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The Sociologist's Dojo is a blog and podcast focusing on the social analysis of film and popular culture using the Sociological Perspective.

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http://thesociologistsdojo.blogspot.com

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Episode 58: This is How You Lose The Time War with Dr. Rebecca Gibson. We talk about romance, gender and narrative fluidity, and neurodivergent representation in robots. Enjoy!

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The Sociologist's Dojo Podcast: Episode 58: This Is How You Lose The Time War with Dr. Rebecca Gibson
  On this month's episode of The Sociologist's Dojo Podcast Dr. Rebecca Gibson returns to the podcast to talk about the sapphic, Sci-Fi, Shakespearean, trans-inclusive, time-bending novel: . by A...
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November 21, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Final Essay of the year finished, edited, and set to be published Dec 1st. Look for it soon. Now on to recording the final episode of the Podcast this weekend, to be released the week of Christmas.

Stay Tuned.
November 20, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The discourse I see around the Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of the Dune series really highlights the current state of media illiteracy. Herbert designed Paul Atreides to be an intergalactic genocidal warlord. To speak against colonialism and anti-evironmentalism Yet, people think Paul is the hero.
November 16, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Alice Wong's last public statement. #disability #activism
November 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Go read Alice Wong's Books in Momoriam (1974-2025) #disability #Sociology
November 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Watch all of Pakula's "Paranoid Trilogy, then read this.
Klute is leaving the Criterion Channel at the end of the month, and you should watch it, and then maybe read this. if you feel like it, no pressure.
November 14, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Like the Colaboration. Not sure about the material.
‘Gambino’: John Woo & Nicolas Cage To Reunite On Upcoming Pic About Notorious NYC Crime Boss
‘Gambino’: John Woo & Nicolas Cage To Reunite On Upcoming Pic About Notorious NYC Crime Boss
Nearly three decades after “Face/Off,” John Woo and Nicolas Cage will reunite for their third project together. Deadline reports that Cage will star in the Woo-directed “Gambino,” about the notorious NYC crime boss Carlo Gambino. It’s Woo’s first film since 2024’s “The Killer,” while for the ever-prolific Cage, the crime pic is just one of several upcoming projects, including “Madden,” “The Prince,” and “Fortitude.” READ MORE: ‘The Carpenter’s Son’ Teaser Trailer: Beware, Satan, Nicolas Cage Is Jesus In New Horror With FKA Twigs & Noah Jupe But what’s the set-up for “Gambino”?  George Gallo and Nick Vallelonga pen the script, which follows the chaos that erupts in the NYC underworld after the death of Cage’s Gambino.  Amidst the power flux, Pulitzer-winning journalist Jimmy Breslin tries to uncover the real Gambino beneath the legends that swirl around his name and how the boss redefined organized crime in America.  For those unfamiliar with Gambino, he was one of the most notorious crime bosses in the 20th-century United States, and a powerful part of the mob until his death in 1976.  WME Indepdent will launch sales for the film at next week’s AFM. Continue reading ‘Gambino’: John Woo & Nicolas Cage To Reunite On Upcoming Pic About Notorious NYC Crime Boss at The Playlist.
dlvr.it
November 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
In sociology, we teach that the building of social networks helps to foster communities that can provide support and protection.

As evidenced here, there is no specific moral or ethical requirement to its formation. In fact, whole subcultures of 'scum and villainy' rely on such social entanglements
Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon that the lawyers representing Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearing should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause false memories or memory loss.
November 13, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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Tatsuya Nakadai (1932–2025)
November 11, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Cruelty is the point on both sides. While one side sociopathically weaponizes compassion and revels in hurting people. The other side feigns compassion while weaponizing people's pain to gain power. It's the political difference between overt and covert racism. It's bombings vs. Austerity measures
November 10, 2025 at 3:47 AM
November 9, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Now seated for:
November 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
November's episode, Episode 58: This is How You Lose The Tme War with Dr. Rebecca Gibson is edited and out for review. Look for it on 11/21

@drrgibsongirl.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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posh.mk
November 6, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Hi all.

Hazel has some unexpected emergency vet bills from today (I think she’s going to be okay).

The cost was a lot and I could use some help covering it.

If you’d like to help, I’m linking my #PangoBooks bookshop and #Poshmark shop in the next two skeets.

Thanks, folks. 💜
November 6, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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We're hiring 2 Assistant Professors of Sociology: Gender and Sexuality and Environmental Sociology. At @tcdsociology.bsky.social, we aspire to be a method-agnostic group of solution-oriented sociologists. Join our welcoming community at @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social. Deadline 1 Dec. Link in the comment.
November 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
November 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Do any fellow academic geeks want to talk about their favorite film or piece of popular culture? Do you have research you'd like to plug? We can talk about that too! I'm scheduling recordings for 2026. Message me or email the podcast at thesociologistsdojo@gmail.com, and we can get the ball rolling.
a black and white drawing of a movie camera and the words `` movie time '' .
ALT: a black and white drawing of a movie camera and the words `` movie time '' .
media.tenor.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Editing has begun... Look for it at the end of the month.

@drrgibsongirl.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Respond with the same actor as a hero and villain.
November 5, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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Excellent op-ed by environmental sociologist Eric Bond and Viktor Newby.

"We submitted FOIA requests to every Virginia locality we could identify w/ an existing, approved, or proposed data center. We found that... 25 out of a total of 31 localities have NDAs."

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November 4, 2025 at 2:54 AM