Published 6 November 20236 November 2023 · Cartoons / History / Sport / Gender Sporty lesbians and fit feminists: a map of women’s sports in 1970s and 1980s Sydney Rosa Campbell <span style="display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;" data-mce-type="bookmark" class="mce_SELRES_start"></span><span style="display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;" data-mce-type="bookmark" class="mce_SELRES_start"></span> This digital map was first made and shown at the State Library of NSW Pride Revolutions Exhibition of 2023. Go to Rosa’s companion essay. Rosa Campbell Rosa Campbell is an historian and writer. She holds a PhD in history from the University of Cambridge and is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Edinburgh. She works on the global history of feminism. She is passionate about bringing ideas to life beyond the university and writes often for a public audience recently at Overland, Meanjin, The White Review and Public Books. She also leads public history projects with cultural institutions. Much to her surprise, she is quite sporty these days. More at rosa-campbell.com. More by Rosa Campbell › Overland is a not-for-profit magazine with a proud history of supporting writers, and publishing ideas and voices often excluded from other places. If you like this piece, or support Overland’s work in general, please subscribe or donate. Related articles & Essays 6 March 202610 April 2026 · CoPower Trying really hard not to make a comic about critical minerals Sofia Sabbagh I'm trying really hard not to make a comic about critical minerals. 'Cos I know, my mum tells me, "it just doesn't resonate". Unless it's a personal story, critical minerals seem too far removed from our lives. 23 February 202623 February 2026 · Right to protest Colonial authoritarianism did not start with Chris Minns Eav Brennan On 10 February 2026, a crowd gathered a Surry Hills police station on Gadigal Country. It was a snap action to protest against the police brutality of the day before.
