Ruth, Naomi, and Patriarchy with Diamond Stylz

<p>Liam and Peterson welcome Diamond Stylz to the podcast. She unpacks and repackages the Book of Ruth, while she relentlessly highlights the patriarchy that fuels the narrative. </p> <a href='https://diamondstylz.com/'>Diamond Stylz</a> is one of the premier voices among the millennial black trans community. Currently, Diamond is the Executive Director of <a href='https://blacktranswomen.org/'>Black Trans Women Inc,</a> a national non-profit that is led by Black trans women focused on social advocacy, economic equity and building strong leadership among Black trans women.  Diamond is the host and producer of <a href='https://diamondstylz.com/marshas-plate/'>Marsha's Plate</a>, a weekly podcast that archives and centers the trans social justice movements and pro-black feminist culture.  Diamond also contributed an essay the the anthology <a href='https://otherwisechristian.com/books/otherwise-christian-2-stories-from-the-front-lines/'>OtherWise Christian 2: Stories of Resistance</a>.    Liam shares the "Other Text," the poem, Gender, by Dr. Joy Ladin from her collection of poems entitled <a href='https://joyladin.wordpress.com/'>Impersonation</a>. Dr. Ladin was <a href='https://biblebashpodcast.podbean.com/e/being-transgender-being-human-%E2%80%94joy-ladin-and-the-book-of-jonah/'>a guest on Bible Bash</a> and spoke about the story of Jonah as a metaphor for her own life.    <p>In each episode of Bible Bash Podcast, Peterson, cisgender gay Bible scholar and co-host, <a href='https://liammichaelhooper.com/'>Liam Michael Hooper</a>, a trans Bible scholar, take turns presenting the text. They then discuss. In addition, each episode they present another text, a non-Biblical text of note--religious or secular--that may or may not correspond to the Bible text. </p> <p>Bible Bash Podcast is a project of <a href='https://ministriesbeyondwelcome.org/'>Ministries Beyond Welcome</a>. </p> <p>Our theme song is Playbill by The Jellyrox. It is available on iTunes, Spotify, or through <a href='https://rockcandyrecordings.