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Chris Stedman

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Religionless religion professor. Author. Founder @goodjudypods.bsky.social. New book and podcast series in the works. Powerlifting hobbyist and LGBTQIA mutual aid advocate chrisstedmanwriter.com

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Chris Stedman @chrisdstedman.bsky.social · Dec 11

Here it is, the thing I’ve been working on for most of this year: I’m launching a podcast studio, @goodjudypods.bsky.social! AND we have a series in development! I’ve written a piece explaining why I’m doing this and why I need your help. I hope you’ll check it out: open.substack.com/pub/chrisdst...

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Chris Stedman @chrisdstedman.bsky.social · 17d

Yesterday, a violent homophobic threat was spray-painted on a building at Augsburg, the university where I teach and serve as a research fellow. I wrote some words that are a little too long for this website, but you can find them here: www.instagram.com/p/DPEy-weDdF...

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Good Judy Productions @goodjudypods.bsky.social · 18d

Starting today we’ll be sharing a few voicemails we’ve received on the We Help Us story hotline, as examples of the kinds of stories you can share when calling in. Call 1-844-WE-HLP-US to share your own story of queer and trans mutual aid or community care! wehelpusmn.com

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Chris Stedman @chrisdstedman.bsky.social · 26d

Sorry for the delayed response! I haven’t been on here much lately. Thank you so much for checking out IRL, and for the kind words. I really appreciate it. That’s wonderful re: libraries and AU. Wish it were the case here. :) Hope you have a great week!

Chris Stedman @chrisdstedman.bsky.social · Sep 9

Love Nellie - hope you all have a blast!

Chris Stedman @chrisdstedman.bsky.social · Sep 6

No apologies needed! I just love the tangible experience of holding a book in my hands, dogearing pages, underlining and scribbling in the margins, and having my books on a shelf so that I’m reminded of what I learned from them every time I pass by

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Chris Stedman @chrisdstedman.bsky.social · Sep 5

Jesus Christ

Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social · Sep 5

Yeah this is real. Mike Johnson said Trump was an FBI informant in the Epstein case.

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Chris Stedman @chrisdstedman.bsky.social · Sep 4

I don’t know how I missed this! Thank you so much

Chris Stedman @chrisdstedman.bsky.social · Sep 4

Iconic - I’d love to see it!

Chris Stedman @chrisdstedman.bsky.social · Sep 4

Does anyone happen to have a copy of the book “Land of 10,000 Loves: A History of Queer Minnesota” by Stewart Van Cleve? It’s out of print as a physical book and I hate reading ebooks. I need it for a project and would be so grateful to find a used copy that isn’t hundreds of dollars

Land of 10,000 Loves A History of Queer Minnesota [book cover]
Stewart Van Cleve
A groundbreaking, comprehensively illustrated portrait of queer history in Minnesota

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Chris Stedman @chrisdstedman.bsky.social · Sep 4

Hodag mentioned!!

High-Tier / I'd Mount it Above My Fireplace

The Hodag

[image of the Hodag statue in Rhinelander, WI]

The Hodag just makes me go "Yay!" Look at it. The mythical beast was popularized in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, by Eugene Shepard in a bid to promote Rhinelander, Wisconsin. It worked rather splendidly on me. The Hodag can be seen on the town's water tower and on various merchandise. The line between advertising and collective psychosis is razor-thin, and the Hodag lives in that narrow zone. I would sacrifice the

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Chris Stedman @chrisdstedman.bsky.social · Aug 28

Just passed a billboard that said “get us out of the United Nations” 😵‍💫

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Nabalkattu @nabalkattu.bsky.social · Aug 23

Oh my God it's true
stanfordreview.org/uchicago-los...

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Chris Stedman @chrisdstedman.bsky.social · Aug 11

😂

Chris Stedman @chrisdstedman.bsky.social · Aug 11

Bless you (lol)

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Sarah Jones @sarahjones.bsky.social · Aug 10

Fully entered a state of madness by the time I finished this essay, on the remarkable intellectual (and political) failures of New Atheism, and a new anthology edited by Lawrence Krauss nymag.com/intelligence...

How the New Atheists Joined the MAHA War on Science

A new anthology showcases the intellectual failures of a diminishing brand.

nymag.com

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Chris Stedman @chrisdstedman.bsky.social · Aug 10

Those three are all straight men, but unfortunately they’re not alone - Pete is out there peddling transphobic talking points, too

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Good Judy Productions @goodjudypods.bsky.social · Aug 9

Thank you to everyone who came out to today’s story sharing and recording session at Quatrefoil Library today! We had such a great time learning from and about your experiences of queer and trans mutual aid, and documenting them for our project.

Group of people sitting in a circle sharing stories of queer and trans mutual aid.

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Chris Stedman @chrisdstedman.bsky.social · Aug 8

This is tomorrow! I’d love to see you there

Good Judy Productions @goodjudypods.bsky.social · Aug 6

Minnesotans: Please join us this Saturday at Quatrefoil Library to share your story of queer and trans mutual aid for the Tretter Collection archives and potential use in our audio project! 3-5 pm at 1220 E Lake St in Minneapolis. Poster by Ted Martin 💚

THE WE HELP US HOTLINE
ALL ARE WELCOME
SHARE YOUR STORY OF QUEER AND TRANS MUTUAL AID FOR AN AUDIO ORAL HISTORY PROJECT AND THE TRETTER COLLECTION ARCHIVES
SAT. AUGUST 9TH 3PM - 5PM
QUATREFOIL LIBRARY
1220 E. LAKE ST
MINNEAPOLIS MN

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · Aug 8

EHRC now saying that not only should trans people be excluded from sex segregated spaces, but ALSO those matching birth sex:

“A legitimate aim for excluding a trans person from … service for their own biological sex …to prevent alarm or distress for other service users.”
archive.ph/2025.08.07-2...

The Times understands that the guidance is still being finalised and it will not decree that services have to provide single-sex spaces, but that if they do - for example if a lavatory is intended for women - transgender women would be excluded from using it. To allow someone of the opposite sex to use the facilities would be very likely to amount to unlawful discrimination.
It will also make clear that it will not be deemed as discrimination to exclude trans people from those facilities and that services will be allowed to request birth certificates to ensure single-sex services are protected.

It read: "A legitimate aim for excluding a trans person from a separate or single-sex service for their own biological sex might be to prevent alarm or distress for other service
users.
"A trans man might be excluded from the women-only service if the service provider decides that, because he presents as a man, other service users could reasonably object to his presence, and it is a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim to exclude him".

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · Aug 6

Hey, so, TOTALLY not suggesting that RFK Jr. BACKS DOWN when we PUSH BACK, BUT if you’d like to call…

HHS Toll-Free: 1-877-696-6775

HHS Direct Line: 202-690-7000

PLEASE share and consider calling your senators and representatives as well.

NONE of this is okay.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

RFK Jr’s health department to halt $500m in mRNA vaccine research

Agency to end 22 federal contracts, questioning safety of technology credited with helping end Covid pandemic

www.theguardian.com

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Chris Stedman @chrisdstedman.bsky.social · Aug 8

Yeah, I initially wanted to watch it in order to understand how bad things have gotten, but within a couple seconds I couldn’t bear to keep going

Chris Stedman @chrisdstedman.bsky.social · Aug 7

I don’t have the words for how fucked up this is. I had to shut the “interview” off almost immediately variety.com/2025/tv/news...

Jim Acosta Interviews AI Version of Teenager Killed in Parkland Shooting: ‘It’s Just a Beautiful Thing’

Journalist Jim Acosta conducted an interview with an AI version of Joaquin Oliver, a teenager killed in the Parkland school shooting in 2018.

variety.com

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · Aug 7

NEW: Ayman Soliman is locally renowned for helping the families of dying kids.

Now, friends say he’s been "tortured" in isolation as the Trump administration tries to deport him.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Good Judy Productions @goodjudypods.bsky.social · Aug 6

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Danya Glabau @allergyphd.bsky.social · Aug 5

All still banned in my classes.

We've had extensive discussions in the past year amongst my close colleagues about AI use in the classroom, and some people take different approaches. But all of these uses prevent students from learning what I am teaching them, here specifically information literacy

John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · Aug 5

The Appendix on an AI policy is actually quite bad. Having an AI deliver a summary before reading has major implications in terms of the experience of student learning. What we want students to do and how they do it is the question. The experience of reading is not the same as reading a summary.

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