Our colleagues over at @lawsadrag.bsky.social (@jgreenwoodreeves.bsky.social and @drfoxpopuli.bsky.social) have penned a blog for @slsauk.bsky.social! '“Law is a cabaret, old chum” - How Law’s a Drag uses theatre for engagement and outreach, and how you could too'. Check it out 👇
Our latest blog post comes from @jgreenwoodreeves.bsky.social aka @aliceaforethought.bsky.social and @drfoxpopuli.bsky.social: “Law is a cabaret, old chum” - How Law’s a Drag uses theatre for engagement and outreach, and how you could too
www.slsa.ac.uk/post/law-is-...
James and Rosie presenting on law's a drag
Ending out my #SLSA2026 with @lawsadrag.bsky.social and the wonderful @aliceaforethought.bsky.social and @drfoxpopuli.bsky.social presenting about what has been going on with the Law's A Drag project since they introduced it to SLSA in 2024.
A fabulous end to a spectacular conference!
The entire crew, about seven of us in a karaoke booth, being queer and fun and sweaty and wine-fuelled and fabulous. Lots of peace signs, wine glasses, microphones, mess and joy
Immaculate karaoke vibes with the #slsa2026 singalong divas
@kaycrosby.bsky.social
@sandraduffy.bsky.social
@drfoxpopuli.bsky.social
@feminomenologist.bsky.social
@rinewithoutacat.bsky.social
Rosie is gesturing at the screen, which has images of drag artists on it.
James and Rosie presenting.
It was a huge (and unexpected) privilege to be asked to step in and join the plenary on Protest and Progress. There's so much we as lawyers & academics can learn from drag artists by listening, cooperating, and supporting one another. Thanks everyone!
@drfoxpopuli.bsky.social @lawsadrag.bsky.social
Teaser image of our slides on my computer screen! Pink graphics, lots of images of people in drag from our Law's a Drag cabarets, looking fun and cool and gay. Under the computer screen, a small Woolloo plushie (a sheep pokemon) sits patiently, acting as an emotional sponge for James while he works
Who is ready for #slsa2026 in Brighton next week!?
@drfoxpopuli.bsky.social and I have put our slides together in advance! Very professional!
Come see our paper, 1130-1300 on Wednesday 1st April, in Jubilee 1.15. It'll be a camp old rundown of our recent #lawsadrag shenanigans... 💋
Six people sit at the front of the room, they are smiling and waving at someone taking a photo.
In place for the SLSA Plenary Session with @jgreenwoodreeves.bsky.social and @drfoxpopuli.bsky.social !
For anyone at #SLSA2026, the Law in the Culture Wars Roundtable on Understanding Law & the Culture Wars fearing the fabulous @sandraduffy.bsky.social @danielledoeslaw.bsky.social @drfoxpopuli.bsky.social and @jgreenwoodreeves.bsky.social in Fulton 111 at 14:45. Please join us!
Law's a Drag History of Love crew on stage! Featuring Alice Aforethought (pink wig, moustache), Pop Tart (tall, houndstooth outfit, abstract art makeup), Fox Populi (pink and blue hair, sequin jacket), Laila Gaga Parker (black bob, flapper dress), Mattress (platinum wig, stunning), Pembo (crimson wig, metallic bodsuit), and Fae Fatale (orange wig, corset, black jacket). All smiling and looking gorgeous
Happy LGBT+ History Month! 🥰🏳️🌈🌈
Last night we put on our History of Love event, showcasing amazing artists from our network including Fae Fatale, Pop Tart, and the Haus of Reason (inc. Mattress, Laila Gaga-Parker, and Pembo)
Thanks to @lawatleeds.bsky.social for supporting the event!
Me, increasingly wild-eyed, to my students:
I am so looking forward to this!
18th Feb, cabaret from our @lawsadrag.bsky.social artists (also ft. myself and @drfoxpopuli.bsky.social in our dragademic personas too...!)
Share, like, and of course, book (free tickets) to come join!
We are BACK with an LGBTQ+ History Month Cabaret!
Our fab drag artists share a history of love, queer romance, persecution, secrets, and liberation! Dance, song, lip syncs, comedy!
18 Feb
7.30pm
Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds
Free tickets below, book now babe xx
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/history-of...
Extra info:
🙌 Funded by @universityofleeds.bsky.social EDI team
👨👩👧👦 Family friendly act and venue
✨️ Law's a Drag artists taking creative leadership
💋 with @lawatleeds.bsky.social @lsjleeds.bsky.social drag mascots @drfoxpopuli.bsky.social and @jgreenwoodreeves.bsky.social
💘 book, share, love!
It's 2026, and Law's a Drag are already PLANNING BIG THINGS!
1. A LGBTQ+ history month drag show for Feb (details TBC...)
2. A critical queer legal clinic (run by @drfoxpopuli.bsky.social and @joytwemlow.bsky.social)
3. A fully funded research project on artists' experiences of law!
HERE WE GOOOO
Image of RuPaul in background, a Black drag queen wearing a big white wig, balloons resembling USA flag colours red white and blue around her. Superimposed in the foreground is a tweet that says "RuPaul fracking while throwing a climate change themed ball episode of drag race is the neoliberal hellscape I've become accustomed to"
It's the #dragraceuk season finale tonight, and you know what that means!?
That's right! It's time to read our open access article about how RuPaul is an autocratic dictator
@drfoxpopuli.bsky.social @lawsadrag.bsky.social
@law-and-humanities.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Fox Pop in pink romper and trans rights pink and blue wig, Alice Aforethought on black top, trans rights wig, posing in front of the Law's Got Talent sign on stage
Fox and Alice taking a duck face pouty selfie backstage, looking fierce
Changed looks for the Death Becomes Her number, this time Fox in blonde girl wig and dark top, while Alice is in a head wrap and huge leopard print coat
Full angle mirror selfie backstage of Alice in that enormous leopard print coat, winged eyeliner looking sharp
What other law school has its own drag artists??? #lawsadrag
🌈💖🥰🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️💋💃🎀👨🎓🎓
Last night, Alice Aforethought @jgreenwoodreeves.bsky.social and Fox Populi @drfoxpopuli.bsky.social performed for the half time show at Law's Got Talent @lawatleeds.bsky.social !
Fab night, lots of money raised for charity!
And thanks to @cjames-law.bsky.social for being our Earnest!
We've had papers about everything: vampires, detective novels, Wagner, Mean Girls, drag, community theatre, period dramas - and loads more besides!
Even if your "main area" isn't law and lit, you know there's a paper you always wanted to give about that personal interest of yours...
Come and join us! The more the merrier!
My friends and colleagues @drfoxpopuli.bsky.social , Rebecca Shaw and I co-chair: feel free to get in touch!
Another episode of Drag Race UK tonight. And of course, there's more Dragula Titans this week too. I wonder if anyone has ever written about whether drag reality TV shows are miniature legal systems, and applied queer theory to RPDR? HMMMMM?!??
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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
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
🏳️⚧️🌈🏳️🌈💖🎉🥰💋
I contributed a chapter on pastoral care to this guide for early career legal academia, produced by Association of Law Teachers! It's free to read and download here:
lawteacher.ac.uk/early-career...
Grateful for our amazing performers, our wonderful friend @charlienwrites.bsky.social who kept everything running, my colleagues @joytwemlow.bsky.social & @drfoxpopuli.bsky.social for being perfect, and @lawatleeds.bsky.social for funding the event.
Camp old time. Chuffed to bits mate. #lawsadrag
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!
So excited for this event THIS SUNDAY!
Drag, justice, trans rights, lip syncs, tricks, nonbinary babes, legal info, and more!
@drfoxpopuli.bsky.social and I are choreographing our own drag performance for it today...
...YALL ain't READY
www.eventbookings.com/b/event/law-...
Poster for Law's a Drag "F*** For Women Scotland" cabaret! 7-10pm, Sunday 28 September, Wharf Chambers, Leeds. QR Code can be scanned. Link to book tickets is in the Skeet itself too.
THIS MONTH! 🏳️⚧️🌈🏳️🌈💘💋
Join our trans rights cabaret, Leeds, 28th September!
Featuring amazing performances from local drag artists, explanations of the law affecting trans people, and fundraising for @goodlawproject.bsky.social's trans rights fund!
Book now:
www.eventbookings.com/b/event/law-...
Get your tickets nice and early to avoid the rush!
