Dr Tamsin Phillipa Paige
@pagingdrpaige.bsky.social
Associate Professor at Deakin Law. Apparently International Law's cool queer aunt. Once had an ANU student call me a handmaiden of Satan. Disabled. Aces. Editor of Queer and Feminist International Law book series (Routledge). She/Her
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Well, hello new followers! If you’re an international law/relations academic or student here’s a nifty podcast I started with @juliettemm.bsky.social, @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social, @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social and @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social!
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Called to the Bar - International Law over Drinks
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Look people now that the migration from the platform Elon Musk is forcing us to dead name is well and truly on foot, you may want to check out this podcast that is all about international law and current events (with sweary and snarky takes from me, more earnest ones from my co-hosts)
Keeping to time is a feminist act
February 10, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Keeping to time is a feminist act
Long live the semi-colon (also the en dash and the Oxford comma)
February 10, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Long live the semi-colon (also the en dash and the Oxford comma)
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Today is the start of LGBT+ History Month in the UK. I joined some cool people a while ago to reflect on why queer and trans histories are rich and powerful. Our histories can illuminate the possibilities of activism and politics, as we work to build a better world.
Keep the conversation going.
🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Keep the conversation going.
🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
BBC Radio 4 - Free Thinking, Queer Histories
How do we apply modern LGBT+ language and identities to historical figures?
www.bbc.co.uk
February 1, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Today is the start of LGBT+ History Month in the UK. I joined some cool people a while ago to reflect on why queer and trans histories are rich and powerful. Our histories can illuminate the possibilities of activism and politics, as we work to build a better world.
Keep the conversation going.
🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Keep the conversation going.
🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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I’ll say it again: for me, the necessary indicator of a country might successfully begin a lunar settlement is whether it can consistently operate an inter-regional public transport system for 15-20 years.
Affordable, reliable, comfortable trains - in inhabited, oxygenated, temperate places.
Affordable, reliable, comfortable trains - in inhabited, oxygenated, temperate places.
Musk says SpaceX to prioritise building self-growing city on Moon reut.rs/3M1ENqF
Musk says SpaceX to prioritise building self-growing city on Moon
Elon Musk said on Sunday that SpaceX has shifted its focus to building a “self‑growing city” on the Moon, which he said could be achieved in less than 10 years.
reut.rs
February 9, 2026 at 12:34 AM
I’ll say it again: for me, the necessary indicator of a country might successfully begin a lunar settlement is whether it can consistently operate an inter-regional public transport system for 15-20 years.
Affordable, reliable, comfortable trains - in inhabited, oxygenated, temperate places.
Affordable, reliable, comfortable trains - in inhabited, oxygenated, temperate places.
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Marko Milanovic does not mince words.
February 6, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Marko Milanovic does not mince words.
I really appreciate an institution that has "pass with revisions" instead of me having to decide if they are minor or major revisions
February 6, 2026 at 12:33 AM
I really appreciate an institution that has "pass with revisions" instead of me having to decide if they are minor or major revisions
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Enormously excited to announce that we will soon launch Season 3 of #CalledToTheBar with a blockbuster first episode on feminist careers in international law featuring Judge Hilary Charlesworth and Professors Christine Chinkin and Di Otto, chaired by @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social.
February 5, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Enormously excited to announce that we will soon launch Season 3 of #CalledToTheBar with a blockbuster first episode on feminist careers in international law featuring Judge Hilary Charlesworth and Professors Christine Chinkin and Di Otto, chaired by @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social.
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Highly recommended.
Out Now:
The current protests in Iran are closely linked to the 2022 Women Life Freedom uprising. Gissou Nia explains a universal jurisdiction case in Argentina filed by women blinded in those demonstrations, and how evidence is being gathered now.
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi...
The current protests in Iran are closely linked to the 2022 Women Life Freedom uprising. Gissou Nia explains a universal jurisdiction case in Argentina filed by women blinded in those demonstrations, and how evidence is being gathered now.
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi...
Episode 150 – Iran Protests and Argentina Accountability with Gissou Nia
Gissou Nia guides us through accountability for violence agianst protestors in Iran. If it’s interesting, do like, subscribe and leave us a review. Want to find out more? Check out all the backgrou…
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Highly recommended.
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This is only related in a sideways manner, but: the story of any small slice of humanity is the story of humanity, just boiled down and distilled. So:
In 2020, we had a lot of conversations about harassment at SF/F conventions, and Isaac Asimov came up several times.
In 2020, we had a lot of conversations about harassment at SF/F conventions, and Isaac Asimov came up several times.
the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
February 5, 2026 at 8:58 PM
This is only related in a sideways manner, but: the story of any small slice of humanity is the story of humanity, just boiled down and distilled. So:
In 2020, we had a lot of conversations about harassment at SF/F conventions, and Isaac Asimov came up several times.
In 2020, we had a lot of conversations about harassment at SF/F conventions, and Isaac Asimov came up several times.
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Comrades, if you want to read about CLS at a more accessible price, the good people at @edinburghup.bsky.social have released my book The Rise and Fall of Critical Legal Studies in paperback - edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-ris...
February 5, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Comrades, if you want to read about CLS at a more accessible price, the good people at @edinburghup.bsky.social have released my book The Rise and Fall of Critical Legal Studies in paperback - edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-ris...
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"The (UN) commission of inquiry has found that Herzog has incited genocide... Someone who incites genocide does not satisfy the good character test for entering Australia. On the contrary, a person who incites genocide should be arrested on arrival and tried under Australian and international law."
Isaac Herzog is accused of inciting genocide in Gaza. He shouldn’t be welcomed to Australia | Chris Sidoti
Anthony Albanese should recognise he made a terrible mistake in inviting the Israeli president to Australia and put a stop to this divisive political visit
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:50 PM
"The (UN) commission of inquiry has found that Herzog has incited genocide... Someone who incites genocide does not satisfy the good character test for entering Australia. On the contrary, a person who incites genocide should be arrested on arrival and tried under Australian and international law."
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good day to reshare direkris.itch.io/you-are-jeff...
February 4, 2026 at 6:41 PM
good day to reshare direkris.itch.io/you-are-jeff...
Everything by Radiohead (except Talk Show Host – that's their only good song, the rest are terrible)
Fuck your favourite song. Tell me your least favourite song. The one that makes you die inside the moment you hear the first 3 seconds.
February 4, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Everything by Radiohead (except Talk Show Host – that's their only good song, the rest are terrible)
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A good read from @richarddenniss.bsky.social "My advice? There's no such thing as the 'centre right'" for @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
My advice? There's no such thing as the 'centre right'
Leaving aside the fact that it was John Howard who buried so many of the landmines blowing up the Modern Liberals' backyard, he was right about a few things, including his observation that ‘politics i...
thepoint.com.au
February 4, 2026 at 4:40 AM
A good read from @richarddenniss.bsky.social "My advice? There's no such thing as the 'centre right'" for @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
It's true, that is the research pyramid
February 4, 2026 at 9:40 AM
It's true, that is the research pyramid
I honestly doubt they will have genuine elections again in the foreseeable future
February 4, 2026 at 8:33 AM
I honestly doubt they will have genuine elections again in the foreseeable future
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This is Libya the week it celebrates 15 years since the start of a civil war that destroyed the country & the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. Which tells you why a lot of international lawyers have never supported “responsibility to protect” (was it ever about R2P?) and NATO intervention.
Shocked to learn that Saif Gaddafi has been killed. I spent a ridiculous amount of time writing about him when the #ICC wanted to prosecute him. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Libyan dictator Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam Gaddafi shot dead by armed men at home
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi’s political team says ‘four masked men’ stormed his house in Zintan
www.independent.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 AM
This is Libya the week it celebrates 15 years since the start of a civil war that destroyed the country & the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. Which tells you why a lot of international lawyers have never supported “responsibility to protect” (was it ever about R2P?) and NATO intervention.
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Albanese's baby photo opp and caption that it's a reminder of "who we are for" is posted on the eve of welcoming Israel's Herzog - a man who signed bombs that blow up children and who is complicit in a genocide.
February 3, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Albanese's baby photo opp and caption that it's a reminder of "who we are for" is posted on the eve of welcoming Israel's Herzog - a man who signed bombs that blow up children and who is complicit in a genocide.
I'm pleased to announce that I was not successful in my application to be the DFAT Visiting Legal Fellow but I was encouraged to apply again in 2 years
February 4, 2026 at 1:01 AM
I'm pleased to announce that I was not successful in my application to be the DFAT Visiting Legal Fellow but I was encouraged to apply again in 2 years
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Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...
January 18, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...
I'd like to remind everyone who thinks that policing has always existed that modern policing is less than 200 years old, having begun in London in 1829
February 2, 2026 at 6:49 AM
I'd like to remind everyone who thinks that policing has always existed that modern policing is less than 200 years old, having begun in London in 1829
