The Guardian has a great feature this week, "50 Years of the Guardian Women's Page" where loads of Guardian articles written by women from as early as the 1950s to the present day have been republished.
The intrigue of this is seeing how journalism by women evolved from the 50s until now; like seeing old articles about the power of traditional gender roles, wives' allowances, and (my favorite) "The ghastly effects of short skirts and bare legs," and then the transition to the 70s and the beginnings of more feminist pieces. Very cool stuff.
Thanks to Louise for the heads up.
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I love it! Ok i kno i kno, i didnt even know this magazine um existed? but Im still here to comment, and support the 50 years of a magazine that probably does the same as my favorite magazine does (BITCH). And I am an aspiring Journalism/Spanish Literature/ Women's Studies Major... so here goes to the 50 years! Cheers !!!
Hahaha, I love how the first article is titled: "In my day, young wives didn't go out to work." Is this the Onion?
Apparently that whole women-with-careers thing is over now ladies - sorry to let you know - we all want babies now and we sure can't have both. Oh well it was nice while it lasted!
It's not a magazine, it's a twice weekly page in a newspaper supplement. The other day the whole supplement was dedicated to journalism on those pages.
I loved this section. A real breath of fresh air after spending too much time getting headaches by reading the Guardian's Comment is Free section. I did find that some of the earlier pieces had definite rings of feminism to them, even if the individuals who wrote them may not have called them as such, like the piece about the ritual of women leaving the table after dinner.