Submissions for Knee Brace Press's "Darkness" issue are open now until January 4! I hope you will submit your writing and art about chronic illness, disability, and neurodivergence to us! :)

Contact your reps NOW and tell them to vote NO on both bills! action.transequality.org/a/vote-no-hr... (2/2)

TWO anti-trans bills are up for a vote this week: ❌ Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's bill that would criminalize providers of gender-affirming care ❌ Rep. Dan Crenshaw's bill that would block Medicaid funds from covering transition-related care (1/2)

Vote for We Are Made of Scars and Starlight! <3

enfleshed's final publication is now available for free download: "Speak Easy: Queer Blessings for Co-creating a Wider We" enfleshed.com/speakeasy/

I was trying to think of what to call a BlueSky post a la "tweet," and I could only think of "bleat." E.g., "I saw a bleat the other day that said..." Please let me know if you come up with something better.

PhD Scholarship Opportunity in Ecotheology www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPS879/d...

Hey all, The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships. Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits. You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.

Join over 1,200 people in calling on Congress to act to put a stop this illegal, immoral killing:

Clergy response to border patrol in Charlotte During a Border Patrol sweep, pastors in stoles and collars became trained observers — documenting detentions, comforting frightened neighbors, and bearing witness to God’s call to protect the vulnerable.

#GivingTuesday2025 I'm running a 30% off sale on Etsy & if you buy my poetry chapbook about lupus, you'll get a FREE bookmark & sticker, w/ proceeds from both places going to the Lupus Foundation of America @lupus.org! If you just donate to @lupus.org, your donation is matched! Get the links below!

Herald Press' deal of the week is a book I'd love to read: "Blessed Is the Body: Disability Justice and the Community of Christ" by Duke Divinity School alum Tatum Tricarico.

I hate to do this, but I'm overdrafted and pay day is 3 days away, so if you want to help me out and buy some of my books half off, my winter sale is still going! payhip.com/marsadler

Today is #GivingTuesday — and in this moment, #NorthCarolina needs a strong Jewish voice for justice. If CJJ has inspired you, challenged you, or grounded you, consider supporting our work today. www.carolinajewsforjustice.org/donate

I hope you will consider supporting your local public media stations this Giving Tuesday!

Really want to read this new book from Lauren D. Sawyer on purity culture in evangelical spaces and how tied it is to racism and white supremacy.

A mentor-to-be of mine (Philip Yenawine) created A Day Without Art as part of the Visual AIDS collective in 1989. A day to honor the loss of brilliance as a result of the epidemic. 1/x This year, Trump cancelled recognition of World AIDS Day, today, & cuts to funding worldwide have consequences.

Please pre-order #FeministTheologies co-written with @feministgadfly.bsky.social Coming out soon. amzn.to/4pcyIWF

Ciarra Jones' piece is worth the read: "Hegseth’s rhetoric fuses patriotism, Christianity, and masculinity into one identity that sanctifies control, not care; conquest, not community."

Reminder for folks to enter the Disability December schmivaway on the 📸 app!

Today's blog is an "uncommon prayer" after Brian Doyle.

I created a Ko-Fi because my contract job is ending soon and I don't get paid on holidays. Every little bit helps. Thank you so much for your support. ko-fi.com/carsonrisser

Death Penalty Action invites you to support orgs in your state working to end executions. If you live in a state without without an organization, please consider supporting one of the national organizations which are listed. Check them all out here: deathpenaltyaction.org/givingtuesday/

We have a chance to make disabled voices heard — share your independent living story using our tool and make sure the Senate Special Committee on Aging knows what HCBS and CILs mean for us. Submit your story by Dec 7! secure.everyaction.com/y2OHTlGLrEer...

The Baylor College of Medicine and Stick with the Ick are partnering on an anonymous online study on how religion and positive and negative faith-based experiences might relate to symptoms of OCD. You can take the survey here.

Today's blog post is some reading recommendations!

🏳️‍⚧️ The feedback response from the interfaith statement affirming trans, intersex & nonbinary siblings, issued last week, has been powerful and inspiring. To make space for others to join this chorus of voices, we invite you to sign on to our public letter. 👉🏾 Add your name: https://ow.ly/ItAg50XvUvk

Yesterday, the CDC changed a webpage to lie about vaccines and autism. Vaccines are an important part of public health. HHS Secretary RFK Jr. and Acting CDC Director Jim O’Neill cannot be trusted to tell the truth. They must be removed from office immediately. autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/kenn...

Today, the White House said it would get rid of most of the Department of Education (ED). Everyone has the right to a good education — and we need to protect that right. Tell your Congresspeople we will not let this attack on disability rights continue! autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/what...

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!

It’s back 😏 Nominate Your Favorite Lit Mags of 2025 through this form ⬇️ www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag... Let’s love on some editors, folks. They freakin’ deserve it!

"Enter through a goneness, the way snow / finds the hole in the roof..." "Each Time as Suddenly" by @kaseyryoen.bsky.social psalteryandlyre.org/2025/11/17/e...

Today's blog post is on upcoming events: faith conferences and queer holiday concerts!

"...there is a disgraceful misconception that all people of faith do not affirm the full spectrum of gender – a great many of us do. Let it be known instead that our beloveds are created in the image of God – Holy and whole."

This is major! The heads of 10 religious traditions have issued a landmark statement proclaiming that transgender, intersex, and nonbinary people are worthy of love, support, and protection.

Calling all educators! Are you involved in delivering education in theology/biblical studies/religious studies etc? Librarians, this includes you! We want your feedback on our books - and there's a prize draw to enter at the end. Survey closes 2nd January. Click here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

@gracejisunkim.bsky.social: Native peoples are not relics of history. #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth invites us to uplift Indigenous sovereignty, honor the resilience of Indigenous peoples, confront painful truths and commit ourselves to justice and solidarity. Read more: ow.ly/26eu50Xr8at

Are you a Christian nonfiction reader interested in getting the inside scoop from our nonfiction divisions? Our newsletter, Baker Publishing Group Nonfiction Insider, just launched! Check it out: https://bit.ly/3IWMGvK

My lit mag isn’t even a year old yet and it’s already getting recognized🥹

I am sad to learn enfleshed is closing due to lack of sustainable funding. I am grateful for their LGBTQIA+ and disability-inclusive liturgical resources.

THE PUBLICY ENGAGED RELIGION MAPPING PROJECT | We are asking scholars, practitioners, and community partners to contribute to a collaborative initiative to build a dynamic, searchable database that highlights the scope and impact of public scholarship on religion. aarweb.org/news/the-pub...

DEAR US FOLKS: Once again I am teaming up with my local bookseller, Jay and Mary's Book Center, to offer up signed (and if requested, personalized) books for the holidays. All the details are at the link. Go there and get books for everyone! Including you! whatever.scalzi.com/2025/11/11/h...

From Bishop Flunder to Rev. Perry, these voices are singing in the key of liberation, preaching love and acceptance over fear and hate.

🚨BIG NEWS REVEAL🚨 So excited to share that I wrote a poetry chapbook about my lupus and the grief that comes with it. It's PUBLISHED with #BottlecapPress🥄🔥! Order your copy here: bottlecap.press/products/asp... #poetrycommunity #poet #smallpress #buymybook #writersofbluesky #newbooks

All the books I read by trans & enby authors this year (and also mine). I feel like we need them, for some reason🏳️‍⚧️💕 Go follow the authors! Books by @transhorrors.bsky.social, @jgv.bsky.social, @sonorareyes.bsky.social, @nvtran.bsky.social, and more📚✨

"Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide" apnews.com/article/supr...

My former employer, @uniofnottingham.bsky.social, will be the first Russell Group university to cut #Theology degrees from next year onwards: thetab.com/2025/11/06/r... Do consider to sign this student-led petitions: www.change.org/p/stop-the-r... @uonucu.bsky.social

Today's blog post is about the Wild Goose Festival, organizations working toward abolishing prison and the death penalty, and why, even though many Christian communities do great work for justice, I think it's important not to treat Christianity as an inherent moral good.