James Greenwood-Reeves

@jgreenwoodreeves

aka Alice Aforethought. Lecturer in Law, University of Leeds, but views my own. Social justice, Law's a Drag, violent protest, Pride and drag, raging lefty 🏳️‍🌈

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James Greenwood-Reeves@jgreenwoodreeves· 17d

It is birthday weekend at last! Big Leo energy getting up in your business If you felt like contributing a couple of quid to the annual wine budget I would be delighted and extremely grateful www.paypal.me/jgreenwoodre...

James taking a morning selfie, with black vest, hairy chest, gay moustache, short back and sides, and a derpy smile

James Greenwood-Reeves@jgreenwoodreeves· Jul 9

Good morning. How are you? The weather's fine, the sky is blue: it's perfect for our seminar

James taking a selfie in his living room. Black vest, stubble, gay moustache, short back and sides, etc. He looks eepy. Bookcase in background for clout

James Greenwood-Reeves@jgreenwoodreeves· Jul 8

Last week, @drfoxpopuli.bsky.social and I presented our Law's a Drag papers at IVR 2026 at Kadir Has University, Istanbul. We talked about our cabarets, our analysis of the aesthetics of drag adjudication, and future projects! @lsjleeds.bsky.social @lawatleeds.bsky.social @lawsadrag.bsky.social

James and Rosie presenting their paper on drag competitions, visuality, aesthetics and law at Kadir Has University, Istanbul, for IVR 2026. James is in a white shirt and shorts, gay moustache, stubble, etc. Rosie has silver blue and pink hair and a colourful dress. Slides on the screen recap some of the main points about the advantages and limitations of RuPaul and Dragula for queering adjudication.

Rosie and James presenting their Gender panel paper! Similar outfits and looks, though black t shirts all round. The slides show images from our Law's a Drag cabarets and talk about using art to do public engagement and impact work. Queer fun times despite the prevailing political climate in Istanbul around Pride week...

James Greenwood-Reeves@jgreenwoodreeves· Jul 4

We were invited to our friend's cousin's henna night, celebrating the bride before her wedding. Such a fun and friendly crowd! Given we were a gaggle of English strangers with very little Turkish between us, we were showered with friendship and generosity. Many blessings for the happy couple!

James Greenwood-Reeves@jgreenwoodreeves· Jul 4

Friday: ferry to Bursa! Friends of ours, that my part-Turkish husband first met back in Leeds, invited us over for a visit. Sea of Marmara, historic old town, bustling markets

Scenic view of the Sea of Marmara from the docks. Impossibly blue sky and sea, with the ghosts of a coastline on the horizon

Historical public theatre building in Bursa, with almost Tudor style cross sections of wooden beams, tall sash windows, Turkish flags hanging on all sides, with a fancy columned balcony

The silk ham (specialist alcove of silk traders) branching off the new market bazaar. Coffee tables under parasols hide from the sun under leadlfy trees in a high vaulted stone courtyard. A stone folly in the centre overlooks it all.

View from the top of the historical old town of Bursa, overlooking the Great Mountain, the central mosque, and some historical buildings by leafy trees. A few small white clouds dappled the blue sky above.

James Greenwood-Reeves@jgreenwoodreeves· Jul 4

Istanbul catchup post! Thursday: @drfoxpopuli.bsky.social and I absolutely smashed our visuality and law paper on @lawsadrag.bsky.social (people across the building saw our slides and gatecrashed to watch!) And Rosie got a promotion! So well deserved drinks all round

Rosie, Beth, and James in a cute photo at the cool Birdy's cocktail bar. Red interior, cool lighting, and they all look happy and beautiful and adorable

James and husband Blair, both in vests, both smiling in cute ways, a cocktail each

James Greenwood-Reeves@jgreenwoodreeves· Jul 1

We're delivering our second paper tomorrow, on drag, visuality and the law, but today we recuperate with the hammam, spicy treats, and other fun ways to sweat your entire body weight

Beth, Blair and Rosie descending a vast, steep staircase, narrowly leading through tall colourful buildings. In the distance, a horizon, squeezed by said architecture, reveals a sliver of the blue Golden Horn, and a tower in the distance, under cloudless skies

Galata Port market! Above the rooves of the stalls, colourful umbrellas - red, purple, yellow, blue - bring shade and comfort. Marble monuments, and a minaret, soar overhead under the blue firmament.

Galata Port market Law's a Drag selfie! Rosie (pink and blue hair billowing in the breeze, black and red silk top) and James (short back and sides, stubble, gay moustache, black vest, hairy pecs) smile behind their sunnies and make peace signs with fingers like weebs in front of a pink floral column

A long, uphill shot: gorgeous old buildings, cream and yellow and pistachio green, with sash windows and balconies, frame a long road leading up to Galata Tower, an old Genoese watch tower, with ots vast stone cylindrical walls, blue conical tower roof, and golden spire atop. It looks magical.

James Greenwood-Reeves@jgreenwoodreeves· Jul 1

Today was a rest day, as is traditional for IVR, so it was an opportune moment to visit a hammam and have my body steamed, tenderised, and pressed like a... meat based foodstuff

Interior of the hammam we visited: lush curtains, chandeliers, and golden light decorate a white marble interior. With high columns, opulent mirrors, and a tranquil Central fountain. And this is just the reception!

Cheeky changing room selfie, with the upper half of James in the mirror to a lovely wood-lined room with cute shelves of flowers and paintings. James looks bulky, hairy, stubbly hence, but also very relaxed after a good scrubbing.

James Greenwood-Reeves@jgreenwoodreeves· Jul 1

Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, and scowling creatures

A black cat, sitting regally, as the minarets of the Blue Mosque pierce the azure skies above

Very Orthodox gold and lapis blue mosaic above a marble doorway, at the Hagia Sophia. The Virgin Mary, with child, is flanked by service emprerors Justinian and Constantine, offering her the city of Istanbul

Square cloister of the Blue Mosque, with its bulbous domes, dreamy minarets, and white marble. Gorgeous.

Two tiny cats, basically kittens, glaring at each other on the steps to the Blue Mosque

James Greenwood-Reeves@jgreenwoodreeves· Jun 29

Sorry about the shoddy camera work but I love them so much

James Greenwood-Reeves@jgreenwoodreeves· Jun 29

Forgive the terrible video (it all happened so quick) but I saw A HUMMINGBIRD MOTH

James Greenwood-Reeves@jgreenwoodreeves· Jun 28

Day 1 complete! Cats, conference, coffees, and cocktails @glexareen.bsky.social @drfoxpopuli.bsky.social

Rosie, in pink yoga pants, black top, blue and pink hair, posing by a huge display reading KHAS 2026 (meaning Kadir Has), at Kadir Has uni

James, sat near the registration desk for IVR 2026, with a tiny black and white cat, who has joined him got cuddles and tickles. James is, of course, rocking stubble, gay moustache, short back and sides, black vest, revealing pecs and surprisingly large arms. Pink phone case, water bottle, and bag, naturally

Prof Alex Green (shite shirt, braces, very neat hair and beard) and Dr Rosie Fox (blue and pink hair, black top, tattoos) smiling together at a cafe on campus. Work laptops, coffees, and of course, a cat to share for the table

Group cocktail selfie with besties: Blair (long black hair, handsome), Beth (wavy auburn locks, gorgeous), Rosie (pink and blue hair, beautiful) and James (gay), with various cocktails at Birdy in Istanbul after a successful first conference day

James Greenwood-Reeves@jgreenwoodreeves· Jun 28

And, of course, cats When people say cats are part of the fabric of Istanbul, it is absolutely true: in fact they are quite literally part of the architecture

Sweet sleepy baby, sleeping in a supermarket bargain bucket. Black and white, curled up on a heap of wares, absolutely zonked. The price tag above reads 79 lira. An absolute steal

Wide shot, to capture the urban detritus of a side street, with a cat so tiny you could eaily miss him! Graffiti, moped, planks of wood, a bin, crates, cardboard boxes. Yet in a solitary sunbeam, sits a black and white moggy, finding glory in it.

On a pavement, a white and ginger tom has an incidental lick of his flank. Both elegant and graceless. Just like me.

Red-grey cement block form the pavement on this street. A close up shot reveals a line of paws prints, tenderly and tentatively treading their way through what was once wet cement. As I say, part of the architecture

James Greenwood-Reeves@jgreenwoodreeves· Jun 28

Day 1 of #IVR2026 in Istanbul! Here are some preliminary shots to prove we are indeed here

Evening rooftop view from pur apartment, not far from Taksim. A kaleidoscope of rooftops under an utterly cloudless, pale evening light. The moon, as is her wont, is being recalcitrant and won't sit nicely for the photograph. In the distance, on the other side of the Golden Horn, the domes and minarets pierce the horizon with light. A seagull soars overhead.

Rosie, Beth, and Blair, walking down a local street, facing away from the camera, evenly placed. Vines garland the balconies, and form a sky bridge over them, under crystal blue skies.

Rooftop garden picture, with two white posts that have lots of cute holes cut out for pink and white pansies to grow. Sat between them is a precious brown dove.

Street view of a tall but narrow apartment building rising into the sky, with neat, adorable balconies. Below, street signs, graffiti and a cute orange mini truck.

James Greenwood-Reeves@jgreenwoodreeves· Jun 24

The only way this heat can be endured is to down tools, comrades

James, topless, hairy chest, sunglasses, gay moustache, stubble, short back and sides, lounging on a deck chair in their front yard

James Greenwood-Reeves@jgreenwoodreeves· Jun 24

In this heat my brain is lifeless, bleached like a coral reef Once a rich ecosystem teeming with life, after repeated exposure to unusual heat, it is now barren

On the left, Corsola, a smiling pink and light blue coral pokemon, Water and Rock type, that is a living and vibrant part of coral reef. The the right, its more modern form, a Ghost type: white and spectral, maudlin, bleached from the heat. This is a before and after of our coral reefs but also of my brain

James Greenwood-Reeves@jgreenwoodreeves· Jun 21

The summer solstice is here, which means listening to An Endless Sky of Honey and basking in the glory of it all

The cover art of Kate Bush's Aerial, that is emblematic of the album's celebration of sky, sea, and birdsong. The cover image, which seems to show a mountain range at sunset reflected on the sea, all sepia and honey colpures, is in fact a waveform of a blackbird song superimposed over a glowing photograph.

James Greenwood-Reeves@jgreenwoodreeves· Jun 17

Are these real, or did I hallucinate them

Bug Alert! Another ancient British kids tv programme, featuring felt puppet bugs and insects with wide eyes and horrid textured bodies

James Greenwood-Reeves@jgreenwoodreeves· Jun 17

Name a TV show you're positive no one remembers but you

The Trap Door, ancient British claymation children's programme, featuring a blue blob of a main character whose name escapes me, a talking skull, a green worm, and a chunky clay spider

James Greenwood-Reeves@jgreenwoodreeves· Jun 15

10. ...or CPS does not push for prosecution, in which case, gov. seems toothless / self-contradictory. And what was the point of arresting all 1800+ peaceful protesters and having thousands of people labelled as potential terrorists if you don't prosecute them? Also goes to waste of resources point.

Home Office chart, with levels of arrests for terror offences consistently below 500 per annum from 2002 to 2025; then a huge spike in 2025 to over 1800, as a result of peaceful protesters arrested for support of PA

James Greenwood-Reeves@jgreenwoodreeves· Jun 15

9. And how are those messages received and interpreted? The risk the government faces is CPS either push for prosecution, and gov. seems authoritarian, cruel, excessive (see many images of frail peaceful protesters manhandled by police), especially with (unrelated) social media bans coming in too...

Famous photo of an elderly woman being arrested by police for supporting PA

James Greenwood-Reeves@jgreenwoodreeves· Jun 3

Smiling cat from the listed photos, smiling like a relaxed contented cat, with "Vintage, Very good" underneath as the caption

James Greenwood-Reeves@jgreenwoodreeves· May 22

Time for a four day break I think. Cheers sweetie

James in a black vest, rose pink sunnies, sweeped back hair short back and sides, stubble and gay moustache, holding a half drunk glass of red wine, sat out in tbe sun with greenery behind him

James Greenwood-Reeves@jgreenwoodreeves· May 15

I have had my first experience of peer reviewing an article with hallucinated sources and procedurally generated arguments

Julia in Hellraiser 2, a skinless corpse gory with blood, sipping on a glass of white wine

James Greenwood-Reeves@jgreenwoodreeves· May 4

"Trying to enjoy my bank holiday" is incompatible with "looking at the Electoral Calculus website and thinking about the likely outcomes of the 7th May elections" yet here I am

Screenshot from Electoral Calculus, showing a table in which, if there were a General Election tomorrow, Reform would be predicted to win 248 seats, followed by Tories on 112, Labour on 78, Greens on 66, Lib Dems 61, SNP 46, Plaid 15

James Greenwood-Reeves@jgreenwoodreeves· May 3

Without downloading anything new, where are you mentally?

Cartoon by Ellis Rosen of a rugged bearded sea captain at the helm of a ship during a storm. The caption is "A storm rages from the East - tell the men to get below and snuggle up for movie night"

James Greenwood-Reeves@jgreenwoodreeves· Apr 29

Collegiality and citizenship hours research environment debrief strategy meeting something something @drfoxpopuli.bsky.social @feminomenologist.bsky.social

Sunny collective selfie of Rosie (pink and teal hair, red dinosaur and unicorn t shirt), Caitlin (black t shirt, fringe, sunglasses, cool tattoos) and James (gay moustache and stubble) having a bottle of rosé on the student union bar Terrace in the sun. A delightful queer summery assemblage indeed

James Greenwood-Reeves@jgreenwoodreeves· Apr 24

MY TIME HAS COME

James sat on a front garden terrace, luxuriating in the sunshine, in the sun, in a vest, hairy chest out, sunglasses on, holding a huge glass of gin, smiling with the smile of a sweet summer baby boy, in the sun mind you

James Greenwood-Reeves@jgreenwoodreeves· Apr 19

biiiiiiig stretch

James taking a selfie in his living room, bookcase behind him. Black vest, stubble moustache, short back and sides. Hairy chest and armpit visible from him stretching his arm up and behind his head.

James Greenwood-Reeves@jgreenwoodreeves· Apr 18

I never look this big in real life but in the post-workout gym locker room mirror? Huge mate