Joseph A Marchal
@jamarchal.bsky.social
author, Appalling Bodies (OUP)
co-editor, Trans Biblical (WJK)
founding co-editor, QTR: A Journal of Trans and Queer Studies in Religion
counter-kyriarchal killjoy
professor, religious studies + women’s and gender studies
a bit of a mess here
co-editor, Trans Biblical (WJK)
founding co-editor, QTR: A Journal of Trans and Queer Studies in Religion
counter-kyriarchal killjoy
professor, religious studies + women’s and gender studies
a bit of a mess here
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"Luke portrays Jesus as radically forgiving as a way of affirming Jesus’s power in the terms of Roman imperialism. Jesus forgives like an emperor; Luke’s Christianity aligns with the goals of empire."
I wrote a Lectionary Reflection (and 🔥🔥 🔥 liturgy!) for @presoutlook.bsky.social on Luke 23:33-43!
I wrote a Lectionary Reflection (and 🔥🔥 🔥 liturgy!) for @presoutlook.bsky.social on Luke 23:33-43!
Reign of Christ — November 23, 2025
On Reign of Christ Sunday, Luke 23 presses us to confront how empire shapes our theology — and how the church can resist it, writes Jimmy Hoke.
#ReignofChristSunday
On Reign of Christ Sunday, Luke 23 presses us to confront how empire shapes our theology — and how the church can resist it, writes Jimmy Hoke.
#ReignofChristSunday
Reign of Christ — November 23, 2025
This reflection on Luke 23 critiques empire-shaped theology and invites a justice-centered reading for Reign of Christ Sunday.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
"Luke portrays Jesus as radically forgiving as a way of affirming Jesus’s power in the terms of Roman imperialism. Jesus forgives like an emperor; Luke’s Christianity aligns with the goals of empire."
I wrote a Lectionary Reflection (and 🔥🔥 🔥 liturgy!) for @presoutlook.bsky.social on Luke 23:33-43!
I wrote a Lectionary Reflection (and 🔥🔥 🔥 liturgy!) for @presoutlook.bsky.social on Luke 23:33-43!
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Yes! The thing abt public libraries that is so beautiful & crucial is the idea that *anybody* could do this — you need no credential, there’s no gatekeeping, literally any person can be an intellectual. You can come from absolutely nothing & yet, by means of curiosity + work, create real knowledge
I wrote a significant chunk of my first book at a Chicago Public Library, an amazing public space where people could read books and newspapers, access the internet, or just keep warm for a while on a cold day. This is appalling.
CPL is an absolute palace to the people and these proposed cuts are abominable. Artificial austerity. Chicago folks, read this, check the links to bug the mayor and your alders—this can be fought and won.
November 8, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Yes! The thing abt public libraries that is so beautiful & crucial is the idea that *anybody* could do this — you need no credential, there’s no gatekeeping, literally any person can be an intellectual. You can come from absolutely nothing & yet, by means of curiosity + work, create real knowledge
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I honestly don’t get the value of this company. They hoover up energy and water. Their product constantly gets things wrong and, in extreme cases, coaches people into suicide.
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
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OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
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November 9, 2025 at 7:35 AM
I honestly don’t get the value of this company. They hoover up energy and water. Their product constantly gets things wrong and, in extreme cases, coaches people into suicide.
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
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A friend recently texted me the same thing. “Do you really not use ChatGPT?!” It was a sign of where we are culturally on this. People are compelled to use it but also starting to question the normalcy?
Recently met someone who was very surprised to hear I didn’t use ChatGPT or any LLM.
I said my job depended on doing distinctive work. That was my selling point. If I started to sound like ChatGPT and turn out what it did, then how on earth could I justify doing it? What would that make me?
I said my job depended on doing distinctive work. That was my selling point. If I started to sound like ChatGPT and turn out what it did, then how on earth could I justify doing it? What would that make me?
November 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
A friend recently texted me the same thing. “Do you really not use ChatGPT?!” It was a sign of where we are culturally on this. People are compelled to use it but also starting to question the normalcy?
Higher Ed helps communities thrive!
Universities are enmeshed in their communities. BSU immersive learning projects connect students with Munsonians for mutually beneficial collaborations--from installing solar panels to documenting local history. Higher Ed helps communities thrive! buff.ly/jsNrCt9
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November 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Higher Ed helps communities thrive!
Check out the November issue of @therevealer.bsky.social, including our article on Why Trans Interpretations of the Bible Matter!
Our November issue is here!
With articles on public school students & religious education during the school day, conversion therapy, anti-MAGA evangelicals, interfaith couples in India, democracy & religion in Zimbabwe, addressing Jewish shame, trans readings of the Bible, & more! therevealer.org
With articles on public school students & religious education during the school day, conversion therapy, anti-MAGA evangelicals, interfaith couples in India, democracy & religion in Zimbabwe, addressing Jewish shame, trans readings of the Bible, & more! therevealer.org
November 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Check out the November issue of @therevealer.bsky.social, including our article on Why Trans Interpretations of the Bible Matter!
Check out these fabulous panels from @wjkbooks.com books at #AARSBL25 in just two weeks, including the Sunday afternoon session on *Trans Biblical*!!
Attending AAR/SBL? Learn more from our authors about some of our newest releases at these panels.
#aar #americanacademyofreligion #SBL #societyofbiblicalliterature @sblsite.bsky.social @sblpress.bsky.social @matthewlskinner.bsky.social @jamarchal.bsky.social @katyvalentine.bsky.social
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November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Check out these fabulous panels from @wjkbooks.com books at #AARSBL25 in just two weeks, including the Sunday afternoon session on *Trans Biblical*!!
I’m strongly considering opening one of my #AARSBL25 papers with a clip from K-Pop Demon Hunters, though!
hey #aarsbl25, we’re doing a k-pop demon hunters sing-along, right?
November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I’m strongly considering opening one of my #AARSBL25 papers with a clip from K-Pop Demon Hunters, though!
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For those who are inclined to petitions, please sign this one, urging UC leadership to officially and publicly reject any strong-arm attempt to control higher ed!
#UCChooseIntegrity #RejectTheCompact #DefendDemocracy #AcademicFreedom
#UCChooseIntegrity #RejectTheCompact #DefendDemocracy #AcademicFreedom
Say No to Trump’s “Loyalty Oath” Compact!
Leaders at UC and across the country are facing federal interference that undermines the mission of higher education. Institutions of higher learning in the United States have been offered Trump’s “Co...
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November 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
For those who are inclined to petitions, please sign this one, urging UC leadership to officially and publicly reject any strong-arm attempt to control higher ed!
#UCChooseIntegrity #RejectTheCompact #DefendDemocracy #AcademicFreedom
#UCChooseIntegrity #RejectTheCompact #DefendDemocracy #AcademicFreedom
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Earlier today I watched an American commentator (anti-ZM) on France24 seem to lose touch with reality when other panellists rightly said Mamdani’s positions are not radical but indeed only centre-left here in Europe.
"Europeans recognize his vision about free public transit and universal childcare. We expect our governments to make these kinds of services accessible to all of us,” said Verbeek. “We pay higher taxes and get civilized societies in return."
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Earlier today I watched an American commentator (anti-ZM) on France24 seem to lose touch with reality when other panellists rightly said Mamdani’s positions are not radical but indeed only centre-left here in Europe.
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THURS Nov 6 @ 6:30PM: "MARSHA: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson." Tourmaline, author of "the first definitive biography of the Black trans activist and icon," will chat with C. Riley Snorton at Barnard College. FREE! bcrw.barnard.edu/event/marsha... #activism #QueerHistory #LGBTQIA #NYC
November 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM
THURS Nov 6 @ 6:30PM: "MARSHA: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson." Tourmaline, author of "the first definitive biography of the Black trans activist and icon," will chat with C. Riley Snorton at Barnard College. FREE! bcrw.barnard.edu/event/marsha... #activism #QueerHistory #LGBTQIA #NYC
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It’s almost like if people tell you that to win you have to turn your back on poor people, or Muslims, or trans people, or immigrants, you can just say, “no, that’s immoral, we’re not doing that,” and keep doing good old fashioned organizing and campaigning and things will be ok
November 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
It’s almost like if people tell you that to win you have to turn your back on poor people, or Muslims, or trans people, or immigrants, you can just say, “no, that’s immoral, we’re not doing that,” and keep doing good old fashioned organizing and campaigning and things will be ok
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The #1 lesson from yesterday’s blowout:
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The #1 lesson from yesterday’s blowout:
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
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November 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Did you know that Westminster John Knox Press is already running their 50% off sale, now through December 31?!?
Use promo code WJK25 for great books, including *Trans Biblical*, and if you order now, you won’t need to carry all of your books on your flight home from #AARSBL25!
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Use promo code WJK25 for great books, including *Trans Biblical*, and if you order now, you won’t need to carry all of your books on your flight home from #AARSBL25!
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Today is an absolute rebuke of anti-transgender politics, and a real sign that the anti-trans panic is fading.
From VA Gov to Loudoun County to New Jersey to New York City and Pennsylvania, anti-trans Republicans are falling left and right.
From VA Gov to Loudoun County to New Jersey to New York City and Pennsylvania, anti-trans Republicans are falling left and right.
Democrats are currently ahead in 63 (!!!) races in the Virginia House of Delegates.
If this holds, it would be one of the largest state legislature swings in the last 4 years.
Its an absolute bloodbath for anti-trans Republicans.
If this holds, it would be one of the largest state legislature swings in the last 4 years.
Its an absolute bloodbath for anti-trans Republicans.
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Today is an absolute rebuke of anti-transgender politics, and a real sign that the anti-trans panic is fading.
From VA Gov to Loudoun County to New Jersey to New York City and Pennsylvania, anti-trans Republicans are falling left and right.
From VA Gov to Loudoun County to New Jersey to New York City and Pennsylvania, anti-trans Republicans are falling left and right.
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Please check all that apply
November 5, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Please check all that apply
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You African Studies majors out there: you too can become mayor of New York City!!!
November 5, 2025 at 3:01 AM
You African Studies majors out there: you too can become mayor of New York City!!!
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wait, are you telling me that all the centrist pundits who insisted that Dems wouldn't win any future elections unless/until they threw trans people under the bus turned out to be wrong? how could this be?!? 😱
www.erininthemorning.com/p/new-poll-v...
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New Poll: Voters Prefer Democratic Candidates Approach To Trans Rights Over Republicans
A new poll, which surveys voters who will partake in the New Jersey and Virginia governor races, found that voters were not impressed with Republican anti-trans positions.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
wait, are you telling me that all the centrist pundits who insisted that Dems wouldn't win any future elections unless/until they threw trans people under the bus turned out to be wrong? how could this be?!? 😱
www.erininthemorning.com/p/new-poll-v...
www.erininthemorning.com/p/new-poll-v...
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today’s the day!!
November 4, 2025 at 9:56 AM
today’s the day!!
Check this out! Elizabeth Castelli’s splendid translation of Pasolini’s screenplay on St Paul is now in paperback from @versobooks.bsky.social !!
Order today!!!
Order today!!!
We have four new titles out this week: a bold reimagining of the life of Jane Austen, an award-winning historian on Britain's most contentious symbol: the high-rise block, a screenplay about the apostle Paul by Pier Paolo Pasolini, and spotlighting liberal civilization in crisis
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November 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Check this out! Elizabeth Castelli’s splendid translation of Pasolini’s screenplay on St Paul is now in paperback from @versobooks.bsky.social !!
Order today!!!
Order today!!!
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“Authoritarians, recognizing that universities are hotbeds of independent thought and political dissent, often single them out for repression…A signature policy of Mr. Trump’s second term has been his attack on higher education.” 1/2
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has, often in open defiance of the law. His actions have raised a chilling question,” writes the Times editorial board.
“Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has, often in open defiance of the law. His actions have raised a chilling question,” writes the Times editorial board.
Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy?
Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.
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November 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM
“Authoritarians, recognizing that universities are hotbeds of independent thought and political dissent, often single them out for repression…A signature policy of Mr. Trump’s second term has been his attack on higher education.” 1/2
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ICE Agent, 7-Year-Old Both Wearing Same ‘Military Commando’ Halloween Costume
October 31, 2025 at 9:00 PM
ICE Agent, 7-Year-Old Both Wearing Same ‘Military Commando’ Halloween Costume
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October 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Duke University Press fabulous 50% off fall sale is happening now!
Get your own beautiful copies of QTR, or Susan Stryker’s award winning book, or brand new books from folks like M. Wolff and Maia Kotrosits now!!
@susanstryker.bsky.social, @maiakotro.bsky.social, @dukepress.bsky.social
Get your own beautiful copies of QTR, or Susan Stryker’s award winning book, or brand new books from folks like M. Wolff and Maia Kotrosits now!!
@susanstryker.bsky.social, @maiakotro.bsky.social, @dukepress.bsky.social
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Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!
October 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!