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)
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Academic selfie: damn @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social always takes a fine photo when we're together.
November 26, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Academic selfie: damn @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social always takes a fine photo when we're together.
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“He’s gonna sell Ukraine to Russia” and it’s not even a scandal. For some reason everyone is treating these leaked audios as though it is some enormous revelation. But all know that Witkoff is a corrupt crook, that Trump’s admin consists of corrupt crooks, and that corrupt crooks do such things.
Q: Have you heard this audio that Bloomberg has of Witkoff coaching the Russians on how to appeal to you?
TRUMP: That's a standard thing. He's gotta sell this to Ukraine, he's gonna sell Ukraine to Russia. That's what a dealmaker does. I haven't heard it but I heard it was standard negotiation.
TRUMP: That's a standard thing. He's gotta sell this to Ukraine, he's gonna sell Ukraine to Russia. That's what a dealmaker does. I haven't heard it but I heard it was standard negotiation.
November 26, 2025 at 5:52 AM
“He’s gonna sell Ukraine to Russia” and it’s not even a scandal. For some reason everyone is treating these leaked audios as though it is some enormous revelation. But all know that Witkoff is a corrupt crook, that Trump’s admin consists of corrupt crooks, and that corrupt crooks do such things.
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I was invited to write a piece for Brief, The Law Society of Western Australia's online publication. A valuable opportunity to reach a local domestic law audience with some details about international law as it applies to crimes in #Gaza. #intLaw #genocide briefonline.com.au/2025/11/26/g...
Genocide in Gaza in international law
UWA Associate Professor of International Law Dr Melanie O’Brien explains the legal definition of war crimes.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:25 AM
I was invited to write a piece for Brief, The Law Society of Western Australia's online publication. A valuable opportunity to reach a local domestic law audience with some details about international law as it applies to crimes in #Gaza. #intLaw #genocide briefonline.com.au/2025/11/26/g...
Academic selfie: lunch with the delightful @djag2.bsky.social (along with Dom Dalla-Pozza, Wayne Morgan, and Rob McLaughlin but they didn't want to join the selfie) edition
November 26, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Academic selfie: lunch with the delightful @djag2.bsky.social (along with Dom Dalla-Pozza, Wayne Morgan, and Rob McLaughlin but they didn't want to join the selfie) edition
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Just gonna say this: our families don't all hate or revile us as queer Aboriginal people. Aboriginal people aren't trying to find a way to alienate our families and friends. This white queer rendering of queer Aboriginal people as cast out by mob is ridiculous and a colonial fantasy. And racist.
November 25, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Just gonna say this: our families don't all hate or revile us as queer Aboriginal people. Aboriginal people aren't trying to find a way to alienate our families and friends. This white queer rendering of queer Aboriginal people as cast out by mob is ridiculous and a colonial fantasy. And racist.
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Landlords do not provide housing.
November 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Landlords do not provide housing.
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This test is (was?) used by Italian GICs.
I filled the long list and ranked how distressing I found each part of my body, 0 to 5. This particular test was at the top of a thick stack - hundreds of pages - of other tests.
It set the scene about how humiliating the rest of the process would be.
I filled the long list and ranked how distressing I found each part of my body, 0 to 5. This particular test was at the top of a thick stack - hundreds of pages - of other tests.
It set the scene about how humiliating the rest of the process would be.
Real questions in the puberty blocker study:
How happy are you with your nose? Would like like to change it by surgery?
How happy are you with your shoulders? Would like to change them by surgery?
How happy are you with your hips? Would like to change them by surgery?
Continued...
How happy are you with your nose? Would like like to change it by surgery?
How happy are you with your shoulders? Would like to change them by surgery?
How happy are you with your hips? Would like to change them by surgery?
Continued...
November 24, 2025 at 11:32 AM
This test is (was?) used by Italian GICs.
I filled the long list and ranked how distressing I found each part of my body, 0 to 5. This particular test was at the top of a thick stack - hundreds of pages - of other tests.
It set the scene about how humiliating the rest of the process would be.
I filled the long list and ranked how distressing I found each part of my body, 0 to 5. This particular test was at the top of a thick stack - hundreds of pages - of other tests.
It set the scene about how humiliating the rest of the process would be.
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UWA Law School is hiring! Lvl B is only open to applicants with working rights in #AUS. Applications close 3 December 2025. Start date negotiable. (I encourage #intLaw people to apply! Ping @anzsil.org) #jobs #jobFairy #academia #lecturer #higherEd external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/cw/en/job/52...
Prospective staff : Jobs at UWA : The University Of Western Australia
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November 24, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Who has two thumbs and the early stages of rheumatoid arthritis?
👍👍 This girl ... FML
👍👍 This girl ... FML
November 24, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Who has two thumbs and the early stages of rheumatoid arthritis?
👍👍 This girl ... FML
👍👍 This girl ... FML
So proud to have written a chapter on how utopian ideals descend into dystopian hellscapes with @hashtagstagg.bsky.social
We examine Star Trek (OS, TNG, & Picard), Starship Troopers (film version), Dredd (2012 film version), the EU, and the UN to explore this idea
We examine Star Trek (OS, TNG, & Picard), Starship Troopers (film version), Dredd (2012 film version), the EU, and the UN to explore this idea
The Research Handbook on Global Governance is now out in the world!
Edited with @aoifemod.bsky.social and Cher Weixia Chen this Handbook is 10yrs in the making!
Edited with @aoifemod.bsky.social and Cher Weixia Chen this Handbook is 10yrs in the making!
November 23, 2025 at 8:56 AM
So proud to have written a chapter on how utopian ideals descend into dystopian hellscapes with @hashtagstagg.bsky.social
We examine Star Trek (OS, TNG, & Picard), Starship Troopers (film version), Dredd (2012 film version), the EU, and the UN to explore this idea
We examine Star Trek (OS, TNG, & Picard), Starship Troopers (film version), Dredd (2012 film version), the EU, and the UN to explore this idea
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The Research Handbook on Global Governance is now out in the world!
Edited with @aoifemod.bsky.social and Cher Weixia Chen this Handbook is 10yrs in the making!
Edited with @aoifemod.bsky.social and Cher Weixia Chen this Handbook is 10yrs in the making!
November 23, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The Research Handbook on Global Governance is now out in the world!
Edited with @aoifemod.bsky.social and Cher Weixia Chen this Handbook is 10yrs in the making!
Edited with @aoifemod.bsky.social and Cher Weixia Chen this Handbook is 10yrs in the making!
I watched Legally Blonde when I had had enough of being a chef
November 23, 2025 at 8:36 AM
I watched Legally Blonde when I had had enough of being a chef
I have a very different definition of "Pennies" and "Practically Free" to tech media
CC @pretendbeard.bsky.social
CC @pretendbeard.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 10:54 AM
I have a very different definition of "Pennies" and "Practically Free" to tech media
CC @pretendbeard.bsky.social
CC @pretendbeard.bsky.social
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A reminder: there is nothing feminist about enforcing a static biological definition of sex and insisting on gender policing based on how “manly” or “womanly” a person appears. These are logics of fascism. Just saying.
November 20, 2025 at 9:55 PM
A reminder: there is nothing feminist about enforcing a static biological definition of sex and insisting on gender policing based on how “manly” or “womanly” a person appears. These are logics of fascism. Just saying.
We are at that point in the teaching period where I am asking students "have you tried googling that" ... so week 3
November 21, 2025 at 4:44 AM
We are at that point in the teaching period where I am asking students "have you tried googling that" ... so week 3
Rolling to physio with my Wanker Coffee (batch brew, Hunter blend from Patio Coffee in Adelaide – yes I get my beans shipped over from there because they are my favourite roasters)
Big thanks to @drnajimagi.bsky.social and @drjoemcintyre.bsky.social for the travel mug
Big thanks to @drnajimagi.bsky.social and @drjoemcintyre.bsky.social for the travel mug
November 21, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Rolling to physio with my Wanker Coffee (batch brew, Hunter blend from Patio Coffee in Adelaide – yes I get my beans shipped over from there because they are my favourite roasters)
Big thanks to @drnajimagi.bsky.social and @drjoemcintyre.bsky.social for the travel mug
Big thanks to @drnajimagi.bsky.social and @drjoemcintyre.bsky.social for the travel mug
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Today is Trans Day of Remembrance. Trans folk endure political violence that negates their identities, strips away their healthcare and excludes them from public life. They’re trashed as an “ideology.” But they’re people. They deserve to live in a world that unconditionally nurtures their existence.
November 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Today is Trans Day of Remembrance. Trans folk endure political violence that negates their identities, strips away their healthcare and excludes them from public life. They’re trashed as an “ideology.” But they’re people. They deserve to live in a world that unconditionally nurtures their existence.
This is one of the rare instances that Dapo Akande is just straight up wrong (it is also why the UNSC is horrifying entity once you understand the intracies of the Charter)
In light of UNSC Res 2803 just reminding everyone of the existence of this classic article by Dapo Akande, suggesting the possibility of judicial review of ultra vires UNSC acts www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/7...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:53 AM
This is one of the rare instances that Dapo Akande is just straight up wrong (it is also why the UNSC is horrifying entity once you understand the intracies of the Charter)
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I reviewed some new books on queer Southasia for @himalmag.bsky.social
www.himalmag.com/politics/que...
www.himalmag.com/politics/que...
Navigating new scales of queer Southasia
IT WASN’T THAT long ago that queer Southasian studies – perhaps especially work centred on India – seemed to be intensely preoccupied with the frame of the nati
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November 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I reviewed some new books on queer Southasia for @himalmag.bsky.social
www.himalmag.com/politics/que...
www.himalmag.com/politics/que...
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Today is International Men’s Day. So here’s to refugee men fleeing abuse, trans men denied healthcare, queer men bullied for being different, Black men racially profiled, disabled men excluded from work, and all the other men who fail at being “real men.” May we continue to cultivate our humanity.
November 19, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Today is International Men’s Day. So here’s to refugee men fleeing abuse, trans men denied healthcare, queer men bullied for being different, Black men racially profiled, disabled men excluded from work, and all the other men who fail at being “real men.” May we continue to cultivate our humanity.
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I mean, there hasn't been a lawful justification for most of the bombings but targeting refugees in a whole other country is reeeaalllly high up on the No This Is Neither Legal Nor Moral list
An Israeli air attack on a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon has killed 13 people and wounded several.
Israeli air attack on refugee camp in Lebanon kills 13 people
An Israeli air attack on a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon has killed 13 people and wounded several.
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November 19, 2025 at 8:17 AM
I mean, there hasn't been a lawful justification for most of the bombings but targeting refugees in a whole other country is reeeaalllly high up on the No This Is Neither Legal Nor Moral list
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The UK and France have officially recognised the state of Palestine and also voted for this yesterday at the UNSC.
It is clownery all the way down.
It is clownery all the way down.
November 18, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The UK and France have officially recognised the state of Palestine and also voted for this yesterday at the UNSC.
It is clownery all the way down.
It is clownery all the way down.
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How should international lawyers think about methodology, feminist critique, & mounting global crises? 🌍⚖️ Join the Called to the Bar Newcastle & Manchester roadshow, hosted by @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social as we explore new ways of understanding a world in transition.
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58. The Newcastle and Manchester Roadshow: Methodology, Feminism, and the End of the World
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November 19, 2025 at 7:40 AM
How should international lawyers think about methodology, feminist critique, & mounting global crises? 🌍⚖️ Join the Called to the Bar Newcastle & Manchester roadshow, hosted by @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social as we explore new ways of understanding a world in transition.
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Apparently I've too much poor sleep to do any writing today but I could still make doughnuts between teaching and peer reviews.
Sorry @djag2.bsky.social
Sorry @djag2.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Apparently I've too much poor sleep to do any writing today but I could still make doughnuts between teaching and peer reviews.
Sorry @djag2.bsky.social
Sorry @djag2.bsky.social
I've finally gotten around to reading UNSC Resolution 2803 and I'm horrified on so many levels. For why you'll have to keep an eye out for the #CalledToTheBar episode we are going to record on it
November 19, 2025 at 5:23 AM
I've finally gotten around to reading UNSC Resolution 2803 and I'm horrified on so many levels. For why you'll have to keep an eye out for the #CalledToTheBar episode we are going to record on it