Cicely Marston
@cicely.bsky.social
Professor of public health, community participation, equity, sexual and reproductive health and rights, knowledge coproduction
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In one email exchange, Jeffrey Epstein and Olivier Colom, former aide to French President Sarkozy, compared girls to marine life.
Epstein:
“some are like shrimp, you throw away the head and keep the body”
“I can;t even think of the smell of black shrimp. ugh”
(www.justice.gov/epstein/file...)
Epstein:
“some are like shrimp, you throw away the head and keep the body”
“I can;t even think of the smell of black shrimp. ugh”
(www.justice.gov/epstein/file...)
![To:
COLOM, Olivier
From: Jeffrey Epstein
Sent:
Tue 6/18/2013 10:51:29 AM
Subject: Re:
I can;t even think of the smell of black shrimp. ugh
2013/6/18 COLOM, Olivier <
I like shrimp.
But not so much if it's too pink, although I'm definitely more into white than into any other color I like your philosophy
De: Jeffrey Epstein [mailto:jeevacation@gmail.com
A CoLon, oy, June 18, 2013 12:32 AM
Objet: Re:
no, some are like shrimp, you throw away the head and keep the body
2013/6/17 COLOM, Olivier
As long as you don't have any hammerhead ones...
I like white sharks
De: Jeffrey Epstein [mailto:jeevacation@gmail.com]
Envoyé : Tuesday, June 18, 2013 12:00 AM
À : COLOM, Olivier
Objet: Re:
as two are russian, i guess some might refer to them as white sharks
2013/6/17 COLOM, Olivier <
The King of Saudi Arabia has a few white sharks in his at his Jeddah palace.
I totally prefer yours. Sure I would enjoy the view.
De : Jeffrey Epstein [mailto:jeevacation@gmail.com
Envoyé: Monday, June 17, 2013 11:47 PM
EFTA
À : COLOM, Olivier
Objet: Re:
on my island in the caribean, with an aquarium full of girls](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gvda6fem6r7selm4gzjjww4a/bafkreifwycivbonbhas2e3roow4iukoroi3anpl4hvrub42usrg4uazhni@jpeg)
February 4, 2026 at 5:21 PM
In one email exchange, Jeffrey Epstein and Olivier Colom, former aide to French President Sarkozy, compared girls to marine life.
Epstein:
“some are like shrimp, you throw away the head and keep the body”
“I can;t even think of the smell of black shrimp. ugh”
(www.justice.gov/epstein/file...)
Epstein:
“some are like shrimp, you throw away the head and keep the body”
“I can;t even think of the smell of black shrimp. ugh”
(www.justice.gov/epstein/file...)
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and concerning that this alone would undermine the rest of the review. As this paper describes, though, this is far from its only problem. 4/4
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
February 3, 2026 at 5:12 PM
and concerning that this alone would undermine the rest of the review. As this paper describes, though, this is far from its only problem. 4/4
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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p.s. I had not seen that the review recommends gagging ethics committees on these matters. As the ex-Chair of an ethics committee, the idea that a random person with an axe to grind could demand that my committee ignore certain ethical questions is so bizarre 3/4
February 3, 2026 at 5:12 PM
p.s. I had not seen that the review recommends gagging ethics committees on these matters. As the ex-Chair of an ethics committee, the idea that a random person with an axe to grind could demand that my committee ignore certain ethical questions is so bizarre 3/4
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It's disappointing that academics spend time debunking neo-fascist rubbish seeping into the public consciousness, but here we are. Once again: "Biological sex" is not a simple binary, and it is not scientific or 'clarifying' to assert that it is. 2/4
February 3, 2026 at 5:12 PM
It's disappointing that academics spend time debunking neo-fascist rubbish seeping into the public consciousness, but here we are. Once again: "Biological sex" is not a simple binary, and it is not scientific or 'clarifying' to assert that it is. 2/4
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Here's a great, and short, paper on the problems with the Sullivan Review into sex and gender in research and data. 1/4
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers | RGS Journal | Wiley Online Library
This intervention argues that the UK Government–commissioned ‘Sullivan Review’ of data, statistics and research on sex and gender implicitly promotes the erasure of trans and gender diverse people fr...
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Here's a great, and short, paper on the problems with the Sullivan Review into sex and gender in research and data. 1/4
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Here's a great, and short, paper on the problems with the Sullivan Review into sex and gender in research and data. 1/4
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers | RGS Journal | Wiley Online Library
This intervention argues that the UK Government–commissioned ‘Sullivan Review’ of data, statistics and research on sex and gender implicitly promotes the erasure of trans and gender diverse people fr...
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Here's a great, and short, paper on the problems with the Sullivan Review into sex and gender in research and data. 1/4
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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❌ Turning Point Gets Abortion Talk Cancelled
Turning Point USA, Charlie Kirk’s “anti-cancel culture” frat whose main gig was screaming “free speech on campus!” has successfully pressured Texas Tech to CANCEL a talk by a retired physician who provided third-trimester abortions.
bit.ly/3M7Ehaz
Turning Point USA, Charlie Kirk’s “anti-cancel culture” frat whose main gig was screaming “free speech on campus!” has successfully pressured Texas Tech to CANCEL a talk by a retired physician who provided third-trimester abortions.
bit.ly/3M7Ehaz
February 2, 2026 at 7:31 PM
❌ Turning Point Gets Abortion Talk Cancelled
Turning Point USA, Charlie Kirk’s “anti-cancel culture” frat whose main gig was screaming “free speech on campus!” has successfully pressured Texas Tech to CANCEL a talk by a retired physician who provided third-trimester abortions.
bit.ly/3M7Ehaz
Turning Point USA, Charlie Kirk’s “anti-cancel culture” frat whose main gig was screaming “free speech on campus!” has successfully pressured Texas Tech to CANCEL a talk by a retired physician who provided third-trimester abortions.
bit.ly/3M7Ehaz
Lest anyone think that not directly abusing children somehow absolves any of Epstein’s associates
Most of Epstein’s victims were either too frightened to come forward, or silenced through legal threats. Oh, and here’s a senior British politician giving Epstein tips on how to silence them
February 2, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Lest anyone think that not directly abusing children somehow absolves any of Epstein’s associates
This is good news. Now can the media please stop amplifying this obvious hate group. Imagine campaigning to *keep* conversion practices 🤢
Sex Matters tried to block a ban on conversion practices, but the Council of Europe has voted to make it illegal
goodlawproject.org/council-of-e...
goodlawproject.org/council-of-e...
Council of Europe votes for conversion therapy ban
Sex Matters tried to block a ban on conversion therapy, but the Council of Europe has voted to make it illegal
goodlawproject.org
January 29, 2026 at 6:40 PM
This is good news. Now can the media please stop amplifying this obvious hate group. Imagine campaigning to *keep* conversion practices 🤢
After many false starts I’ve written p.1 of my book 🎉 The rest of it should be straightforward, right?
January 28, 2026 at 2:19 PM
After many false starts I’ve written p.1 of my book 🎉 The rest of it should be straightforward, right?
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Nonviolence is, in fact, working. This administration is weaker than it was a year ago. More and more of the public is becoming galvanized against it; its agents are being impeded.
Do you honestly think people in the civil rights movement and other nonviolent movements faced no violence themselves? They practiced nonviolence because it works, because the oppressor wants a shooting war, which is the war it will win
How's your non-violent working Mr Gandhi stancil? They will kill each and everyone of you right if they had the chance and you will still be writing Kumbaya.
January 24, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Nonviolence is, in fact, working. This administration is weaker than it was a year ago. More and more of the public is becoming galvanized against it; its agents are being impeded.
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The most important public health story in America right now is that the Trump administration is kidnapping 2-year olds
ICE detained a 2-year-old girl in Minneapolis and put the child on a flight to a detention center in Texas, despite a court ordering her release: www.startribune.com/agents-detai...
January 24, 2026 at 2:16 AM
The most important public health story in America right now is that the Trump administration is kidnapping 2-year olds
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In Health Affairs Forefront, I wrote about why fertility tracking must be grounded in evidence and reproductive justice - not co-opted by agendas that strip away other reproductive health care.
www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
Sharing a few key points in thread below 🤓
In Health Affairs Forefront, I wrote about why fertility tracking must be grounded in evidence and reproductive justice - not co-opted by agendas that strip away other reproductive health care.
www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
Sharing a few key points in thread below 🤓
Health Affairs Journal
www.healthaffairs.org
January 10, 2026 at 6:18 PM
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In Health Affairs Forefront, I wrote about why fertility tracking must be grounded in evidence and reproductive justice - not co-opted by agendas that strip away other reproductive health care.
www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
Sharing a few key points in thread below 🤓
In Health Affairs Forefront, I wrote about why fertility tracking must be grounded in evidence and reproductive justice - not co-opted by agendas that strip away other reproductive health care.
www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
Sharing a few key points in thread below 🤓
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did a The Concept Of Sexual Harassment Itself write this article
If women quit X because of Grok’s deepfake nudes, the predators win – so I’m staying
If women quit X because of Grok’s deepfake nudes, the predators win – so I’m staying
If women quit X because of Grok’s deepfake nudes, the predators win – so I’m staying
www.independent.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 4:25 PM
did a The Concept Of Sexual Harassment Itself write this article
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Preventing the sharing of sexualised images of children is “censorship” according to Elon Musk.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Musk says X outcry is 'excuse for censorship'
The government is urging Ofcom to use all its powers – up to and including an effective ban – against X.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 5:51 AM
Preventing the sharing of sexualised images of children is “censorship” according to Elon Musk.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The logical endpoint of the “censorship” moral panic
Preventing the sharing of sexualised images of children is “censorship” according to Elon Musk.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Musk says X outcry is 'excuse for censorship'
The government is urging Ofcom to use all its powers – up to and including an effective ban – against X.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 9:39 AM
The logical endpoint of the “censorship” moral panic
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“She hurt his ego so he killed her”.
All this, all of it, spirals back to a moment years ago when a woman said “no, don’t” to a man. All of this is about male entitlement and weakness. All of it is on men who got radicalised, who twiddled their thumbs and both sides-ed, who never called out a friend
All this, all of it, spirals back to a moment years ago when a woman said “no, don’t” to a man. All of this is about male entitlement and weakness. All of it is on men who got radicalised, who twiddled their thumbs and both sides-ed, who never called out a friend
January 10, 2026 at 9:51 AM
“She hurt his ego so he killed her”.
All this, all of it, spirals back to a moment years ago when a woman said “no, don’t” to a man. All of this is about male entitlement and weakness. All of it is on men who got radicalised, who twiddled their thumbs and both sides-ed, who never called out a friend
All this, all of it, spirals back to a moment years ago when a woman said “no, don’t” to a man. All of this is about male entitlement and weakness. All of it is on men who got radicalised, who twiddled their thumbs and both sides-ed, who never called out a friend
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In Musk's latest masterful gambit, instead of putting a stop to the wave of sexual abuse imagery generated by Grok, he's attempting to monetize it instead by only letting paying subscribers generate images in replies. This isn't curbing abuse, it's profiting off it www.404media.co/x-premium-gr...
Masterful Gambit: Musk Attempts to Monetize Grok's Wave of Sexual Abuse Imagery
In an attempt to push more people toward a paying subscription, Grok now refuses to generate images in replies. The paywall is pretty leaky, though.
www.404media.co
January 9, 2026 at 3:27 PM
In Musk's latest masterful gambit, instead of putting a stop to the wave of sexual abuse imagery generated by Grok, he's attempting to monetize it instead by only letting paying subscribers generate images in replies. This isn't curbing abuse, it's profiting off it www.404media.co/x-premium-gr...
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For my newsletter this morning, I called for a ban on Grok after X, the child porn app formerly known as Twitter, started removing the clothes of women and girls in photos posted on the site. www.burnsnotice.com/grok-the-chi...
Grok, the Child Porn Generator, Should Be Illegal
X, the child porn company formerly known as Twitter, is now removing the clothes of women and children with photos on the site on behalf of its users.
I first joined Twitter in December 2015. Deeply ...
www.burnsnotice.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:39 PM
For my newsletter this morning, I called for a ban on Grok after X, the child porn app formerly known as Twitter, started removing the clothes of women and girls in photos posted on the site. www.burnsnotice.com/grok-the-chi...
Anyone posting on X now that it is documented as being a site for serious image based abuse, including CSAM risks being seen as complicit in that abuse. Everyone should be off the platform as a matter of urgency
NEW: Commons women & equalities committee says it will stop using X. Chair Sarah Owen says given preventing violence against women and girls is among its key areas, “X is not an appropriate platform to be using for our communications”. Ministers next?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Commons women and equalities committee to stop using X amid AI-altered images row
Exclusive: Move follows outcry over use of Grok to digitally remove clothing from images of women and children
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Anyone posting on X now that it is documented as being a site for serious image based abuse, including CSAM risks being seen as complicit in that abuse. Everyone should be off the platform as a matter of urgency
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And that's even aside from the CSAM side of things, which in a sane world would have shut the entire website down immediately and sent a whole lot of people to jail
January 7, 2026 at 4:48 PM
And that's even aside from the CSAM side of things, which in a sane world would have shut the entire website down immediately and sent a whole lot of people to jail
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Non-consensual image creation / "deep-fake porn" has been a problem for a while that the legal system has only just begun to grapple with but part of what makes the Grok thing much worse is that it's delivered instantly & directly into replies to punish women for publicly speaking or even existing.
X basically industrialized the creation of fake porn of women who don't consent. Others did it first, but Grok made it normalized and centralized: publicly visible, instantly creatable by anyone, regardless of who's being targeted and dehumanized. Only question now is will X suffer any consequences
January 7, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Non-consensual image creation / "deep-fake porn" has been a problem for a while that the legal system has only just begun to grapple with but part of what makes the Grok thing much worse is that it's delivered instantly & directly into replies to punish women for publicly speaking or even existing.
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I would very much like someone to ask someone in the government what the consequences would be for someone (unwittingly or otherwise) viewing CSAM on Twitter/X, because I'm not aware of any legislation passed recently that makes doing so legal.
I'm so delighted that I complied with the Online Safety Act, blocking an accessibility feature on my site from UK users to 'protect the children' while Elon Musk's site can just generate CSAM with total impunity.
January 7, 2026 at 10:11 AM
I would very much like someone to ask someone in the government what the consequences would be for someone (unwittingly or otherwise) viewing CSAM on Twitter/X, because I'm not aware of any legislation passed recently that makes doing so legal.
This is great. Sound on for best effect.
In 2023 I became obsessed with videos of dads in cargo shortswaiting in parking lots during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. So when she came to town, I grabbed a camera and headed down to talk to them. I thought it'd be funny. It turned out to be something else entirely.
December 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
This is great. Sound on for best effect.