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mtslep.bsky.social
Melisa Slep
@mtslep.bsky.social
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💚Researching #abortion, #feminisms, public policies, et al. 💜PhDing @qmul.bsky.social #phdchat 💚PGR Rep for @lag-uk.bsky.social 💜Msc @lseid.bsky.social 💚Politóloga, UBA 🇦🇷 @redpolitologas.bsky.social 💜She/Her
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Melisa Slep @mtslep.bsky.social · Aug 29
I used to live tweet conferences in The Other Place, and I wish I’d done it for @rgsibg.bsky.social here on Bluesky… but alas, here are some impressions from the past three days at the University of Birmingham #RGSIBG25
A view of the Bramall Music Building and the clock tower (aka Old Joe) at the University of Birmingham.
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Melisa Slep @mtslep.bsky.social · 2h
I‘m doing a PhD thanks to a tweet (back when they were tweets) posted by who’s now my supervisor. Which, despite the ups and down of the work, is actually pretty great!
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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 13h
Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?
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Ezequiel González-Ocantos @egocantos.bsky.social · 5h
We are looking for a new Latin Americanist to join our wonderful department - open-rank. Happy to answer questions about the advert.

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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 2d
🌸 #ECPG26 @ecprgender.bsky.social Section seeking Panels and Papers ⤵️
❌ Anti-gender and Anti-feminist Politics between Local Mobilisations and Transnational Networks
🪑Susana Galan (@ibei.org), Sarka Kolmasova, Didem Unal Abaday (@helsinki.fi)
⌛👇 7 Nov buff.ly/DdeMNpJ

#Feminism #Gendersky #LGBTQI
Anti-gender and Anti-feminist Politics between Local Mobilizations and Transnational Networks
European Conference on Politics and Gender, 15 – 17 June 2026, Newcastle University
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Juan Luis Jiménez @juanluisjimenez.bsky.social · 8d
Correlation is not causation.
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Raul Pacheco-Vega @raulpachecovega.bsky.social · 9d
“The only way to learn to write is to force yourself to produce a certain number of words on a regular basis.”
— William Zinsser

#WritingSky #AcademicSky
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Chelsea Polis @cbpolis.bsky.social · 10d
On #InternationalSafeAbortionDay, and as attacks escalate and mis/dis-information spreads, a reminder: this starter pack can help get you started in finding some excellent Bluesky accounts sharing data & information on sexual and reproductive health.

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Melisa Slep @mtslep.bsky.social · 10d
Also, let’s not forget that September 28th was firstly declared as #SafeAbortion day at the fifth Latin American and Caribbean Feminist Encuentro in 1990, acknowledging a) the Brazilian 1871 free womb law, and b) complications of unsafe abortions as top causes for regional women’s mortality
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Melisa Slep @mtslep.bsky.social · 10d
Abortion should be safely accesible if/when/how people want them #SafeAbortion
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WHO @who.int · 10d
Today is International #SafeAbortion Day.

Access to safe abortion protects the health of women and girls.

As with all other health services, women and girls should be able to access safe and respectful abortion care, when they need it, without fear of harm, punishment or recrimination.
Abortion is healthcare. Abortion should be regulated like other health services so that women and girls can access safe, timely and respectful care.
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Melisa Slep @mtslep.bsky.social · 13d
Gracias a Flor Halfón en el Primera Mañana de @cenital.com de hoy por traer este valiosísimo artículo de @revistamu.bsky.social de 2022 en donde se discute el concepto de femicidios territoriales para ligar estas tramas de violencia #NiUnaMenos

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www.lavaca.org @revistamu.bsky.social · 13d
Abuela, hija, nieto: tres generaciones y un mensaje 👇
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Melisa Slep @mtslep.bsky.social · 13d
Tristeza. Dolor. Furia, mucha furia. Justicia para Morena, Brenda y Lara #NiUnaMenos.

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El triple femicidio que conmueve al país | La principal hipótesis de la fiscalía apunta a un grupo de narcotraficantes
Las tres jóvenes fueron encontradas sin vida en una casa de Florencio Varela durante la madrugada del miércoles. Hay cuatro personas detenidas por "homicidio agravado" y en la investigación se habla d...
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Sophie Harman @profsophieharman.bsky.social · 13d
Heading to the World Health Summit in Berlin in October? I'll be popping up to give the keynote at this excellent side event organised by @medico.de - do come along
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Defending the Right to Health // 14.10.2025 in Berlin – Deutsche Plattform Globale Gesundheit – dpgg
www.plattformglobalegesundheit.de
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Jennifer Piscopo @jennpiscopo.bsky.social · 13d
The point is not only to make parents, families, and people feel guilty; the *main* point is to make *women* *be* guilty. This whole shebang is deeply tied to the Trump's administration efforts to return women to their 'proper' roles in hearth and home and to police their bodies and their choices.
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NPR @npr.org · 13d
In making unsupported claims about autism, the Trump administration is "pointing the finger" at parents and making them feel guilty, says autism community advocate Colin Killick.
Trump admin 'seems to care very little about autistic people,' says advocate
In making unsupported claims about autism, the Trump administration is "pointing the finger" at parents and making them feel guilty, says autism community advocate Colin Killick.
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American Association of Geographers @geographers.bsky.social · 13d
Hey students 👀 We have three awards recognizing those who are studying quantitative/computational geography and spatial studies. Whether you’re an undergraduate, a master’s student, or a PhD candidate, there’s at least one award given to these students annually. Learn more and apply by October 15! 👇
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APPG on Global SRHR @appgonglobalsrhr.bsky.social · 14d
Access to safe abortion is a matter of health, rights, and equality.

The UK has made the top 10, but at 73% we're a whole 21% behind the leader!

Where does your country stand? 🗺️
🔗 Check the @epfsrr.bsky.social Abortion Atlas to find out: www.epfweb.org/node/1156 #abortionatlas
European Abortion Policy Atlas 2025
The European Abortion Policies Atlas 2025 is a comprehensive mapping of abortion laws, policies, and access across 49 countries and territories in Europe. It serves as a critical tool for policymakers...
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Joe Strong @joestrong.bsky.social · 14d
Great to speak to @theguardian.com's Rhiannon Cosslett about men, children, and fertility

tl;dr: I think any notion of a fertility 'crisis' is a load of inflammatory, unscientific nonsense 1/3

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Let’s stop asking why women aren’t having children and ask, for once: why aren’t men? | Rhiannon Lucy Coslett
On the whole, men I’ve spoken to – like women – want children. But a host of issues, from housing to mental health, is getting in the way, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
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Yanina Welp @welpita.bsky.social · 21d
The @redpolitologas.bsky.social #NoSinMujeres (Network of Women Political Scientists) will be the topic of the next seminar of the Program in Latin American Studies (PLAS) at Princeton University. More than happy to share the floor with Julieta Suarez-Cao. @gvagrad.bsky.social
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Feminist Legal Studies @flsjournal.bsky.social · 16d
📣🏳️‍⚧️ Call for Papers

We are inviting papers for our special issue, “Feminist Responses to the Regression of Trans Rights: Strategies, Alliances, Hope.” The issue will be dedicated to trans-inclusive feminist legal analysis that addresses attacks on trans rights & lives.

Details below. Please share.
Call for Papers: Special Issue of Feminist Legal Studies Feminist Responses to the Regression of Trans Rights: Strategies, Alliances, Hope Amidst continuing backlash against trans rights, recognition and inclusion, two recent decisions from the UK have substantially impacted not only trans people’s legal status but also legal and social narratives of sex, gender and identity. The narrative that trans inclusion has a chilling effect on the rights of others, particularly women, has been adopted uncritically by both the UK Supreme Court in For Women Scotland and the Office for Students in its finding that the University of Sussex’s trans-inclusion policy had a chilling effect on free speech. These cases highlight a backlash that has been ongoing for some time, and sparks debates and fear of what may lie in the near future for trans people and kin, as well as other gender-variant persons, not only in the UK, but across jurisdictions and in a global perspective. The discourse of the ‘gender critical’ movement is splintering both the feminist and LGBT+ movements globally, with some aligning politically with the Far- and Christian Right against trans rights, adopting their terminology of ‘gender ideology’ and potentially posing a wider threat to sexual and reproductive rights. While this a difficult situation for trans people, kin and allies, this special issue seeks to emphasise that legal battles – including battles (temporarily) lost – are also an opportunity to seek to reinforce old alliances and to form new ones, to find new legal frontiers and imaginaries, to reinforce the theoretical and methodological underpinnings of legal arguments as well as intergenerational memory of what feminist legal work is, has been and should be about. How, we ask, do these decisions (and those like them globally) reflect and reproduce structures of coloniality, heteronormativity and cisnormativity? What do these decisions add to critiques of legal feminism? What would be construct…
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Maša Mrovlje @mmrovlje.bsky.social · 20d
Check out the feminist theory section call for the next European Conference on Politics and Gender (ECPG), to be held at Newcastle University 15-17 June 2026—Feminist Theory: Between Hope and Disappointment. Please share widely and join us in Newcastle! ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
Feminist Theory: Between Hope and Disappointment
European Consortium for Political Research
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Sean Fox @seanurban.bsky.social · 19d
🌍📢 Call for Papers!! Urban Studies seeks submissions for a special issue on Climate Urbanism, Resilience & Justice — exploring how cities confront the climate crisis, risk, & inequality. @urbanstudiesjournal.com @acuto.bsky.social
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Climate Urbanism, Resilience, and Justice - Urban Studies
Urban Studies Journal Call for Papers is now open: Climate Urbanism, Resilience and Justice. Submission deadline: 31 January 2026.
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Alliance for Choice @all4choice.bsky.social · 19d
For two weeks beginning Sunday 28th September 2025, Alliance for Choice will be hosting an Abortion Information Pop-Up at the new PS2 space in Rosemary Street Belfast in partnership with Ulster University. (1/3)
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Melisa Slep @mtslep.bsky.social · 20d
What a wonderful launch of @cordyf.bsky.social's book! Now available (for purchase AND free via Open Access!) on this link: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/magic-misopr...
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Paulina @soypaulina.bsky.ar · 20d
La lucha sirve 👊🏽
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PhDyke Ce 🏳️‍🌈 @ing-torta.bsky.ar · 20d
Si los senadores no ratifican las leyes en qué plaza los colgamos?
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Melisa Slep @mtslep.bsky.social · 22d
This is happening two days from now, sign up if you haven’t yet!
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Melisa Slep @mtslep.bsky.social · 28d
On Thursday, Sept. 18th, I'll have the honour of joining @cordyf.bsky.social in the launch of her new book 'Magic Misoprostol: Reproductive Justice and Abortion Liberation in Latin America'! Do come along, it's free (and online!):
BOOK LAUNCH: Magic Misoprostol | Cordelia Freeman
Join us for the online book launch of 'Magic Misoprostol: Reproductive Justice and Abortion Liberation' in Latin America by Cordelia Freeman
www.eventbrite.co.uk
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