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

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 >>>

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.

'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:

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 ✊🗃️

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...

& biggest thank you to @liberatinghistorys.bsky.social for putting the special issue together! liberatinghistories.org/liberating-h...

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....

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/

#OtD 23 Jan 1913 10,000 clothing workers went on strike in Rochester, NY for an 8 hour day, a 10% wage increase, union recognition and better benefits. Ended in April after employers agreed not to discriminate against union members stories.workingclasshistory.c...

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 ✊🗃️

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...

This also looks excellent!

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...

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...

this looks excellent

also by this foray into loneliness.. the subject of one of the chapters of our forthcoming monograph on feminist periodicals and networks of feeling

We're intrigued by the Spare Rib headstone

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...

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