mattie mae motl
@themattiemae.bsky.social
she/her. mdiv. phd candidate @ st andrews. gender and sexuality in scripture.
April 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM
last night, i turned in my probationary review— the first big step of my PhD journey! i am so happy and proud of myself.
March 11, 2025 at 8:06 AM
last night, i turned in my probationary review— the first big step of my PhD journey! i am so happy and proud of myself.
can you believe that i just read the color purple for the first time this past week?? one of the most beautiful stories i've ever read. and the theology was so beautiful. #literature #thecolorpurple #theology
February 3, 2025 at 10:37 AM
can you believe that i just read the color purple for the first time this past week?? one of the most beautiful stories i've ever read. and the theology was so beautiful. #literature #thecolorpurple #theology
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hey, sorry that i am openly weeping in this cafe. the soundtrack of the 1994 Little Women came on and i started thinking about Beth's death. this is a regular occurrence, so please mind your business.
January 27, 2025 at 11:33 AM
hey, sorry that i am openly weeping in this cafe. the soundtrack of the 1994 Little Women came on and i started thinking about Beth's death. this is a regular occurrence, so please mind your business.
i just finished animal farm and i need wes anderson to adapt the book in the same style as fantastic mr. fox + isle of dogs
January 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
i just finished animal farm and i need wes anderson to adapt the book in the same style as fantastic mr. fox + isle of dogs
i spent the morning compiling a list of classic lit i want to read before i am thirty. i am currently reading #25/100-- Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. what do you think of my list??
January 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
i spent the morning compiling a list of classic lit i want to read before i am thirty. i am currently reading #25/100-- Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. what do you think of my list??
i'm about to start writing my very first chunk of the dissertation. i have so many complicated feelings-- overwhelmed, inadequate, thrilled, anxious, grateful.
January 20, 2025 at 10:40 AM
i'm about to start writing my very first chunk of the dissertation. i have so many complicated feelings-- overwhelmed, inadequate, thrilled, anxious, grateful.
January 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
26 today and growing more pretentious by the minute!!!! ♥️♥️♥️
January 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
26 today and growing more pretentious by the minute!!!! ♥️♥️♥️
bday hikes in scotland have highland cows :)
January 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
bday hikes in scotland have highland cows :)
i finished 1984 by orwell today, and it wasn't... that... good? it was just too "preachy." great message, great intent-- just poor execution, imho.
January 16, 2025 at 1:26 PM
i finished 1984 by orwell today, and it wasn't... that... good? it was just too "preachy." great message, great intent-- just poor execution, imho.
Headed to a meeting with my supervisors. Five months and I still get giddy that I get to do this!
January 16, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Headed to a meeting with my supervisors. Five months and I still get giddy that I get to do this!
Does anyone have access to this article that they would be willing to pass along?
“Doing Gender” by Candace West and Don H. Zimmerman (1987) (Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 125-151).
“Doing Gender” by Candace West and Don H. Zimmerman (1987) (Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 125-151).
December 16, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Does anyone have access to this article that they would be willing to pass along?
“Doing Gender” by Candace West and Don H. Zimmerman (1987) (Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 125-151).
“Doing Gender” by Candace West and Don H. Zimmerman (1987) (Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 125-151).
Here's a book review that I wrote on The Widening of God's Mercy: Sexuality Within the Biblical Story by Christopher B. Hays and Richard B. Hays.
'The Widening of God’s Mercy: Sexuality Within the Biblical Story' | Review
The idea of God's mind changing implies that it was initially set on exclusion. And if God’s mercy can be widened, then God’s mercy was at one point narrower.
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December 10, 2024 at 10:07 AM
Here's a book review that I wrote on The Widening of God's Mercy: Sexuality Within the Biblical Story by Christopher B. Hays and Richard B. Hays.
i will never get tired of this view
December 5, 2024 at 9:48 AM
i will never get tired of this view
Do not read Philo when you have a hangover. Philo is not a suitable hangover cure. He will only make your headache and nausea worse.
December 4, 2024 at 10:36 AM
Do not read Philo when you have a hangover. Philo is not a suitable hangover cure. He will only make your headache and nausea worse.
Honored to say that our little book won the Award of Merit in the Bible and Devotional category in the 2024 Christianity Today Book Awards! So thrilled and honored!
December 3, 2024 at 3:36 PM
Honored to say that our little book won the Award of Merit in the Bible and Devotional category in the 2024 Christianity Today Book Awards! So thrilled and honored!
To whomever studies Biblical Masculinities at St Andrews after me, you're welcome for ordering all of these books for the library. That was me. 🤣
December 3, 2024 at 11:02 AM
To whomever studies Biblical Masculinities at St Andrews after me, you're welcome for ordering all of these books for the library. That was me. 🤣
Moving to another country is, in some ways, as glamorous as it sounds. But it is also constant paper work, chat rooms, and listening to hold music for hours on end. I just want to do my silly little PhD reading. 😭
December 2, 2024 at 10:02 AM
Moving to another country is, in some ways, as glamorous as it sounds. But it is also constant paper work, chat rooms, and listening to hold music for hours on end. I just want to do my silly little PhD reading. 😭
I made a mini-thanksgiving dinner for my family last night. I don't feel traditionally "southern" in a lot of ways, but cooking a meal with lots of butter, carbs, and brown sugar for the people I love really connects me to my Arkansan roots.
November 29, 2024 at 10:47 AM
I made a mini-thanksgiving dinner for my family last night. I don't feel traditionally "southern" in a lot of ways, but cooking a meal with lots of butter, carbs, and brown sugar for the people I love really connects me to my Arkansan roots.
I just received this gift from my parents. I have cried like five times since opening it! Thecla means the world to me as a woman in Pauline studies. Her example of faithfulness, courage, and audacity inspired me to be the scholar I am today.
November 28, 2024 at 2:18 PM
I just received this gift from my parents. I have cried like five times since opening it! Thecla means the world to me as a woman in Pauline studies. Her example of faithfulness, courage, and audacity inspired me to be the scholar I am today.
"Not surprisingly, those who have written about Paul, almost all of them men, have not usually given a moment’s thought to the masculinity of Paul; presumably they have all been too busy writing books about Paul to think very much about their own masculinity either." - David J.A. Clines 🤣
November 26, 2024 at 10:25 AM
"Not surprisingly, those who have written about Paul, almost all of them men, have not usually given a moment’s thought to the masculinity of Paul; presumably they have all been too busy writing books about Paul to think very much about their own masculinity either." - David J.A. Clines 🤣
what's your favorite ancient gender convention? mine has to be that women were considered to be stinky and leaky. so much so, that men would boast of their constipation by comparing their poops to arid little pebbles. men have always been silly.
November 25, 2024 at 9:55 AM
what's your favorite ancient gender convention? mine has to be that women were considered to be stinky and leaky. so much so, that men would boast of their constipation by comparing their poops to arid little pebbles. men have always been silly.
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As more folks migrate here, the list of scholars/professionals engaging with ancient gender and sexuality starter kit grows. There is room for others to be included. go.bsky.app/7WfPe2L
November 18, 2024 at 3:29 PM
As more folks migrate here, the list of scholars/professionals engaging with ancient gender and sexuality starter kit grows. There is room for others to be included. go.bsky.app/7WfPe2L