Founder: Mona Sakr
Bluestocking is an online magazine that investigates the intellectual and artistic achievements of women throughout history. The name of the journal originates from the 18th Century Blue Stockings Society of educated intellectual women. Bluestocking acts as a base for critical and insightful research into the work of female thinkers, raising the profile of women as major actors in the history of ideas, both past and present.
Our team
Olivia Hurton
Editor-in-Chief
Olivia is an English DPhil scholar at Christ Church, specialising in Romanticism and Theatre History. Her doctorate focuses on the trailblazing female playwrights of the 18th century and the ways in which they used the stage to transform education. With a prolific knowledge of women creatives across art, literature, film, theatre, fashion and design, Olivia looks forward to guiding and inspiring new writers at Bluestocking as Editor-in-Chief. She has a deep admiration for history’s pioneering female thinkers and relishes discovering radical lost voices, as well as championing new ones. She thinks Isabella Blow, Lady Caroline Lamb and Tracey Emin are among the greats. A RADA trained actress and compulsive writer, she is the author of The Separation Ceremony and Nights at the Theatre.
Raluca David
Head of Global Content
Raluca has a DPhil in Experimental Psychology and is finishing her MSt in Creative Writing. She has worked on the cognitive neuroscience of mind wandering, the evolutionary psychology of women, and, as a postdoc at the Blavatnik School of Government, she investigated the impact of role models on women’s empowerment worldwide. Raluca has been shortlisted for the Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize and the Oxford-BNU Prize. She is currently writing a book on psychological stereotypes holding the glass ceiling in place. At Bluestocking, Raluca is looking for stories of extraordinary women around the globe in science and beyond and is leading the international outreach and expansion of partnerships with university departments and institutions globally.
Cosima Yeo
Humanities Editor
Cosima reads Classics and Modern Languages at St John’s College. She is interested in how women have been depicted in literature throughout time, and how language impacts gendered realities. She takes an interest in representations of women in classical antiquity, particularly in epic and elegiac poetry. Her research into the sociolinguistics of grammatically gendered language made strikingly clear the tangible effect language can have on gender inequality. More recently, Cosima has written an article for Bluestocking on Sylvia Plath, applying modern feminist thinking to examine themes of agency, choice and societal expectations in the poet’s life and works. As Humanities Editor, she looks forward to advancing discussions about women’s achievements, aims, and contributions to the history of ideas.
Gauri Ratti
Science Editor
Gauri is an MSc student in Medical Physics with Radiobiology at Reuben College. Based in the Department of Oncology, her research revolves around applying particle physics principles to medical advancement, particularly in advanced medical imaging and radiotherapy for cancer diagnosis and treatment. She completed her BSc in Physics and Philosophy at King’s College London, and is interested in effective scientific communication and the philosophy of science. As Science Editor, Gauri hopes to celebrate women’s contributions to scientific advancement, spotlighting areas of healthcare sciences in which women’s experiences are under-researched.
Eleanor Davies
Politics Editor
Eleanor is a MSt student in Modern and Contemporary Literature at Somerville College. Her research examines the role of periodical publications as feminist counterpublics during the interwar period, focusing on women’s intellectual collaboration and the development of political cultures within a male-dominated press landscape. She completed her undergraduate studies in English Literature at the University of Birmingham and trained as a journalist at News Associates. She has experience in news and editorial writing, podcasting, radio, video editing, and social media, and looks forward to bringing these skills to Bluestocking.
Emily Dillon
Arts Editor
Emily is a second-year Philosophy, Politics and Economics undergraduate at Mansfield College. She enjoys the writings of Hollywood it-girl Eve Babitz, 1960s fashion, women’s athletics, and Aardman films. Emily has a particular interest in theories of female sexuality, and what sex might look like after female emancipation. She wishes she was named after Emily Brontë. As Arts Editor, Emily is excited to work on perceptive writing about female creatives, both heavyweights and hidden gems.
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Previous Editors: Olivia Wrafter, Yvette Dell, Olivia Hicks, Julyan Oldham, Alice Theobald, Claire Rodwell, Georgia Mizen, Raffaella Tomassi, Leila Molana-Allen, Kate Bowden, Rebecca Gregory, Monika Kreile, Hannah Lee, Rebecca O’Brien, Alice Wilson
Previous Team Members: Shreya Ganguli, Ouissal Moumou, Asma Shakeel, Dorothy Kwok, Madeline Josa, Hollie Eaton, Lauren Davies, Supti Akhtar, Katie Dent, Julia Alsop, Sophie Dowle, Stephanie Pope, Ellen Pasternack, Millie Clark, Rebecca Moore, Natalya Din-Kariuki, Helen Robb, Urmilla Nakkeeran, Gitanjali Joseph, Frankee Bryant, Sarah Parker, Chloe McIvor, Signy Gutnick-Allen, Helen Lochead, Katy Routh, Jamie Anderson, Victoria Flynn, Catherine Reeves, Anusha Ravi, Kate Kettle, Katherine Cross, Amy Waite, Jack Coombs, Nichola Davis, Jade A. Louch, Jennie Saywell, Gaia Donati, Janina Cordes, Setareh Masoumbeiki, Riana Patel, Ella St George Carey, Claire Rodwell, Amaris Lee, Anna Simpson, Rachel Jeal, Alice Theobald, Natalie Harney, Lamis Hamdi, Hannah Johnson, Ellie Johnson-Husbands, Raffaella Sero, Malin Hay
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