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 🥳

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

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

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)

Whenever I’m asked to explain phenomenology

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.

'How did this happen?' asks The Times, which has run thousands of pieces inciting hatred of trans people.

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

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...

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.

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

It's your last chance to respond to the EHRC consultation. It closes at 11.59pm tomorrow. Get it done tonight. Tell them about the personal impact. Better to do something short and quick than not at all. Don't let them claim we didn't tell them.

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) 🎊🎉🍾

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

The EHRC's lawyers admitted its position re. toilets adopted in its interim update (specifically mandating employers to have single-sex toilets instead of individual gender neutral cubicles) was wrong. We think they're even more wrong still, though.

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!

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

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/

The UK must meet its fundamental international legal obligations, before it's too late www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

Things you can do to help trans people in the UK right now: - Donate to the Good Law Project - Write to your MP (www.translegalproject.org/post/urgent-...) - Contact the EHRC and explain why their guidance is rubbish - Publicly, visibly and vocally support trans people

A number of years ago, I made this for one of my excellent kids. It felt relevant today.

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

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

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

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...

There are unfolding crises in government funding and support for #HigherEd in the #US and #UK. Highlighting the parallels between these crises, @unsocialtheory.bsky.social argues that the only available response to academics is to organise around their shared interests @lseimpactblog.bsky.social.

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.

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.

The puppet update no one asked for

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/...

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

Any and every news article any and every day rn

Adding my hopefully calming cat pic to your feed

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

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

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

Yeah, doing the PhD defence was great thanks.

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

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...

@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

Reading any and every news article over the past few years

I think I’m going to be safe