History Workshop

historyworkshop.org.uk

27 August 2026 16:48

How have zines enabled mental health survivors to express their personal experiences? @hspandler.bsky.social explores the history of madzines and their centrality to the collective production of experiential knowledge.

History Workshop

historyworkshop.org.uk

27 August 2026 16:48

"Zines are not frivolous, or marginal, but sites of great significance in the history of communication and democratic participation ... exploring both their content and style is a useful way to trace the long history of patient resistance." @hspandler.bsky.social on the importance of madzines.

Peter Tatchell Foundation

petertatchellfdn.bsky.social

08 December 2025 09:36

📚 Someone actually tried to ban a book because it promotes the “ideology” of… coming out Yes, apparently, being honest about who you are is now a dangerous political agenda Truly, we are living in the golden age of nonsense

cathy1949.bsky.social

06 December 2025 10:49

Could only manage two minutes of the BBC documentary so the scars obviously have not healed. I was not strapped in a chair but I was about 23 years old and this was about 1971/72 so they may have changed their methods. How would I get in touch?

Persephone Meadowfeather

lurkermcgoo.bsky.social

05 December 2025 21:46

Most forms of gay conversion and aversion therapy did not involve electroshock, and transexuals tended to have the same kinds of conversion therapy (April Ashley not only had shock therapy but they forcibly injected her with huge amounts of testosterone to try to destroy her ability to transition)