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Health Nerd @gidmk.bsky.social · 13h

The Cass review into children's gender services in the UK continues to be terrible.

A new report from Australia led by the fantastic Dr. Julia Moore - and featuring me - looks into the issues in detail.

My new piece.

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The Cass Review Continues To Be Severely Flawed

A new paper from an Australian team shines a light on the problems with the review

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theotheories.bsky.social @theotheories.bsky.social · 21h

Excellent critiques of fws by legal people, feeling genuinely hearted to see so many different people willing to put their name to critiques of the ruling
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Vol. 14 No. 2 (2025) | feminists@law

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Errol 🦇 🏳️‍🌈 @eerieseymour.bsky.social · 1d

The Orphan Crusher is here to stay. If we don’t feed more Orphans to the Crusher the Orphan Crushing industry will die. It’s time to wake up to the reality of the Orphan Crusher. The Orphan Crusher is worth billions. We need to teach people to use the Orphan Crusher. It’s here to stay.

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Lawrence Solum @lsolum.bsky.social · 1d

Please help me get the word out about the new websites for Legal Theory Blog and the Legal Theory Lexicon. Reposting here and on other social media sites is great. It would be especially helpful if law school faculty members could send an email to their colleagues with the new addresses.

Legal Theory Blog

Discover our latest articles and updates. Stay informed with recent posts that cover a variety of topics you care about!

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Mitch Travis @drmitchtravis.bsky.social · 1d

It sits alongside another of other critical reactions to that judgment from the great and the good. Check them out here:

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feminists@law

an open access journal of feminist legal scholarship

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Mitch Travis @drmitchtravis.bsky.social · 1d

New blog from Fae Garland and I in Feminists@law where we discuss the problems of biological sex in the recent FWS judgment

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It’s quite accessible and I’ll be using it as a resource with my students.

View of Sex is complicated

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Mitch Travis @drmitchtravis.bsky.social · 3d

It’s been 10 years since I first started at @lawatleeds.bsky.social

I’ve had such an amazing time and worked with some incredible people.

How should I mark this auspicious occasion?

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Mitch Travis @drmitchtravis.bsky.social · Jul 30

three girls standing in front of a coffee shop

Alt: Huntrix from K pop demon hunters standing in front of a coffee shop and hugging

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Mitch Travis @drmitchtravis.bsky.social · Jul 30

I need vocal, dance and weapon tuition and then basic knowledge of demon lore and spotting.

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Mitch Travis @drmitchtravis.bsky.social · Jul 30

It seems like a lifestyle. It will require quite a degree of upskilling though.

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Mitch Travis @drmitchtravis.bsky.social · Jul 29

I just want to be a K-pop Demon Hunter

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Mitch Travis @drmitchtravis.bsky.social · Jul 22

Don’t say “I can’t believe Ozzy died today” say “I can’t believe Ozzy was alive yesterday”

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Mitch Travis @drmitchtravis.bsky.social · Jun 22

Science fiction as legal imaginary is currently £80 cheaper than normal on the evil empires website. Could be a bargain for someone?

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Mitch Travis @drmitchtravis.bsky.social · Jun 14

It was so cool to present at the Tanzquartier Wien (Contemporary Dance Institute of Vienna) yesterday. Thank you so much for the invitation to share my work and for setting up my presentation like a Bond Villain!

Dark room lit up by some evil looking red slides in front of a creepy table. Hugely cool. Living my best evil life.

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Ruth Houghton @ruthhoughton.bsky.social · Jun 12

If you'd be interested in exploring questions of utopia/dystopia, I am putting together a panel for this fun two-day conference on Legal Methodologies @lawresearch-ncluk.bsky.social. Do get in touch if you fancy some utopia/dystopia Methods chats.

Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · Jun 12

Call for papers for a major two-day conference on Legal Methodologies exploring the nature of the discipline, with really important keynote speakers. Any abstracts, if you are interested in participating, to be emailed to [email protected] by 7 July.

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Mitch Travis @drmitchtravis.bsky.social · Jun 12

Had such a wonderful time at the Intersex Insights conference in Dublin this weeks. Brilliant to meet up with colleagues old and new and also loved spotting a well thumbed copy of our book in the wild!!

Our book covered in highlighter pen and scribbles

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Mitch Travis @drmitchtravis.bsky.social · May 31

Ultimately Marvel films used to be an hour and a half of film and a minute of cameo and teaser. Somewhere along the line that ratio has reversed.

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Mitch Travis @drmitchtravis.bsky.social · May 31

4) introducing an Israeli character seemed loaded. Why was she specifically identified as coming from Isreal? No one else was. And then why was she chief of security for the US government?

5) what was the message? Share resources? But just fictional ones that don’t exist?

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Mitch Travis @drmitchtravis.bsky.social · May 31

Really didn’t enjoy Captain America: Brave New World.

1) the characters were completely superficial. What were their motivations for anything? Who knows!

2) the plot was paper thin.

3) Fighting over adamantium was so obviously setting up a future film that it completely lowered the stakes.

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Mitch Travis @drmitchtravis.bsky.social · May 30

Don’t die on me now laptop! Not today.

a cartoon of patrick star from spongebob squarepants is sitting on the beach .

Alt: a cartoon of patrick star from spongebob squarepants giving cpr to the jellyfish thing. Squidward? I forget his name.

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Mitch Travis @drmitchtravis.bsky.social · May 23

So it turns out I have coeliac disease. I hope everyone’s ready for me to make it my whole personality.

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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · May 20

Forcing women to hand over a specific ID if they don't conform to gender stereotypes, what a victory

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Mitch Travis @drmitchtravis.bsky.social · May 19

That little ravebot in series 2 episode 3 of Andor is such a vibe

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Bugs, Beleaguered Babysitter of the Booger Brothers @bugsmaytrix.bsky.social · May 14

AI is an ontologically conservative prospect incapable of imagining What Could Be. it will lie to you to the contrary.

Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · May 14

Never forget that the biggest advocates for AI are people who are terrified of progress.

AI can’t produce anything new. So demanding that people use it is a way to keep us stuck in the past.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · May 14

Oh my god SIX famous people have a trans kid? How many famous people are there even, SEVEN??

Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · May 14

So fucking tedious [Telegraph]

How to step out of the shadow of an A-list parent: become trans
Robert De Niro’s son – now daughter – is the latest example in a curious trend. reports
The Daily Telegraph14 May 2025Nicole Lampert #TransAgendaClips

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