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Ruth Fletcher

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Feminist legal academic interested in reproducing life otherwise at Queen Mary University of London, and elsewhere | #Repealedthe8th

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National Women’s Council @nwc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🤰 Where is the Mother and Baby Psychiatric Unit long promised by Government? With suicide the leading cause of maternal death in 2025, it could not be more urgent. Yet it still hasn't been built. Read our press release: www.nwci.ie/learn/articl...
Image of Laura O'Connell on purple background with text "Had there been a mother and baby unit, I don't know if I would have ended up in psychiatric care years later."
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Center for Reproductive Rights @reprorights.org · 28/09/2026
Europe is shining for abortion rights! 💚 Tonight, cities and landmarks across Europe are sending a powerful message of support for abortion rights.
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Aoife O'Donoghue @aoifemod.bsky.social · 11h
📢 Blog 5/10 of our #InternationalSafeAbortion Day series from Camille Kumar @asn.org.uk 'Abortion care, interrupted' centres on access to medication & what happens when people's bodily autonomy are curtailed #ReproductiveJustice #SafeAbortion #FeministLegalWork👇 dflw.ie/abortion-car...
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Abortion care, interrupted. - Doing Feminist Legal Work
‘I had a medical abortion at 10 weeks, about a month ago. Two weeks after the treatment began, I called my doctor and told her the pregnancy test had 2 faint
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Dr. Sandra Duffy Golden @sandraduffy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@fiercemum.bsky.social and I are really pleased to see this one out.
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Máiréad Enright @maireadenright.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Some wider human rights context/links etc over here for those interested www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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Aoife O'Donoghue @aoifemod.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Blog 4/10 in #InternationalSafeAbortionSeries series #TheMorrigan is Marcin W. Smietana Giulia Zanini & Alessandra Brigo '‘It was going to be two days, and it’s been a month’: A feminist critique of legal time limits for the process of abortion' #ReproductiveJustice dflw.ie/it-was-going...
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‘It was going to be two days, and it’s been a month’: A feminist critique of legal time limits for the process of abortion - Doing Feminist Legal Work
‘It was going to be two days, and it’s been a month. I’m exhausted,’ shared a person I (Marcin) met in an English abortion clinic recently. Earlier that day,
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Aoife O'Donoghue @aoifemod.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
📢 Day 2 of our blog post series on #TheMorrigan for #InternationalSafeAbortionDay Catherine Conlon, Katelin Bratt & Danielle Young look at 'Events The ‘Timing Out’ Risk from the Rigid, ‘Least-Time’ Model of Care of s.12 2018 Act – How, Why and With What Consequence? 👇 1/2 dflw.ie/the-timing-o...
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The ‘Timing Out’ Risk from the Rigid, ‘Least-Time’ Model of Care of s.12 2018 Act – How, Why and With What Consequence? - Doing Feminist Legal Work
As sociological researchers of abortion experience, we welcome the invitation to reflect on the social consequences of legal regulation of abortion care with
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Aoife O'Donoghue @aoifemod.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
📣 It's #InternationalSafeAbortion Day & #TheMorrigan we are hosting a series of blogs edited & starting with @ruthfletcher.bsky.social on witnessing legal implementation after #repealedthe8th - 9 posts from across disciplines & experience #safeabortion #reproductivejustice dflw.ie/witnessing-l...
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Witnessing legal implementation after #repealedthe8th: Soft law and the curious case of discontinuous care after a failed early medical abortion - Doing Feminist Legal Work
“It was like an epiphany. We just felt a weight lifted off us to know that there was even an option. They told me someone local to me where I could go and
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Ruth Fletcher @ruthfletcher.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Here’s the first of a series of 10 blogs we’re doing this week for #SafeAbortionDay #Sept28 To call for more legal witnessing of soft law barriers to abortion care and challenge harmful exclusions and unworkable time limits dflw.ie/witnessing-l... Time to address failed EMA up against 12 weeks!
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Witnessing legal implementation after #repealedthe8th: Soft law and the curious case of discontinuous care after a failed early medical abortion - Doing Feminist Legal Work
“It was like an epiphany. We just felt a weight lifted off us to know that there was even an option. They told me someone local to me where I could go and
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Together Alliance @togetheralliance.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🤝 Join us on Sunday 4 October to celebrate the anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street. ➡️ Assemble: 12pm, Tower Hamlets Town Hall ➡️ March: 1pm via Aldgate East and Leman Street (approx. 1.3 miles) ➡️ Rally: 2:30-4:30pm, St George's Gardens Speakers, music, poetry and solidarity.
Poster promoting the 90th anniversary public rally for the Battle of Cable Street—assemble 12pm Sunday 4 Oct—commemorating East Londoners' resistance to a 4 Oct 1936 fascist march, shown alongside a red plaque reading "They shall not pass."
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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Important point: the residents are those of the Garvaghy Road, not Portadown as a whole. They are perfectly content letting the Order march anywhere else. Just not there, and for good reason. I don’t think it is an unreasonable demand on the part of the residents to just ask to move a tiny bit.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 27/09/2026
Look at this map when you hear the orange folk talk about what smol beans they are and how they’ll hardly even be noticed quietly marching to their church and they don’t understand why everyone’s so mad about a wittle pawade…If that were so, they’d go the way they’ve gone for the last 27 years.
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Mark @deirbhilesdaddy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
For anyone in Britain or further afield who wants to know WHY the Drumcree Parade down the Garvaghy Road is unwanted by the local people.
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Rob Mullins @robertmullins.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I'm resharing my FWS paper in its close to final form. It's been heavily revised, thanks to comments from two excellent reviewers and some of you. I'm proud of the new title. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Reassigning 'Sex'
<p><span>I argue that the Supreme Court’s conclusions in <i>For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers </i>[2025] UKSC 16 involve a series of compounding inter
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Aoife O'Donoghue @aoifemod.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🪧New blog from The Morrigan from Sarah Craig & @katieanolan.bsky.social on the new Northern/Irish Feminist Judgments projects that they are leading! Great workshop a few weeks ago - really amazing ideas for this new adventure in #Feminism #FeministJudgments 👇 dflw.ie/revisiting-n...
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Revisiting Northern/Irish Feminist Judgments: Reflections from the First Workshop - Doing Feminist Legal Work
The launch of Revisiting the Northern/Irish Feminist Judgments Project took place at Ulster University’s Belfast campus on Friday 4th September 2026. The
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Liberty @libertyhq.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
EXCLUSIVE: 13 British universities have discussed how to handle pro-Palestinian campus protests with the UK’s largest weapons manufacturer, including ramping up security at events and coordinating responses to criticism. Latest story from Liberty Investigates with @aljazeera.com
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How UK universities briefed BAE Systems on pro-Palestine campus protests
Several universities discussed protests with the weapons maker, raising concerns about influence and academic freedom.
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Hodge Jones & Allen Solicitors @hodgejonesallen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
An inquest can help bereaved families understand how and why a loved one died while under mental health care. Amanda Smith, Senior Associate in our #MedicalNegligence team, discusses challenges families face, legal funding and proposed reforms under the “Hillsborough Law”. #Inquest #MentalHealth
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lawofprotest.bsky.social @lawofprotest.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Parades Commission, set up to shield PSNI from contentious parades - and to avoid decisions being based primarily on public order grounds, but rather on human rights - relied on the police assessment, and handed parading right back to the police ... to make a decision on public order grounds.
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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I don't want to just dunk on Bryant, who is new in post, but successive UK Govts have been profoundly complacent about the stability of NI even after several summers of rioting. That the Secretary of State is only coming to NI now is jaw dropping.
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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The horror that keeps happening over and over to the point where it is just part of the background news in NI: www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/courts/...
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Belfast man beat pregnant mother of his two children to death with ‘Dad’ water bottle
Zak Hughes admits brutal murder of Sarah Montgomery that also resulted in loss of her 32-week-old unborn son Liam
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Seána @grantsana.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Today’s parades decision has overshadowed reporting about what was laid out in court about Sarah Montgomery's murder - she was 32wks pregnant, beaten to death by the father of her children with a water bottle he was bought for Father’s Day. So many determined to make this dangerous place worse
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Seána @grantsana.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
These are the deaths connected to the parade route that got the go ahead today. Telling residents that they need to build bridges feels particularly perverse
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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We are all with you lads, we really are. You will go down in our history as legends. Please #StopTheGames
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 25/09/2026
For the first time in almost 30 years, Orangemen will be allowed to march along Portadown’s Garvaghy Road this weekend. So why has the Parades Commission changed its position now, and what did a High Court ruling have to do with it? jrnl.ie/7173877
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Why has the Parades Commission given permission to the Drumcree march after almost 30 years?
A procedural error by the Parades Commission reopened a dispute that had effectively been settled for almost three decades.
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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Parades Commission decision on the Drumcree parade rests in large part on the police assessment of disorder. This is a huge call by the police and I can only think how awful this renewed attention must feel for the Quinn, O'Reilly and Nelson families: www.paradescommission.org/viewparade.a...
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 25/09/2026
Garvaghy Road residents have said they are "furious" over the decision to allow the Orange Order parade at Drumcree to proceed, in what will be a limited capacity, for the first time in 28 years | Follow live
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Garvaghy Road residents 'furious' at commission ruling
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Dr Claire McGettrick Born Lorraine Hughes @cmcgettrick.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Clann has published new guidance concerning categories of records that may not have been provided to some people who applied for information under the Birth Information & Tracing Act 2022. Please feel free to share with anyone affected by these issues. See: clannproject.org/birth-inform...
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT POTENTIALLY OMITTED ADOPTION RECORDS
While the withholding of records from affected people has been a longstanding concern, we have recently identified a different form of omission affecting some applications made under the Birth Informa...
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Ruth Fletcher @ruthfletcher.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Sending solidarity and as much feminist legal energy as I can muster to all those picking up the Repeal banner and marching in Dublin today for accessible abortion and reproductive justice for all! Communities who reproduce life together everyday are not settling for harmful laws and policies
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Sarah Clancy @sarahmaintains.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
At the end of this video the woman speaking is Mary Lawlor, former UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders. I don't think RTE knew that. It was so great that she was there in Doonbeg.
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TaraNicRóibín @tararoonies.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A big thanks to the people protesting THAT PIG in Doonbeg. As always Sarah Clancy able to get to the heart of the matter. Reminding us of the terrible attrocities prepatrated by the united states of terror on ordinary citizens. Both directly or indirectly.
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Auntie O'Grimacey @bubblenoma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
What are you at tomorrow afternoon? Come and join us at the Department of Health because our government thinks we are all satisfied with our current abortion access and sure aren't they great for giving it to us. We want FREE, SAFE, LEGAL, LOCAL and ACCESSIBLE ABORTION in Ireland!
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Vaccines do not cause autism. Keep saying things that have been demonstrated by robust science and are the subject or organised disinformation. Don’t just ignore the attempts to brainwash. #academicsky
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Maria Ní Fhlatharta @nifhla.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I'd really love to be back with my @freesafelegal.bsky.social pals for this. We called out the barriers in 2018. We've been proven right every year since, but I told you so tastes bitter when the proof is in pregnant people's suffering and heartbreak. So if someone could shout at the DOH for me..
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Alliance for Choice @all4choice.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The 15th annual March for Choice is just two days away. We can't wait to see you all there! 📅 Saturday, 26th September ⏰ 2pm 📍 Department of Health Dublin
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Alliance for Choice @all4choice.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Body Politic: Abortion Healthcare This edition explores abortion as an essential component of women and pregnant people’s healthcare and provides useful information on medical abortion, how to use abortion medication safely and effectively and what to expect. 👉 thebodypolitic.ie/courses/abor...
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Ruth Fletcher @ruthfletcher.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Remembering and reminding in prep for next week’s #Sept28 #SafeAbortionDay!
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Two people I knew took their own lives last week - we still view mental health with too much cynicism and not enough compassion - remember @samaritans.bsky.social and @calmzone.bsky.social - it is not weak to share how you feel #mentalhealth #depression #suicideawareness
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Abortion Rights Campaign @freesafelegal.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Why are we still marching? Because eight years after Repeal, there are still barriers to care: the unnecessary 3 day waiting period, the unworkable 12 week cut off point, the lack of providers due to criminalisation and conscientious obstruction.
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Abortion Rights Campaign @freesafelegal.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Hear us Now! at the 15th annual March for Choice, this September 26th in Dublin. Meet us at 2pm outside the Department of Health before we march to the Dáil. Share this post far and wide and show your interest by clicking "interested" on our facebook event page, link in our tree.
Square illustrated image split into 4 horizontal sections. The is a collaged image, two figures in the centre in teal and pale purple. Their eyes and mouths are from different people and are much larger, and jump off the faces. They are saying "Hear us Now!" in black and white ransom style font. The backgrounds of these are cone shaped speech bubbles, they are both patterned with interlocking points in shades of teal, purple and yellow. The ARC logo is to the right of the two figures in the centre.
The next section says "15th annual March for Choice" in white font outlined in black, with a similar pattern to the speech bubble behind it.
The next horizontal says "Saturday September 26th 2026" in black against a see-through white rectangle, that you can see the pattern through.
The last section is a teal rectangle with rounded ends and says "When: 2pm, Where: Dept of Health Lower Baggot Street"
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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Another typical morning in town after Culture Night, sean-nós singers left strewn around the footpaths, poets carelessly stuffed under park benches, a lone interpretive dancer being gently blown around the square
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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Think it’s the 5th it 6th time I’ve facilitated this tour and it’s sold out again. Always delighted to talk anout queer histories and to see such intetest in them. Happy culture night to all who participate #culturenight2026 gatetheatre.ie/production/w...
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Secret Lesbian & Queer History of Dublin 1 Walking Tour - Gate Theatre Dublin
This year’s pride weekend will see the very welcome return of our previously sold-out Secret Lesbian and Queer History of Dublin 1 Walking Tour, led by historian MARY MCAULIFFE.
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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Remembering Anne Devlin ‘She was tortured, imprisoned (becoming the first female political prisoner at Kilmainham), held in solitary confinement, interrogated & threatened … but she still held out, refusing to betray any of the others involved in the rebellion’ www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
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Clodagh Finn: Anne Devlin was never just Robert Emmet’s housekeeper. It’s time we told her story
A new children’s book and the work of historian Mícheál Ó Doibhilín are helping restore Anne Devlin’s place in Irish history
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
There has been a noticeable lack of serious reaction over Turkish persecution of LGBTQIA+ community from the global community. As in many other countries, Türkiye tries to mask persecution by claiming being LGBTQIA+ isn't illegal and then using "obscenity laws". www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Turkey detains dozens in crackdown on LGBTQ+ activists and journalists
Protesters teargassed as minister claims widespread raids and arrests under obscenity laws were to ‘protect families’
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National Library of Ireland @nlireland.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Online Talk | The Irish and the European Empires Join us on Zoom for the concluding lecture of the new 'Strangers to Citizens' online talk series, delivered by Professor Jane Ohlmeyer. 📅 Tuesday, 29 September at 3pm: www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/onlin…
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PAT FINUCANE CENTRE @finucanecentre.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Our Legacy of Colonialism exhibition will be in Bristol in November. Would you like to host this exhibit in Wales or southern England after Bristol ? Contact us at info@patfinucanecentre.org
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 20/09/2026
#OtD 20 Sep 1978 Ford workers in the UK sparked the "winter of discontent" when 15,000 of them walked out against a Labour govt-union pay cap. They stayed out till Nov, winning a 17% increase, and 1m other workers followed them stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9527...
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Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Despite sharp cuts to global health aid, The Global Fund -backed countries expanded HIV treatment, sustained TB care & distributed 34 million more mosquito nets in 2025. The gains are significant. Keeping them is becoming harder. ✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social 📖 ⬇️ & 🔁🙏
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Despite Funding Cuts, Global Fund Sustains Progress Against HIV, TB And Malaria - Health Policy Watch
Countries supported by the Global Fund put over a million more people on antiretroviral (ARV) treatment, sustained tuberculosis treatment and distributed 34
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Catholics for Choice @catholic4choice.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
1 in 4 abortion patients is Catholic. Look around your church pews today. The person sitting next to you, reading from the lectern, or distributing Communion may have had an abortion.
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Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Delighted to see my and Judith Hurley's article on ceremonies of churching in Ireland live @womenshistoryrev.bsky.social. Thanks to Cara Delay, special issue editor, and all the journal team! doi.org/10.1080/0961...
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Mothering, matrescence and the changing meanings of ceremonies of churching after childbirth in Ireland, c.1800–2000
Ceremonies of churching tend to have a negative reputation, as rituals imposed by clerics on women in the vulnerable time after childbirth. Their perceived associations with ‘cleansing’ or ‘purific...
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Laura Kelly @tortietabby.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
It was really moving to get to see the UK AIDS Memorial quilt at Tramway in Glasgow today, and to hear from activists Cleve Jones (who conceived the US quilt in 1985) and UK activists Ian van Tillo and Siobhan Lanigan. A must-see if you’re in Glasgow before 4 Oct. www.tramway.org/event/9948ed...
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