CDJ
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Anglican. Theatre person. Sacramental transfeminism. Work in progress. 🏳️⚧️
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Seriously, though, how to get past a) the fear I've missed an extremely obvious source that undermines my entire argument and b) the urge to engage with everything to prove I've read it?
November 19, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Seriously, though, how to get past a) the fear I've missed an extremely obvious source that undermines my entire argument and b) the urge to engage with everything to prove I've read it?
People just have to stop publishing work that resonates with the book that's due in January. It's torture for the part of me that feels I need to engage with everything that's even vaguely relevant and is terrified of missing an obvious discussion partner! (also this looks great)
New issue out in The Bible and Critical Theory journal. Special issue this time on The Bible after José Esteban Muñoz: bibleandcriticaltheory.com/volume-21-no...
VOLUME 21, NO 2 (2025)
bibleandcriticaltheory.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 AM
People just have to stop publishing work that resonates with the book that's due in January. It's torture for the part of me that feels I need to engage with everything that's even vaguely relevant and is terrified of missing an obvious discussion partner! (also this looks great)
Well done guys. Real inclusive there.
"No exchanging of rings or vows, no processing down the aisle and no kissing.
"These are likely to be the rules if blessing services for same-sex couples are approved by the Church of England." [Times]
"These are likely to be the rules if blessing services for same-sex couples are approved by the Church of England." [Times]
November 17, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Well done guys. Real inclusive there.
Reflecting once again that perhaps we'd be doing better in terms of feminist/queer theory if we'd cared less what Lacan thought
November 15, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Reflecting once again that perhaps we'd be doing better in terms of feminist/queer theory if we'd cared less what Lacan thought
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If the Prescott memo is true, and there is a secret cabal of LGBTQ+ journalists stopping any negative stories about trans people being published or aired at BBC News, then, I have to say, they’re doing a really fucking shit job of that.
November 12, 2025 at 10:41 AM
If the Prescott memo is true, and there is a secret cabal of LGBTQ+ journalists stopping any negative stories about trans people being published or aired at BBC News, then, I have to say, they’re doing a really fucking shit job of that.
This is hilarious. As far back as the 90s the BBC also failed to report that The Undertaker and Kane were gaining an unfair advantage by pretending to be brothers...
Even more scandalously, I hear that in some of these so-called "wrestling competitions" the winner is decided in advance based on what will be most entertaining to the audience. Disgraceful.
November 6, 2025 at 8:40 AM
This is hilarious. As far back as the 90s the BBC also failed to report that The Undertaker and Kane were gaining an unfair advantage by pretending to be brothers...
'Innovative Puseyite' fits quite well tbh. (link to quiz: anglican-quiz.vercel.app)
November 2, 2025 at 6:46 AM
'Innovative Puseyite' fits quite well tbh. (link to quiz: anglican-quiz.vercel.app)
Ordered an untitled hardcore 7" (g.l.o.s.s. 2015).
Was sent a different untitled hardcore 7" (Cell 2017).
Both are 10 minutes of a woman yelling over guitars, so I can see where the mistake happened.
Was sent a different untitled hardcore 7" (Cell 2017).
Both are 10 minutes of a woman yelling over guitars, so I can see where the mistake happened.
October 23, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Ordered an untitled hardcore 7" (g.l.o.s.s. 2015).
Was sent a different untitled hardcore 7" (Cell 2017).
Both are 10 minutes of a woman yelling over guitars, so I can see where the mistake happened.
Was sent a different untitled hardcore 7" (Cell 2017).
Both are 10 minutes of a woman yelling over guitars, so I can see where the mistake happened.
"You are out of your mind. Too much learning is driving you insane" - the Acts of the Apostles
October 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
"You are out of your mind. Too much learning is driving you insane" - the Acts of the Apostles
The problem the theologies of suffering is that they are so often presented to those who are suffering by those who appear to be suffering less. And in doing so they seem to appeal not to the joy of solidarity but to exactly the kind of opposotional, hierarchical thinking they claim to reject.
October 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The problem the theologies of suffering is that they are so often presented to those who are suffering by those who appear to be suffering less. And in doing so they seem to appeal not to the joy of solidarity but to exactly the kind of opposotional, hierarchical thinking they claim to reject.
Went for a run. Remembered why I don't do that. Back to the gym for me.
October 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Went for a run. Remembered why I don't do that. Back to the gym for me.
Thoughts on the 'sensible liberal ratchet' brought to you by getting frustrated by certain theologians who do a similar thing:
October 13, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Thoughts on the 'sensible liberal ratchet' brought to you by getting frustrated by certain theologians who do a similar thing:
"I am convinced that the preferential choice for the poor is a source of extraordinary renewal both for the Church and for society, if we can only set ourselves free of our self-centeredness and open our ears to their cry." Pope Leo, Dilexi Te
October 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
"I am convinced that the preferential choice for the poor is a source of extraordinary renewal both for the Church and for society, if we can only set ourselves free of our self-centeredness and open our ears to their cry." Pope Leo, Dilexi Te
The real strangeness is the sudden allergy to weaponised 'guilt' from a political tendency which loves to assign guilt by association to people who aren't white men.
God bless The Church Times for their ongoing insistence on responding moderately but forcefully to the Reverend Canon Nigel Biggar’s nonsense. www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
October 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The real strangeness is the sudden allergy to weaponised 'guilt' from a political tendency which loves to assign guilt by association to people who aren't white men.
Seeing discourse on 'right to belief' and it's making me think of how many people seem to demand One Single Consistent Ontology of Transness before they'll accept it and, like, the whole history of philosophy shows we don't even have a single consistent ontology of humanness.
September 29, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Seeing discourse on 'right to belief' and it's making me think of how many people seem to demand One Single Consistent Ontology of Transness before they'll accept it and, like, the whole history of philosophy shows we don't even have a single consistent ontology of humanness.
Broke the 50k word barrier! Actually having a readable book by the Jan deadline feels somewhat doable now!
September 26, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Broke the 50k word barrier! Actually having a readable book by the Jan deadline feels somewhat doable now!
Six draft chapters. None of them really end yet. Need to write a 'context and rationale' type intro. 2 days of study leave left before we're back to 'somehow write in "spare" time. Need to do So Much Editing.
September 26, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Six draft chapters. None of them really end yet. Need to write a 'context and rationale' type intro. 2 days of study leave left before we're back to 'somehow write in "spare" time. Need to do So Much Editing.
I'm not saying Starmer wants Farage to be the next PM, I am saying that if he did want that this is the kind of thing he'd do.
September 26, 2025 at 8:10 AM
I'm not saying Starmer wants Farage to be the next PM, I am saying that if he did want that this is the kind of thing he'd do.
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It's alarming how many people need to hear this: racism is not the natural and inevitable response to the presence of (the wrong number of) racialised Others. It is a learned response, and as such it is contestable and replaceable.
This is anti-racism 101. Entry level stuff.
This is anti-racism 101. Entry level stuff.
This is first time I’ve heard the govt making the Labour argument for controlling immigration.
Mahmood argues that controlling our borders is good for race relations, because uncontrolled immigration is feeding far right rhetoric and tensions.
Expect to hear a lot more of that.
Mahmood argues that controlling our borders is good for race relations, because uncontrolled immigration is feeding far right rhetoric and tensions.
Expect to hear a lot more of that.
September 24, 2025 at 8:29 AM
It's alarming how many people need to hear this: racism is not the natural and inevitable response to the presence of (the wrong number of) racialised Others. It is a learned response, and as such it is contestable and replaceable.
This is anti-racism 101. Entry level stuff.
This is anti-racism 101. Entry level stuff.
If you want a sense of the kind of nonsense that's in this book,I just cited Andrea Long Chu and Aquinas in the same paragraph, just after responding to Marquise Bey with the preface of a liturgical manual from the 1860s.
September 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
If you want a sense of the kind of nonsense that's in this book,I just cited Andrea Long Chu and Aquinas in the same paragraph, just after responding to Marquise Bey with the preface of a liturgical manual from the 1860s.
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Please God. Can some mainstream news outlet explain properly how long and how costly the immigration process in the UK is? And that there is NO RECOURSE TO PUBLIC FUNDS the whole time. And you PAY A SURCHARGE for the NHS. And you pay your taxes.
September 23, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Please God. Can some mainstream news outlet explain properly how long and how costly the immigration process in the UK is? And that there is NO RECOURSE TO PUBLIC FUNDS the whole time. And you PAY A SURCHARGE for the NHS. And you pay your taxes.
4 chapters drafted, hitting the 'what if this is all nonsense' stage #amwriting
Possibly a ch2 draft completed now? Next task is to work out which chapter is chapter 3... #amwriting
Decent chunk of ch2 drafted today, from a starting point of 'ch2 exists entirely in my head and nowhere else' #amwriting
September 22, 2025 at 7:57 PM
4 chapters drafted, hitting the 'what if this is all nonsense' stage #amwriting
And even then, this...does not seem like it would be more efficient in any way? I simply would not do this.
Simply astonishing. Maybe Lecturer A should not have to mark over 100 essays in a two-week window in the first place? Invest in qualified staff and reduce impossible workloads FFS www.kcl.ac.uk/about/strate...
September 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
And even then, this...does not seem like it would be more efficient in any way? I simply would not do this.
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AAAAAAAAAAAAH
September 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
AAAAAAAAAAAAH
At the 'oh, wait, that's cool and kind of relevant, but where does it fit' stage of trying to hold a book length argument in my head...
September 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM
At the 'oh, wait, that's cool and kind of relevant, but where does it fit' stage of trying to hold a book length argument in my head...