I've been working on this for 18 months, so super excited that it is now *finally* out in the world! It's open access, so free for anyone to read! The article tackles the way that contemporary readers *import* homophobia into ancient texts. doi.org/10.1163/1568...

Exciting news just before the weekend. Proofs!!!

Reception folks! Theory heads! Submit your abstracts to @tdbiii.bsky.social and me by 13th April.

NEWS: This librarian in Rutherford County, Tennessee, is a hero without a cape. www.advocate.com/politics/sta...

Exciting news! I just had an article published calling out a homophobic article Novum Testamentum published last year. It’s open access and free to read thanks to my employer. Get it here doi.org/10.1163/1568.... A thread on what it’s about below:

You guys. It finally happened.

Available now in Open Access — free to browse and download. I’m thrilled that this book is finally seeing the light of day. It’s been quite the journey. Many thanks to all the friends and colleagues who helped me along the way!

If you are mobile and want to do research related to this theme, this is a great opportunity. Matthijs is a great person to work with (as are the other biblical studies people on faculty there!), Radboud is a great place to work, and Nijmegen is a great place to live, even if only temporarily.

In case you haven't yet heard about it, there is an interesting new project on 'Ethnicity and (In)Equality in Early Christianity' being led by Matthijs den Dulk (Radboud University). Currently hiring for a 3-year postdoc. Application deadline is 8 March. www.eiec.info/home

Please share widely! 3-year Postdoc in Early Christian Studies. Deadline: 8 March. Let me know if you have any questions or want to nominate a colleague.

Come to Nijmegen and be my colleague! 3-year postdoc on ethnicity and (in)equality in early Christianity, supervised by @matthijsdendulk.bsky.social. All I can say is we are a great group of people and Nijmegen is a pretty good place to live.

Psyched that the CfP for Maryanne Saunders’ NG colloquium, exploring expansive ideas about familial ties as represented in art, is now live! www.nationalgallery.org.uk/research/sem... Abstracts up to 300 words with a short bio due by Monday 26 January 2026. Please share widely!

Excited to see my book pal’s book next to mine in the book hall! @siobhanjolley.bsky.social’s book is cooler because it has pictures!

Had loads of fun at my first paper on The Chosen today. One more tomorrow at 9am, on The Chosen fanfic (slashfic) that imagine sexual relationships between the disciples. Thanks to @siobhanjolley.bsky.social for the HQ action pic! #aarsbl2025 #sblaar25

Very much looking forward to the book review panel of my book at 4pm today! It’s S22-336 if anyone’s interested. With superstars @drmjcwarren.bsky.social @brownsmith.bsky.social and Acacia Chan. #aarsbl25 #sblaar25

Early Christian Epistolarity is out now! Get your copy (or, you know, get your library to order it) at brill.com/display/titl.... It was an honor to work on this project with Judith Lieu @greggiven.bsky.social @angelastandh.bsky.social @cavanconcannon.bsky.social, Harry Maier (1/2)

God, Slavery, and Early Christianity is out in the real world with @universitypress.cambridge.org! I have some extra, so retweet this by the end of Oct. 19 if you’re interested in receiving a copy! Book info here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...

Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis

The Trump administration demanding that UCLA screen international students for their political opinions and deny the existence of trans people is a fascist move plain and simple

The British New Testament Society conference is taking place in Manchester. Tonight, we have a panel on decolonising New Testament Studies. #bnts25 @bntsoc.bsky.social

We're off to a great start in the new Reception, Critical Theory, and Interdisciplinary Studies seminar at #BNTS2025. @tdbiii.bsky.social chaired our first session, which featured papers on decolonising hospitality, positionally and applying Bakhtin to Romans.

In-person booking for the conference may have closed, but online registration remains open until 31st August, at the lower rate of £60. estore.manchester.ac.uk/conferences-...

🚨Booking closes tomorrow for in-person attendance. Don’t miss out!🚨

There are just ten days left to book your in-person place for #BNTS2025 - booking will close Friday 15th August.

My chapter on Christian fans of My Little Pony and their fan texts is now open access via my university! Really happy with how Dutch copyright works for academia! [link in first comment] #fanfic #MLP #fanstudies #fan #fanfiction #fanfic #MLP #fanstudies

We’ve managed to secure some more en-suite rooms! Based on the first round these are likely to sell out quickly, so don’t delay.

En-suite residential packages are already sold out - time to book your place!

Ten days left to enter my book giveaway! Tell your friend to enter, (and tell your librarians to buy one please and thanks).

📣 Booking is now open for our 2025 meeting, hosted by @uomreligion.bsky.social - online and in person options available now. estore.manchester.ac.uk/conferences-...

So excited to see everyone in Manchester in September. I’ve already registrered!!!

Last week @tdbiii.bsky.social and I hosted a workshop in Soeterbeeck about contemporary feminist biblical reception. It was also the eighth hottest day since Dutch records began. Feeling very grateful for friends and colleagues able to be brilliant in extreme conditions and for what’s coming next!

Britain has an especially rigid class structure which roughly breaks down into a very small number of people who actually matter and a vast rabble of inferior people who don’t matter at all. When the latter harshly criticise the former, the real people go *absolutely apeshit*.

Het vertrouwen van de medezeggenschap in het college van bestuur staat ernstig onder druk. Dat schrijft de Universitaire Gemeenschappelijke Vergadering (UGV) in een open brief. Het ontbreekt aan transparantie, zelfreflectie, visie en zorgplicht.

After a lovely lunch, @tdbiii.bsky.social talks about how fans of The Chosen series believe the women characters are “liberated,” even as they are most certainly… not.

#ForBibleNerds and #Booksky, this might be for you.

I’m at the airport en route to #EABSBL, so it feels like the perfect time to send a copy of my book, Reimaging the Magdalene, on a journey too! 💛 like and 🔁 RT and I’ll draw a winner on the feast of Mary Mag (22/07, heathens) Let’s see where it ends up… #Giveaway

Holland is great for academia, all articles are Open Access after 6 months. Freely accessible today is my: 'My Body Made Me Do It: Noninvasive Possession in Early Christianity' in *Ideas of Possession: Interdisciplinary and Transcultural Perspectives* (OUP 2024) hdl.handle.net/2066/309371

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We're hosting the 2025 meeting of the Bible, Critical Theory and Reception Seminar here at @uomreligion.bsky.social today, with some great papers ahead. If you're interested in joining us next year, drop @tdbiii.bsky.social, @drrebekah.bsky.social or me a line!

Our second and third sessions are on Thursday, June 26th, featuring papers on HB/OT and reception, as well as female characters ( @jackiewyse.bsky.social; @tdbiii.bsky.social; @onikaprincess.bsky.social)! (3/4)

Study: 83% Of Web Content Unfit For Human Consumption theonion.com/study-8...

Curious? @tdbiii.bsky.social writes brilliantly on fanfic and early Christian writings, and @annapwilson.bsky.social does amazing work on fanfic and premodern writing. podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/i... journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/tw...

Now published! Sarah F. Porter (@portersf.bsky.social), “Writing to Paul: Using Interactive Fiction to Explore Early Christian Worlds.” tinyurl.com/PorterWritin...

Awesome way to start the day! My article on nonhumans (animals and demons) in an early Christian text has been published in the Journal for the study of the Pseudepigrapha! It’s open access, so free for all to read! Get it here: doi.org/10.1177/0951...

Had my first major cancellation of a speaking opportunity based on my gender identity since coming out. And hoo boy, it stings.

This is so ridiculously harmful and has nothing to do with protecting women. It is about social hygiene and the fact that some people think sex work is gross. And it has massive knock on effects.

Details on what is required for ICE to enter your home or car, or take you into custody in photos.

Trans Kids Deserve Better has just covered the front of the NHS England with bloody handprints with the words "release the trans suicides report"

Several staff members at Radboud University are outraged at the violence inflicted on students last Wednesday at the hands of the university and police. They ​​call on the Executive Board to apologise, stop calling police onto campus and cut the ties with universities complicit in genocide.

Proofs day! Coming soon in open access to Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha.