post to listen. You can download a transcript of the panel discussion here: Download Nature Writing Panel Transcript A largeprint transcript is also available: Download…
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In this first episode of Glasgow Women’s Library and FLUP the podcast, Tomiwa Folorunso sits down with author, curator and lecturer Dr. Natasha A. Kelly. From Rio de Janeiro they discuss Natasha’s activism, her work as an academic, artist and what it is like to exist in this world with a black body. If you’d like to read a transcript of this podcast episode, you can download a word version…
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GWL Digital Reads is our online book group; a space for people from around the world to take part in discussions around books written by women and to engage with GWL even if they can’t make it through our doors. We read a new book from a diverse selection of genres every two months and discuss it in our GWL Digital Book Group on Facebook. Our July and August Digital Reads book was The Ungrateful…
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Unwrapping women’s history across Scotland on Travelling Gallery and GWL tour Since August this year Glasgow Women’s Library has been touring Scotland with Lauren Printy Currie’s Travelling Gallery exhibition “Her body remembered a night-blooming cereus, sweated industry and salt (what came near)”. The tour has been a unique chance to raise awareness of GWL but also to meet lots of women…
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The podcast currently has 52 episodes available.