Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by Zoe Tongue

Sean Coleman @colemandesign.bsky.social · 1d

#DoctorWho Postcards are now available to buy! 15 Doctors. 15 debut stories. Published by Penguin Books in another universe, in a different time. Get them here: colemandesign.co.uk/shop

1 16 40

Zoe Tongue @whiterxbbit.bsky.social · 2d

Some law nerding at Durham Cathedral's exhibition of the only surviving 1216 Magna Carta, and the 1225 reissue that someone spilled a bottle of ink over in the 1700s, getting themselves permanently banned from the library.

The 1216 Magna Carta on display next to a Charter of the Forests from 1217.

Version of Magna Carta with a large wax seal attached to the bottom, with a dark brown spill covering the right side of the document.

2 1 16

Reposted by Zoe Tongue

Claire Pierson @clairepierson.bsky.social · 8d

For anyone in the Liverpool area, we are hosting a conversation and hands-on workshop on abortion rights and creative methods as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science - come join us! Sign up here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/claire-piers...
@livunihss.bsky.social @livunipol.bsky.social

1 10 2

Reposted by Zoe Tongue

Jon Patience @smoulderstoat.bsky.social · 8d

Blimey, the French media didn't even have time to pop down to Carrefour for a lettuce.

2 23 70

Reposted by Zoe Tongue

Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 12d

Heaton Park. My heart is broken. British Jews have been warning you about this for years.

It’s Yom Kippur. Yom Kippur.

This is one of every Jews worst nightmare. Why we have so much security at synagogue. The anxious thought you try and push to the back of your mind.

Heartbroken.

1 27 120

Reposted by Zoe Tongue

Alana Farrell @alanafarrell.bsky.social · 12d

In US Catholic universities, students are stepping up to meet the #reproductive and #contraceptive health needs of their peers: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

A student 'womb service' works covertly to deliver contraception at a Catholic college

At Catholic universities, which generally don't offer contraceptives on their campuses, student groups have stepped in to fill the gaps.

www.nbcnews.com

1 1

Reposted by Zoe Tongue

Jeremy Letwin @jeremyletwin.bsky.social · 12d

My new article on Climate Change Litigation under the ECHR is out in @echr-law-review.bsky.social. (Thanks to my colleagues @lancasterlaw.bsky.social and @cohelongo.bsky.social for comments.)

brill.com/view/journal...

brill.com

3 3 9

Reposted by Zoe Tongue

Sumi Madhok @sumimadhok.bsky.social · 13d

Prof Conor Gearty on the UK Supreme Court’s legal tactics for erasing the Human Rights Act.

“The current members of the Supreme Court, ten men and two women, all of them white, seem to regard the Human Rights Act as an unwelcome remnant of a past era”.

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Conor Gearty · Unwelcome Remnant: Erasing the Human Rights Act

The Supreme Court is quietly editing the Human Rights Act out of existence. In cases where human rights cannot be...

www.lrb.co.uk

4 32 60

Reposted by Zoe Tongue

UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 13d

We are deeply saddened by the passing of UN Messenger of Peace Dr. Jane Goodall.

Her life’s work championing conservation, humanity and the natural world leaves an enduring legacy.

Our condolences to her family, the Jane Goodall Institute and all who draw hope from her example.

5 110 330

Reposted by Zoe Tongue

Law's a Drag @lawsadrag.bsky.social · 15d

And here's a taster of Alice @jgreenwoodreeves.bsky.social and Fox @drfoxpopuli.bsky.social in their lip sync mash-up...

Thanks to the Uni of Leeds School of Law for providing funding for this event, for our artists for their performances, our friends for supporting us!

1 3 6

Reposted by Zoe Tongue

Law's a Drag @lawsadrag.bsky.social · 15d

Last night, Law's a Drag held its first ever CABARET!

We mixed lip syncs, comedy, and dance with a Q&A on the For Woman Scotland UKSC judgment, providing info about how it will affect equality law, and the lives of drag artists, and trans, nonbinary, intersex, and cis people in the UK

🏳️‍⚧️🌈🏳️‍🌈💖🎉🥰💋

James as Alice Aforethought (pink wig, highlighted facial hair, peace sign, grinning maniacally) taking a stage selfie with a packed audience at Wharf Chambers in Leeds!

Sue Pertrouper (brunette wig, trans pride coloured corset under a white gown), Rosie as Fox Populi (pink romper suit, trans pride blue and pink wig) and James as Alice Aforethought (black top and skirt, trans pride wig, bold facial hair) onstage during the Q and A on the current law on trans rights in the UK

Applause and a curtain call, as our acts clap for the audience watching. Alice Aforethought, Fox Populi, Liv Vicariously, Trash!, Hot Pot, Tommy Gunn, Jean Evans, and Sue Pertrouper on stage

While Packin Heat (Tommy Gunn and AJ 47) perform a Legally Blonde number onstage, a packed audience watches on

1 7 10

Reposted by Zoe Tongue

Grumpy Philosopher @handle.invalid · 15d

Working class northerners couldn‘t possibly be vegan?! Vegans don‘t go to chip shops?! Why are Telegraph journalists so fucking weird? You have to wonder what makes them so incurious that they‘ve never never been north of Watford or spoken to anyone who hasn‘t been privately educated.

Philip Cowley @philipjcowley.bsky.social · 15d

Is there a word for an article which makes a basically fair point but goes too far/uses crazy examples? The latter makes it easy to ridicule, but the essential point remains true.

Example: today's Telegraph piece on the middle class nature of Lab support and supporters, which includes this claim...

4 2 10

Reposted by Zoe Tongue

Chris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · 18d

This Labour government seems to determined to create all the tools necessary for a future government of the far-right to control, surveille, and discipline the entire population.

Starmer to unveil digital ID cards in plan set to ignite civil liberties row

‘Brit card’ already facing opposition from privacy campaigners as government looks for ways to tackle illegal immigration

www.theguardian.com

2 110 330

Reposted by Zoe Tongue

Cllr Dr Alex Powell @apowelllaw.bsky.social · 18d

Mandatory ID cards result in multiple intersecting forms of discrimination and oppression, and will marginalise several communities already under assault from the government. These kinds of facile gimmicks do nothing to address issues, but will materially make life worse for many, many people

4 36 94

Reposted by Zoe Tongue

Ruth Pearce @notrightruth.bsky.social · 19d

New essay: REJECT TRANS DOOM-POSTING.

It's about grief, loss, institutional failures, and the horror of the current moment.

It's also a love letter to trans community, and the things we do with and for one another.

Reject Trans Doom-Posting

This week I took the long train down to the south of England for my friend Robyn’s funeral. She died very suddenly three weeks ago, aged just 32. Robyn gave so much love to the world, and was so lo…

ruthpearce.net

14 140 350

Reposted by Zoe Tongue

Newcastle Law School, UK @lawresearch-ncluk.bsky.social · 19d

Methodologies Symposium Day 2: Dr. Zoe Tongue took us on a journey as we explored Reproductive Utopias.

3 10

Zoe Tongue @whiterxbbit.bsky.social · 18d

I have a chapter on abortion and the right to health in this new Research Handbook on Human Rights Law and Health, edited by the wonderful Elizabeth Wicks and Nataly Papadopoulou! www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/res...

Research Handbook on Human Rights Law and Health

‘Human rights law is both legal and ethical. This distinctive dual character is a deep challenge and a great strength. The editors of the Research Handbook describe it with a wonderful trio of adjecti...

www.e-elgar.com

1 1 8

Reposted by Zoe Tongue

Ancillary Review of Books @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org · 29d

Realizing Better Futures Now: @jennahanchey.bsky.social reviews Joseph M. Pierce's SPECULATIVE RELATIONS: INDIGENOUS WORLDBUILDING AND REPAIR (@dukepress.bsky.social)

Realizing Better Futures Now: Review of Joseph M. Pierce’s Speculative Relations

Jenna Hanchey Under Review:Speculative Relations: Indigenous Worlding and Repair. Joseph M. Pierce. Duke University Press, August 2025. I was recently walking in Chicago with other science fiction …

ancillaryreviewofbooks.org

7 13

Zoe Tongue @whiterxbbit.bsky.social · 19d

(on thinking about law as genre)

1

Reposted by Zoe Tongue

Newcastle Law School, UK @lawresearch-ncluk.bsky.social · 19d

Day 2 of our Methodologies Symposium has kicked off here at Newcastle Law School with a panel discussion chaired by Dr. Ruth Houghton. Drawing on their own methodologies, the panelists explore ‘Prefigurative Legalities and Utopia as Method’

4 7

Zoe Tongue @whiterxbbit.bsky.social · 19d

"Genre is something you use, not something you belong to." - @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social

1 4

Zoe Tongue @whiterxbbit.bsky.social · 20d

Had a much-needed week in Napoli before the start of the teaching term. Ate a pizza every day. Saw good architecture. Warm. 10/10.

Photograph of red buildings with balconies, trees, and a blue sky.

Photograph of a courtyard with a moped peeking from behind a wall in the foreground, and pale yellow stone buildings in the background, with plants surrounding the front.

Photo of a marinara pizza with the puffiest crust ever.

Zoe is stood in a baroque-style building looking out of a large window, with their back to the camera. She is wearing a stripy top and a bag is slung across her back.

13

Zoe Tongue @whiterxbbit.bsky.social · 20d

Excited to present on this panel tomorrow!

Ruth Houghton @ruthhoughton.bsky.social · 27d

Really excited to be chairing a panel on Utopia as Method next week as part of the Newcastle Law School Methodologies Symposium on 24-25 September 2025

Exploring Prefigurative Legalities and Utopia as Method.
Nikki Godden-Rasul - Abolition Feminism and Utopian Justice:
Speculative Visionary Fiction and the End of Gendered Violence
Aislinn Fanning - Using utopian law-making to re-imagine feminist
equality law on the island of Ireland
Cristy Clark - The politics and methodology of utopian research
Zoe Tongue - Reproductive Utopias
Chair – Ruth Houghton

9

Reposted by Zoe Tongue

Illan wall @illanwall.bsky.social · Sep 12

On the incredibly sad news of Conor Gearty's passing: dflw.ie/on-the-passi...

On the passing of Conor Gearty - Doing Feminist Legal Work

In my early twenties I once got on a train to Durham that didn’t stop at Durham because I was so engrossed in a book. That, you might think, is to be expected

dflw.ie

1 7 14

Reposted by Zoe Tongue

Cordelia Freeman @cordyf.bsky.social · Sep 10

My book Magic Misoprostol: Reproductive Justice and Abortion Liberation in Latin America is out this week! It will be available as a free ebook with @brisunipress.bsky.social here: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/magic-misopr...

And I’ll be holding an online book launch on 18th sept, sign up below 👇

1 4 8