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  • Cancelled due to UCU strike. Feminist Film Series: Mary Jane’s Not a Virgin Anymore (Sarah Jacobson, 1996)

    The Byre Theatre

    Film: Mary Jane’s Not a Virgin Anymore  Director: Sarah Jacobson  US | 1996 | 95 minutes | English  Hosted by: Dr Connor McMorran, Department of Film Studies  A high schooler from suburbia gets in touch with her sexuality while working at a dingy movie theatre in the city, in Sarah Jacobson's much overlooked riot grrrl, counter-culture, slacker comedy. 

  • CANCELLED due to UCU strike: Workshop: Kira Muratova

    Workshop on Soviet/Ukrainian female film director Kira Muratova, 24 February 2020. Please plan joining us for a workshop + screening to celebrate the work of remarkable Soviet/Ukrainian feminist director Kira Muratova (1934-2018) 5 – 9 pm, 24 February 2020. School 1 (in The Quads), University of St Andrews. Kira Muratova, who worked mostly in the Ukrainian city of…

  • Feminist Philosophy Reading Group- Socialism and Feminism

    The Byre Theatre

    In theme with the ongoing UCU strikes, for the next Feminist Philosophy Reading Group we will be discussing the relationship between feminism and socialism! We will be reading Ann Ferguson’s entry on Socialism in the Blackwell Companion to Feminist Philosophy and you can access the paper here(with your uni login): https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/9781405164498.ch52 . It’s a nice short paper…

  • Stepping up to the Podium: Conversation with Amber Rudd

    Buchanan Lecture Theatre , United Kingdom

    Women for Women International are really excited to be hosting Amber Rudd for an evening discussing her career path experience as a woman in politics. Amber Rudd is a British politician who has served as Minister for Women and Equalities and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. She held the position of Home Secretary…

  • Why Womxn Will Save the Planet

    Parliament Hall St Andrews, United Kingdom

    Join St Andrew’s Sustainable Development Society at “Why Womxn Will Save the Planet” panel discussion and Q+A as part of Fairtrade Fortnight and International Women’s Day We are bringing eminent female leaders with a passion for sustainability to discuss why gender equality is essential in averting a climate crisis Entry is FREE Join the conversation…

  • Menstrual Wellbeing Workshop

    Student Association

    To raise awareness of period poverty, menstrual wellbeing and the need for more environmentally-friendly menstrual products, we are delighted to be working with Hey Girls - a social enterprise based in Musselburgh - to lead a workshop in how to use a Menstrual Cup. Book here

  • Her Century – Byre Film Club

    The Byre Theatre

    Collection of documentary footage from the National Library of Scotland. Scotland’s women lived through major social change in the twentieth century, challenging their roles in society and fighting for equality: at work and at home, classroom to croft, girlhood to motherhood. Discover their stories and hear their voices in Her Century, a timely collection of…