Joy Twemlow
@joytwemlow.bsky.social
I research critical phenomenology and law - but the majority of my posts are cats, zines and crafty creations
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
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
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) 🎊🎉🍾
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
I spent the day doing research (reading queer & feminist zones) at the Baltic in Newcastle. It was pretty great
May 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I spent the day doing research (reading queer & feminist zones) at the Baltic in Newcastle. It was pretty great
The artist picture the karaoke system had for 2Pac was also…something…
April 17, 2025 at 8:09 AM
The artist picture the karaoke system had for 2Pac was also…something…
The puppet update no one asked for
March 18, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The puppet update no one asked for
Pleased to announce I’ve made significant progress on the crochet blanket I am making. It’s getting me through these times y’all
March 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Pleased to announce I’ve made significant progress on the crochet blanket I am making. It’s getting me through these times y’all
Adding my hopefully calming cat pic to your feed
March 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Adding my hopefully calming cat pic to your feed
February 28, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Cat is happy (and slightly shocked) to finally see some sun
February 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Cat is happy (and slightly shocked) to finally see some sun
Yeah, doing the PhD defence was great thanks.
February 6, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Yeah, doing the PhD defence was great thanks.
Reading any and every news article over the past few years
January 30, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Reading any and every news article over the past few years
I made a puppet version of myself
If this post gets more likes than words I wrote in my thesis I will make her do my viva
If this post gets more likes than words I wrote in my thesis I will make her do my viva
January 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I made a puppet version of myself
If this post gets more likes than words I wrote in my thesis I will make her do my viva
If this post gets more likes than words I wrote in my thesis I will make her do my viva
Them: what are your plans now that you’ve (almost) finished your PhD?
Me:
Me:
January 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Them: what are your plans now that you’ve (almost) finished your PhD?
Me:
Me:
Made a rube Goldberg machine over the weekend. It was meant to be to celebrate my thesis defence (but my viva was postponed 🥲). So it was just a birthday machine.
10/10 still slaps though - big thanks to everyone who made this overly convoluted goal of mine come true (both the machine & the PhD)
10/10 still slaps though - big thanks to everyone who made this overly convoluted goal of mine come true (both the machine & the PhD)
January 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Made a rube Goldberg machine over the weekend. It was meant to be to celebrate my thesis defence (but my viva was postponed 🥲). So it was just a birthday machine.
10/10 still slaps though - big thanks to everyone who made this overly convoluted goal of mine come true (both the machine & the PhD)
10/10 still slaps though - big thanks to everyone who made this overly convoluted goal of mine come true (both the machine & the PhD)
Returning to the UK after attending the very exciting and awesome Hacking Visual Culture Conference where @drshaneburke.bsky.social and I had a very cool and provocative soundscape instillation in the very sunny and warm Sydney which has very delicious and affordable food feels very sad and lame
December 13, 2024 at 12:16 PM
Returning to the UK after attending the very exciting and awesome Hacking Visual Culture Conference where @drshaneburke.bsky.social and I had a very cool and provocative soundscape instillation in the very sunny and warm Sydney which has very delicious and affordable food feels very sad and lame
My 2023 pen graveyard
I might not have a finished thesis to prove how much writing I did last year - but at least I have this much more arbitrary and meaningless measure 💁🏻♀️
I might not have a finished thesis to prove how much writing I did last year - but at least I have this much more arbitrary and meaningless measure 💁🏻♀️
January 2, 2024 at 11:43 AM
My 2023 pen graveyard
I might not have a finished thesis to prove how much writing I did last year - but at least I have this much more arbitrary and meaningless measure 💁🏻♀️
I might not have a finished thesis to prove how much writing I did last year - but at least I have this much more arbitrary and meaningless measure 💁🏻♀️
I’m obsessed with how cute my cat looks in her little Christmas jumper I made her 🥰
December 8, 2023 at 2:14 PM
I’m obsessed with how cute my cat looks in her little Christmas jumper I made her 🥰
Crocheting watermelons on the train down to Birmingham where I’m running a zine workshop on feminist rants against neoliberal institutions - i suspect my rant is going to be about the complicity and hypocrisy of these institutions 💁🏻♀️🍉
December 1, 2023 at 11:50 AM
Crocheting watermelons on the train down to Birmingham where I’m running a zine workshop on feminist rants against neoliberal institutions - i suspect my rant is going to be about the complicity and hypocrisy of these institutions 💁🏻♀️🍉
I could work on our paper about memes OR I could crochet a meme amigurumi for my co-author instead
…paper still pending
…paper still pending
November 10, 2023 at 12:00 PM
I could work on our paper about memes OR I could crochet a meme amigurumi for my co-author instead
…paper still pending
…paper still pending
To celebrate the passing of 1 year since I took up crocheting as an antidote to the Sisyphean task that is trying progress with PhD writing - here are a few of my fave creations
November 6, 2023 at 2:41 PM
To celebrate the passing of 1 year since I took up crocheting as an antidote to the Sisyphean task that is trying progress with PhD writing - here are a few of my fave creations