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Claire Pierson

@clairepierson.bsky.social
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Reader in Politics at University of Liverpool. Reproductive politics and abortion rights activism. www.liverpool.ac.uk/politics/resear…

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Claire Pierson @clairepierson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
My happy place and favourite people to work with. Liverpool Independent Art School is probably the best thing in Liverpool liverpoolnoise.com/arts-and-cul...
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Liverpool Independent Art School At 10: This Is What Art School Was Supposed To Be Like | Liverpool Noise
Liverpool Independent Art School celebrates 10 years of creativity, community and doing art education differently in Liverpool.
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Claire Pierson @clairepierson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
My happy place and favourite people to work with. Liverpool Independent Art School is probably the best thing in Liverpool liverpoolnoise.com/arts-and-cul...
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Liverpool Independent Art School At 10: This Is What Art School Was Supposed To Be Like | Liverpool Noise
Liverpool Independent Art School celebrates 10 years of creativity, community and doing art education differently in Liverpool.
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Aoife O'Donoghue @aoifemod.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
👇👇 Always enjoy a chat with #CalledToTheBar . Grt to put #NorthernIreland at the centre of an #internationallaw chat. Tis a really complex Int'l law space & had the perfect partners to chat with @sylviademars.me & @colinmurray.bsky.social
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Sophie Lewis @reproutopia.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
www.e-flux.com/notes/678354...
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Eight Theses on Gloria Steinem, Because Goddamn - Notes - e-flux
Sophie Lewis reflects on the legacy of influential US feminist Gloria Steinem, who died recently.
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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes
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Claire Pierson @clairepierson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Reading Sydney Calkin's 'abortion pills go global' and the brand names given to the pills manufactured in India are making me smile a lot
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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 27/08/2026
"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.
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From the Personal to the Political and Back Again?
Hel Spandler explores the evolution of madzines and considers why they should be recognised as a form of activism.
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Aidan McGlynn @aidanmcglynn.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
The Richard Scarry instagram account is truly a gift
A Richard Scarry cartoon showing a cat leaving a butcher shop with a sausage that's as big as she is, with the caption 'The errands I'm running when I run into my crush:'A Richard Scarry cartoon showing a crow with a slice of cheese with holes in it, and the text 'I'm 24. Bought this whole slide of cheese myself. not "parents". Not "got lucky". I set a goal and I achieved it. Discipline, mindset, grit.'A Richard Scarry cartoon of a house with the sides cut away so that you can see the different rooms inside, and the rabbits living there. The caption reads 'Not my house, but I know my *way around*.'A Richard Scarry cartoon of a scared looking hippo in the water next to a green barge that's on fire. The caption reads 'How your email finds me:'
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
From the abstract: “promoting a woman to Associate Professor increases female faculty by 1.5 members after 15 years, leads to six additional female PhD graduates over the following decade, and raises the number who subsequently remain in academia and reach tenured positions”
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Claire Pierson @clairepierson.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Rules for creativity and life 💜
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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 13/06/2026
A flagship journal in my field uses AI in the editorial process! Yes, & they even give this vacuous (described below) feedback when they reject papers. I tried pushing back and was told I'm being emotional (sexism red flag) because I can't deal with rejection (lemme laugh for a few minutes).
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Claire Pierson @clairepierson.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Our dept is hiring!
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Claire Pierson @clairepierson.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Our dept is hiring!
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
@clairehanna.bsky.social : "Last week, in a very high profile case, the murder of Natalie McNally, the judge.. talked about a frenzied knife attack, he talked about wounds so bad the cause of death was unable to to be determined. There were no riots over the perpetrator of that brutal crime"
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
The family of the Belfast stabbing victim have released a statement saying - like the family of Henry Nowak last week - that the attack should not be used to "divide people or fuel hostility" They condemned disorder and praised the "valuable contribution" by migrants inews.co.uk/news/politic...
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waldokanto.bsky.social @waldokanto.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Marjane Satrapi 1969-2026
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Antipode @antipodeonline.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Some reading and viewing for Nakba Day: our Interventions series on the Palestinian genocide antipodeonline.org/2024/03/01/i... and the 2024 Antipode RGS-IBG Lecture—“Where is Palestine? Singapore on the Med, Spaceships, and the Mount of Olives” antipodeonline.org/2024/08/14/2...
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Claire Pierson @clairepierson.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
How you know you're working in the proper sciency part of the university
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Claire Pierson @clairepierson.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
People will always find ways to have an abortion, all bans do is entrench inequality in access
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Global Abortion Rights News @globalabortionnews.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
From 1965 to 1985, maternal mortality fell sharply across Europe. Romania was the exception, its rates increased by almost 150%. This was due to the President's political decision to ban abortion. When he was overthrown and executed in 1989, the abortion law was liberalized immediately.
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The human cost of unsafe abortions
Romania’s history offers a rare natural experiment on what happens when abortion laws change rapidly. What can the rest of the world learn from this?
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Claire Pierson @clairepierson.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Liverpool has the best sunsets
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Alliance for Choice @all4choice.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Privacy International and Women on Web have developed a guide to digital privacy for Sexual and Reproductive Justice Activists. As reproductive data is increasingly collected and policed, this resource provides advice on protecting your online privacy. 👉 privacyinternational.org/long-read/57...
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Claire Pierson @clairepierson.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Liverpool has the best sunsets
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Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC @caoilfhionn.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
The Lonely Alphabet of Brave, Anonymous Women I’ve written in @irishtimes.com about women to whom we owe a great debt, but their names are never known. They fought for legal change, often at great personal cost, in anonymised cases - X, C, A, B, MZ, & many more. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
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Caoilfhionn Gallagher: X, C, A, B, MZ: I’m thinking of the lonely alphabet of brave, anonymous women and girls
No one knows who they are, what they went through or the landmark legal change they secured, but we owe them a debt
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Claire Pierson @clairepierson.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
aaarrggh. Another example of law not being equal to access. #knowyourrights
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Claire Pierson @clairepierson.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Malta abortion news: Woman handed three-year suspended sentence after court finds her guilty of inducing her own abortion using medication in early 2024. This is the second suspended sentence in the past year. #decriminalise www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/court_a...
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Woman handed suspended sentence for getting abortion in 2024
Woman handed three-year suspended sentence after court finds her guilty of inducing her own abortion using medication in early 2024
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Claire Pierson @clairepierson.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Malta abortion news: Woman handed three-year suspended sentence after court finds her guilty of inducing her own abortion using medication in early 2024. This is the second suspended sentence in the past year. #decriminalise www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/court_a...
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Woman handed suspended sentence for getting abortion in 2024
Woman handed three-year suspended sentence after court finds her guilty of inducing her own abortion using medication in early 2024
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Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society @signsjournal.org · 10/03/2026
After Roe v. Wade was overturned, SIGNS put together a collection of resources on abortion & reproductive justice. For #WHM, amid ongoing anti-abortion campaigns & systematic sexual control of bodies, we hope it can inspire feminist thought, discourse, & resistance. signsjournal.org/abortion-res...
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Signs Resources on Abortion and Reproductive Justice
The enraging Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade is an urgent reminder of the importance of the ongoing work of feminist scholars and activists in the fight for equal rights, bodily auto…
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Reclaim the Agenda @reclaimtheagenda.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Act Now 'installed this poster on the site of the George Mitchell statue to honour all women in NI who have experienced violence,and to remind all our institutions, whether gov., academic or religious, that those who commit such crimes should have no place to hide.' www.actnowni.org/lets-talk-ab...
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Reclaim the Agenda @reclaimtheagenda.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
'An Iranian academic living in Belfast has said her people "don't want to have a dictatorship" and would like to have their "own choices" regarding new leadership of their country. Her comments were made at an International Women's Day rally in Belfast' www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
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Claire Pierson @clairepierson.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
A misty hike and a beautiful book of poetry about abortion experiences for International Working Women's Day #IWD26
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Claire Pierson @clairepierson.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
A misty hike and a beautiful book of poetry about abortion experiences for International Working Women's Day #IWD26
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Claire Pierson @clairepierson.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Well worth a listen
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Global Abortion Rights News @globalabortionnews.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Justice for Izabela! A Polish court has sentenced three doctors to prison over the 2021 death of Izabela from sepsis during a 22-week miscarriage, after doctors refused to help. "This was a case involving extraordinary negligence, a pure disregard for the most basic and fundamental medical duties."
france24.com
Polish doctors jailed for denying woman abortion
A Polish court on Tuesday sentenced three doctors to prison sentences over the 2021 death of a pregnant woman, which sparked nationwide protests and renewed scrutiny of the country's restrictive abort...
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Global Abortion Rights News @globalabortionnews.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Between 2009 and 2023, campaigners in El Salvador secured the release of dozens of women imprisoned for abortion-related charges, miscarriages, stillbirths and obstetric emergencies. But now, under the country’s "state of emergency" imposed by dictator Nayib Bukele, progress is unravelling.
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Jailed for losing a pregnancy: how progress on El Salvador’s harsh anti-abortion law is unravelling
Years of campaigning led to the release of 81 women imprisoned under the country’s strict reproductive laws, but the suspension of civil rights by President Nayib Bukele is fuelling a new wave of crim...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 02/03/2026
Worried about freedom of speech? Then what’s happening at the Open University should terrify you | Owen Jones
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Worried about freedom of speech? Then what’s happening at the Open University should terrify you | Owen Jones
The OU has capitulated to a pro-Israel lobby group about the use of the term ‘ancient Palestine’. The wider context is impossible to ignore, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
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Irish Studies@LivUni @irishinstitute.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
📢Lectureship in Politics and Public Administration Shared with @livunipol.bsky.social 3-year fixed-term £47,389 - £59,966 pa Help teach + develop the new MA in Public Administration and Policy, teach UG + PG students + carry out high-quality research ℹ️ tinyurl.com/3fcyrn24 #academicsky
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Job Specification
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Global Abortion Rights News @globalabortionnews.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Good news from the European Commission. While they did not approve a new fund for abortion, they expanded use of an existing fund, which can also help cover travel costs. The My Voice My Choice campaign is pleased, saying their priority was always “getting results for women, not the legal form."
politico.eu
EU Commission rejects new abortion financing proposal, points to existing fund
Countries may need to amend an existing fund to use it to support women who wish to travel to access abortion within the EU.
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Global Abortion Rights News @globalabortionnews.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
There are fears that the European Commission could, this week, reject the initiative aimed at guaranteeing access to safe abortion across the EU. The ‘My Voice, My Choice’ campaign is mounting a last-ditch lobbying effort.
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‘My Voice, My Choice’ fears Commission rejection of abortion initiative | Euractiv
The organisation has launched a last-minute email campaign to sway the Commission
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Claire Pierson @clairepierson.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Inspiring exhibition in the @wellcomecollection.bsky.social on birth scrolls - used for protection and as a girdle during birth. Also embroidery by liverpool artist Tabitha Moses - I've taken embroidery classes with Tabitha and her work on reproductive experience and loss is awesome
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Claire Pierson @clairepierson.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Inspiring exhibition in the @wellcomecollection.bsky.social on birth scrolls - used for protection and as a girdle during birth. Also embroidery by liverpool artist Tabitha Moses - I've taken embroidery classes with Tabitha and her work on reproductive experience and loss is awesome
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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Booking now open for #IWD2026 event to launch #Activism100+Toolkit, a co-produced resource created by the @ukri.org #AHRC funded network #womensgrassrootsactivsm. 🗓️ 10 March 2026 ⏰ 5.30pm -7pm (online) @whaireland.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social
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Women's Grassroots Activism - Toolkit 100+ Launch (IWD 2026)
Launch of the 100+ Toolkit for Women's Grassroots Activism. A 2026 IWD Event hosted by London South Bank University.
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Claire Pierson @clairepierson.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
A story as old as time. Man doesn't have the career he thinks he deserves and decides the problem is women and the 'feminisation' of the workplace. Its all so predictable and boring. The bit on childless women did give me a good laugh tho.
independent.co.uk
Reform candidate calls for ‘young girls’ to be given ‘biological reality’ check
Exclusive: Matt Goodwin issues warning over Britain’s ‘fertility crisis’, arguing that ‘many women in Britain are having children much too late in life’
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Claire Pierson @clairepierson.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
This is a brilliant interview. Love this phrase - 'I like my sovereignty'.https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/feb/14/tracey-emin-interview-tate-modern-regrets-smoking?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1771049992
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‘Regrets? Number one: smoking. Number two: taking it up the wrong hole’: Tracey Emin on reputation, radical honesty – and Reform
She scandalised the art world in the 1990s with her unmade bed, partied hard in the 2000s – then a brush with death turned the artist’s life upside down. Now she’s as frank as ever
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Tanja Vuckovic Juros @tvuckovicjuros.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Download it also to read how Maja Gergoric and I argue that abortion is the core Croatian anti-gender issue and how it was used in the institutionalization of Croatian anti-gender movement!
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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Who takes notes and does the dishes for the revolution is a political matter. Look around you at your organizing meetings. If women are always the ones keeping minutes, assign a man. If women are always volunteering to get shit going, assign some men.
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Fionnuala NÍ Aoláin KC (Hons) @niaolainf.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Many friends asking what it is like in Minnesota right now. This video-clip tells. Masked men w/ guns in ordinary places (gas stations, grocery stores, cruising streets) intimidating ordinary people & instilling fear. As a terrorism expert, I think about the logic of government instilling fear.
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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Happy Nollaig na mBan! Here's a piece celebrating some of Ireland's most interesting women, with a thread about each of them here: bsky.app/profile/ciar... Prints also available (currently on sale): www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
Image of the Mini Mná print set against a photograph of Irish Women 

#SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm #Ireland #Art #BuyIrish #WomensChristmas
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Claire Pierson @clairepierson.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Interview with Diane Munday on ongoing need for full decriminalisation of abortion www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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‘Women have to fight for what they want’: UK campaigner’s 60-year unfinished battle for abortion rights
Diane Munday helped secure legal terminations in 1967 and, aged 94, is still calling for wider reproductive rights
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