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The Power of the Loving Woman: A Take on Mildred Loving
I believe all Americans.... should have that same freedom to marry.
Alicia Gruenert
Apr 310 min read


Màiri Mhòr nan Òran: The Voice of Highland Land Agitation
In the mid-eighteenth century, an Enlightenment-driven push for economic progress and agricultural 'improvement' swept through Scotland.

Molly McCallum
Jan 1217 min read


Lee Miller: Model, Surrealist, War Journalist
Miller’s most profound work was created during her time as a war journalist and photographer.

Michelle Hassall
Jan 57 min read


Girlhood and Christmas: Little Women and expectations of young women in nineteenth-century America
How do 19th century girls spend their Christmas morning?

Anouk Saint
Dec 22, 202413 min read


What's in a word? Understanding the history of queer
Queer became an action, a way of living and doing politics by publicly enacting different social structures and ways of life outside sociall

Jillian Ducker
Dec 8, 202413 min read


The Mother Behind one of Georgian England's Most Prominent Prime Ministers
The institution of British government has almost always been dominated by men.

Erin Fetterly
Dec 1, 202410 min read


Annie Oakley: A Feminine Force in the Masculine World of Sharpshooting
Born towards the tail-end of America’s infamous ‘Wild West’ era, Annie Oakley (1860 - 1929) emerged as a pioneering figure.

Florence James
Nov 3, 202413 min read


Suffrage Pioneers: New Zealand
For many of us in Britain, an Anglo-centric education has positioned Britain and the USA at the forefront of the women’s suffrage movement.

Katie Phillips
Sep 1, 20244 min read


'Ar'n't I a Woman?': The Life and Activism of Sojourner Truth
Within abolitionist and early feminist history, especially Black feminist history, many recognise a single name: Sojourner Truth.

Kathryn Berry
Aug 4, 20246 min read


Hazel Scott: Pianist, Protestor, Pioneer
“I’ve always known I was gifted, which is not the easiest thing in the world for a person to know..."

Kathryn Berry
Apr 14, 20246 min read


Can I love rom-coms and still be a feminist?
There must be something special within these films, having cultivated such prolonged popularity, but is it at the expense of feminism?

Isobel Wright
Feb 16, 202410 min read


Lilibet and Daisy: Defining Modern Queenship
What does 'queenship' mean in the twenty-first century?

Abby Louise Woodman
Jan 14, 202411 min read


“Red hair is my lifelong sorrow”: Reflections on the literary and historical trope of redheads
There is pattern across centuries of troubled or troubling women sharing a common feature of red hair.

Anouk Saint
Nov 21, 202315 min read


And Your Point Is?: Remembering Lella Lombardi
Where are the women in Formula One?

Jillian Ducker
Nov 6, 202313 min read


Vengeful Spirits, Wronged Women, and Cursed Video Tapes: How the Onryo Became a Horror Icon.
You have seven days to pass on the tape, else you will meet your fate with a vengeful spirit.

Michal Emil Delost
Oct 29, 202311 min read


The 1960s Asylum Setting: Lived by Women, Hijacked by Men
What do Girl, Interrupted, American Horror Story, and the work of Sylvia Plath have in common?

Megan Laing
Oct 22, 20236 min read


Dancing Dames: the Women of the Mayerling Incident Represented in Ballet
The Royal Opera House ballet adapts the Mayerling Incident of 1889 where the Habsburg's lost their heir - and the women take centre stage.

Laura Castanheira
Oct 15, 202316 min read


Remembering the Female Pioneers of Early Cinema
“There is nothing connected with the staging of a motion picture that a woman cannot do as easily as a man

Isobel Wright
Oct 1, 202310 min read


Suzanne Césaire: The missing mother of the Negritude movement
Is it the eternal plight of women then, to be erased from the textbooks, the movements, from history itself?

Mayu Sadler
Sep 25, 20236 min read


Vita and Virginia: Mental Health, Scandal and Bisexuality
It wasn’t until I rewatched the film for the purposes of this article that I noticed just how well Debicki portrays female queerness.

Abby Louise Woodman
Sep 3, 202313 min read
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