One Sex Theory : Gender has always been a Spectrum​

There are more and more ways a person can describe their gender. Its common for those scared by these developments to reference back to a past where things were simpler. In reality, those in the past also viewed gender as a spectrum, just like we are moving back to today.

Telling Stories About Clothing

My exhibition found stories about clothing – seeing how and what they showed about gender.

How a government blunder meant women voted in 1868

Most people know 1918 as the first time some women voted in the UK, but women successfully voted in the 1869 election. The suffragists of Manchester led a huge campaign after spotting that the wording of the 1868 Reform Bill was wrong. The wording accidentally enfranchised women who met its other criteria, leading to thousands of women voting.