Willemijn Ruberg
@willemijnruberg.bsky.social
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Professor Cultural History of the Body at Utrecht University: https://www.uu.nl/staff/WGRuberg. History of law, gender, body, culture. Research Network for Culture, Law and the Body (@culturelawbody.bsky.social).
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Please tell me a First Amendment lawyer is willing to step up here and defend this woman.
#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.
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You might have seen pictures from booklets depicting sins (including 'I drank so much I had to vomit'). But what was the purpose of these booklets and how many of them are there? Tine Van Osselaer and I sought it out in a new article that is now published: journals.lub.lu.se/STK/article/...
Een mooi en spannend essay van filosoof Eva Meijer, over de politieke rechten van dieren, planten en de natuur; en over de verbondenheid tussen al deze entiteiten en de mens.
Essay | We leven in een politiek systeem dat alleen de rechten van mensen erkent. Dat is onrechtvaardig, schrijft Eva Meijer, want dieren zijn geen dingen. Meijer pleit voor een nieuw politiek model waarin niet alleen mensen, maar ook andere dieren vertegenwoordigd zijn.

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Mooie Sloterplasloop dit jaar: herfstbladeren, veel enthousiaste lopers, goed weer en een goede tijd (55.45). Prima voorbereiding voor de halve marathon van Amsterdam volgende week! #hardlopen @hardlopers.bsky.social
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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.
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I’m really looking forward to this workshop that I’m co-organising with @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social! If you’d like to join us online, register here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/feminist-a... or get in touch to join in person (limited spots available)
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We're putting on an exciting range of research events this year at @manchester.ac.uk on 'Queer Bodies' in 18 & 19C Britain. Colleagues in English, Art History (@emmamerkling.bsky.social), & History are exploring queer approaches to bodies and embodiment and their cultures. See poster for more!
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In 1885, Montreal was ravaged by smallpox.
To stem the spread of the disease that had killed thousands so far, public health officials enforced vaccinations. Those that mistrusted the vaccine rioted in the streets.
This is the story of the Montreal Smallpox Riots.

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🚨Published in the American Historical Review!🚨

My article argues that historians can treat the body as an archive. Using my own training alongside J.C. Hise’s 1930s squat experiments, I explore how fitness culture reshapes bodies, identities & anxieties.

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Mistakes I Carried: Building Strength in a Time of Crisis
Abstract. My critical mistake as a historian was ignoring the physical body as a site of knowledge production. For years, I analyzed fitness history in arc
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“Like many others, we will continue to engage and, true to her spirit, also challenge her many ideas and insights.”

We are excited to share our new special issue which explores the work of late feminist scholar Drucilla Cornell.

You can read more here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Fantastic article exploring the complexities of remembering sexual violence during apartheid by Emily Bridger. Based on oral histories conducted with older Black South African women. Open access, y'all.

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(Un)Remembering Sexual Violence in South African History*
Abstract. South Africa is a country known for its high rates of gender-based and sexual violence. Historical research demonstrates that such issues are not
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a very long but interesting essay by prof. Jill Lepore on how the democratic process of constitutional amendments has been replaced by judicial interpretation, mostly by the US Supreme Court, under the much debated philosophy of Originalism.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
How Originalism Killed the Constitution
A radical legal philosophy has undermined the process of constitutional evolution.
www.theatlantic.com
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Hi Bluesky,
The English translation of my book on the Pelicot trial is coming out in a month! You know (or maybe you don't) how it is: preorders are crucial for the life of a book, so don't hesitate to preorder right now.
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I hope the fantastic blurbs will convince you if you're not:
Living With Men: Reflections on the Pelicot Trial
Living With Men: Reflections on the Pelicot Trial [Garcia, Manon, Kronic, Maya B.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Living With Men: Reflections on the Pelicot Trial
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In 1889 schreef Maria Trilling-Jonker (SDB): 'Op straat is de vrouw onveilig en blootgesteld aan de grofste behandeling der mannen. Jonge nietsdoeners...meenen het recht te hebben elk meisje op straat aan te spreken en aan te raken of zich op onbehoorlijke wijze tegenover haar te gedragen.'
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They’re doing all this to prevent people from MEMORIALIZING A MASS SHOOTING
The DeSantis administration currently has at least seven Florida Highway Patrol troopers just on anti-chalk duty: Two watching from a Dunkin Donuts next door and five more parked in the lot right behind them.
The dark side of (the lack of) queer bars’ memorialization. @tijmenelias.bsky.social @elwinhofman.bsky.social
In erasing the memorial for the pulse nighclub, DeSantis isn't just saying queer people shouldn't be memorialized. He's saying his administration supports the murder of queer people. 1
De kop had dus moeten zijn: 'De psyche van de zaak Pelicot'.
De kop bij het artikel is helaas niet van mij en slecht gekozen.