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@Cyclefree2
https://www.cyclefree.co.uk.🎗️🇮🇱🇺🇦 Irish-Italian lawyer, investigator, writer. Lake District gardener. One of the Legal Feminists. "Be not afraid!"
Gender is like belief in a soul. Fine for those with faith. But utterly irrelevant to everyone else and absolutely not the basis on which society or its laws should be organised. I am not gender critical. I am a gender atheist.
Deliberately and pointedly using Holocaust references to criticise Israel is antisemitic, and yet this week two Independent MPs did exactly that. They disgrace themselves - and bring shame onto Parliament. My thoughts in @JewishChron thejc.com/opinion/pro-ga…
The ability and willingness to alter – according to these testimonies – important and impactful records, throws Into severe question the integrity of procedures necessary for euthanasia. It seems all is open to abuse.
Why Britain is especially vulnerable to the cold economics of assisted suicide. Must-read from @Louise_m_perry in today’s @nytimes:
The insistence that a woman get changed in front of him to validate him is the most controlling, creepy shit I’ve heard so far. The fact that a woman refused to play out his fantasy is then seen as the troublemaker is just incredible!
He felt uncomfortable’ that a female nurse didn’t want to ‘engage’ in undressing with him. And even when she tried to do the right thing - by staying out of his way while he was in the changing room - that action was thought of as ‘bad behaviour’. JFC what dark days for women.
Respecting the law is not an act of bigotry. It’s a commitment to democracy, equality, and clarity. It is the only way we ensure everyone’s rights are protected including women’s. 🙏🏽🙏🏽
Brooch in the form of an owl head, made of gold and agate by the Firm of Castellani, Rome, Italy, c. 1860. Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
All is still well in their world. youtube.com/watch?v=XMasQu…
If you are a male doctor who is reduced to tears by a nurse not wanting you to see her in a state of undress in a room you shouldn't be in and don't need to be in then the only hospital you should be anywhere near is a psychiatric one. As an inpatient.
I can't remember the exact words, but I remember feeling very sad, it must have been so hurtful a thing to hear. I felt very sad when I heard that comment, that was when Dr U was so upset. I had to comfort DU. Was crying so much. JR - what sort of crying, can you describe
Required reading murrayblackburnmackenzie.org/2025/07/14/pre…
A female falcon was equipped with a GPS tracker during her journey from South Africa to Finland. She covered approximately 230 km per day, flying in a straight line across African lands until she reached the desert in the north. She then followed the path of the Nile River over…
It’s mind-blowing how well it’s held up — a stunning 1,800 year-old Roman mosaic floor from the House of Orpheus, Volubilis near Meknes, Morocco.
Why are we funding ‘breastfeeding men’? thetimes.com/article/6d9dbb…
A must read.
It is sometimes hard to recognise the value of something that has always been there, like a painting that has always hung in the family home. Circumscribing the right to jury trial risks changing the whole picture in England and Wales. Have a read: open.substack.com/pub/counselofp…
Happy birthday to us!
@legalfeminist is now over five years old. The launch of the blog was announced on 3 July 2020. Since then we have published 100s of blogs from us and guest posters and responses to consultations. Some of our number have been involved in really important cases. Real world impact.
The Good Law Project has published its Grounds of Claim arguing that the EHRC Interim Update on the provision of single-sex services following FWS is unlawful. This is the first of two posts analysing the GLP's arguments. knowingius.org/p/is-the-ehrc-…