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
it’s never too early for gratitude, but today I’m thankful to be home and for these awesome mini-zines Lynn Huber @lhuber.bsky.social made for her review of *Trans Biblical* this past weekend!
November 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
it’s never too early for gratitude, but today I’m thankful to be home and for these awesome mini-zines Lynn Huber @lhuber.bsky.social made for her review of *Trans Biblical* this past weekend!
*Trans Biblical* is here!! (And so are we!)
Looking forward to this afternoon’s review session
Looking forward to this afternoon’s review session
November 23, 2025 at 5:23 PM
*Trans Biblical* is here!! (And so are we!)
Looking forward to this afternoon’s review session
Looking forward to this afternoon’s review session
aaaaahhhhhhhh. the ocean (even in November)
November 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
aaaaahhhhhhhh. the ocean (even in November)
some local wisdom, before this colonial holiday
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 AM
some local wisdom, before this colonial holiday
my miniature haul from the @dukepress.bsky.social fall sale, arrived in time for pre-#AARSBL25 travel reading!!!
November 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
my miniature haul from the @dukepress.bsky.social fall sale, arrived in time for pre-#AARSBL25 travel reading!!!
Hey hey it’s Proofs day!
The latest issue of QTR: A Journal of Trans and Queer Studies in Religion, coming your way through Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social
very soon!
The latest issue of QTR: A Journal of Trans and Queer Studies in Religion, coming your way through Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social
very soon!
November 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Hey hey it’s Proofs day!
The latest issue of QTR: A Journal of Trans and Queer Studies in Religion, coming your way through Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social
very soon!
The latest issue of QTR: A Journal of Trans and Queer Studies in Religion, coming your way through Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social
very soon!
Proofs day!
Disidentifying Letters and a Sense of the Assemblies: On Munoz’s Approaches and Affects
coming soon in the next issue of Bible and Critical Theory, thanks to @jaxhidalgo.bsky.social,
Peter Anthony Mena, @rhiannongraybill.bsky.social, Rob Seesengood, and some generous reviewers!
Disidentifying Letters and a Sense of the Assemblies: On Munoz’s Approaches and Affects
coming soon in the next issue of Bible and Critical Theory, thanks to @jaxhidalgo.bsky.social,
Peter Anthony Mena, @rhiannongraybill.bsky.social, Rob Seesengood, and some generous reviewers!
October 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Proofs day!
Disidentifying Letters and a Sense of the Assemblies: On Munoz’s Approaches and Affects
coming soon in the next issue of Bible and Critical Theory, thanks to @jaxhidalgo.bsky.social,
Peter Anthony Mena, @rhiannongraybill.bsky.social, Rob Seesengood, and some generous reviewers!
Disidentifying Letters and a Sense of the Assemblies: On Munoz’s Approaches and Affects
coming soon in the next issue of Bible and Critical Theory, thanks to @jaxhidalgo.bsky.social,
Peter Anthony Mena, @rhiannongraybill.bsky.social, Rob Seesengood, and some generous reviewers!
And then good friends show a whole other kind of generosity upon their return from Wisconsin!
October 15, 2025 at 11:03 PM
And then good friends show a whole other kind of generosity upon their return from Wisconsin!
timeline cleanse
(someone likes me enough to give me flowers)
(someone likes me enough to give me flowers)
October 2, 2025 at 11:22 PM
timeline cleanse
(someone likes me enough to give me flowers)
(someone likes me enough to give me flowers)
Check out this online workshop on trans affirming approaches to the Bible, built around *Trans Biblical* and featuring the creditors Melissa Harl Sellew, Katy Valentine, and myself!
Coming up in just a couple of weeks!
Coming up in just a couple of weeks!
September 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Check out this online workshop on trans affirming approaches to the Bible, built around *Trans Biblical* and featuring the creditors Melissa Harl Sellew, Katy Valentine, and myself!
Coming up in just a couple of weeks!
Coming up in just a couple of weeks!
Tis the reason for the season — don’t forget labor movements and join a union today!
September 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Tis the reason for the season — don’t forget labor movements and join a union today!
trying to rally myself for the first day back to classes
August 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
trying to rally myself for the first day back to classes
The Institute for Signifying Scriptures is opening up a new, free virtual seminar format, #Scriptures Everywhere. Go to www.signifyingscriptures.org/podcast/ to sign up and join, starting Sept 5, 1 pm EST/10 am PST
Zora Neale Hurston’s Barracoon as a conversation partner on scriptures and memory.
Zora Neale Hurston’s Barracoon as a conversation partner on scriptures and memory.
August 7, 2025 at 11:29 AM
The Institute for Signifying Scriptures is opening up a new, free virtual seminar format, #Scriptures Everywhere. Go to www.signifyingscriptures.org/podcast/ to sign up and join, starting Sept 5, 1 pm EST/10 am PST
Zora Neale Hurston’s Barracoon as a conversation partner on scriptures and memory.
Zora Neale Hurston’s Barracoon as a conversation partner on scriptures and memory.
still have so much more writing and revising to do, but rather excited to get a copy of Matthew Larsen and Mark Letteny’s *Ancient Mediterranean Incarceration* today!
August 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
still have so much more writing and revising to do, but rather excited to get a copy of Matthew Larsen and Mark Letteny’s *Ancient Mediterranean Incarceration* today!
art break on a sweltering afternoon, with some wondrous works by Alma Thomas
July 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
art break on a sweltering afternoon, with some wondrous works by Alma Thomas
if you haven’t read, and are at all inclined, i just finished Jamie Hood’s *Trauma Plot: A Life* and it’s incredible
July 13, 2025 at 5:19 PM
if you haven’t read, and are at all inclined, i just finished Jamie Hood’s *Trauma Plot: A Life* and it’s incredible
queer consolation in otherwise harrowing times: getting physical copies of the latest issue of QTR!
Cover featuring the work of Darryl DeAngelo Terrell brought to you by our creative submissions editors Amina Shumake and Jeanine Viau
Cover featuring the work of Darryl DeAngelo Terrell brought to you by our creative submissions editors Amina Shumake and Jeanine Viau
July 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM
queer consolation in otherwise harrowing times: getting physical copies of the latest issue of QTR!
Cover featuring the work of Darryl DeAngelo Terrell brought to you by our creative submissions editors Amina Shumake and Jeanine Viau
Cover featuring the work of Darryl DeAngelo Terrell brought to you by our creative submissions editors Amina Shumake and Jeanine Viau
Marsha! At the beach!
June 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Marsha! At the beach!
Looking away from this latest horrible news, and seeing these reminders (including this lovely bookmark from my reading group), so:
if you’re also at all lucky, do whatever you can to support trans and gender expansive young people, today and tomorrow and as early and as often as possible
if you’re also at all lucky, do whatever you can to support trans and gender expansive young people, today and tomorrow and as early and as often as possible
June 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Looking away from this latest horrible news, and seeing these reminders (including this lovely bookmark from my reading group), so:
if you’re also at all lucky, do whatever you can to support trans and gender expansive young people, today and tomorrow and as early and as often as possible
if you’re also at all lucky, do whatever you can to support trans and gender expansive young people, today and tomorrow and as early and as often as possible
starter stack for my early summer beach reading!
May 31, 2025 at 4:17 PM
starter stack for my early summer beach reading!
the list of summer reading treats growing with the arrival of @tourmaliiine.bsky.social
Tourmaline’s long-awaited biography of Marsha P. Johnson!
Tourmaline’s long-awaited biography of Marsha P. Johnson!
May 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM
the list of summer reading treats growing with the arrival of @tourmaliiine.bsky.social
Tourmaline’s long-awaited biography of Marsha P. Johnson!
Tourmaline’s long-awaited biography of Marsha P. Johnson!
new, still ambivalent headshot dropped
May 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
new, still ambivalent headshot dropped
An important reminder any day, but particularly feeling its need today
May 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
An important reminder any day, but particularly feeling its need today
a bittersweet graduation day, made better by the company of extraordinary colleagues like Matthew Hotham @mrhotham.bsky.social
and Sarah Vitale
@sarahvit82.bsky.social
and Sarah Vitale
@sarahvit82.bsky.social
May 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
a bittersweet graduation day, made better by the company of extraordinary colleagues like Matthew Hotham @mrhotham.bsky.social
and Sarah Vitale
@sarahvit82.bsky.social
and Sarah Vitale
@sarahvit82.bsky.social