Marie Griffith
@mariegriffith.bsky.social
US religious history, gender & sexuality studies, religion & politics. Professor at WashU in St. Louis. Writing a book on clergy sexual abuse across American Christianity. https://rap.wustl.edu/people/r-marie-griffith/
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It’s here!! I’m so thrilled to hold it in my hands! Thank you to everyone at @uchicagopress.bsky.social and especially Kyle Wagner for bringing it into the world!
November 6, 2025 at 10:53 PM
It’s here!! I’m so thrilled to hold it in my hands! Thank you to everyone at @uchicagopress.bsky.social and especially Kyle Wagner for bringing it into the world!
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The video in this post is…wow. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YaF...
October 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The video in this post is…wow. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YaF...
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Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
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Holy shit this is incredible.
June 13, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Holy shit this is incredible.
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Another great reason to read @rns.org: We wrote a very similar story to this back in March, when I talked to activists (including one also quoted in this NYTimes story) about plans to overturn Obergefell utilizing strategies used to overturn Roe. religionnews.com/2025/03/26/s...
June 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Another great reason to read @rns.org: We wrote a very similar story to this back in March, when I talked to activists (including one also quoted in this NYTimes story) about plans to overturn Obergefell utilizing strategies used to overturn Roe. religionnews.com/2025/03/26/s...
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Start every day with this reality:
EVERY HOUSE SEAT and 33 Senate seats are up for election in 2026. THAT must be the focus. Let’s get disciplined.
#LeaveNoPowerOnTheTable
ballotpedia.org/United_State...
EVERY HOUSE SEAT and 33 Senate seats are up for election in 2026. THAT must be the focus. Let’s get disciplined.
#LeaveNoPowerOnTheTable
ballotpedia.org/United_State...
United States Congress elections, 2026
Ballotpedia: The Encyclopedia of American Politics
ballotpedia.org
May 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Start every day with this reality:
EVERY HOUSE SEAT and 33 Senate seats are up for election in 2026. THAT must be the focus. Let’s get disciplined.
#LeaveNoPowerOnTheTable
ballotpedia.org/United_State...
EVERY HOUSE SEAT and 33 Senate seats are up for election in 2026. THAT must be the focus. Let’s get disciplined.
#LeaveNoPowerOnTheTable
ballotpedia.org/United_State...
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Yesterday my hometown was hit with massive tornadoes. We weren't expecting them in places that have never been hit before and have no idea who will help us. FEMA is all but dead and our state is run by Republicans that hate the city. This is the canary in the coal mine. My latest.
A tornado tells a bigger story
My town was struck by historic tornadoes yesterday and a storm is coming for you too.
open.substack.com
May 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Yesterday my hometown was hit with massive tornadoes. We weren't expecting them in places that have never been hit before and have no idea who will help us. FEMA is all but dead and our state is run by Republicans that hate the city. This is the canary in the coal mine. My latest.
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If Oct. 7 had never happened, Trump would right now be pulling funding from Columbia and Harvard because of DEI policies or admissions requirements or what research they were doing or all of the above. The right hates universities and that’s it.
April 1, 2025 at 3:59 AM
If Oct. 7 had never happened, Trump would right now be pulling funding from Columbia and Harvard because of DEI policies or admissions requirements or what research they were doing or all of the above. The right hates universities and that’s it.
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Virtually every Cybertruck — those freaky Tesla vehicles made to look like aggression incarnate – has been recalled, because, literally, they come unglued. What a metaphor for this regime: a weak vehicle trying to look tough, a victim of its own cheapness, an ugly toy falling apart.
Coming Unglued: Week Eight of the Stupid Coup (and the Stalwart Resistance)
Spring is here and so is authoritarianism, and I recommend your serious attention to both. We may be at this resistance business for a while, so take care of yourself so you can keep taking care of hu...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
March 21, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Virtually every Cybertruck — those freaky Tesla vehicles made to look like aggression incarnate – has been recalled, because, literally, they come unglued. What a metaphor for this regime: a weak vehicle trying to look tough, a victim of its own cheapness, an ugly toy falling apart.
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Opinion | My entire career is based on pretending to be from Appalachia. Here’s why we must end DEI.
March 15, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Opinion | My entire career is based on pretending to be from Appalachia. Here’s why we must end DEI.
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American Historical Association (AHA) and Organization of American Historians (OAH) finally issued a formal statement on the censoring of history on govermentment websites and other resources:
www.historians.org/news/aha-oah...
www.historians.org/news/aha-oah...
AHA–OAH Joint Statement on Federal Censorship of American History
The American Historical Association (AHA) and the Organization of American Historians (OAH) have released a joint statement condemning federal censorship of American history.
www.historians.org
March 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM
American Historical Association (AHA) and Organization of American Historians (OAH) finally issued a formal statement on the censoring of history on govermentment websites and other resources:
www.historians.org/news/aha-oah...
www.historians.org/news/aha-oah...
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Thank you @maddow.msnbc.com for calling out the lack of diverse faces in the lineup changes at @msnbc.com , and the peope losing their jobs this week in the shakeup.
February 25, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Thank you @maddow.msnbc.com for calling out the lack of diverse faces in the lineup changes at @msnbc.com , and the peope losing their jobs this week in the shakeup.
Rachel @maddow.msnbc.com has strong words tonight about the painful changes recent at MSNBC—thank you for not staying silent and for this powerful message!
February 25, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Rachel @maddow.msnbc.com has strong words tonight about the painful changes recent at MSNBC—thank you for not staying silent and for this powerful message!
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After being subjected to years of insults from Donald Trump and an official "DEI investigation" from Trump's new FCC commissioner, MSNBC fired the first Black woman to host a primetime Cable news show.
Happy Black History Month!
Happy Black History Month!
MSNBC Can't Cancel Our Joy
MSNBC canceled Joy Reid's show because ... you know.
dlvr.it
February 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
After being subjected to years of insults from Donald Trump and an official "DEI investigation" from Trump's new FCC commissioner, MSNBC fired the first Black woman to host a primetime Cable news show.
Happy Black History Month!
Happy Black History Month!
Sounds about right.
Trump orders White House to be renamed Don’s Mojo Dojo Casa House
February 12, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Sounds about right.
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From my new piece @rns.org.
Our former republic — preserved by various facets of civil religion — seems poised to give way to a Second American Republic defined by Trump’s boundless ambition, avarice and conceit.
religionnews.com/2025/01/23/i...
Our former republic — preserved by various facets of civil religion — seems poised to give way to a Second American Republic defined by Trump’s boundless ambition, avarice and conceit.
religionnews.com/2025/01/23/i...
In Trump, we have abandoned our civil religion — and we are no longer the same
(RNS) — No one should underestimate how serious Trump is about his policies. But nor should we understand him to be morally serious.
religionnews.com
January 24, 2025 at 2:06 AM
From my new piece @rns.org.
Our former republic — preserved by various facets of civil religion — seems poised to give way to a Second American Republic defined by Trump’s boundless ambition, avarice and conceit.
religionnews.com/2025/01/23/i...
Our former republic — preserved by various facets of civil religion — seems poised to give way to a Second American Republic defined by Trump’s boundless ambition, avarice and conceit.
religionnews.com/2025/01/23/i...
A wonderful (if all too brief) article about the extraordinary David Clohessy, who has devoted his life to helping other survivors of clergy sexual abuse across Catholic-Protestant lines. I write about him in much fuller detail in my book, but this is a good read. flatlandkc.org/news-issues/...
Clergy Sex Abuse Survivor Reflects on His Reform Work
David G. Clohessy, of St. Louis, cites better victim support and resistant bishops among wins and losses in efforts to change the Catholic Church.
flatlandkc.org
November 28, 2024 at 12:00 AM
A wonderful (if all too brief) article about the extraordinary David Clohessy, who has devoted his life to helping other survivors of clergy sexual abuse across Catholic-Protestant lines. I write about him in much fuller detail in my book, but this is a good read. flatlandkc.org/news-issues/...
AAR friends, come join our reception tonight! Great food, drinks, and conversation, as ever. All welcome!
November 24, 2024 at 1:18 AM
AAR friends, come join our reception tonight! Great food, drinks, and conversation, as ever. All welcome!
Looking forward to being in conversation with @laura-yares.bsky.social, Cara Rock-Singer, and Chumie Juni about lived religion and U.S. Jewish studies, with @mariegriffith.bsky.social chairing, at #SBLAAR24 on Monday, 3:00–4:30 pm
Image from AJHS, HIAS collections: www.instagram.com/ajhsnyc/p/DB...
Image from AJHS, HIAS collections: www.instagram.com/ajhsnyc/p/DB...
November 23, 2024 at 12:07 AM
Looking forward to this panel in just a couple of hours, with a few of us thinking together about gender and the recent election.
Zoom at 6pm CST. Register: bit.ly/3AFfKDW
Zoom at 6pm CST. Register: bit.ly/3AFfKDW
November 19, 2024 at 9:53 PM
Looking forward to this panel in just a couple of hours, with a few of us thinking together about gender and the recent election.
Zoom at 6pm CST. Register: bit.ly/3AFfKDW
Zoom at 6pm CST. Register: bit.ly/3AFfKDW
Infuriating. No less infuriating for being utterly and sadly predictable.
November 17, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Infuriating. No less infuriating for being utterly and sadly predictable.