Someone who certainly knows this is Cat, the heroine of My So-Called Secret Identity, a comic created by Prof Will Brooker, Susan Shore and Dr Sarah Zaidan. Superheroine Cat is the smartest person in Gloria City. She remembers everything she …
Mara Clarke, Founder and Director of Abortion Support Network, discusses ASN’s latest campaign in this guest blog post for the Feminist Library: Abortion Support Network launches crowdfunding campaign to support their work helping women in N/Ireland What would you do …
Guest Post: Mara Clarke – The Rich get Richer, the Poor have Children Read more »
On Tuesday we had a wonderful introduction meeting with a group of new volunteers, who are keen to get involved in the library as we build up to our 40th anniversary celebrations. During the meeting, we explained the history of …
Last year I heard about a new social concept organised by some feminists in London: women should let their body hair grow freely in the month of November to challenge British gender norms. At the time I couldn’t really understand why …
Guest Post: Georgina Harmsworth – Forget Movember, We Need Norm-ember! Read more »
The Young London Feminists on the Matt Taylor #Shirtstorm: It’s safe to say that Matt Taylor’s bowling shirt has started off a wave (or more pointedly, ‘Shirtstorm’) of debate that left us at Young Feminists London a little unsure of …
Guest Post: Alice Procter – A Response to Matt Taylor’s Shirt Read more »
I wish I could wax lyrical about all the reasons why I’m a fan of libraries – but there’s neither space nor time. However, take it as read: I’m passionate about libraries. I’m passionate about feminism. There, I said it. …
Guest Post: Rosie Garland – A Passion for Libraries Read more »
Huge excitement here as we receive our feminist poster donated by Sarah Maple. I had seen this poster whilst looking around the wonderful Mayday Rooms in preparation for our forthcoming workshop that will be taking place there. I contacted Sarah …
On Saturday 8th of November, the Feminist Library held a day long Feminist Graphic Arts Event for a second year. The day included a zine launch and exhibition opening ‘A Feminist Space is..’ and a programme of talks by the …
At Feminism in London on Saturday 25th of October, Yasmin, who volunteers with the Collections Team and is a librarian by profession, gave a fabulous presentation on the values, purpose and relevance of the FL during the workshop Feminist Archives …
In her latest work Unspeakable Things Laurie Penny does gutsy, messy feminism. Bodily fluids abound in this book: snot, semen, vomit… because Penny is sick, sick to the stomach of bland and gutless feminism. Unspeakable Things is a call to …
Review: Unspeakable Things: Sex, Lies and Revolution, Laurie Penny (Bloomsbury, 2014) Read more »
