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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I love that half the ads now are about trying to find meaning in our existential hell world and the product at the end is either AI or Jesus
February 8, 2026 at 4:14 PM
I love that half the ads now are about trying to find meaning in our existential hell world and the product at the end is either AI or Jesus
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Good thing Virginia Tech ended its religion department! Nothing to see here!
I love that half the ads now are about trying to find meaning in our existential hell world and the product at the end is either AI or Jesus
February 9, 2026 at 3:18 AM
Good thing Virginia Tech ended its religion department! Nothing to see here!
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Kind of gives away the whole game that all the crypto ads this year have been replaced with gambling and AI ads.
February 9, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Kind of gives away the whole game that all the crypto ads this year have been replaced with gambling and AI ads.
tuning in now only to watch the halftime show
February 9, 2026 at 1:20 AM
tuning in now only to watch the halftime show
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I'd watch a muppet show movie where the muppets infiltrate an academic conference.
February 7, 2026 at 2:45 PM
I'd watch a muppet show movie where the muppets infiltrate an academic conference.
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I'm a Columbia Heights resident. ICE is still here, terrorizing, breaking laws, harassing people, causing chaos. Tell your family and friends. No matter what this administration's minions report: Nothing Has Changed.
February 7, 2026 at 9:09 PM
I'm a Columbia Heights resident. ICE is still here, terrorizing, breaking laws, harassing people, causing chaos. Tell your family and friends. No matter what this administration's minions report: Nothing Has Changed.
next weekend!
The 8th annual Queer and Trans Studies in Religion conference, all online this year
register here so you don’t miss out on so many fabulous panels and the two amazing keynotes from Lamya H and Evren Savci @evrensavci.bsky.social
studyofreligion.ucr.edu/holstein-cha...
The 8th annual Queer and Trans Studies in Religion conference, all online this year
register here so you don’t miss out on so many fabulous panels and the two amazing keynotes from Lamya H and Evren Savci @evrensavci.bsky.social
studyofreligion.ucr.edu/holstein-cha...
UCR Conference on Queer and Trans Studies in Religion
UCR Conference on Queer and Trans Studies in Religion Queering the Academic Conference since 2019 UCR-QTSR VIII – February 13-15, 2026 Theme: Sanctuary and Struggle We’re happy to welcome Evren Savc...
studyofreligion.ucr.edu
February 7, 2026 at 4:12 PM
next weekend!
The 8th annual Queer and Trans Studies in Religion conference, all online this year
register here so you don’t miss out on so many fabulous panels and the two amazing keynotes from Lamya H and Evren Savci @evrensavci.bsky.social
studyofreligion.ucr.edu/holstein-cha...
The 8th annual Queer and Trans Studies in Religion conference, all online this year
register here so you don’t miss out on so many fabulous panels and the two amazing keynotes from Lamya H and Evren Savci @evrensavci.bsky.social
studyofreligion.ucr.edu/holstein-cha...
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Weird how none of the people who were weeping, wailing, and gnashing their teeth about remote learning in 2020 are offering us a repeat performance here.
It’s almost as if they didn’t give a rat’s ass about the kids’ well-being after all.
It’s almost as if they didn’t give a rat’s ass about the kids’ well-being after all.
ICE surge news: Minneapolis Public Schools has extended *optional* distance learning until April 6.
February 6, 2026 at 5:18 AM
Weird how none of the people who were weeping, wailing, and gnashing their teeth about remote learning in 2020 are offering us a repeat performance here.
It’s almost as if they didn’t give a rat’s ass about the kids’ well-being after all.
It’s almost as if they didn’t give a rat’s ass about the kids’ well-being after all.
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Democratizing the arts looks like universal income, low-barrier grants for both emerging and working artists, well-funded municipal arts & recreation programs, vibrant third spaces, and a well-funded public school system with progressive curriculum.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
February 7, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Democratizing the arts looks like universal income, low-barrier grants for both emerging and working artists, well-funded municipal arts & recreation programs, vibrant third spaces, and a well-funded public school system with progressive curriculum.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
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An artist gives her life to her art. That’s why it matters. A work of art is a fragment of a life, preserved.
February 7, 2026 at 12:46 AM
An artist gives her life to her art. That’s why it matters. A work of art is a fragment of a life, preserved.
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Just because good news is worth celebrating:
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
February 7, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Just because good news is worth celebrating:
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
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I am truly honored and looking forward to it.
ICYMI: the registration link for the Queer and Trans Studies in Religion conference is live!
this year's edition will be completely online, and thus so easy to attend, with incredible keynotes from Evren Savcı @evrensavci.bsky.social and Lamya H!
studyofreligion.ucr.edu/holstein-cha...
this year's edition will be completely online, and thus so easy to attend, with incredible keynotes from Evren Savcı @evrensavci.bsky.social and Lamya H!
studyofreligion.ucr.edu/holstein-cha...
UCR Conference on Queer and Trans Studies in Religion
UCR Conference on Queer and Trans Studies in Religion Queering the Academic Conference since 2019 UCR-QTSR VIII – February 13-15, 2026 Theme: Sanctuary and Struggle We’re happy to welcome Evren Savc...
studyofreligion.ucr.edu
February 6, 2026 at 8:00 PM
I am truly honored and looking forward to it.
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Imagine---imagine!---getting through an education or a career without anyone, ever, describing your fuckability
February 5, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Imagine---imagine!---getting through an education or a career without anyone, ever, describing your fuckability
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I cannot stand the "this is a good start" discourse. The Democrats in Congress do not want to abolish ICE. They have proposed a series of bog-standard reforms regurgitated by a think tank. Everyone knows they do not work. The Democrats supporting this do not care. They just want to move on.
February 5, 2026 at 7:39 PM
I cannot stand the "this is a good start" discourse. The Democrats in Congress do not want to abolish ICE. They have proposed a series of bog-standard reforms regurgitated by a think tank. Everyone knows they do not work. The Democrats supporting this do not care. They just want to move on.
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This is NOT, in fact, “how men behave.” It’s how predators and scumbags behave. We should never allow them to say “oh gee golly, it’s just because I’m a dude.”
If someone you’re recommending a student to asks for “aesthetic details,” tell him NO and immediately WARN the student. FFS.
If someone you’re recommending a student to asks for “aesthetic details,” tell him NO and immediately WARN the student. FFS.
This is the Yale professor's explanation for why he described the physical attractiveness of a student in an email to Epstein. He explicitly says he regrets nothing about their association.
Again, I'm so happy Yale hired David Brooks to restore trust.
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
Again, I'm so happy Yale hired David Brooks to restore trust.
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
February 5, 2026 at 9:27 PM
This is NOT, in fact, “how men behave.” It’s how predators and scumbags behave. We should never allow them to say “oh gee golly, it’s just because I’m a dude.”
If someone you’re recommending a student to asks for “aesthetic details,” tell him NO and immediately WARN the student. FFS.
If someone you’re recommending a student to asks for “aesthetic details,” tell him NO and immediately WARN the student. FFS.
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It is really infuriating to see how misogyny really does unite men across the sociopolitical spectrum. And, in so far as the Epstein files go, they sort women into two categories: fuckable or irrelevant. When they near a hint of accountability they complain about not being able to make women prey.
February 5, 2026 at 7:33 PM
It is really infuriating to see how misogyny really does unite men across the sociopolitical spectrum. And, in so far as the Epstein files go, they sort women into two categories: fuckable or irrelevant. When they near a hint of accountability they complain about not being able to make women prey.
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New Mexico's legislature just passed a bill that bans local governments from joining ICE's 287(g) program *and* from hosting detention centers. On to the governor.
www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
New Mexico Senate approves bill to ban ICE detention centers
The New Mexico Legislature approved the Immigration Safety Act. House bill 9 bars the state from allowing ICE detention centers.
www.elpasotimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:38 PM
New Mexico's legislature just passed a bill that bans local governments from joining ICE's 287(g) program *and* from hosting detention centers. On to the governor.
www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
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"By the end of the two-year period, 94% of participants reported they were housed."
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
Homeless Oregon youth got $1,000 a month for two years. Most found housing after • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Oregon is the second of its kind in the nation to implement the direct cash transfer program after New York City.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:12 PM
"By the end of the two-year period, 94% of participants reported they were housed."
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
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Over the next year, I’ll be transitioning into the role of editor-in-chief for the journal Biblical Interpretation. So a reminder to all you who work on biblical and adjacent materials to consider submitting. brill.com/view/journal...
brill.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Over the next year, I’ll be transitioning into the role of editor-in-chief for the journal Biblical Interpretation. So a reminder to all you who work on biblical and adjacent materials to consider submitting. brill.com/view/journal...
Ugh, unbelievable; and also sadly, enragingly too believable
an absolutely brutal read, but an illuminating one.
I studied the latest Epstein files. As a woman, this is what I felt
They show a hidden world oiled by porn-saturated misogyny. I spent two days reading them
www.thetimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Ugh, unbelievable; and also sadly, enragingly too believable
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✨proofs day✨ for "Victim Blaming and Slut Shaming in the Exegesis on the Soul," coming out with Harvard Theological Review soon
February 2, 2026 at 8:07 PM
✨proofs day✨ for "Victim Blaming and Slut Shaming in the Exegesis on the Soul," coming out with Harvard Theological Review soon
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ICE shooting a food bank worker in the back is a little on the nose for the current moment
US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say
U.S. citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents about children gathering at bus stop, lawyers say
Lawyers for Carlos Jimenez said he was in fear after an agent threatened him with chemical spray, then pointed a gun at him.
www.latimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:16 AM
ICE shooting a food bank worker in the back is a little on the nose for the current moment
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World's least surprising stat, now with alt text:
February 3, 2026 at 10:20 PM
World's least surprising stat, now with alt text: