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Dr Siva Thambisetty

@sivathambisetty.bsky.social
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Associate Prof of Intellectual Property Law at the London School of Economics. Currently writing on Patents, Biodiversity, Oceans... seeking community and joint purpose.

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Dr Fifa A Rahman @fifarahman.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Great to be at @lselaw.bsky.social today for an event organised by @sivathambisetty.bsky.social on DSI and Access and Benefit Sharing. Great discussions on whether we’ve done the intellectual/philosophical work on what DSI is before defining it, the polycentric governance of ABS laws, and more.
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Aruna Chandrasekhar @arunacsekhar.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
The rules-based order has given way to a vibes-based order. That's what those in flagrant breach would have us believe. I tried to unpack my many feelings about international law, accountability and isolationism. Grateful for essential perspective from Lavanya Rajamani & @sivathambisetty.bsky.social
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Hyo Yoon Kang 강효윤 @hyoyoonkang.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
ROUNDTABLE on Intellectual Property and Industrial Property (in the Era of Trump) Wellcome Collection, London | 19 June | 3:30-5pm GMT In-person and online & open to public With @mbarber.bsky.social @kathybowrey.bsky.social @70sbachchan.bsky.social Vitor Ido, Svitlana Lebendeko, Caoimhe Ring, me
A flyer for the roundtable with a picture of multiple Trumps holding an executive order where only his signature is visible. For the full text (it is long), please message me or leave a reply.Biography of the speakers. It is a long text and doesn't fit the space here. For the full text, please message me or leave a reply.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 16/05/2025
It’s not just Gambia. We got internal cables, notes and other records that show how U.S. diplomats have intervened on behalf of Starlink in at least four other developing nations. All while the U.S. has withdrawn foreign aid from those same countries.
Article excerpt: In Bangladesh, U.S. diplomats pressed Starlink’s case “early and often” with local officials, partnered with Starlink to “build an educational strategy” for their counterparts and helped arrange a conversation between Musk and the nation’s head of state, according to a recent cable. The embassy’s work started under Biden but bore fruit only after Trump took office.

Their efforts resulted in Bangladesh approving Starlink’s request to do business in the country, the top U.S. diplomat there said last month, a sign-off that Musk’s company had sought for years.
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Dr Siva Thambisetty @sivathambisetty.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
An urgent thought about the Cali Fund and digital sequence information #DSI #CaliFund Today I heard in a public forum for the first time claims that private entities are hesitant to contribute to the Cali Fund because of concerns that the money may fuel 'corruption'.
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Today
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Thiru Balasubramaniam @thirugeneva.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
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USTR Releases 2025 Special 301 Report on Intellectual Property Protection and Enforcement
WASHINGTON — Today, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released its 2025 Special 301 Report on the adequacy and effectiveness of U.S. trading partners’ protection and enforcem...
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Tessa Hill @tessahill.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
I’m not going to retweet that NOAA propaganda post about deep sea mining. Instead, I’ll tell you that I don’t know a single NOAA scientist who would promote deep sea mining in this way, because the available science we have does not justify exploitation of deep sea habitats for minerals.
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Dr Siva Thambisetty @sivathambisetty.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
'People in Corby help eachother' Ratio is @lselaw.bsky.social rich, varied podcast- here Susan Marks talks to Roxana Willis about among other things, 'ethnography at home', being at Oxford and feelings in academia. @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social @lseucu.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/1Cp4...
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Ep. 17 - Hate Crime, Law and Structural Inequalities
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Thiru Balasubramaniam @thirugeneva.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Voluntary contributions by fund and by contributor, 2024. @who.int #WHA78
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Political journalist friends! Do you need some marine biology and ocean conservation expertise to explain why this latest lawlessness is also harmful and shortsighted? Let me help you find an expert source for your needs. DMs open or whysharksmatter at gmail. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/c...
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Trump Opens Marine National Monument to Commercial Fisheries
The president said the move was aimed at making the United States the world’s “dominant seafood leader.”
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Dr Siva Thambisetty @sivathambisetty.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
St Ives forever.
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Dr Siva Thambisetty @sivathambisetty.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
St Ives tonight.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
The Metals Company is trying to circumvent the International Seabed Authority and get the Trump administration to approve mining of the deep sea. We have to stop seeing the ocean as a place to exploit instead of a place of wonder and beauty and an essential part of our life support system.
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Mining Company Seeks Trump Support to Shortcut Access to Seabed Metals (Gift Article)
Mining companies and the Trump administration want the metals to boost manufacturing. Environmentalists and some countries worry industrial mining would harm oceans.
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Yet another paper making a compelling case that academic activism is entirely consistent with the roles and responsibilities of scholars There's a rich literature now and the case has been well made - let's shift the discussion from whether we should act, to how www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Dr Siva Thambisetty @sivathambisetty.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Was looking forward to attending ASIL - my first as panellist and BBNJ Prepcom in April. Being brown, residency in one country and citizenship of another feels precarious. Looks like I must revisit the risk-to-reward ratio assessment this weekend @marklemley.bsky.social
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Dr Siva Thambisetty @sivathambisetty.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Book launch today - LSE is hosting the editors and authors of this hefty volume in a discussion to celebrate publication of the book. Join us! lselaw.events/event/lts-bo...
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LTS Book Launch: Madhavi Sunder & Haochen Sun, Intellectual Property, Covid-19, and the Next Pandemic (CUP, 2024) - LSE Law School Events
This event will be a book Launch for a new edited collection on utility models organised by Prof. Madhavi Sunder and Dr Haochen Sun - Intellectual Property, Covid-19, and the Next Pandemic (CUP, 2024)...
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
The Schmidt ocean jobs board has almost 1,000 job postings. 🧪🌎🦑🐠 jobs.schmidtmarine.org/jobs
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Schmidt Marine
At Schmidt Marine, we created the Ocean Job Board to help drive ocean conservation forward by providing access to top jobs across the community.
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Dr Siva Thambisetty @sivathambisetty.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
'The point is not so much that melancholy per se; it is how the renunciation of hopes for significant and lasting change affects the prospects of such change. Fatalism is a politics because, and to the extent that, by treating actuality as though it were fate, activists help to make it become so.'
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Stephanie Nolen @stephanienolen.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
In Kenya parents who took their sick children to get tested for TB the day before Trump was inaugurated are still waiting to hear if their children are infected. People with drug-resistant TB are not being treated. A global health risk, delivered by the aid freeze www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/h...
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Tuberculosis Resurgent as Trump Funding Cut Disrupts Treatment Globally (Gift Article)
The United States was the major funder of tuberculosis programs. Now hundreds of thousands of sick patients can’t find tests or drugs, and risk spreading the disease.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
In a world of Matts, be a Derek.
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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Many of you have asked what you can do to help fight the country's dramatic slide into fascism. If you are in house counsel, here is one important thing: send all your work to Covington, Perkins Coie, and other firms willing to resist Trump and that have been made targets for that reason.
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James Packard Love @jamielove.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
From richardgold.bsky.social: To fight U.S. tariffs, Canada should suspend U.S. patents on medicines, one expert argues www.statnews.com/pharmalot/20... via @statnews.com
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To fight U.S. tariffs, Canada should suspend U.S. patents on medicines, one expert argues
To fight U.S. tariffs, the Canadian government should consider suspending patent rights held by U.S. companies, including drugmakers, one expert argues.
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 26/02/2025
WATCH, READ, LISTEN: The Strait Times’s Green Pulse podcast spoke to Dr @sivathambisetty.bsky.social who was closely involved in negotiations for the landmark Cali Fund that launched this week.
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UN fund hopes to cash in on nature’s bounty. Is it a game-changer?
UN Cali Fund aims to collect millions, and possibly billions, of dollars for the conservation of nature and to benefit indigenous people.   Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Aruna Chandrasekhar @arunacsekhar.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
We're in what should be the final hours of COP16. And there's new informal text out on 🌱 finance, key to its success. With inputs from bloc reps, it seems way more coherent than the last draft. L: 26 Feb draft. www.cbd.int/doc/c/b198/d... R: Tonight's non-paper. www.cbd.int/doc/c/214f/6...
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Aruna Chandrasekhar @arunacsekhar.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
And you should really listen to the brilliant @sivathambisetty.bsky.social – the brains behind the revenue-sharing model underpinning the fund – here on the @straitstimes.bsky.social Green Pulse podcast. www.straitstimes.com/singapore/en...
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UN fund hopes to cash in on nature’s bounty. Is it a game-changer?
UN Cali Fund aims to collect millions, and possibly billions, of dollars for the conservation of nature and to benefit indigenous people.   Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Aruna Chandrasekhar @arunacsekhar.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
The Cali fund is officially real! It's a historic moment to get businesses – big pharma, ag, cosmetics, neutraceuticals, AI – to pay nature for using genetic data. Which companies will be the first to speak up and pay up?
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Mona Paulsen @monapaulsen.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
OK, let me start over. Check the America First Investment Policy released this week. What stood out? I found the prose muddled and riddled with rhetoric, making it difficult to parse policy implementation. But let me do a better service and go through it. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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America First Investment Policy
MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY         THE SECRETARY OF STATE         THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE         THE ATTORNEY GENERAL         THE
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
💥The Netherlands' largest pension fund, has sold its shares in Tesla, Meta, and Alphabet (Google). The fund with US $569 billion equivolent in assets is "directing more money to companies and projects that help to improve society and the environment." #Divest www.reuters.com/markets/euro...
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Dutch pension fund ABP sells all Alphabet and Meta shares, CEO tells newspaper FD
ABP, the Netherlands' largest pension fund, has sold its shares in tech companies Meta and Alphabet , its CEO told Dutch newspaper FD in an interview published on Monday.
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Prof. Dinusha Mendis @lawtechgadget.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Delighted to share the news that the research into #copyright in the #metaverse carried out with @uenotatsuhiro is now out in print in the form of a manga in both English and Japanese. Many thanks to our manga artist Mamimo Hana and @jsps_sns for making this possible!
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Ranjodh Singh Dhaliwal @ranjodhdhaliwal.com · 22/02/2025
I mean who would've thought that ceding control, without any oversight, of earth's shared satellite orbit space to singularly rich private players would lead to monopoly power that can intervene, at will, in global geopolitics and social censorship?
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Dr Siva Thambisetty @sivathambisetty.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
I enjoyed working with Strait Times' David Fogarty and Audrey Tan to produce this podcast on the Cali Fund. #DSI #Biodiversity @lselaw.bsky.social @granthamlse.bsky.social @lsebr.bsky.social www.straitstimes.com/singapore/en...
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UN fund hopes to cash in on nature’s bounty. Is it a game-changer?
UN Cali Fund aims to collect millions, and possibly billions, of dollars for the conservation of nature and to benefit indigenous people.   Read more at straitstimes.com.
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James Packard Love @jamielove.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
These are such incredibly sad reports. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 21/02/2025
Meta could have solely funded the ENTIRE WORLD'S 2022 CLIMATE FINANCE GOAL instead of this
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Dr Siva Thambisetty @sivathambisetty.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
I enjoyed working with Strait Times' David Fogarty and Audrey Tan to produce this podcast on the Cali Fund. #DSI #Biodiversity @lselaw.bsky.social @granthamlse.bsky.social @lsebr.bsky.social www.straitstimes.com/singapore/en...
straitstimes.com
UN fund hopes to cash in on nature’s bounty. Is it a game-changer?
UN Cali Fund aims to collect millions, and possibly billions, of dollars for the conservation of nature and to benefit indigenous people.   Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Dr Siva Thambisetty @sivathambisetty.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
This is a gorgeous infographic about the Cali Fund. Kudos to @arunacsekhar.bsky.social and @carbonbrief.org And happy to have our work referenced in it @lselaw.bsky.social www.carbonbrief.org/infographic-...
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Infographic: How ‘digital sequence information’ can generate funds for biodiversity - Carbon Brief
Digital sequence information, or “DSI”, refers to the genetic information derived from biodiversity. Public and...
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
💥 Well how about that. After years of Brexiteers saying we had to leave the EU to avoid being forced into a European army… … it turns out that Brits are fine with the idea. With the UK explicitly included. A plurality of Tory voters support it - and even a fair chunk of Reform. How times change…
Poll of YouGov data on European army with UK included.
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Dr Siva Thambisetty @sivathambisetty.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
The strategic use of 'equity' and 'equitable' in Treaty language - in the Ocean treaty, Convention on Biological Diversity and potential Pandemic Accord - and does it mean for the Global South? www.theideasletter.org/essay/the-eq...
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The Equity Trap - The Ideas Letter
International treaties often claim to promote “equity” in benefit-sharing, but their vague language frequently enables wealthier nations to outmaneuver developing states, particularly in biodiversity ...
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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
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Jay Schuur, MD @jschuurmd.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
tragically ironic. EIS officers are fellows. They work for peanuts, travel to all sorts of places (often red states) to investigate epidemics and outbreak. Firing them saves virtually no money and will hurt public health. An EIS greatest hit for GenX: Jack in the Box & E. coli O157:H7
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Dr Siva Thambisetty @sivathambisetty.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Join us on March 4th for this hybrid event on AI where our panel will address copyright and image rights. @lselaw.bsky.social @lsebr.bsky.social www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2025/...
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Artificial intelligence, intellectual property and the creative industries
6.30pm Tues 4 Mar | Tanya Aplin, Martin Kretschmer, Luke McDonagh, Madhavi Sunder | Free public event at LSE
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Matthew Sag @matthewsag.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
matthewsag.com/thomson-reut... My initial thoughts on today’s summary judgment ruling in the Ross intelligence case.
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Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence (Summary Judgement) – Matthew Sag
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Spain has ratified the High Seas treaty, becoming the 16th nation to do so. That's today's #OceanOptimism #EarthOptimism story!
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High Seas Treaty Ratification Tracker
At least 60 countries must sign and ratify the High Seas Treaty for it to become international law. Join the #RaceForRatification. Ask leaders to ratify the Treaty Now!
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Reshma Ramachandran @reshmagar.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
BREAKING: @publiccitizen.bsky.social on behalf of @drsforamerica.bsky.social for the lawsuit around the removal of clinical information & data from CDC, FDA, and HHS webpages was granted a temporary restraining order - by 11:59 pm, the pages must be restored. #MedSky www.citizen.org/news/judge-g...
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Judge Grants Temporary Restraining Order; Orders CDC, FDA, HHS Webpages To Be Restored  - Public Citizen
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, a judge granted Public Citizen’s motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO) in a lawsuit brought on behalf of Doctors…
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Ocean Biodiversity Collective, London School of Economics @ocean-biodiversity.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Who are the Ocean biodiversity, and BBNJ, Biodiversity people and accounts to follow on here? Grateful if you can repost so I can find them to form a new feed. 🙏 Ocean Treaty Biodiversity BBNJ Genetic Resources Digital sequence information Pandemic Accord Benefit sharing
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Ocean Biodiversity Collective, London School of Economics @ocean-biodiversity.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Is the oceans treaty 'equitable'? You better hope not! on the 'Equity Trap' in biodiversity governance and what it means for the global south. @sivathambisetty.bsky.social @lseimpactblog.bsky.social @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social @lselaw.bsky.social www.theideasletter.org/essay/the-eq...
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The Equity Trap - The Ideas Letter
International treaties often claim to promote “equity” in benefit-sharing, but their vague language frequently enables wealthier nations to outmaneuver developing states, particularly in biodiversity ...
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Dr Siva Thambisetty @sivathambisetty.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
The strategic use of 'equity' and 'equitable' in Treaty language - in the Ocean treaty, Convention on Biological Diversity and potential Pandemic Accord - and does it mean for the Global South? www.theideasletter.org/essay/the-eq...
theideasletter.org
The Equity Trap - The Ideas Letter
International treaties often claim to promote “equity” in benefit-sharing, but their vague language frequently enables wealthier nations to outmaneuver developing states, particularly in biodiversity ...
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Liz Slade @lzsl.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
I wholeheartedly recommend clearing some space in your Sunday for this tremendous piece by artist-theologian Vanessa Chamberlin on ‘wombish words’ and women’s voices open.substack.com/pub/thetunin...
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Two Women & a Song
Witness to a womb-ish authority
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