dr marthe goudsmit samaritter
@marthe.bsky.social
Academic lawyer, philosopher | Postdoc at Max Planck Institute CSL, working on criminal law, personhood, human rights, technology facilitated violence, image-based sexual abuse | DPhil (Oxf), LL.M, MA (Leiden)
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Another reporter fired JUST FOR ACCURATELY REPORTING WHAT CHARLIE KIRK SAID.
They want that guy elevated to sainthood not because of what he did but DESPITE it.
This shit is as fixed as wrestling.
They want that guy elevated to sainthood not because of what he did but DESPITE it.
This shit is as fixed as wrestling.
![My only direct reference to Kirk was one post— his own words on record.
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"Black women do not have the brain processing power to be taken seriously. You have to go steal a white person's slot"
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My commentary received thoughtful engagement across platforms, support, and virtually no public backlash.
And yet, the Post accused my measured Bluesky posts of being "unacceptable", "gross misconduct" and of endangering the physical safety of colleagues - charges without evidence, which I reject completely as false.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:aq6ucuguuc67yqwu4x4eipro/bafkreicxt436ylyryvuzbxsv27ednzakaatc3srzzpuy75kmuek5a4dyfq@jpeg)
September 15, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Another reporter fired JUST FOR ACCURATELY REPORTING WHAT CHARLIE KIRK SAID.
They want that guy elevated to sainthood not because of what he did but DESPITE it.
This shit is as fixed as wrestling.
They want that guy elevated to sainthood not because of what he did but DESPITE it.
This shit is as fixed as wrestling.
I never thought I'd do a midnight search for UK contract law on a whim, but here we are, down the rabbit hole.
September 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I never thought I'd do a midnight search for UK contract law on a whim, but here we are, down the rabbit hole.
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I am delighted to be returning to Leiden University on 11 September to present my paper 'What is freedom for? A relational approach to liberalism' at the Centre for Political Philosophy.
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
CPP Colloquium
The Centre of Political Philosophy is pleased to announce a lecture by Marthe Goudsmit Samaritter, postdoc researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, Department o...
www.universiteitleiden.nl
September 2, 2025 at 8:30 AM
I am delighted to be returning to Leiden University on 11 September to present my paper 'What is freedom for? A relational approach to liberalism' at the Centre for Political Philosophy.
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
I am delighted to be returning to Leiden University on 11 September to present my paper 'What is freedom for? A relational approach to liberalism' at the Centre for Political Philosophy.
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
CPP Colloquium
The Centre of Political Philosophy is pleased to announce a lecture by Marthe Goudsmit Samaritter, postdoc researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, Department o...
www.universiteitleiden.nl
September 2, 2025 at 8:30 AM
I am delighted to be returning to Leiden University on 11 September to present my paper 'What is freedom for? A relational approach to liberalism' at the Centre for Political Philosophy.
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
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This is how I've set up Text-to-Speech, using Kokoro
Install kokoro in terminal:
pip install kokoro>=0.9.2 soundfile python-docx
then create a .py file with the script, the code I have used is now available here: gist.github.com/SharedAcadem...
this creates a .wav file based on the .docx.
Install kokoro in terminal:
pip install kokoro>=0.9.2 soundfile python-docx
then create a .py file with the script, the code I have used is now available here: gist.github.com/SharedAcadem...
this creates a .wav file based on the .docx.
text to speech (tts) .docx script for python using kokoro
text to speech (tts) .docx script for python using kokoro - gist:5e73a7a375c0409f47c5cb3d380d4910
gist.github.com
July 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
This is how I've set up Text-to-Speech, using Kokoro
Install kokoro in terminal:
pip install kokoro>=0.9.2 soundfile python-docx
then create a .py file with the script, the code I have used is now available here: gist.github.com/SharedAcadem...
this creates a .wav file based on the .docx.
Install kokoro in terminal:
pip install kokoro>=0.9.2 soundfile python-docx
then create a .py file with the script, the code I have used is now available here: gist.github.com/SharedAcadem...
this creates a .wav file based on the .docx.
Went down a text-to-speech rabbit hole because my current version of Microsoft Word cannot read text out loud in a mechanical voice, and the AI app readers have a limit, and now I have a python script running in terminal creating an audiobook-for-the-purposes-of-proofreading-with-tired-eyes
July 17, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Went down a text-to-speech rabbit hole because my current version of Microsoft Word cannot read text out loud in a mechanical voice, and the AI app readers have a limit, and now I have a python script running in terminal creating an audiobook-for-the-purposes-of-proofreading-with-tired-eyes
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I have a post on Criminal Justice Theory Blog (@theoryjustice.bsky.social) about personhood theory and understanding wrongs of non-contact offences, here: image-based sexual abuse. Many thanks to @markedsouza1.bsky.social and Liat Levanon! criminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com/2025/03/28/i...
Image-based sexual abuse and personhood: A relational approach to wrongfulness
by Marthe Goudsmit Samaritter In this post, I argue that the wrongfulness of image-based sexual abuse lies in its infringement of personhood, and that this infringement is more fully captured when …
criminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com
April 1, 2025 at 8:58 AM
I have a post on Criminal Justice Theory Blog (@theoryjustice.bsky.social) about personhood theory and understanding wrongs of non-contact offences, here: image-based sexual abuse. Many thanks to @markedsouza1.bsky.social and Liat Levanon! criminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com/2025/03/28/i...
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3 more days to submit your abstract for this great conference on Thicker Notions of Human Rights #Accountabilities which will take place in Brussels 19-21 November! The final conference of our great project on future proofing #humanrights 🤩
futureproofinghumanrights.org/news/closing...
futureproofinghumanrights.org/news/closing...
Closing Conference - Call for Abstracts - Future Proofing Human Rights
The Thicker Notions of Human Rights Accountabilities Conference revisits the questions of what qualifies as a human rights violation, who holds human rights duties and how to actually deliver human ri...
futureproofinghumanrights.org
April 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
3 more days to submit your abstract for this great conference on Thicker Notions of Human Rights #Accountabilities which will take place in Brussels 19-21 November! The final conference of our great project on future proofing #humanrights 🤩
futureproofinghumanrights.org/news/closing...
futureproofinghumanrights.org/news/closing...
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Isreal murdered 6 brothers delivering food to starving Gazans. The youngest was 10 years old.
6 brothers worked as humanitarian aid volunteers in Gaza.
Israel bombed their car and murdered them all.
Israel bombed their car and murdered them all.
April 14, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Isreal murdered 6 brothers delivering food to starving Gazans. The youngest was 10 years old.
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Fascist fucks.
And even if they did have a criminal record, this is still fascist fuckery.
And even if they did have a criminal record, this is still fascist fuckery.
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
April 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Fascist fucks.
And even if they did have a criminal record, this is still fascist fuckery.
And even if they did have a criminal record, this is still fascist fuckery.
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🚨New Publication on *Creating* Sexually Explicit Deepfakes & Criminal Law.
Pleased to share my latest research with Ruya Tuna Toparlak on why term 'sexual digital forgeries' is preferred, distinct harms of creation & analysis of law reforms around the world onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Pleased to share my latest research with Ruya Tuna Toparlak on why term 'sexual digital forgeries' is preferred, distinct harms of creation & analysis of law reforms around the world onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
April 7, 2025 at 7:08 AM
🚨New Publication on *Creating* Sexually Explicit Deepfakes & Criminal Law.
Pleased to share my latest research with Ruya Tuna Toparlak on why term 'sexual digital forgeries' is preferred, distinct harms of creation & analysis of law reforms around the world onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Pleased to share my latest research with Ruya Tuna Toparlak on why term 'sexual digital forgeries' is preferred, distinct harms of creation & analysis of law reforms around the world onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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A third police officer is arrested in Rotherham for raping a 14-year old girl.
When we say male sexual violence is "systemic", this is what we mean:
It's when a child victim of rape is either ignored by the police or raped by the police.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
When we say male sexual violence is "systemic", this is what we mean:
It's when a child victim of rape is either ignored by the police or raped by the police.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Third ex-police officer arrested in Rotherham child sexual exploitation inquiry
Former officer with South Yorkshire force arrested on suspicion of raping teenage girl in 2004
www.theguardian.com
April 4, 2025 at 9:31 AM
A third police officer is arrested in Rotherham for raping a 14-year old girl.
When we say male sexual violence is "systemic", this is what we mean:
It's when a child victim of rape is either ignored by the police or raped by the police.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
When we say male sexual violence is "systemic", this is what we mean:
It's when a child victim of rape is either ignored by the police or raped by the police.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Here's a radical thought:
Assume that girls' feelings reflect facts.
Assume that girls can read their environment and are adept at risk assessment.
Assume that girls' are ... right. Take them seriously.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Assume that girls' feelings reflect facts.
Assume that girls can read their environment and are adept at risk assessment.
Assume that girls' are ... right. Take them seriously.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Girls in England feel less safe at school than they did pre-Covid, survey finds
Study finds larger drop-off among girls aged 13-14 who feel safe than among boys, compared with age group in 2019
www.theguardian.com
April 4, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Here's a radical thought:
Assume that girls' feelings reflect facts.
Assume that girls can read their environment and are adept at risk assessment.
Assume that girls' are ... right. Take them seriously.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Assume that girls' feelings reflect facts.
Assume that girls can read their environment and are adept at risk assessment.
Assume that girls' are ... right. Take them seriously.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Justine McCarthy: Strip-search of protesters is a scandal of unadulterated hypocrisy
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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Justine McCarthy: Strip-search of protesters is a scandal of unadulterated hypocrisy
Oonagh Peters says she was led to a cell by a woman garda, told to remove her jeans, pull down her knickers and lift up her bra
www.irishtimes.com
April 4, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Justine McCarthy: Strip-search of protesters is a scandal of unadulterated hypocrisy
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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A forensic doctor who examined the bodies of some of the 15 paramedics and Palestinian rescue workers shot dead by Israeli forces and buried in a mass grave in southern Gaza has said there is evidence of execution-style killing. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Evidence of ‘execution-style’ killings of Palestinian aid workers by Israeli forces, doctor says
Forensic consultant says multiple bullets were used from short range in attack that has caused global outrage
www.theguardian.com
April 3, 2025 at 6:17 AM
A forensic doctor who examined the bodies of some of the 15 paramedics and Palestinian rescue workers shot dead by Israeli forces and buried in a mass grave in southern Gaza has said there is evidence of execution-style killing. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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"Samira Moyheddin recently wrote, '...Don’t stay in jobs where your knowledge is a liability.' [We are compelled] to say out loud, all the time, that if the university has become a place where our knowledge—of genocide, Palestine, racism, fascism—is a liability, then we must change the university."
Silence is Collaboration: Academics Must Speak Out Against Fascism
We write this in the wake of the illegal arrests of Mahmoud Khalil, Rumeysa Ozturk, Badar Khan Suri, Alireza Doroudi, and other foreign students and teaching faculty at American universities. We wi…
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April 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
"Samira Moyheddin recently wrote, '...Don’t stay in jobs where your knowledge is a liability.' [We are compelled] to say out loud, all the time, that if the university has become a place where our knowledge—of genocide, Palestine, racism, fascism—is a liability, then we must change the university."
I have a post on Criminal Justice Theory Blog (@theoryjustice.bsky.social) about personhood theory and understanding wrongs of non-contact offences, here: image-based sexual abuse. Many thanks to @markedsouza1.bsky.social and Liat Levanon! criminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com/2025/03/28/i...
Image-based sexual abuse and personhood: A relational approach to wrongfulness
by Marthe Goudsmit Samaritter In this post, I argue that the wrongfulness of image-based sexual abuse lies in its infringement of personhood, and that this infringement is more fully captured when …
criminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com
April 1, 2025 at 8:58 AM
I have a post on Criminal Justice Theory Blog (@theoryjustice.bsky.social) about personhood theory and understanding wrongs of non-contact offences, here: image-based sexual abuse. Many thanks to @markedsouza1.bsky.social and Liat Levanon! criminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com/2025/03/28/i...
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“My biggest advice to the trans youth out there is seek out your community, because we're out here. You have a community of people who love you, who are rallying around you, who support you … You are not alone. We will fight with you and we will fight for you.”
Solidarity. Today and every day.
🏳️⚧️
Solidarity. Today and every day.
🏳️⚧️
We're In the Fight of Our Lives: What's at Stake This Transgender Day of Visibility
Teen Vogue spoke with advocate Angelica Christina about how trans people are feeling this TDOV.
www.teenvogue.com
March 31, 2025 at 8:00 AM
“My biggest advice to the trans youth out there is seek out your community, because we're out here. You have a community of people who love you, who are rallying around you, who support you … You are not alone. We will fight with you and we will fight for you.”
Solidarity. Today and every day.
🏳️⚧️
Solidarity. Today and every day.
🏳️⚧️
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NYU canceled a planned speech by the former president of Doctors Without Borders because she planned to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and cuts to US AID.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
‘Climate of fear’: Montreal doctor says NYU cancelled her presentation
A Montreal doctor says her presentation at NYU was abruptly cancelled and believes the university did so out of fear of being pressured by the Donald Trump administration.
www.ctvnews.ca
March 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
NYU canceled a planned speech by the former president of Doctors Without Borders because she planned to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and cuts to US AID.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
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And here it is: criminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com/2025/03/28/i... Comments and reflections most welcome! Thanks to @marthe.bsky.social!
March 28, 2025 at 10:08 AM
And here it is: criminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com/2025/03/28/i... Comments and reflections most welcome! Thanks to @marthe.bsky.social!
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Proposal to automatically give babies mother’s surname ignites row in Italy
Politician says idea would be ‘compensation for centuries-old injustice’ of children being assigned father’s name.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Politician says idea would be ‘compensation for centuries-old injustice’ of children being assigned father’s name.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Proposal to automatically give babies mother’s surname ignites row in Italy
Politician says idea would be ‘compensation for centuries-old injustice’ of children being assigned father’s name
www.theguardian.com
March 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Proposal to automatically give babies mother’s surname ignites row in Italy
Politician says idea would be ‘compensation for centuries-old injustice’ of children being assigned father’s name.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Politician says idea would be ‘compensation for centuries-old injustice’ of children being assigned father’s name.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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Next week I will be publishing a postdoc vacancy on children’s rights & digital investigations to work @crisresearch.bsky.social in Brussels on a new EU Research Project on digital investigations of child sexual abuse. Keep an eye out for it here, linkedin and VUB jobsite! #criminology #crimsky
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March 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Next week I will be publishing a postdoc vacancy on children’s rights & digital investigations to work @crisresearch.bsky.social in Brussels on a new EU Research Project on digital investigations of child sexual abuse. Keep an eye out for it here, linkedin and VUB jobsite! #criminology #crimsky
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Her name is Rumeysa Ozturk, she's a student from Turkey, and even her lawyer doesn't know where she is right now.
Ozturk's attorney tells me they still have no idea where she is. ICE says only that she is in the agency's custody. www.salon.com/2025/03/26/d...
March 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Her name is Rumeysa Ozturk, she's a student from Turkey, and even her lawyer doesn't know where she is right now.
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You truly could not make it up.
You could not.
You could not.
March 27, 2025 at 9:34 AM
You truly could not make it up.
You could not.
You could not.
I am delighted to be returning to Leiden University on 17 April to present my paper 'What is freedom for? A relational approach to liberal personhood'. I argue that a relational definition of persons doesn't necessarily spell the end of liberalism. More here www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
CPP Colloquium
The Centre of Political Philosophy is pleased to announce a lecture by Marthe Goudsmit Samaritter, postdoc researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, Department o...
www.universiteitleiden.nl
March 27, 2025 at 9:13 AM
I am delighted to be returning to Leiden University on 17 April to present my paper 'What is freedom for? A relational approach to liberal personhood'. I argue that a relational definition of persons doesn't necessarily spell the end of liberalism. More here www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...