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
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Abby Louise Woodman
Jul 284 min read
The Art of Women
What does my MA dissertation and Katy Hessel’s 2022 The Story of Art Without Men have in common?
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Gemma Craven
Mar 714 min read
Roses are red, violets are blue, singular they predates singular you*: the history of non-binary and the use of the pronouns they/them
DISCLAIMER: The author of this article, Gemma, uses she/her pronouns and the co-author and enby Director of The HERstory Project, Abby,...
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Abby Louise Woodman
Feb 410 min read
Section 28: A Legacy of Censorship
A continually damaging piece of anti-LGBT+ UK legislature was the 1988 passage of Section, or Clause 28.
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Michal Emil Delost
Jan 2811 min read
“Why you always rap about bein’ gay?” Queerness at the ends of homo-hop.
It is a common belief that hip-hop as a whole has always been firmly anti-queer. In truth, hip-hop is not a monolithic entity
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Beth Mitchell
Jan 215 min read
The 2017 Women's March
The start of a new year normally brings feelings of hope and optimism; in 2017, this was not the case.
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Jillian Ducker
Nov 6, 202313 min read
And Your Point Is?: Remembering Lella Lombardi
Where are the women in Formula One?
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Laura Castanheira
Sep 10, 20238 min read
Rose Valland: an overlooked war hero
While some fought Nazis at the front, this French lesbian fought them at Jeu de Paume Museum, secretly cataloguing and saving plundered art.
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Abby Louise Woodman
Sep 3, 202313 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.
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Ayila Houngbo
Jul 29, 20236 min read
Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Godmother of Rock-n-Roll
Easily one of the most overlooked artists of the 20th century, Sister Rosetta Tharpe paved the way for rock-n-roll artists...
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Abby Louise Woodman
Jul 2, 202316 min read
…and they were roommates!
The Ladies of Llangollen, Anne Lister, Anna Seward, and the problem of "Modern History's First Lesbians"
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Abby Louise Woodman
Jun 11, 20235 min read
Queer recommendations for Pride Month
Here’s some recommendations for queer content and queer history that you could engage with this Pride Month.
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