Ruth Fletcher
@ruthfletcher.bsky.social
Feminist legal academic interested in reproducing life otherwise at Queen Mary University of London, and elsewhere | #Repealedthe8th | Co-chair, Abortion Support Network | Branch committee, QMUCU | Leverhulme Research Fellow
Pinned
Here I respond to problems with the operation of time-limited abortion law by
1) explaining some aspects of legal method for a non-legal audience
2) mining ordinary legal methods and practices for their take on time and temporality &
3) showing how legal time-limits could work better and
1) explaining some aspects of legal method for a non-legal audience
2) mining ordinary legal methods and practices for their take on time and temporality &
3) showing how legal time-limits could work better and
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Calling Londoners 📢 Want to improve your confidence & skills in using data in your feminist work? This training is for you.
Join our in-person Feminist Initiatives Need Data training in London on Monday 3 March.
No prior knowledge required.
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Join our in-person Feminist Initiatives Need Data training in London on Monday 3 March.
No prior knowledge required.
Register below 👇
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February 12, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Calling Londoners 📢 Want to improve your confidence & skills in using data in your feminist work? This training is for you.
Join our in-person Feminist Initiatives Need Data training in London on Monday 3 March.
No prior knowledge required.
Register below 👇
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Join our in-person Feminist Initiatives Need Data training in London on Monday 3 March.
No prior knowledge required.
Register below 👇
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40% of people have less than £100 left at the end of each month after paying for essentials like housing, energy bills & food. 5% are forced into debt each month after paying such unavoidable costs.
We're part of @costoflivingaction.bsky.social to tackle this crisis:
www.costoflivingaction.org.uk
We're part of @costoflivingaction.bsky.social to tackle this crisis:
www.costoflivingaction.org.uk
Cost of Living Action - A Real Plan for an Affordable Britain
Cost of Living Action is a coalition of civil society groups who are calling on the government to tackle the cost of living crisis by guaranteeing affordable energy, boosting incomes, and raising taxe...
www.costoflivingaction.org.uk
February 12, 2026 at 2:18 PM
40% of people have less than £100 left at the end of each month after paying for essentials like housing, energy bills & food. 5% are forced into debt each month after paying such unavoidable costs.
We're part of @costoflivingaction.bsky.social to tackle this crisis:
www.costoflivingaction.org.uk
We're part of @costoflivingaction.bsky.social to tackle this crisis:
www.costoflivingaction.org.uk
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Tomorrow's episode of Bold Politics is so so rare in British politics: real people who are unafraid to just be themselves for an hour because they know they don't have to protect any vested interests.
It's time for a clearout of robots in Westminster.
It's time for a clearout of robots in Westminster.
February 10, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Tomorrow's episode of Bold Politics is so so rare in British politics: real people who are unafraid to just be themselves for an hour because they know they don't have to protect any vested interests.
It's time for a clearout of robots in Westminster.
It's time for a clearout of robots in Westminster.
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If you're looking for ways to jump in and help disrupt and chip away at the ICE kidnapping, detention, and deportation machine where you are, our BLOCK IT! toolkit is updated regularly with campaigns and strategies you can join or build near you, as well as inspiration and ideas. Check it out here:
Block It! — Interrupting Criminalization
www.interruptingcriminalization.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:35 PM
If you're looking for ways to jump in and help disrupt and chip away at the ICE kidnapping, detention, and deportation machine where you are, our BLOCK IT! toolkit is updated regularly with campaigns and strategies you can join or build near you, as well as inspiration and ideas. Check it out here:
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So apparently white Americans in Minneapolis are putting Mexican flags on their cars so ICE agents waste time pulling them over. They call it ICE fishing. 🤣😂
February 7, 2026 at 6:51 PM
So apparently white Americans in Minneapolis are putting Mexican flags on their cars so ICE agents waste time pulling them over. They call it ICE fishing. 🤣😂
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“Minneapolis has shown me that even in the middle of grief and fear, people still show up for each other,” writes Becca Good in a thank-you note to the people of Minneapolis.
One month after Renee Good’s death, wife sends thank-you note to Minneapolis for enduring ICE’s presence
“Minneapolis has shown me that even in the middle of grief and fear, people still show up for each other.”
www.startribune.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:18 PM
“Minneapolis has shown me that even in the middle of grief and fear, people still show up for each other,” writes Becca Good in a thank-you note to the people of Minneapolis.
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Well I said “this Friday” but there’s still no sign of my #ucu national election ballots yet… if you’re in a similar situation, you should order a replacement at: yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/UCU-elect...
February 10, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Well I said “this Friday” but there’s still no sign of my #ucu national election ballots yet… if you’re in a similar situation, you should order a replacement at: yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/UCU-elect...
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Ahead of the 10 February Certification Officer hearing, I’ve written about why Ewan McGaughey and I took this route.
This is a regulatory process, not a court case.
Ewan and I will represent ourselves. UCU has hired a King’s Counsel.
vickyblakeucu.uk/202...
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This is a regulatory process, not a court case.
Ewan and I will represent ourselves. UCU has hired a King’s Counsel.
vickyblakeucu.uk/202...
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Certification Officer Hearing: Blake & McGaughey v UCU
This is about trust and proper process: an explainer ahead of the 10 February Certification Officer hearing in Blake & McGaughey v UCU, concerning alleged non-compliance with UCU’s election rul…
vickyblakeucu.uk
February 9, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Ahead of the 10 February Certification Officer hearing, I’ve written about why Ewan McGaughey and I took this route.
This is a regulatory process, not a court case.
Ewan and I will represent ourselves. UCU has hired a King’s Counsel.
vickyblakeucu.uk/202...
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This is a regulatory process, not a court case.
Ewan and I will represent ourselves. UCU has hired a King’s Counsel.
vickyblakeucu.uk/202...
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Challenging Britannia: Black British Women Speak Volumes is out now.
Get your copy here for £13.99 plus p+p.
Read the inspirational stories of seven older black women creatives and what they can teach future generations.
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Get your copy here for £13.99 plus p+p.
Read the inspirational stories of seven older black women creatives and what they can teach future generations.
www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/...
February 10, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Challenging Britannia: Black British Women Speak Volumes is out now.
Get your copy here for £13.99 plus p+p.
Read the inspirational stories of seven older black women creatives and what they can teach future generations.
www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/...
Get your copy here for £13.99 plus p+p.
Read the inspirational stories of seven older black women creatives and what they can teach future generations.
www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/...
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This shocking case has generated lots of comments (scroll down to the bottom of the blog post. Thank you to everyone who has sent kind messages to Zoe. No family should be put through this kind of trauma.
New blog post
Systems-generated trauma and closed proceedings: Hywel Dda University Health Board v P & Anor [2024] EWCOP 70 (T3)
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/12/14/s...
Systems-generated trauma and closed proceedings: Hywel Dda University Health Board v P & Anor [2024] EWCOP 70 (T3)
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/12/14/s...
Systems-generated trauma and closed proceedings: Hywel Dda University Health Board v P & Anor [2024] EWCOP 70 (T3)
The published judgment is the formal public version of what happened to Zoe and her daughter, as told from the perspective of a Court of Protection judge in July 2024. This is Zoe’s story (an…
openjusticecourtofprotection.org
December 19, 2025 at 7:57 AM
This shocking case has generated lots of comments (scroll down to the bottom of the blog post. Thank you to everyone who has sent kind messages to Zoe. No family should be put through this kind of trauma.
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📆 GHI Event: Thursday February 5th at 6:30pm on LSE campus
Grief, Joy, and Laughter: Reimagining Abortion Through Creative Activism in Latin America
W/ Dr Nayla Vacarezza, @eecoast.bsky.social, @rishie.bsky.social
Open and free for all. Register if you are a non-LSE affiliate: bit.ly/3Y2n193
Grief, Joy, and Laughter: Reimagining Abortion Through Creative Activism in Latin America
W/ Dr Nayla Vacarezza, @eecoast.bsky.social, @rishie.bsky.social
Open and free for all. Register if you are a non-LSE affiliate: bit.ly/3Y2n193
February 4, 2026 at 10:57 AM
📆 GHI Event: Thursday February 5th at 6:30pm on LSE campus
Grief, Joy, and Laughter: Reimagining Abortion Through Creative Activism in Latin America
W/ Dr Nayla Vacarezza, @eecoast.bsky.social, @rishie.bsky.social
Open and free for all. Register if you are a non-LSE affiliate: bit.ly/3Y2n193
Grief, Joy, and Laughter: Reimagining Abortion Through Creative Activism in Latin America
W/ Dr Nayla Vacarezza, @eecoast.bsky.social, @rishie.bsky.social
Open and free for all. Register if you are a non-LSE affiliate: bit.ly/3Y2n193
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"Immigration detention: A mental health crisis without borders" by Reem Saifeldeen -- a new Refugee Mental Health and Place blog is out. #RefugeesWelcome🧡
An important read: www.kcl.ac.uk/immigration-...
An important read: www.kcl.ac.uk/immigration-...
Immigration detention: A mental health crisis without borders
Asylum-seekers and refugees are at high risk of mental health problems because of adverse experiences before, during, and after their journeys. Many of these individuals are placed in immigration…
www.kcl.ac.uk
January 29, 2026 at 8:17 AM
"Immigration detention: A mental health crisis without borders" by Reem Saifeldeen -- a new Refugee Mental Health and Place blog is out. #RefugeesWelcome🧡
An important read: www.kcl.ac.uk/immigration-...
An important read: www.kcl.ac.uk/immigration-...
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“'We Cannot Live Without Our Lives': Art-Activism and the Struggle for Black Women’s Lives in Boston, 1979" is now available online in @signsjournal.org. Honored to be able to share some thoughts on the poets and activists who inspire and sustain me.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
“We Cannot Live Without Our Lives”: Art-Activism and the Struggle for Black Women’s Lives in Boston, 1979 | Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society: Vol 51, No 2
Abstract The Combahee River Collective’s political work in response to the murders of twelve Black women in Boston in 1979 is a crucial chapter in the history of Black queer socialist feminism, with i...
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December 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
“'We Cannot Live Without Our Lives': Art-Activism and the Struggle for Black Women’s Lives in Boston, 1979" is now available online in @signsjournal.org. Honored to be able to share some thoughts on the poets and activists who inspire and sustain me.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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What does it mean to be hot for revolution—to feel a desire to transform the world in your belly and your bones?
Here's my latest, on how erotic desire feeds political agency. I draw on AIDS activism, disability justice & other movements against sexual oppression.
philpapers.org/archive/WARH...
Here's my latest, on how erotic desire feeds political agency. I draw on AIDS activism, disability justice & other movements against sexual oppression.
philpapers.org/archive/WARH...
February 4, 2026 at 11:55 AM
What does it mean to be hot for revolution—to feel a desire to transform the world in your belly and your bones?
Here's my latest, on how erotic desire feeds political agency. I draw on AIDS activism, disability justice & other movements against sexual oppression.
philpapers.org/archive/WARH...
Here's my latest, on how erotic desire feeds political agency. I draw on AIDS activism, disability justice & other movements against sexual oppression.
philpapers.org/archive/WARH...
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I wrote a book about my three favourite topics: Feminism, Time & Care. It’s about how time is stolen by capitalism, how patriarchal our times are and how authoritarianism is based on acceleration.
And it’s about chronofeminist politics to reclaim time @transcript-verlag.bsky.social
And it’s about chronofeminist politics to reclaim time @transcript-verlag.bsky.social
Time to Care
A manifesto for a chronofeminist politics of time against capitalist grind culture, time inequality, and stolen futures.
www.transcript-verlag.de
February 3, 2026 at 7:36 PM
I wrote a book about my three favourite topics: Feminism, Time & Care. It’s about how time is stolen by capitalism, how patriarchal our times are and how authoritarianism is based on acceleration.
And it’s about chronofeminist politics to reclaim time @transcript-verlag.bsky.social
And it’s about chronofeminist politics to reclaim time @transcript-verlag.bsky.social
Here I respond to problems with the operation of time-limited abortion law by
1) explaining some aspects of legal method for a non-legal audience
2) mining ordinary legal methods and practices for their take on time and temporality &
3) showing how legal time-limits could work better and
1) explaining some aspects of legal method for a non-legal audience
2) mining ordinary legal methods and practices for their take on time and temporality &
3) showing how legal time-limits could work better and
February 9, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Here I respond to problems with the operation of time-limited abortion law by
1) explaining some aspects of legal method for a non-legal audience
2) mining ordinary legal methods and practices for their take on time and temporality &
3) showing how legal time-limits could work better and
1) explaining some aspects of legal method for a non-legal audience
2) mining ordinary legal methods and practices for their take on time and temporality &
3) showing how legal time-limits could work better and
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#BBCNews - Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners in Iva Valley, Enugu
The colonial police, made up of Nigerians and Europeans, shot dead workers striking for better conditions.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 7:27 PM
#BBCNews - Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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⚠️New @ippr.org research: 300,000 children will be hit by the Govt’s earned settlement plans.
Retrospective changes will deepen child poverty, block access to higher education & trap families in years of uncertainty.
This is precarity by design.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Retrospective changes will deepen child poverty, block access to higher education & trap families in years of uncertainty.
This is precarity by design.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
300,000 children face 10-year wait for settled status under UK plans, says IPPR
Thinktank analysis says proposed ‘earned settlement’ changes could trap families in prolonged insecurity
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:33 AM
⚠️New @ippr.org research: 300,000 children will be hit by the Govt’s earned settlement plans.
Retrospective changes will deepen child poverty, block access to higher education & trap families in years of uncertainty.
This is precarity by design.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Retrospective changes will deepen child poverty, block access to higher education & trap families in years of uncertainty.
This is precarity by design.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Jennifer Okeke speaks powerfully about the role of the 2004 Citizenship Referendum, taking automatic birth citizenship away from the children of non-citizens, in treating pregnant people and mothers with children as racial others
Jennifer Okeke speaks powerfully about the role of the 2004 Citizenship Referendum, taking automatic birth citizenship away from the children of non-citizens, in treating pregnant people and mothers with children as racial others
The silencing of the experiences of women and the lasting impact of the Citizenship Referendum on children's lives and identities: A conversation with Dr. Jennifer Okeke - Sorcha Mellon, 2026
journals.sagepub.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:05 AM
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Jennifer Okeke speaks powerfully about the role of the 2004 Citizenship Referendum, taking automatic birth citizenship away from the children of non-citizens, in treating pregnant people and mothers with children as racial others
Jennifer Okeke speaks powerfully about the role of the 2004 Citizenship Referendum, taking automatic birth citizenship away from the children of non-citizens, in treating pregnant people and mothers with children as racial others
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So excited for this! Come join us (free) for our drag cabaret about a history of queer love, featuring artists from the Law's a Drag network!
7.30pm, 18th Feb, Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds
Like, share, tell your loved ones! xxx
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7.30pm, 18th Feb, Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds
Like, share, tell your loved ones! xxx
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/history-of...
History of LOVE! Law’s a Drag presents LGBT History Month Cabaret
Join us live for History of LOVE! A fierce LGBT History Month cabaret by Law’s a Drag!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 11:38 AM
So excited for this! Come join us (free) for our drag cabaret about a history of queer love, featuring artists from the Law's a Drag network!
7.30pm, 18th Feb, Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds
Like, share, tell your loved ones! xxx
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/history-of...
7.30pm, 18th Feb, Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds
Like, share, tell your loved ones! xxx
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/history-of...
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The Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) is calling for a programme of reparations for Scotland’s Gypsy Travellers, who were subjected to decades of forced assimilation and ongoing harm under policies known as the ‘Tinker Experiment’.
Call for programme of reparations for Scotland’s Gypsy Travellers
The Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) is calling for a programme of reparations for Scotland’s Gypsy Travellers, who were subjected to decades of forced assimilation and ongoing harm under policies known as the ‘Tinker Experiment’.
www.scottishhousingnews.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:29 AM
The Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) is calling for a programme of reparations for Scotland’s Gypsy Travellers, who were subjected to decades of forced assimilation and ongoing harm under policies known as the ‘Tinker Experiment’.
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“Transformative reparations by public bodies” needed to address Tinker Experiment human rights abuses.
“Transformative reparations by public bodies” needed to address Tinker Experiment human rights abuses - TFN
Call for financial compensation, cultural investment and further truth recovery following 15-year battle for justice by victims
buff.ly
January 31, 2026 at 10:47 AM
“Transformative reparations by public bodies” needed to address Tinker Experiment human rights abuses.
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The Choreography of Consent: "experiments in dance/law research, which bring together artists, practitioners and scholars to develop innovative dance and law research methods that explore the movement of consent." Online event on 13th Feb 👇 tinyurl.com/2ucnxze5
Choreography of Consent: Online symposium
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January 29, 2026 at 9:21 AM
The Choreography of Consent: "experiments in dance/law research, which bring together artists, practitioners and scholars to develop innovative dance and law research methods that explore the movement of consent." Online event on 13th Feb 👇 tinyurl.com/2ucnxze5
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CALL FOR PAPERS: LHub's new project: law and humanities in the 'Four Nations', ECR network: with forthcoming workshops in England, Wales, Scotland and N Ireland. Fab events for our ECR community 👏 👇 @adiver.bsky.social @ials.bsky.social tinyurl.com/yrk86hyp
The Four Nations Law and the Humanities Forums
Collaborative forums connecting early-career scholars across the UK to explore interdisciplinary approaches to law and the humanities.
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January 29, 2026 at 9:32 AM
CALL FOR PAPERS: LHub's new project: law and humanities in the 'Four Nations', ECR network: with forthcoming workshops in England, Wales, Scotland and N Ireland. Fab events for our ECR community 👏 👇 @adiver.bsky.social @ials.bsky.social tinyurl.com/yrk86hyp
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📣 New BJPIR article out now!
'Vulnerable research: Reflexivity, decolonisation, and climate politics' by @ckweatherill.bsky.social
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March 3, 2025 at 10:15 AM
📣 New BJPIR article out now!
'Vulnerable research: Reflexivity, decolonisation, and climate politics' by @ckweatherill.bsky.social
Find the full artic#OpenAccessjournals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13691481251321343" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">le in #OpenAccess here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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'Vulnerable research: Reflexivity, decolonisation, and climate politics' by @ckweatherill.bsky.social
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