Great Feminist Quotes to Inspire You this Christmas As a little gift from Virago to you this yuletide, we wanted to send you all cards . . . not your traditional Christmas card, we’ll admit, but some of…
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UNCOMFORTABLE QUOTES
Uncomfortable Quotes Patriarchy has been used variously to refer to the control men exercise over women’s sexuality and fertility, to describe a systemic set of social relations which serve as the mechanism of women’s suppression, and has been seen…
Rape: women’s fault?
By Robin Joyce Placidly reading an Agatha Christie on a day of rain and need for comfort I was swiftly disabused of that notion upon reading the following: ‘…Well we all know what rape is nowadays. Mum tells the girl…
Women also use drugs – not that you can tell from drug policy
November 28, 2017 12.30am AEDT Ian Hamilton and Niamh Eastwood Authors
Elizabeth Reid Women’s Advisor to the Australian Government
Gough Whitlam was elected Prime Minister of Australia 2nd December 1972 and was the first Australian Prime Minister to appoint a women’s advisor. Elizabeth Reid was appointed. Following is an interview with her conducted by Emma Renwick. http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/act/content/2005/ The Life…
Barbara Pym’s The Sweet Dove Died: Sexual Assault Assuaged By Flowers?
Barbara Pym’s The Sweet Dove Died: Sexual Assault assuaged by flowers? Robin Joyce Barbara Pym’s novels are a never-ending source of social commentary. The Sweet Dove Died , in its depiction of sexual assault is of particular interest at the…
Being Published – tips for you: insights from writing Women and the Royal Navy
Jo Stanley Being published –tips for you My new history book is just out. I’ve got some insights (from this and previous books), and I now see what I should have done ages ago. So I thought…
Women’s History Autumn 2017
The Autumn 2017 edition of Women’s History is available now. The digital version of this edition is available free to all. You may purchase this a print copy of this journal here. Contents Albert Gallon on ‘Thriving in a man’s…
Women in International Exhibitions 1876-1937, Routledge 2017, by Myriam Boussahba-Bravard & Rebecca Rogers (ed.)
Myriam Boussahba-Bravard & Rebecca Rogers (ed.), Women in International and Universal Exhibitions, 1876-1937, New York, Routledge, 2018: ISBN 9781138636057 ( hardcopy) ISBN 9781315196534 (electronic version) This book argues for the importance of bringing women and gender more directly into the dynamic field of exposition studies. Reclaiming…