ASMR at the museum | Library experience 2: reading feminist magazines | V&A

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Join Digital Content Producer Hannah Kingwell as she visits the National Art Library at the V&A – a calm and tranquil yet deeply sensory space, which is open to all.

Follow Hannah as she looks through iconic feminist magazines from the 1970s and 80s in the Library. Listen as she turns the pages of the first independently published edition of Ms. Magazine – co-founded in 1971 by activists Gloria Steinem and Dorothy Pitman Hughes – along with copies of Spare Rib Magazine, which challenged stereotypes of women and supported collective action. These magazines played an important role in the late 20th-century women's liberation movement across Britain and America.

Come along and experience the National Art Library for yourself: https://www.vam.ac.uk/info/national-a...

Welcome to the Library:
00:00 Opening a book stand
00:24 Unlocking the library door, selecting a desk token, walking in
00:56 Preparing a desk and setting up book stand
01:34 Typing, talking to librarian
01:58 Sliding magazines out of paper folder, placing magazines on book stand
02:25 Page turning
02:38 Ms. Magazine, 1972, page turning
02:57 Spare Rib Magazine, 1982
03:15 Page turning of Ms. Magazine
04:49 Rain sounds
04:58 How to order books and magazines at the National Art Library (whispering)
05:24 Typing, clicking
04:49 Whispering

Find out more about Spare Rib Magazine: https://www.bl.uk/spare-rib

More about magazines in the V&A's collection: https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/annals...

Search the Library Catalogue: https://www.vam.ac.uk/info/national-a...

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