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I've just come across our volunteer Becky's latest blog for @womenslibrary . As usual with her blogs I've ended up fascinated by something I thought I had no interest in (in this case, cricket).
womenslibrary.org.uk/2024/09…
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"AIDS showed us is the limits of tolerance, that it’s not enough to be tolerated, because when the shit hits the fan you find out how much tolerance is worth. Nothing. And underneath all the tolerance is intense, passionate hatred."
On of my favourite plays for a reason.
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I remember my ICT teacher (whose title alone ages this) said that one day you'd be able to get a gigabyte into the size of a fingernail to put into a digital camera. Here's 1,000 of them. It's still kinda magic, really.
One of the joys of getting to write this piece was diving into the collection of photos from the 1934-35 England tour of Australia & NZ held by @nlagovau. Mostly I included pics of the women playing cricket but there's also a lot of photos of other things they did there. 🧵1/7
It's a dreich day in Scotland so ofc I decided to write about cricket for @womenslibrary. 😅
Tbf, it's about women's cricket history, suffragettes and the current trailblazing @CricketScotland team.
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There's quite a few pics from their various boat journeys but many of them show how they passed their time. This is from their journey home (I think) and Joy Liebert is winning at this sack race. 6/7
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ALT A black and white photo from 1935 of the deck of a ship. Three women hop across the deck in a sack race while a crowd of other passengers watch on.
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Lastly, thank you @nlagovau for making these images available online. You made my research both much easier and more enjoyable. This is such a fantastic collection. 7/7
If you want to see more, check out the online collection here:
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-148693431
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To coincide with #BlackHistoryMonth, we have named our three galleries to honour the Mothers of Gynaecology. From now on, these galleries will be known as Anarcha's Gallery, Betsey's Gallery, and Lucy's Gallery.
It's a dreich day in Scotland so ofc I decided to write about cricket for @womenslibrary. 😅
Tbf, it's about women's cricket history, suffragettes and the current trailblazing @CricketScotland team.
womenslibrary.org.uk/2024/09…
If you missed out on me talking about the @womenslibrary Spare Rib Woman's Woolly last week, @UkNatArcRes have kindly uploaded it to YouTube.
Topics include: knitting, feminism and craft, lesbian camp, and the importance of volunteers.
youtube.com/watch?v=FpQf3pQA…
ALT A black and white photo from the early 80s of a woman crouched in front of a brick wall. The wall has the words "If I gave her the wool would she make me one too" graffitied on it. Her jumper has venus symbols across the chest and around each bicep.
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Really enjoyed listening to @beccamale talking about knitting the archive through the Spare Rib’s “Woman’s Woolly” pattern, & also the process of knitting a more relevant jumper for today’s society - reflecting changes that have happened since that original pattern. @UkNatArcRes
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Kicking off our Methodologies: Creative Responses & Research Methods in Archives series, @beccamale (@womenslibrary) will reflect on her creative research that drew out complex histories of a knitting pattern & its afterlives 🗓️ 17 Sept 13:00 - 13:45 Zoom
orlo.uk/WomansWoolly_tqQXi
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Methodologies: Creative Responses and Research Methods in Archives brings together researchers, practitioners and creatives who create new knowledge through the interrogation/disruption of archives.
Find out how you can get involved this Sept & Oct! orlo.uk/methodologies_EsiEs
ALT A black and white photograph of Miss Hilda Pope crouching down to paint an underwater grotto scene in the Dome Of Discovery, Festival of Britain 1 May 1951, WORK25-207 (3493)