Such an amazing time presenting at the @WomensHistNet conference! Everyone had such interesting research I’ve got a very long list of things to read now! ✨
@FernRiddell Hi! Currently finishing my PhD on interwar British women’s media and the negotiation of traditional and modern femininity in areas of domesticity, motherhood, beauty, marriage and work!
Such a fun and interesting day presenting my paper about interwar women workers at the @socialhistsoc conference! Met loads of fascinating people with such unique research that I can’t wait to read 👏🏻💪🏼✨
Excited to promote an upcoming talk by myself and @Sophie_Turbutt, where we discuss our research on interwar “trash” romance fiction in British and Spanish women’s magazines and ideas of the “model” modern woman!
https://t.co/iNZORaqO4Y
After 7 months research, reading and logging 14,600+ magazine editorials and adverts, and watching 50 films, I’ve collected 160,000 words worth of quotes and I can finally begin writing my thesis! 😮💨
After several days of getting massive trolleys full of books like this, the librarians at the British Library archives groan when they see me arrive :(
‘The silent film was considered by female audiences to hold a feminine universalism, transposing onto silent film the value of femininity.'
In today's blog, @RachelBogush explores the British “talkies” and their impact on women’s voice.
Read it here:
https://t.co/fKVbMSOEcH