Joy Twemlow
@joytwemlow.bsky.social
I research critical phenomenology and law - but the majority of my posts are cats, zines and crafty creations
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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
🏳️⚧️🌈🏳️🌈💖🎉🥰💋
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
🏳️⚧️🌈🏳️🌈💖🎉🥰💋
September 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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
🏳️⚧️🌈🏳️🌈💖🎉🥰💋
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
🏳️⚧️🌈🏳️🌈💖🎉🥰💋
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 🥳
Excited to be joining a faculty of such brilliant, vibrant, creative academics 🥳
September 1, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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 🥳
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
August 26, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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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"I study feminist theories of embodiment" is OUT. "I'm a femininomenonologist ✨️💅" is IN.
August 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
"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)
Alright, share your terrible writing tips that actually work.
Mine is: stop for the day in the middle of a paragraph, a sentence, even in the middle of a word. It feels SO wrong but it makes it 1000x easier to pick up the thread the next day.
Mine is: stop for the day in the middle of a paragraph, a sentence, even in the middle of a word. It feels SO wrong but it makes it 1000x easier to pick up the thread the next day.
August 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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
July 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Whenever I’m asked to explain phenomenology
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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.
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).
www.bbc.co.uk
July 9, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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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'How did this happen?' asks The Times, which has run thousands of pieces inciting hatred of trans people.
January 16, 2025 at 6:23 AM
'How did this happen?' asks The Times, which has run thousands of pieces inciting hatred of trans people.
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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
Othering by Gender Critical Ideology fanatics and Biologica Purity movement people has real life consequences. This is the UK today.
archive.ph/2025.07.02-0...
archive.ph/2025.07.02-0...
archive.ph
July 3, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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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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...
Must-read article on why Cayley quit the #ICC. observer.co.uk/news/interna...
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
observer.co.uk
June 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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...
Must-read article on why Cayley quit the #ICC. observer.co.uk/news/interna...
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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.
Right.
June 30, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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.
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
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
June 30, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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
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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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.
Don't let them claim we didn't tell them.
June 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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.
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) 🎊🎉🍾
Durham Law School represented well with Catherine, myself and Can Eken (shortlisted for tutor of the year) 🎊🎉🍾
June 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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) 🎊🎉🍾
Durham Law School represented well with Catherine, myself and Can Eken (shortlisted for tutor of the year) 🎊🎉🍾
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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
#beingtransinphilosophy #trans #philosophy #gender #feminism #zine #diy
June 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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
#beingtransinphilosophy #trans #philosophy #gender #feminism #zine #diy
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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.
We think they're even more wrong still, though.
The EHRC's lawyers have conceded its position on single sex toilets is wrong. goodlaw.social/z87e
EHRC backs down on single-sex toilets | Good Law Project
The EHRC’s interim update unleashed chaos after the Supreme Court’s transphobic decision. But now the commission says it was only ‘some observations’ and rows back on its demand for single-sex toilets...
goodlaw.social
June 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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.
We think they're even more wrong still, though.
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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!
But, a fabulous teach out at Newcastle today with Rebecca Coleman. Thinking about utopias, new materialism, materials and some Utopian Zine Making!
June 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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!
But, a fabulous teach out at Newcastle today with Rebecca Coleman. Thinking about utopias, new materialism, materials and some Utopian Zine Making!
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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
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
June 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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
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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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/
June 1, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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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The UK must meet its fundamental international legal obligations, before it's too late
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
UK must impose sanctions on Israel to meet legal obligations, say more than 800 lawyers
Exclusive: Letter to PM signed by retired supreme court justices among others says lack of action will imperil international legal system
www.theguardian.com
May 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The UK must meet its fundamental international legal obligations, before it's too late
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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Spent last week visiting Pompeii and Herculaneum - there were so many amazing things to see
May 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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
May 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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
May 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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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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.
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.
Huge solidarity with Dylan.
Everyone deserves the right to live peacefully and our LGBTIQA+ community are far too often under attack.
This Labour Party are failing to stand up for basic human rights.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Everyone deserves the right to live peacefully and our LGBTIQA+ community are far too often under attack.
This Labour Party are failing to stand up for basic human rights.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Labour ‘throwing trans people under the bus’ says transgender councillor
Dylan Tippetts of Plymouth resigns from party ‘that does not support my fundamental rights’
www.theguardian.com
May 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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.
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.