Your Silence Will Not Protect You collects the essential essays & poems of American writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, & civil rights activist Audre Lorde for the first time.
A trailblazer in intersectional feminism, Lorde’s luminous writings have inspired a new generation of thinkers & writers charged by the Black Lives Matter movement.
Her lyrical & incisive prose takes on sexism, racism, homophobia, & class; reflecting struggle but ultimately...
offering messages of hope that remain ever-more trenchant today. Also a celebrated poet, Lorde was New York State Poet Laureate until her death; her poetry & prose together produced an aphoristic & incomparably quotable style, as evidenced by her constant presence on many...
Women’s Marches across the world.
This beautiful edition honours the ways in which Lorde’s work resonates more than ever thirty years after they were first published.
Hi everyone! I'm @LouBell, one of the Women's History tour guides at GWL. Sadly, we can't take you on any walks at the moment, so i've created this virtual version of our Merchant City tour.
Normally there would be a photo of me at one of the stops on the tour, but i've unfortunately not been able to make it through to Glasgow recently. I miss it loads, and i'm sure some of you do, too!
This area of Glasgow was partly built by money made on the backs of slaves, suppressed men and women working in appalling factories. There are several walks and projects that discuss the links to the slave trade. But today we're going to look at the women who made their mark here
There are no more monsters anymore, or so the children in the city of Lucille are taught. With doting parents & a best friend named Redemption, Jam has grown up with this lesson all her life.
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But when she meets Pet, a creature made of horns & colours & claws who emerges from one of her mother’s paintings and a drop of Jam’s blood, she must reconsider what she’s been told. Pet has come to hunt a monster, & the shadow of something grim lurks in Redemption’s house.
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Jam must fight not only to protect her best friend, but also to uncover the truth, & the answer to the question-How do you save the world from monsters if no one will admit they exist?
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Hi, I’m @LouBell, one of GWL’s Women’s History tour guides. We can’t take you on any walks at the moment, so I’ve created a virtual Glasgow Necropolis tour for you!
This tour is particularly special to me as it's the first one I went on as a member of the public, and is how i've ended up becoming involved with guiding on them! All thanks to me tweeting about it afterwards, and cheekily asking if GWL needed more guides...
To begin with, let's have a look at this monument. This marks the spot where the medieval Bishop's Palace once stood. Later, in the post-reformation period, it is where women accused of witchcraft were imprisoned and often put to death.
Hi, I'm @AnabelMarsh, one of GWL's Women's History tour guides. We can't take you on any walks at the moment, so I've created a virtual Garnethill tour for you. We begin on Sauchiehall Street at the corner with Rose Street. Look at the white building behind my head. 1/19
The former Willow Tearooms, now known as Mackintosh at the Willow, were opened by Catherine Cranston in 1903. She commissioned Charles Rennie Mackintosh to create the building and his wife, Margaret Macdonald, was responsible for the interiors. 2/19
Now we make our way up Rose Street to Garnethill Park. There will be a lot of up and down on this walk - the clue is in the name! Just check the pictures. The other part of the name refers to resident Thomas Garnett (1766-1802), an early supporter of female education. 3/19
Hi, I'm @AnabelMarsh, one of GWL's Women's History tour guides. We can't take you on any walks at the moment, so I've created a virtual one combining my favourite stops from our West End Walk and Suffragette City West Trail. Let’s begin at Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery 1/16
Kelvingrove does have work by women, eg the Glasgow Girls and Margaret MacDonald, but much of the art is by men, and women often appear through the male gaze. If you look on the outside of the building you can see examples of idealised, stylised women. 2/16
Turning right along Dumbarton Rd we come to Anderson's College. In 1796 John Anderson, a professor at the University of Glasgow, left money in his will to found a rival, more egalitarian college. In its first 3 years, almost half its students were women. 3/16
Hello, I’m Adele Patrick. I'm the Creative Development Manager and one of the co-founders of Glasgow Women’s Library (GWL). This morning I have been given the reins of GWL’s Twitter account and want to take the opportunity to talk #FeministLeadership