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Banners from Reclaim the Night vigil, paper, 2025. NQA.Po.07

Description: "These are posters made for the Reclaim the Night vigil 2025. One is a copy from the See Red Women's Art Collectiion. The vigil is an annual protest intended to reclaim bodily autonomy in a space stolen by acts of gendered and sexual violence. In a time of increasing violent transphobia and misogyny, it is vital to stand up and reclaim the night.

Posters read: 'I don't want to be scared of you' and 'Solidarity with womens [sic.] struggles all over the world; Women unite'."

Donated by Newnham Feminist Society.

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Waiting Lists Kill Poster, cardboard. NQA.Po.04

Description: "Some protest banners that I have created and used throughout my time at Newnham, taking them to marches in London."

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"Scissoring" Flag, 2024. NQA.06.02.01

Description: "Flag depicting 'two fictional Newnhamites' scissoring, created at the 2024 Newnham flag making workshop, displayed in creators room.

The Newnham flag making workshop arose as a protest to the 2024 college ban of 'external display of flags, posters, and banners.'"

For more, see here: https://www.varsity.co.uk/news/27611

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Rainbow Ball Mask, cardboard and ribbon, 2018. NQA.Ob.02

Description: "This mask was made for me by my then-partner in Newnham and the Newnham art room. It was part of a pair. We wore the masks to the 2018 Rainbow Ball (theme was masquerade) run by the Cambridge Student Union LGBTQ+ Campaign. The Rainbow Ball was on the 14th of June 2018 and ran until around 3 am. The mask is meaningful to me as a memento of my first queer relationship."

Donated by student, matriculated King's College 2017 with a bachelor's degree in History and from Newnham in 2021 with a PhD in Classics.

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