Rebecca Smyth, PhD
@resmyth.bsky.social
Soon-to-be Senior Lecturer in Law at Exeter. Decolonial transnational feminism, abortion rights in El Salvador, refugee law, disability rights, LGBTQ rights. Usual disclaimers.
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🚨Feminist judgments in refugee law project is GOOOO! 🚨call for abstracts for a special issue proposal 🚨 Read more and submit here:
V excited to be omw to the Roccella Summer School organised by my brilliant friend Emma Scali (#ElenaFerranteReference) of @milcmanchester.bsky.social and Raffaella Nigro. Making ZINES. Drinking GRANITA. Finally learning about INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY.
www.roccellasummerschool.org/programme
www.roccellasummerschool.org/programme
Programme | Join the Summer Law Program — Roccella Summer School
Explore the Roccella Summer School Programme featuring workshops and keynotes on international law, human rights, and technology in scenic Roccella Jonica, Italy.
www.roccellasummerschool.org
July 14, 2025 at 10:36 AM
V excited to be omw to the Roccella Summer School organised by my brilliant friend Emma Scali (#ElenaFerranteReference) of @milcmanchester.bsky.social and Raffaella Nigro. Making ZINES. Drinking GRANITA. Finally learning about INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY.
www.roccellasummerschool.org/programme
www.roccellasummerschool.org/programme
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🚨 Lobby the BCU governors! 🚨
On Wed 16th BCU governors are meeting for an update on the current review, which has put 342 staff at risk of redundancy & cuts student support in multiple ways.
Join our lobby: 1pm outside Parkside Building
Bring your solidarity and your sun cream! #SaveBCU
On Wed 16th BCU governors are meeting for an update on the current review, which has put 342 staff at risk of redundancy & cuts student support in multiple ways.
Join our lobby: 1pm outside Parkside Building
Bring your solidarity and your sun cream! #SaveBCU
July 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
🚨 Lobby the BCU governors! 🚨
On Wed 16th BCU governors are meeting for an update on the current review, which has put 342 staff at risk of redundancy & cuts student support in multiple ways.
Join our lobby: 1pm outside Parkside Building
Bring your solidarity and your sun cream! #SaveBCU
On Wed 16th BCU governors are meeting for an update on the current review, which has put 342 staff at risk of redundancy & cuts student support in multiple ways.
Join our lobby: 1pm outside Parkside Building
Bring your solidarity and your sun cream! #SaveBCU
Me every time I read an article written by @jtheilen.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Me every time I read an article written by @jtheilen.bsky.social
There just might be another source of a few billion that might go some way to cover the £4.8 billion deficit 👀
July 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
There just might be another source of a few billion that might go some way to cover the £4.8 billion deficit 👀
I'm posting this as part of the online protest against the Universal Credit & Personal Independence Payments Bill. TLDR: This Bill needs to die so that disabled people don't. #DisabilitySky #TakingThePIP #WelfareNotWarfare #DisabilityRebellion #CripsAgainstCuts
June 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I'm posting this as part of the online protest against the Universal Credit & Personal Independence Payments Bill. TLDR: This Bill needs to die so that disabled people don't. #DisabilitySky #TakingThePIP #WelfareNotWarfare #DisabilityRebellion #CripsAgainstCuts
Calling all abortion nerds! @whiterxbbit.bsky.social would love your submissions by 1st September! call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/06/...
cfp | call for papers
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu
June 30, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Calling all abortion nerds! @whiterxbbit.bsky.social would love your submissions by 1st September! call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/06/...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025... this and Budapest Pride and the impending failure (🤞🤞🤞) of the "welfare" bill made me feel quite emotional and hopeful this morning.
Transgender campaigners call for European rights body to report on UK
Alliance of groups wants Council of Europe to investigate implementation of supreme court ruling on biological sex
www.theguardian.com
June 28, 2025 at 8:06 AM
www.theguardian.com/society/2025... this and Budapest Pride and the impending failure (🤞🤞🤞) of the "welfare" bill made me feel quite emotional and hopeful this morning.
Feminist judgments project (FJP) call for proposals (CFP)! Because it's fun to chant "FJP CFP FJP CFP FJP CFP", and even more fun to challenge traditional disciplinary boundaries ✨
🚨Feminist judgments in refugee law project is GOOOO! 🚨call for abstracts for a special issue proposal 🚨 Read more and submit here:
docs.google.com
June 26, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Feminist judgments project (FJP) call for proposals (CFP)! Because it's fun to chant "FJP CFP FJP CFP FJP CFP", and even more fun to challenge traditional disciplinary boundaries ✨
The hope and hilarity here on Bluesky this morning, mm mm mm
June 25, 2025 at 8:56 AM
The hope and hilarity here on Bluesky this morning, mm mm mm
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... "Force says it disposed of papers last year despite forthcoming inquiry into scenes of violent policing in 1984" - can't help but feel that "despite" might be a "because"
Northumbria police destroy Battle of Orgreave and other miners’ strike files
Force says it disposed of papers last year despite forthcoming inquiry into scenes of violent policing in 1984
www.theguardian.com
June 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... "Force says it disposed of papers last year despite forthcoming inquiry into scenes of violent policing in 1984" - can't help but feel that "despite" might be a "because"
🚨Feminist judgments in refugee law project is GOOOO! 🚨call for abstracts for a special issue proposal 🚨 Read more and submit here:
docs.google.com
June 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
🚨Feminist judgments in refugee law project is GOOOO! 🚨call for abstracts for a special issue proposal 🚨 Read more and submit here:
Gorgeous first panel at Doctors for Choice/Abortion Talk conference: bodily autonomy, foregrounding sex worker, trans, radical anticapitalist perspectives. "It's a collective, interconnected struggle…We need to all go together, all the time with every tool we have." (Justin Hancock, Bish)
June 20, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Gorgeous first panel at Doctors for Choice/Abortion Talk conference: bodily autonomy, foregrounding sex worker, trans, radical anticapitalist perspectives. "It's a collective, interconnected struggle…We need to all go together, all the time with every tool we have." (Justin Hancock, Bish)
Gracias con todo mi corazón a The British Academy y a Divya Talwar por haber dado un espacio a esta película importantísima, a Teodora y las 17+, a Beatriz y a Manuela. Sigue la lucha 💚
Our 2025 Summer Showcase kicks off this evening at the ICA with the UK premiere of Fly So Far. Celina Escher’s documentary follows The Seventeen, a group of women accused of murder because of having a miscarriage in El Salvador, in their struggle to regain their freedom from prison.
June 19, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Gracias con todo mi corazón a The British Academy y a Divya Talwar por haber dado un espacio a esta película importantísima, a Teodora y las 17+, a Beatriz y a Manuela. Sigue la lucha 💚
Very excited for this in *checks watch* exactly two hours! www.ica.art/films/uk-pre...
ICA | UK PREMIERE Fly So Far + Q&A
The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) is London’s leading space for contemporary culture. We commission, produce and present new work in film, music, performance and the visual arts by today’s most...
www.ica.art
June 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Very excited for this in *checks watch* exactly two hours! www.ica.art/films/uk-pre...
In the run-up to BA Summer Showcase film screening this Wednesday, I've been in touch with some of the feminists in El Salvador behind Mujeres Libres. You can donate here to support Casa Resguardo, a safe house and safe space for Mujeres Libres El Salvador.
Dona a Casa Resguardo: Lugar Seguro para Mujeres Libres El Salvador, organizada por Jocelyn Viterna
¡Apoya a Mujeres Libres! (English Translation below)
En e… Jocelyn Viterna necesita tu apoyo para Casa Resguardo: Lugar Seguro para Mujeres Libres El Salvador
www.gofundme.com
June 16, 2025 at 1:41 PM
In the run-up to BA Summer Showcase film screening this Wednesday, I've been in touch with some of the feminists in El Salvador behind Mujeres Libres. You can donate here to support Casa Resguardo, a safe house and safe space for Mujeres Libres El Salvador.
One week to go!
www.ica.art/films/uk-pre...
www.ica.art/films/uk-pre...
ICA | UK PREMIERE Fly So Far + Q&A
The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) is London’s leading space for contemporary culture. We commission, produce and present new work in film, music, performance and the visual arts by today’s most...
www.ica.art
June 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
One week to go!
www.ica.art/films/uk-pre...
www.ica.art/films/uk-pre...
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Reports that Salvadoran government planned to arrest journalists of El Faro if they attempted to re-enter the country.
This weekend, El Faro journalists did not board flights to El Salvador after learning of a police operation to arrest them upon arrival. The Salvadoran Journalists' Association called on the government to clarify the judicial standing and guarantee press protections. 🧵 apes.org.sv/apes-denunci...
June 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Reports that Salvadoran government planned to arrest journalists of El Faro if they attempted to re-enter the country.
Can't recommend @beatha-coaching.bsky.social enough for helping develop healthy, evidence-based practices for survivin'&thrivin' in academia. Upcoming 10-wk course focusing on writing about hard times/to process hard things/in hard contexts - go go go! beathacoaching.org/retreats-cou...
Retreats & Courses
Retreats & Courses The Summer Coaching Programme 2025: Writing in Hard Times A ten week coaching course to support writers working in challenging contexts, writing to process hard things, or wr…
beathacoaching.org
June 10, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Can't recommend @beatha-coaching.bsky.social enough for helping develop healthy, evidence-based practices for survivin'&thrivin' in academia. Upcoming 10-wk course focusing on writing about hard times/to process hard things/in hard contexts - go go go! beathacoaching.org/retreats-cou...
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Poland's presidential election was a disaster.
“[Karol] Nawrocki is expected not only to uphold but potentially tighten Poland’s already draconian abortion laws. His win slams the door on hope for political reform in the near future, and locks in a future where women's lives remain expendable.”
“[Karol] Nawrocki is expected not only to uphold but potentially tighten Poland’s already draconian abortion laws. His win slams the door on hope for political reform in the near future, and locks in a future where women's lives remain expendable.”
Nawrocki win is ‘devastating blow’ for abortion rights activists in Poland
Any hopes to liberalize the country’s strict abortion rules are lost as the nationalist candidate secured a narrow win.
www.politico.eu
June 4, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Poland's presidential election was a disaster.
“[Karol] Nawrocki is expected not only to uphold but potentially tighten Poland’s already draconian abortion laws. His win slams the door on hope for political reform in the near future, and locks in a future where women's lives remain expendable.”
“[Karol] Nawrocki is expected not only to uphold but potentially tighten Poland’s already draconian abortion laws. His win slams the door on hope for political reform in the near future, and locks in a future where women's lives remain expendable.”
Over 1,000 signatories so far and still open for signature. DM me if you would like to sign lawyersletter.uk
#gazalawyersletter2025 #optlawyersletter2025.
#gazalawyersletter2025 #optlawyersletter2025.
UK Judges’ and Lawyers’ Open Letter Concerning the Occupied Palestinian Territory - May 2025 - UK lawyers’ open letter concerning Gaza
Download the full letter and Legal Memorandum | View signatories London26 May 2025 We are lawyers, legal academics and former judges who are UK-based or qualified. We write owing to our deep concern ...
lawyersletter.uk
June 1, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Over 1,000 signatories so far and still open for signature. DM me if you would like to sign lawyersletter.uk
#gazalawyersletter2025 #optlawyersletter2025.
#gazalawyersletter2025 #optlawyersletter2025.
Decided to watch Location Location Location. Got 2 mins in & had to stop when voiceover said, "This couple has had to move a staggering FOUR times in eight years." *cried in millennial/has moved at least once every year in the past 15 years/has borne witness to Irish property market of 1990s-now*
May 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Decided to watch Location Location Location. Got 2 mins in & had to stop when voiceover said, "This couple has had to move a staggering FOUR times in eight years." *cried in millennial/has moved at least once every year in the past 15 years/has borne witness to Irish property market of 1990s-now*
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Deepest condolences and solidarity to our comrade Ashjan Ajour who lost her father in Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza
truthout.org/articles/my-...
truthout.org/articles/my-...
My Father in Gaza Was Yearning for Our Reunion. When That Hope Died, So Did He.
This is how we grieve under occupation: digitally, remotely, alone. Our mourning, like our lives, is fragmented.
truthout.org
May 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Deepest condolences and solidarity to our comrade Ashjan Ajour who lost her father in Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza
truthout.org/articles/my-...
truthout.org/articles/my-...
Payday you sayday? Why not get yourself a ticket to an amazing documentary www.ica.art/films/uk-pre... and start donating as little as €1 a month to @supportabort.bsky.social?
ICA | UK PREMIERE Fly So Far + Q&A
The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) is London’s leading space for contemporary culture. We commission, produce and present new work in film, music, performance and the visual arts by today’s most...
www.ica.art
May 28, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Payday you sayday? Why not get yourself a ticket to an amazing documentary www.ica.art/films/uk-pre... and start donating as little as €1 a month to @supportabort.bsky.social?
Happy life update! I'll be a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Exeter from 1st Sept. Perfect day for starting big big big big big big big school (primary school is big school and you add another "big" for every level of education and career progression, FACT).
May 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Happy life update! I'll be a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Exeter from 1st Sept. Perfect day for starting big big big big big big big school (primary school is big school and you add another "big" for every level of education and career progression, FACT).