Catherine the Great: An Enlightened Despot
Almost three centuries after her birth, Catherine the Great continues to be memorialised and edified in modern media.
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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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Phoebe Holmwood
Jan 718 min read
Winners Write History: Or Is It Just Men? The Memory of… Alice Perrers
The phrase ‘winners write history’ helpfully encapsulates how men have treated women throughout history. How is a ‘winner’ defined?
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Amy Whatmough
Nov 12, 202312 min read
My Wife the Auxiliary: An Exploration of Women’s World War One & Two Memorials in Britain.
There are lots of important women in global services, however, men still greatly prevail.
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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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Megan Laing
Aug 15, 20236 min read
Dump Him <3: Leave Your Man fiction in Pre-19th Century Theatre
How many couples do you know who have split up in the last year? Now, how many celebrity couples? What about divorces?
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Abby Louise Woodman
Mar 22, 20236 min read
"Unbossed and Unbought": Shirley Chisholm
‘Unbought and Unbossed’ are the two words Chisholm described herself within the publication of her autobiography, the title her life’s motto
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Abby Louise Woodman
Mar 4, 20236 min read
Mary Frith, Transgressor
Mary Frith, better known as “Moll Cutpurse” is one of those historical figures that often feels too elusive to properly pin down.
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