New article alert: "Solutions and Solidarity in the Advice Centres of the Democratic Women’s League of Germany, 1971-1990", thanks to @germanhistsoc.bsky.social for the support with editing the article in its early stages, much appreciated! academic.oup.com/gh/advance-a...

Solutions and Solidarity in the Advice Centres of the Democratic Women’s League of Germany, 1971–1990*

Abstract. This article explores the grassroots practices of the Democratic Women’s League of Germany (Demokratischer Frauenbund Deutschlands, DFD) in the p

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Class struggle, but make it comfy...

📢 Bethan Winter and I are looking for presenters to join our panel for the coming @germanhistsoc.bsky.social annual conference on the theme of the GDR-Asia exchanges and networks, drop me a message if interested!

Hot off the press 🥳 "Always forwards, never backwards? The reinvention of the Democratic Women's League of German during German reunification, 1989-1990".

Twentieth Century Communism journal@20thccommunism.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Lastly, we have Anna McEwan's article, 'Always forwards, never backwards? The reinvention of the Democratic Women’s League of Germany during German reunification (1989-1990)' journals.lwbooks.co.uk/tcc/vol-2026...

Teaching a class on Spare Rib today, and on asking, do we have a comparative resource for Millennials and Gen Z, one student offered up Jacqueline Wilson books, and now I'm thinking, new research project??🤔

Had a great time at the St Andrews Debating Society last night, debating whether Germany should have stayed divided, in great company.

What an absolute treat to see this the other week!

Stephan Ehrig@herrehrig.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Had the great luck to see the incredible historical document Indian director Chetna Vora produced in East Berlin in 1982. The intimate and unfiltered interviews with women of all ages and class identities are fascinating and I could have listened to them for even longer than its 2h20 running time.

Monday morning thoughts courtesy of a weekend visit to burninghousebooks.com ✊

🖐Anna McEwan @annamcewan.bsky.social and Marianna Golinucci on US and UK reproductive (in)justices: www.historyworkshop.... ✊🗃

Reproductive (In)justice Across Political Divides

The histories of reproductive (in)justice in the UK and the GDR invite us to reflect on the ongoing struggles for bodily autonomy across the world.

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So I made this account during the mass Twitter exodus and totally forgot to use it! Starting today, expect all things GDR, women's & gender history related. Follow along if this resonates 🥳