Rebecca Smyth, PhD
@resmythy
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Lecturer @BCU_Law ; PhD'd @UoELawSchool . Feminist approaches to international human rights law; SRHRs & abortion rights in El Salvador & Ireland. @resmyth 🌌
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'Powerful, articulate, knowledgeable' - my Dad
What is distinct about reproductive politics in the Salvadoran context? How have feminist activists engaged with human rights frameworks, and with what outcomes? Don’t miss
@resmythy
discussing her research in this new episode
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Love how universities just suggest we do some yoga and drink more water to keep our mental health up. How about decent pay, conditions, stability, security, smaller class sizes, and a fulsome rejection of the neoliberal approach instead? Just a fun lil quirky lil thought.
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Someone please explain to me using very small words and maybe pictures how the university having to pay £160 for flights that should cost £50 because it has to use Key Travel makes any sense.
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I've been dithering about tweeting this for a few weeks because 1 wanted to get the paperwork finalised and 2 it's a rough time in academia and the world BUT I have the incredible good fortune to announce that I AM DR REBECCA SMYTH, LECTURER IN LAW AT BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY.
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I'm going to have an article in Signs!!! In 6-9 months! An article! In Signs! Me! (It's slightly better written than this tweet, honest)
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Can't quite believe I'm chairing a panel on women's rights as human rights at a major international conference marking the 30th anniversary of the Vienna Declaration featuring, among others,
@shaimabdelkarim
and
@AliceLouStorey
.♀️🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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Now that I'm at the airport, I feel it's just about safe to celebrate that I'm off to
@CLACS_Illinois
for the next six weeks as a visiting researcher thanks to a BA/Leverhulme small research grant. Grateful, excited, daunted. Champaign-Urbana, let's be having you!
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Very excited that I've been accepted to present at the Pregnancy and the Law workshop in September hosted by
@SCC_Soton
. Look at all the cool people who'll be there!
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Very excited to be on my way to this today. I'm going to OXFORD. I'm going to LEARN and MEET COOL PEOPLE and EAT BEN'S COOKIES and go to the ASHMOLEAN and look out for golden COMPASSES and subtle KNIVES and amber SPYGLASSES
The 5th of July we launch a new research network into the practice and philosophy of childbirth. The Philosophy of Birth Network is open to all working with birth; theoretically and practically.
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"I long for active political alliances in Germany that stand against anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, and anti-Blackness under one banner, in solidarity with all oppressed." Really beautiful piece.
"For white Germans to stand for the rights of Palestinians to life, health, safety, and freedom, they would need to study our world from outside Germany’s myopic narratives."
From Prof. Dr. Sabine Broeck's "Staatsraison: Dispatch From Germany":
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Unbelievably excited about and grateful to be part of this conference organised by
@conlonce
@drartypants
&
@dnduffy
and featuring, among others *deep breath*
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Absolutely buzzing after getting to present to such a welcoming & interested audience alongside
@lucyjlowe
, Tanvi Avasthi of
@SmcRacism
& the Kindred Southern Healing Justice Collective,
@Liza_CF
. Thanks to
@RebeccaBrione
for chairing!
#ReproJusticePostCOVID
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Drunk with power, I am chairing the legal perspectives on abortion panel for
#AbortionAtTheBorderlines
. Delighted to have the opportunity to hear about
@ECRomanis
and
@sabrinakgermain
's nascent research on bringing RJ to abortion law&provis in GB
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Thanks to
@bev_clough
for inviting me to review Decriminalising Abortion in NI by
@DrBloomer
and
@frecklescorp
for Medical Law Review!
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Academics rightly highlight how nasty some peer reviewers can be (and what a pain the whole peer review process can be) but I want to thank both
@SignsJournal
and
@FLS_journal
for how thoughtful, constructive, and insightful their editors and peer reviewers have been.
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The magic of
#ReproJusticePostCOVID
extended onto the train&beyond! ✨
@LJ_Avery
v kindly shared the drinkses&we all had some amazing chats about disability justice, human rights, museum/curating,
@nobordersmcr
&how to mix it all together. I sense some fun collaborations ahead 🥳
Made friends with some girls on my first train home who had, coincidentally, just come from a different conference and they shared their bevs with me 🥹
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one of my favourite bookshops
@Lighthousebks
and one of my favourite people
@eadaoinlynch
and one of my favourite programmes
@SchittsCreek
in one pay-what-you-can-afford event!
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Great to be able to attend the
@freesafelegal
#TooManyBarriers
launch. Things are going in the right direction, but it's deeply angering and upsetting that we're not there yet in terms of safe, straightforward, legal, local access to abortion in Ireland.
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I mean it is the 28th of September, so it was only right to visit the Museum for Contraception and Abortion in Vienna!
#28S
#FreeSafeLegalLocal
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Had a delightful first day of induction at BCU. I made sure to teach the students the importance of snaffling as much free food as possible. My work here is done 😎
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Easing the pain of not being at
@ReproJusticeCam
anymore by sitting in on a few
@NNMHRmed
conference panels. Currently learning loads at the Histories of Colonialism and the Critical Medical Humanities panel
#nnmhr2023
featuring:
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Did not feel v feminist spending 20 mins figuring out what to wear tomorrow that is suited to the weather (rainsunhumidity)&the event&a day of train travel, esp when event in question is a feminist one. If anyone wants to compliment my trousers tomorrow, please do. For feminism.
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And I get to do it all over again at Abortion at the Borderlines next week thanks to
@femperspectives
,
@lea_happ
and
@SaskiaZielinska
?! Overload, pleasure overload () my only request is that someone helps me get a pañuelo verde 🙏
What a beautiful and fulfilling two days at
#ReproJusticePostCOVID
. Thank you so much to
@aioshaug
and
@RSanchezRivera1
for putting together a welcoming and thought provoking space! My brain and heart are full 💚💜💗
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Delira and excira to have been accepted to present at the
@SLASLatAm
in April 2022! I'll be talking about the campaign for abortion rights and reproductive freedom in El Salvador, attending every other panel I can, and stealing all the pre-packaged biscuits.
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Feels a bit surreal to go from reading Strasbourg Observers blogs when doing my LLM to writing for them! My post looks at why it is very, very good that the Court is criticising forced abortion, but that it could do better...
In today's post,
@resmythy
argued recent
@ECHR_CEDH
judgments on forced abortion represent the unwillingness/inability of the Court to draw upon the full range of international human rights standards regarding sexual and reproductive health and rights.
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Life hack: get yourself a coat with pockets big enough for a burrito👍🌯
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We're hoping to put together a panel on the theme of rights, justice, ethics. And we might take it on the road to SLAS in Amsterdam too if you're so inclined!
Do you research reproductive rights and justice in the Greater Caribbean or Central American (and) are you interested in presenting on a Panel at Re-worlding Reproduction in South Africa (Sept 2024). Please contact me and
@resmythy
(Thanks!!)
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I have written the first draft of the introduction to what will hopefully be my book. Now if that isn't reason for a jaunt to Vienna then I don't know what is (jaunt to Vienna sold separately).
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A bit emotional to be here today - something of a homecoming...and to be listening to a feminist, pro-choice Provost talk about the importance of scholar activism? Yes please!
Today we are at “After the Review: What Next for Irish Abortion Services?” Hosted by
@conlonce
@drartypants
and
@dnduffy
follow goings on at
#ReproCit
and
#AfterTheReview
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On a panel encompassing feminist theology, experimental philosophy, srt and literature. I'm bringin' the human rights (law). Damn I love feminism
#talkingbodies2019
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Thanks to
@AHRI_Network
for welcoming me to the Exec Board! Will do my best to contribute to its high standards &inclusive atmosphere, & to do what I can to make space for ERCs (esp PhD & precarious), Global Majority, LGBTQI+, & disabled academics, activists & practitioners
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I have the immense privilege of being at EFLAC. About to do yoga under some trees. Even the tortoises are feminist.
Tengo el inmenso privilegio de estar al EFLAC. Al punto de hacer yoga bajo arboles. Incluso las tortugas se suman a la lucha feminista
#eflac15
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It's a Saturday night, so you'd better believe your girl is bitching about abortion in international human rights law, yes, this is definitely the future I envisioned for myself
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Well my first seminar group are a gosh darn delight! Such lovely, engaged students.
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To end a really great week, thanks to star admin staff doing battle w/Key Travel, I'm going to the Encuentro Feminista in November!/Para terminar una muy buena semana, gracias al trabajo del equipo administrativo de BCU, me voy al encuentro feminista en El Salvador en noviembre!
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#SueMePaddy
is giving me life, which ideally would be a sentence that could be handed down to rapists...
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Are we allowed write sassy responses to reviewer 2 or is that a really bad idea and should I just save it in my notes for its cathartic function
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"Why am I so tired?" I wonder after just being at a major conference, moving house for the nth time, trying to keep two research projects ticking over and get another one up and running, constantly switching between tasks, and being aware of current affairs
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First draft of Baby's First Grant Application done! Celebrate the 'small' stuff, I say...
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Emails here, emails there, emails emails everywhere
No more emails
No more Teams
Let me just think read write teach
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Experiencing acute Twitter fatigue, I'm going to sit back and enjoy the Q&A and Anne Eleanor Roosevelt's closing address sans technology. Big thanks and well done to
@AHRI_Network
, the volunteer army and my PhD mamma
@KMSonIntlLaw
for a great conference
#AHRI2018
❤️
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I WILL defy the three o'clock slump and enjoy the last panel of today - how could I not with such a cool array of subjects and speakers?! Reproductive autonomy and healthcare in COVID-19 pandemic, let's be having you
#reproductivejusticepostcovid
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From one conference buzz to another: after
@AHRI_Network
's weekend of human rights and ceilidhing, it's time for feminism, craftivism and...that goose girl statue in Göttingen?
@atgender
#EFRC10
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Excited for
@nayluxx
keynote 'Singing for Abortoin Rights in Latin America' - definitely agree that this conference has been a vibrant and welcoming environment
#reprojusticepostcovid
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So excited to be at the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law's
@AbortionRightsConf
and hear people presenting on Ireland, Northern Ireland, Turkey and Romania, among others
#abortionlaw2018
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Just casually listening to my brother Tim
@el_fodongo
MacGabhann chatting about his novel
#CallHimMine
on the
@RyanTubridyShow
of a Monday morning totes normal we didn't use to listen to Ryan weekday mornings driving to school & talk about how him&Tim were both skinny&smart&witty
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I love when Word switches to proofreading/spellchecking in French for no reason it's like ooh la la je suis trop sophistiqueeeee
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Aaand that's two grant applications submitted! Go me! YEAH. Now to forget about them both until March.
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So impressed by the students involved in the peace process simulation as part of
#FCL19
. And extra extra impressed by
@auttonwise
for putting it together.
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Today was wonderful and the next two days no doubt will be too, but the most important thing is that two random twentysomethings at the tram stop who I got chatting to think that I and my work are cool.
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Panel 2A now on Pregnancy: Theoretical Approaches featuring
@EBrodeala
, ✨ME✨,
@HeloiseRobinson
and Macarena Iribarne. Am in some v impressive company here.
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One of the weirder results of doing a PhD has been learning that I have a passionate, irrational love of and loyalty to certain referencing styles - and an equally passionate, irrational hatred of others.
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@merylkenny
PREACH. Rooms are spectacularly not fit for purpose, in terms of size, accessibility, layout, heating, ventilation...
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Glowing praise of
@lea_happ
,
@SaskiaZielinska
,
@phoebesmartin
and other members of/contributors to
@femperspectives
by
@jelkeboesten
as we kick off
#abortionattheborderlines
- thoroughly warranted! 100% agree that conference is already a success 👏
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The joy & freedom in this performance. Whenever I think of her inner & outer torment, the sneering at her for what she said & did (& she was so often bang on the money & years ahead), I just watch this video. Going to be watching it a lot today.
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#noredundancieschester
@UCUChester
I was lucky enough to attend the
@Talking_Bodies
at University of Chester two years ago. Met amazing staff and students. Loved the atmosphere. Its Institute for Gender Studies and other depts deserve more, not less
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I think I deserve a little treat or award of some kind for switching between different referencing systems and American/British English.
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Really enjoying Jorgelina Loza's presentation on transnational collective action by
@CONLACTRAHO
and similar organisations. Such a joy to learn something new.
#SLAS2022
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"A person on a boat in the Mediterranean is somehow less of a person than someone walking the streets of Edinburgh" - powerful and shamefully true words from
@MichaelCJT
at
#AHRI2018
@AHRI_Network
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One student thought I was a fellow first year and another addressed an email to 'Professor Smyth' and honestly it's more fun not correcting them.
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Post-lunch panel time!
@phoebesmartin
'The Marea Verde Flowing North: The Influence of Contemporary Latin American Feminist Politics on Post-Roe US Feminisms.' Reflecting on what channels are ideas flowing along, what happens to ideas in process of translation, which ideas travel
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Here's a bunch of stuff wot I've done/got coming up that I didn't want to post about for fear of crossing digital picket lines:
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Thank you to Belinda Thaler for making me and all the attendees look so cool and knowledge and professional. Finally a photo worthy of replacing my Powerpuff self!
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Happily ensconced in Howard Lecture theatre for
@cordyf
's panel on RJ beyond academia - 7 presenters going to explain non-academic projects and have a good ol chat
#reprojusticepostcovid
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I knew on an intellectual level that preparing recorded lectures was time-consuming, but now I really KNOW, y'know?
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👏👏👏 to
@emily_ottley
for a really interesting and polished presentation on autonomy/decisionmaking as grounds for decriminalising abortion here - I still have much to learn about UK (med) law and it enlightened me on many things
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Fascinating presentations, really glad to be here for them
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Really looking forward to this - glad I happened to be in d'homeland for it. Also how feminist a week am I having: MUNA and boygenius Monday and now this 🥳
Come to our Doing Feminist Legal Work: Feminist Legal Education Workshop at the Royal Irish Academy on September 1.
Our fantastic speakers include:
@maireadenright
,
@saharisright
and
@deirdremcgowan
.
#loveIrishResearch
#dflw
@IrishResearch
@UCD_Research
@UCDLawSchool
@QUBelfast
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Ridonkulously proud of two of my students for organising this event in support of
@EdinRapeCrisis
. Their coming together and creating this is in no small part thanks to
@merylkenny
and Understanding Gender in the Contemporary World!
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Love and solidarity to El Salvador today, as people take to the streets to protest
#El15Marchamos
¿Quién dijo que todo está perdido? El
#15marchamos
en defensa de nuestro cuerpo-territorio, marchamos porque queremos paz, por las víctimas de Chalchuapa, por las mujeres criminalizadas debido a la penalización del aborto... Marchamos por la justicia y resistimos por la esperanza
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I sad
#talkingbodies2019
is coming to an end. I happy there are two more great panels left before I go. Big thanks to
@EMMAREES
for a wonderful few days.
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Massive thanks to
@ogden_rebecca
and
@RSanchezRivera1
to having me on their ahmahzing podcast
@CuerpaPolitica
to talk about abortion and reproductive freedom in El Salvador and IHRL. Watch this space come November/Decemberish...
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Who wants to read a work-in-progress and/or attend an event about that work-in-progress? That's right, YOU DO! Massive thanks to
@JoeStrongDemog
,
@eecoast
, and
@rishie_
to discuss my work on abortion rights in El Salvador and international human rights law.
📅REGISTER REGISTER📅
Our FIRST Abortion + SRH welcomes
@resmythy
, who will examine
#abortion
, international human rights laws, and
#ManuelaVsElSalvador
.
31st January! 1pm GMT!
DON'T MISS OUT!!! Register below:
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As I work on some grant applications and we enter marking season, I've been thinking a lot about academic writing and why I struggle with it (despite being Really Quite Good At It, Actually) 1/11:
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@PriyamvadaGopal
Yeah they really don't seem to get the whole she-wouldn't-have-developed-sepsis-if-delivery-could-have-been-expedited thing...thank you so much for tweeting and talking about the referendum today.
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@r_solymosi
Ah bless you! <3 Vomit-inducing, isn't? Pretty sure mine can go 360 at this stage, which is something for the CV I suppose. BECAUSE EVERYTHING WE DO MUST BE PUT ON THE CV AND BE WORTHY OF THE CV.
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Aaaaaaand we're back! International Protection Mechanisms and National Human Rights Systems with
@Tom_Pegram
chairing and
@SLagoutteDIHR
,
@KirstenJRoberts
,
@SebasLorion
Domenico Zipoli of the
@smr_uio
presenting
#AHRI2018
@AHRI_Network
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reading an article by the amazing Raewyn Connell and she used 'ovular' instead of 'seminal' and I am very happy right now.
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Jersey is currently carrying out a review of its abortion legislation. My understanding is that submissions are open to all.
@SupportAbort
@maireadenright
@fdelond
@aioshaug
@dnduffy
@Lu_Berro
and the usual suspects, please circulate widely
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Learning about ancient Egyptian strikes of a Monday, as y'do
#yayteachouts
#storytime
#USSstrike
@Lighthousebks
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Very excited for the panel on LGBTQI rights chaired by Andreas R Ziegler, featuring
@victor_madrigal
,
@JuliaE_hrt
, Suhail Abualsameed - your feminist pals stand with and love you ♥️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
#VDPA30
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Now for 'Unusual Suspects:Decriminalising abortion in NI' w/
@DaniRNI
@frecklescorp
@KellieTurtle
after getting fierce excited by bracing weather, mutual friends, common experiences, & having a background in European Studies with
@dnduffy
@cordyf
&
@eecoast
#ReproJusticePostCovid
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MAJOR props to Emma McManus of
@LdnIrishARC
being on a panel with a SPUC representative and being composed, articulate and shooting down his spurious claims. We've already got to, 'But what about the mens?!' and it's only question two.
@AbortionLawConf
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Can't believe my first ever academic article is alongside such great stuff by such great people.
Feminist Review 124 has launched!
Our new issue on abortion in Ireland is now available online:
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Mrs Harris Goes to Paris but instead of the dress she gets into socialism and existentialism and unionises the House of Dior workers
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"I'm not sure where we're supposed to go, but we're never supposed to be where we are" - wry and poignant words on ableist attitudes to disability from
@DrNancyHansen
.
#talkingbodies2019
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@OluwafifehanO
skyping in (dedication!) to discuss the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
@AHRI_Network
#AHRI2018
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