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Law's a Drag @lawsadrag.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Last night, Law's a Drag held its first ever CABARET! We mixed lip syncs, comedy, and dance with a Q&A on the For Woman Scotland UKSC judgment, providing info about how it will affect equality law, and the lives of drag artists, and trans, nonbinary, intersex, and cis people in the UK 🏳️‍⚧️🌈🏳️‍🌈💖🎉🥰💋

James as Alice Aforethought (pink wig, highlighted facial hair, peace sign, grinning maniacally) taking a stage selfie with a packed audience at Wharf Chambers in Leeds!

Sue Pertrouper (brunette wig, trans pride coloured corset under a white gown), Rosie as Fox Populi (pink romper suit, trans pride blue and pink wig) and James as Alice Aforethought (black top and skirt, trans pride wig, bold facial hair) onstage during the Q and A on the current law on trans rights in the UK

Applause and a curtain call, as our acts clap for the audience watching. Alice Aforethought, Fox Populi, Liv Vicariously, Trash!, Hot Pot, Tommy Gunn, Jean Evans, and Sue Pertrouper on stage

While Packin Heat (Tommy Gunn and AJ 47) perform a Legally Blonde number onstage, a packed audience watches on

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Joy Twemlow @joytwemlow.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Delighted that the summer I turned into a doctor is leading into the Autumn I started my new role as a Law Lecturer at Manchester Law School Excited to be joining a faculty of such brilliant, vibrant, creative academics 🥳

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Joy Twemlow @joytwemlow.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

I acquired some vintage index card drawers to house my academic reading notes and this brings me more happiness than I care to admit

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Caitlin @feminomenologist.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

"I study feminist theories of embodiment" is OUT. "I'm a femininomenonologist ✨️💅" is IN.

Chappell Roan holding Iris Marion Young's "On Female Body Experience: "Throwing Like a Girl" and Other Essays".

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Joy Twemlow @joytwemlow.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Punishment based writing buddy system - if either of us miss a day we have to eat a raw egg (this is medically ill-advised please don’t copy me)

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Joy Twemlow @joytwemlow.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Whenever I’m asked to explain phenomenology

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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

We are witnessing an ongoing genocide in Gaza and those who speak out against Israel’s violent actions in Palestine are sanctioned. It’s perverse (not to mention illegal) for countries to enable the perpetrators of genocide while punishing those who oppose it.

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US sanctions UN expert Francesca Albanese, critic of Israel's Gaza offensive

Secretary of State Marco Rubio linked the move to her support for the International Criminal Court (ICC).

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Kay @gothwhoreofbabylon.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

It is now more than three months since my own ABH in the course of which I was addressed as a cunt, a stupid bitch and the Whore of Babylon. Northumbria Police have my assailant’s name, a complete video of the attack, CCTV evidence and a medical report. They are, to my knowledge, yet to speak to him

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Sergey Vasiliev @sevslv.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Cayley "began receiving anonymous, threatening phone calls saying “you’re in a very dangerous position”. And last summer, the 🇳🇱 police & security services turned up at the court to warn that he was in considerable danger." Must-read article on why Cayley quit the #ICC. observer.co.uk/news/interna...

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Threat of US sanctions over Gaza forced me out, says ICC ...

Andrew Cayley oversaw the ICC’s investigation into Israel and Hamas. As he gathered harrowing testimonies, he began to receive threatening phone calls

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Jana Bacevic 🌲🌳✊🏴 @unsocialtheory.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Am I correct in understanding that the story in the UK today is that someone chose to chant "death to IDF" and *not* that the IDF is shooting civilians trying to access food at aid distribution sites? Right.

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Joy Twemlow @joytwemlow.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Over the weekend @benedictdouglas.bsky.social and I were lucky enough to run an amazing zine making session at the East Midlands NEU Activist Summer School Throughout the day we reflected on our role in addressing the rise of the right & its corrosion of our democracies 👇🏼Link to our zine below

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Joy Twemlow @joytwemlow.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Delighted to have been shortlisted for a Durham teaching innovation award and even more delighted that my supervisor @profturner.bsky.social won the excellence in supervision category 🥳 Durham Law School represented well with Catherine, myself and Can Eken (shortlisted for tutor of the year) 🎊🎉🍾

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Being Trans in Philosophy @being.transinphilosophy.org · 17/06/2025

Issue #0 of Being Trans in Philosophy zine is out now! “We Are Not Trans in a Theoretical Way”. Download & print ur own 🖨️. being.transinphilosophy.org #beingtransinphilosophy #trans #philosophy #gender #feminism #zine #diy

Being Trans in Philosophy issue #0 release. Subtitle: download, make your own. Url: https://being.transinphilosophy.org. Image of 5 zines arranged in the trans pride colors, stacked on top of well-known trans books.

Title: ‘welcome to the WTF.” Image of a biohazard symbol overlayed on a world map with lines radiating from the center of the symbol, and the spires of the biohazard symbol are impinging on two scared trans symbols. A very long list of anti-trans events since 2021 portraying the looming threats to trans life from violence, media, and governmental disenfranchisement. Footer text: https://being.transinphilosophy.org.

Text header: issue #0, june 2025, https://being.transinphilosophy.org, our stories, “we are not trans in a theoretical way”. A list of contributors with each name on a black badge over a purple splatter. The names are: Imogen Sullivan, Erin Beeghly, Ray Briggs, Anonymous, autogyniphiles_anonymous, Emmie Malone, Kelly Potter, Elin McCready, Penny Haulotte, Amy Marvin, Alex Adamson, Perry Zurn, Emil Eva Rosina, and Maximiliana Rifkin.

Text header: issue #0, june 2025, https://being.transinphilosophy.org, our stories, “we are not trans in a theoretical way”. A block of white text on a stippled purple star background reads: “being trans i not a controversial idea. it’s a lived reality.” Under the text appears a black and white image of a feminine eye.

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Ruth Houghton @ruthhoughton.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Art was never my thing. But, a fabulous teach out at Newcastle today with Rebecca Coleman. Thinking about utopias, new materialism, materials and some Utopian Zine Making!

Zine front page states "Utopian Constituent Assembly"

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University of Leeds - School of Law @lawatleeds.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

In today’s episode, Alice and Fox share some highlights from recent @lawsadrag.bsky.social activities! 🌈✨ From research papers on RuPaul’s Drag Race to Forum Theatre sessions, catch up on what the network has been up to. Want more?🔽 tinyurl.com/mffdpvaa #AcademicSky #LawSky #LawsADrag

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Jesse Bachir @drfreedom.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Yearly reminder that pride is not just a nice little parade, it is grounded in resistance to oppression. This is especially important to remember this month, when in the UK and the US, our trans siblings are under threat. Their ability to enter public spaces on equal terms is being threatened; 1/

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Joy Twemlow @joytwemlow.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Spent last week visiting Pompeii and Herculaneum - there were so many amazing things to see

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Joy Twemlow @joytwemlow.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Spent last week visiting Pompeii and Herculaneum - there were so many amazing things to see

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Joy Twemlow @joytwemlow.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

I made a slideshow for my cat sitters with all the important (and not so important) info about my cat. This is my favourite slide

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Dr. Sandra Duffy Golden @sandraduffy.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

This goes not just for Zack, but for everyone: stop being squeamish about saying 'trans.' It's the trans community specifically under attack right now and a trans councillor who's had to resign because of that. Don't 'all lives matter' it. Say trans.

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Joy Twemlow @joytwemlow.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

I spent the day doing research (reading queer & feminist zones) at the Baltic in Newcastle. It was pretty great

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University of Leeds - School of Law @lawatleeds.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Last month, @lawsadrag.bsky.social hosted a Forum Theatre and Research Principles Lab. The day fostered meaningful discussions and creative exchanges, contributing to the ongoing development of ethical research practices within the field. Read more!👇 tinyurl.com/4erscev6 @joytwemlow.bsky.social

Background image of Drs Greenwood-Reeves and Fox performing their show.

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In April, the School of Law hosted Law’s a Drag: Forum Theatre and Research Principles Lab, an engaging and collaborative event exploring socio-legal research with drag artists.

Led by researchers Dr James Greenwood-Reeves, Dr Rosie Fox and Dr Joy Twemlow (Durham), the event brought together academics and artists to examine ethical, effective, and impactful research practices.

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Aoife O'Donoghue @aoifemod.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

A group of us law academics put together a letter on FWS v Scottish Ministers UK Supreme Court ruling & we are asking other *UK based law folk* (academic activist practitioner etc) to sign More details 👇 #transrights #trans #transgender #lawsky #academicsky #UKlaw docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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A Law Letter on FWS v Scottish Ministers

A coalition of legal academics have drafted a letter setting out our support for trans rights and our concerns about the FWS v Scottish Ministers UKSC ruling. We are opening it up for signature to ev...

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Shane Burke @drshaneburke.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Delighted to present with @joytwemlow.bsky.social on our Soundings project exploring sound, space and alienation in legal spaces as part of the Law and Emotion stream at #slsa2025 @livunislsj.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social #sound #soundart #cardiffuniversity #audiostellar #maxneuhaus

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Zoe Tongue @whiterxbbit.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Hands down the most moving and impactful conference plenary I've been to, hearing from families and campaigners from the Hillsborough Disaster. #SLSA2025

Photo of a panel of six people below a powerpoint slide reading: 'Liverpool and the Legacies of Hillsborough: A Multi-Sectoral Socio-Legal Campaign'.

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Natalie Sedacca @nataliesedacca.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Starting day two of #SLSA2025 with an excellent panel of family members plus a lawyer, a researcher and a documentary maker, on legacies of Hillsborough and the urgent need for a Hillsborough law to introduce a legal duty of candour and equality of arms @slsauk.bsky.social

A panel of five speakers and two chairs with a title slide ‘Liverpool and the legacies of Hillsborough- a multi-sectoral, socio-legal campaign’

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Feminist Legal Studies @flsjournal.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Feminist legal scholars Flora Renz and Davina Cooper wrote an article for our journal recently exploring how/why we should think about gender discrimination and legal responses to address it beyond biological frameworks. You can read it here (open access): link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Reimagining Gender Through Equality Law: What Legal Thoughtways Do Religion and Disability Offer? - Feminist Legal Studies

British equality law protections for sex and gender reassignment have grown fraught as activists tussle over legal and social categories of gender, gender transitioning, and sex. This article consider...

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Colin Danby @cdanby.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

I’ve lost patience with the claims that (a) AI will somehow get better (b) there are patterns of use that are genuinely useful. Maybe so, but those are not what I’m seeing. And the cheerleaders who tell my students that AIs are the future are, I think, morally culpable.

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

In under 24 hours, Israel has massacred over 400 people in Gaza — including 174 children. Words of condemnation ring hollow. The UK government must end ALL arms sales, trade & diplomatic ties with a state facing genocide charges at the ICJ & leaders under ICC arrest warrants.

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Joy Twemlow @joytwemlow.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

The puppet update no one asked for

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Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights @lphr-lawyers.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

The overnight resumption of devastating mass atrocities in Gaza – killing and maiming hundreds of Palestinians through Israeli military airstrikes – is deeply horrifying and must stop immediately. Our statement: lphr.org.uk/latest-news/...

Screenshot of statement dated 18 March 2025, available at the link

'The overnight resumption of devastating mass atrocities in Gaza – killing and maiming hundreds of Palestinians through Israeli military airstrikes – is deeply horrifying and must stop immediately. Indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks in flagrant disregard of international humanitarian law betray humanity and constitute serious international crimes.

The trapped and immiserated population of Gaza must not be re-subjected to a terrifying extended campaign of utter horror, suffering and trauma. We urge an immediate return to a state of ceasefire and call on the UK government to decisively act against Israel’s return to perpetrating massive violence in Gaza.'

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Joy Twemlow @joytwemlow.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Pleased to announce I’ve made significant progress on the crochet blanket I am making. It’s getting me through these times y’all

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Joy Twemlow @joytwemlow.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Any and every news article any and every day rn

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Joy Twemlow @joytwemlow.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Adding my hopefully calming cat pic to your feed

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James Greenwood-Reeves @jgreenwoodreeves.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

for a @lawsadrag.bsky.social forum theatre project we're planning, we recently ran various warm up activities, inc. drawing yourself while closing your eyes. All good fun. Days later, going through paperwork, HORRIFIED to discover this image staring back at me

A pen drawing of something that might once have been human, on lined paper. Clearly done while James had his eyes closed. There is a bald head, a dislocated chin, expressionless eyes, orbs to indicate lungs and a heart, disembodied, lifeless, disjointed. Legs are angled sideways in an uncanny and irregular fashion. It's unnerving.

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Joy Twemlow @joytwemlow.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Bing, bang, bong Sing, sang, song Ding, dang, dong UK, hun? @lawsadrag.bsky.social

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Joy Twemlow @joytwemlow.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Cat is happy (and slightly shocked) to finally see some sun

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Joy Twemlow @joytwemlow.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Yeah, doing the PhD defence was great thanks.

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Aoife O'Donoghue @aoifemod.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Trump's statements on Gaza should be taken seriously - & called what it is Ethnic Cleansing under UNSC 780 Violation of Geneva Convention IV Art 49 ICC Statue Art 6&7 Numerous Human Rights obligations The language should be clear on this, not ambigous

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Queer Judgments Project @queerjudgments.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

We’re thrilled to announce Queer Judgments is out today! This collection covers topics relating to decriminalising gay sex, HIV, asylum, healthcare, reproductive justice, gender transition, and much more! It is available to download on a pay what you feel basis: counterpress.org.uk/publications...

The three authors of Queer Judgments huddle around a table with the Queer Judgments book standing upright on the table.

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James Greenwood-Reeves @jgreenwoodreeves.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

@lawsadrag.bsky.social are hosting a DOUBLE FEATURE EVENT 4th April, School of Law Forum Theatre Workshop and Research Principles Lab! We're once again combining drag artists, academics, and lawyers to figure out how to make impactful, powerful, ethical, innovative collaborative research

Poster for Law’s a Drag Forum Theatre and Research Principles Workshop, Friday 4th April 2025, School of Law, University of Leeds. A QR code is available to contact the team. The poster continues: What’s Happening?
We’re asking drag artists and academics to share their thoughts on how we can do ethical research together, with a day of activities including:
• A “forum theatre” performance, where social issues are explored on stage during an initial performance, before members of the audience are invited to join during repeated performances to show how they would resolve conflicts and respond to injustices;
• A “research principles lab,” where we will discuss the principles methods, ethics, and outputs artists want from our future research
Where? When? 10:00am to 16:00pm Friday 4th April 2025, School of Law, University of Leeds, Leeds LS3 1DB

Are you paying for our time and expertise? Yes. We can pay up to 8 artists £30 an hour for 6 hours of their time, or £180 each, to watch and participate in the forum theatre workshop, and to give us your thoughts in the research principles lab.
How do I get involved? You can get involved one of three ways:
Scan the QR Code
Visit lawsadrag.org.uk and use the contact form
Email J.R.H.Greenwood-Reeves@leeds.ac.uk

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Joy Twemlow @joytwemlow.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Reading any and every news article over the past few years

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