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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“The anti-trans movement likes to cloak its transphobia & transmisogyny in a patently genocidal language of social contagion… The language of modern day transphobia is very similar to National Socialist views on homosexuality.”
Transphobia is rooted in recycled homophobia. It belongs in the trash.
Transphobia is rooted in recycled homophobia. It belongs in the trash.
Statement on the Transphobic UN Report on Violence Against Women and Girls
October 17, 2025
The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Human Security is appalled by the advanced edited report from the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls (VAWG) en...
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November 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
“The anti-trans movement likes to cloak its transphobia & transmisogyny in a patently genocidal language of social contagion… The language of modern day transphobia is very similar to National Socialist views on homosexuality.”
Transphobia is rooted in recycled homophobia. It belongs in the trash.
Transphobia is rooted in recycled homophobia. It belongs in the trash.
Evidence that "just keep Trump happy" is normal now in the US: his granddaughter getting a sponsor's invitation to play as an amateur in the LPGA, sucking (solid club golfer but nowhere near good enough to play in top amateur events let alone pro events) and everyone talking like she is amazing
November 15, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Evidence that "just keep Trump happy" is normal now in the US: his granddaughter getting a sponsor's invitation to play as an amateur in the LPGA, sucking (solid club golfer but nowhere near good enough to play in top amateur events let alone pro events) and everyone talking like she is amazing
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Patriarchal white supremacy has never been about “protecting women and girls.” Rather it’s a social system that empowers privileged white men to do what they want to women’s bodies while simultaneously claiming migrants are sexual abusers of “their” women. This racist misogyny is painfully ordinary.
We're in the "raping young teenage girls isn't pedophilia" part of the cope from MAGA.
These people are evil.
These people are evil.
November 13, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Patriarchal white supremacy has never been about “protecting women and girls.” Rather it’s a social system that empowers privileged white men to do what they want to women’s bodies while simultaneously claiming migrants are sexual abusers of “their” women. This racist misogyny is painfully ordinary.
Corporations are incompatible with a society that values humanity, the marginal tax rate on income over $500k should be 90%, and tax should be levied on total wealth over $1 million
These taxes should be used to fund health, education, public transport, and other pro-social public services
These taxes should be used to fund health, education, public transport, and other pro-social public services
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Corporations are incompatible with a society that values humanity, the marginal tax rate on income over $500k should be 90%, and tax should be levied on total wealth over $1 million
These taxes should be used to fund health, education, public transport, and other pro-social public services
These taxes should be used to fund health, education, public transport, and other pro-social public services
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Published today—at the start of Transgender Awareness Week—in the American Journal of International Law, my new book review, "International Law as a Site for Queer Joy?" arrives at a moment that feels both personal and profound.
Now up at @ssrn.bsky.social : papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Now up at @ssrn.bsky.social : papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
International Law as a Site for Queer Joy?
This essay reviews two recent edited volumes—Queer Engagements with International Law: Times, Spaces, Imaginings and Queer Encounters with International Law: Li
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November 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Published today—at the start of Transgender Awareness Week—in the American Journal of International Law, my new book review, "International Law as a Site for Queer Joy?" arrives at a moment that feels both personal and profound.
Now up at @ssrn.bsky.social : papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Now up at @ssrn.bsky.social : papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Academic selfie: birthday drinks with @irelandpiper.bsky.social after a day of writing about pirates edition
November 14, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Academic selfie: birthday drinks with @irelandpiper.bsky.social after a day of writing about pirates edition
Is it just me or is updating your old scholarship for a new book really fucking boring and tedious?
November 14, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Is it just me or is updating your old scholarship for a new book really fucking boring and tedious?
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You can disagree and argue as much as you like but the point of evaluating something scientifically is that not every statement should be given equal credence because evidence matters
JD Vance: "Science as practiced in its best form is that if you disagree with it, then you ought to criticize it and you ought to argue against it."
November 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
You can disagree and argue as much as you like but the point of evaluating something scientifically is that not every statement should be given equal credence because evidence matters
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I spent 8 months waiting for an FOI from the NDIA on how they're using AI.
This is what I found.
Machine learning is used in developing draft plans for participants.
Robodebt concerns loom large over the Copilot trial, but staff reported favourably on it.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
This is what I found.
Machine learning is used in developing draft plans for participants.
Robodebt concerns loom large over the Copilot trial, but staff reported favourably on it.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Government using machine learning to help create draft plans for NDIS participants, documents reveal
Exclusive: NDIA defines machine learning as a subset of AI that uses algorithms to learn from data and make decisions or predictions
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November 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I spent 8 months waiting for an FOI from the NDIA on how they're using AI.
This is what I found.
Machine learning is used in developing draft plans for participants.
Robodebt concerns loom large over the Copilot trial, but staff reported favourably on it.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
This is what I found.
Machine learning is used in developing draft plans for participants.
Robodebt concerns loom large over the Copilot trial, but staff reported favourably on it.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Together with @wanshucong.bsky.social we put together a symposium on the 20th anniversary of Anghie's pathbreaking Imperialism, Sovereignty and the Making of IL. Our introduction is here: cil.nus.edu.sg/blog/symposi.... Terrific contributions to come including a generous response by Prof. Anghie.
cil.nus.edu.sg
November 12, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Together with @wanshucong.bsky.social we put together a symposium on the 20th anniversary of Anghie's pathbreaking Imperialism, Sovereignty and the Making of IL. Our introduction is here: cil.nus.edu.sg/blog/symposi.... Terrific contributions to come including a generous response by Prof. Anghie.
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“Entire neighbourhoods controlled by the IDF have been levelled in less than a month.”
The wholesale destruction of civilian property raises the likelihood of war crimes.
Israel has destroyed 1,500+ buildings in Gaza since the ceasefire: www.bbc.com/news/article...
The wholesale destruction of civilian property raises the likelihood of war crimes.
Israel has destroyed 1,500+ buildings in Gaza since the ceasefire: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire
Entire neighbourhoods controlled by Israel have been levelled in less than a month, satellite images show.
www.bbc.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:16 AM
“Entire neighbourhoods controlled by the IDF have been levelled in less than a month.”
The wholesale destruction of civilian property raises the likelihood of war crimes.
Israel has destroyed 1,500+ buildings in Gaza since the ceasefire: www.bbc.com/news/article...
The wholesale destruction of civilian property raises the likelihood of war crimes.
Israel has destroyed 1,500+ buildings in Gaza since the ceasefire: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Academic selfie: recording a lecture on GenAI and Legal Ethics (spoiler alert, it's usually an ethics violation) edition
November 12, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Academic selfie: recording a lecture on GenAI and Legal Ethics (spoiler alert, it's usually an ethics violation) edition
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I suppose it's a good time to re-up this essay: juliaserano.medium.com/trans-people...
Trans People and Sports: Everything You Need to Know
I have been writing about transgender people and issues for over twenty years now. For most of that time, I never felt the need to pen a…
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November 11, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I suppose it's a good time to re-up this essay: juliaserano.medium.com/trans-people...
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What a coincidence!
November 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
What a coincidence!
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On 13th November 2025, at LSE Law, London, our Dr Emily Jones will present a talk titled ‘No Future for Future Generations: Who is International Environmental Law For?’
PIL Hub: ‘No Future for Future Generations: Who is International Environmental Law For?’ - LSE Law School Events
The PIL hub lunch-time seminar series aims to provide an opportunity to discuss and debate leading research on contemporary, theoretical and historical issues of international law. Speaker: Dr…
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November 11, 2025 at 9:03 AM
On 13th November 2025, at LSE Law, London, our Dr Emily Jones will present a talk titled ‘No Future for Future Generations: Who is International Environmental Law For?’
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Just in case you thought this was about trans athletes. This was solely about creating a fascist and racist gender bureaucracy over what constitutes being feminine enough to be considered a woman.
They're targeting cis women who may be intersex and banning them from sport.
They're targeting cis women who may be intersex and banning them from sport.
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Just in case you thought this was about trans athletes. This was solely about creating a fascist and racist gender bureaucracy over what constitutes being feminine enough to be considered a woman.
They're targeting cis women who may be intersex and banning them from sport.
They're targeting cis women who may be intersex and banning them from sport.
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“The establishment of InterLink addressed long-standing gaps in service delivery and unmet demand for mental health support by people with innate variations of sex characteristics and family members.”
Some good news on Intersex Day of Solidarity from Australia.
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Some good news on Intersex Day of Solidarity from Australia.
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Intersex Support Service 'InterLink' Has Received Three-Year Accreditation Status - Star Observer
InterLink, a community-controlled support service for intersex people, has been officially accredited for the next three years.
www.starobserver.com.au
November 8, 2025 at 8:25 AM
“The establishment of InterLink addressed long-standing gaps in service delivery and unmet demand for mental health support by people with innate variations of sex characteristics and family members.”
Some good news on Intersex Day of Solidarity from Australia.
💜💛
Some good news on Intersex Day of Solidarity from Australia.
💜💛
To everyone who has had ever linked modern piracy law to Cicero, I just had to go and double check what Cicero said in De Officiis and I'm fucking mad about needing to do that. I blame all of you equally and you deserve what I write
November 7, 2025 at 5:52 AM
To everyone who has had ever linked modern piracy law to Cicero, I just had to go and double check what Cicero said in De Officiis and I'm fucking mad about needing to do that. I blame all of you equally and you deserve what I write
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Worth pointing out the biggest supporters of trans people (which is who bigots mean by “gender ideology”) are bisexual & lesbian women. All the public “concerns” about trans people (phase, indoctrination, regret, etc) are recycled forms of homophobia. This is why LGB solidarity with the T is strong.
November 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Worth pointing out the biggest supporters of trans people (which is who bigots mean by “gender ideology”) are bisexual & lesbian women. All the public “concerns” about trans people (phase, indoctrination, regret, etc) are recycled forms of homophobia. This is why LGB solidarity with the T is strong.
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@pagingdrpaige.bsky.social a quote on warships can't be pirates:
G Fitzmaurice: ‘Acts of a piratical character committed by warships on superior orders were *more than acts of piracy*, and might constitute aggression or an act of war engaging the responsibility of the flag State’ [1955] I YBILC 56.
G Fitzmaurice: ‘Acts of a piratical character committed by warships on superior orders were *more than acts of piracy*, and might constitute aggression or an act of war engaging the responsibility of the flag State’ [1955] I YBILC 56.
November 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
@pagingdrpaige.bsky.social a quote on warships can't be pirates:
G Fitzmaurice: ‘Acts of a piratical character committed by warships on superior orders were *more than acts of piracy*, and might constitute aggression or an act of war engaging the responsibility of the flag State’ [1955] I YBILC 56.
G Fitzmaurice: ‘Acts of a piratical character committed by warships on superior orders were *more than acts of piracy*, and might constitute aggression or an act of war engaging the responsibility of the flag State’ [1955] I YBILC 56.
Calling it a war or counterterrorism doesn't make it fucking so
More premeditated killing at sea.
The "designated terrorist organization" supposedly operating this vessel is unidentified.
The basis for labeling the victims "narco-terrorists" is unspecified.
Cloaking lawless killing in the guise of counterterrorism doesn't actually make it counterterrorism.
The "designated terrorist organization" supposedly operating this vessel is unidentified.
The basis for labeling the victims "narco-terrorists" is unspecified.
Cloaking lawless killing in the guise of counterterrorism doesn't actually make it counterterrorism.
November 5, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Calling it a war or counterterrorism doesn't make it fucking so
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I am writing once again on the codification of the law of piracy, and discovering - once again - why everyone who writes on the subject winds up sounding either tetchy or a bit crazed.
@pagingdrpaige.bsky.social discuss why the subject provokes strong reactions here:
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@pagingdrpaige.bsky.social discuss why the subject provokes strong reactions here:
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42. Piracy and Madness
What is it about piracy that causes international lawyers to lose all common sense? This week, in a twist on our “what everyone gets wrong about...” series, Juliette McIntyre talks to Douglas Guilfoyl
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November 5, 2025 at 5:34 AM
I am writing once again on the codification of the law of piracy, and discovering - once again - why everyone who writes on the subject winds up sounding either tetchy or a bit crazed.
@pagingdrpaige.bsky.social discuss why the subject provokes strong reactions here:
soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...
@pagingdrpaige.bsky.social discuss why the subject provokes strong reactions here:
soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...
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“Quick, we need interviews with property investors, banks, real estate agents, landlords and young people with rich parents who are buying them a house.” chaser.com.au/general-news...
November 5, 2025 at 3:47 AM
“Quick, we need interviews with property investors, banks, real estate agents, landlords and young people with rich parents who are buying them a house.” chaser.com.au/general-news...
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It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.
Trial Begins for Man Accused of Lobbing a Sandwich at a Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
Trial Begins for Man Accused of Lobbing a Sandwich at a Federal Agent
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November 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.
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This magazine just fired all of their politics staffers
We are honored to receive the @rooseveltinstitute.org's 2025 Four Freedoms Award for Freedom of Speech and Expression, and to be among a stellar class of laureates including @wck.org, @cvt.org, and more. Details: tnvge.co/ZMIUg7v
November 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This magazine just fired all of their politics staffers