Niki Dolfi Hall
@profdolfi.bsky.social
Sociologist by birth, weird-ass human by training… Researching religious discrimination | nontheism | microaggressions & pop culture. Coming soon chapter on Father Brown & nontheism
Me in a nutshell:🌱🍽🎤🎨🎬🏳🌈♿ Follow ≠ Endorse. Mix of personal + professional.
Me in a nutshell:🌱🍽🎤🎨🎬🏳🌈♿ Follow ≠ Endorse. Mix of personal + professional.
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Hi new followers! I largely research at the intersection of religion & media mostly 📺 🎥. Current projects Doctor Who & the Bible, Father Brown & nontheist criminality, & NT representation in film. TBC posts are personal & professional. I ❤️ connecting w/ other scholars regardless of discipline.
I tried watching the new season of the Witcher… I gave up soon into episode three. There is so much I do not like, except Laurence Fishburne—how could you not love him in this weird character? Sadly, I don’t love him enough to suffer through the rest of it. Sorry y’all, I just can’t do it.
November 14, 2025 at 5:40 AM
I tried watching the new season of the Witcher… I gave up soon into episode three. There is so much I do not like, except Laurence Fishburne—how could you not love him in this weird character? Sadly, I don’t love him enough to suffer through the rest of it. Sorry y’all, I just can’t do it.
I’m thinking of starting ALL of my units in my sociology class w/ dumb shit people say. Like, I used an X post to start our unit on racism to highlight how most racism is not overt & is intersectional. And this week I started our unit on gender w/ the Women Ruining the Workplace NTY headline.
November 14, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I’m thinking of starting ALL of my units in my sociology class w/ dumb shit people say. Like, I used an X post to start our unit on racism to highlight how most racism is not overt & is intersectional. And this week I started our unit on gender w/ the Women Ruining the Workplace NTY headline.
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A man I love in a time travel film where he saves the future from evil Al?
Hell yes.
youtu.be/CaSxNAZUKsM?...
Hell yes.
youtu.be/CaSxNAZUKsM?...
GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON'T DIE | Teaser Trailer | February 13 - Only in Theaters
YouTube video by Briarcliff Entertainment
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November 13, 2025 at 9:24 PM
A man I love in a time travel film where he saves the future from evil Al?
Hell yes.
youtu.be/CaSxNAZUKsM?...
Hell yes.
youtu.be/CaSxNAZUKsM?...
I had Russian food for the first time a couple weeks ago and OMG it is all so amazing. I totally get why borscht is a thing. Pickled beets too!
November 13, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I had Russian food for the first time a couple weeks ago and OMG it is all so amazing. I totally get why borscht is a thing. Pickled beets too!
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Don't miss the free virtual conference on Christmas in Pop Culture this Saturday!!
Join us Sat. 11/15 for a FREE virtual conference on Christmas in Pop Culture! I'll be moderating a roundtable about my edited collection, Under the Mistletoe: Essays on Holiday Romance (@mcfarland.bsky.social).
And don't miss the keynote from historian @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social!
And don't miss the keynote from historian @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social!
November 13, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Don't miss the free virtual conference on Christmas in Pop Culture this Saturday!!
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This is the most awesome game I have ever heard of!
There's a card game based on this! It's called Brother, Why? And you play monks in the manuscriptorium who have to justify all the weird marginalia you added to the Bible while drunk. boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/44...
Brother, Why?
Medieval monks try to justify their absurd margin illustrations.
boardgamegeek.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
This is the most awesome game I have ever heard of!
Why are so fucking many of you posting pics w/ no damn alt text?? As time goes by it’s getting worse.
My sister is blind htf is she supposed to participate? AND not all of us are blind who need alt text. I have bad diplopia so I enlarge text on my screen—that does not enlarge text on your pic ffs.
My sister is blind htf is she supposed to participate? AND not all of us are blind who need alt text. I have bad diplopia so I enlarge text on my screen—that does not enlarge text on your pic ffs.
November 12, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Why are so fucking many of you posting pics w/ no damn alt text?? As time goes by it’s getting worse.
My sister is blind htf is she supposed to participate? AND not all of us are blind who need alt text. I have bad diplopia so I enlarge text on my screen—that does not enlarge text on your pic ffs.
My sister is blind htf is she supposed to participate? AND not all of us are blind who need alt text. I have bad diplopia so I enlarge text on my screen—that does not enlarge text on your pic ffs.
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Happy to report that the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign academic senate overwhelmingly passed a resolution against the federal “compact” all of us in higher ed have been offered, encouraging our administrators to keep opposing it. #MADC www.senate.illinois.edu/2025-2026/20...
www.senate.illinois.edu
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Happy to report that the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign academic senate overwhelmingly passed a resolution against the federal “compact” all of us in higher ed have been offered, encouraging our administrators to keep opposing it. #MADC www.senate.illinois.edu/2025-2026/20...
I love assigning annotated bibs but it is not fun having to grade 40… I have only graded 11 :(
I wished it was a faster process TBH
I wished it was a faster process TBH
November 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I love assigning annotated bibs but it is not fun having to grade 40… I have only graded 11 :(
I wished it was a faster process TBH
I wished it was a faster process TBH
After nearly 4 years of being a FODMAPer I mighta reached my breaking point.
I can handle using garlic oil, green onion/onion oil, even cutting out the fruits and veggies I absolutely love. But there is no *real* substitute for gluten.
I just don’t think I can be gluten free anymore.
I can handle using garlic oil, green onion/onion oil, even cutting out the fruits and veggies I absolutely love. But there is no *real* substitute for gluten.
I just don’t think I can be gluten free anymore.
November 8, 2025 at 1:26 AM
After nearly 4 years of being a FODMAPer I mighta reached my breaking point.
I can handle using garlic oil, green onion/onion oil, even cutting out the fruits and veggies I absolutely love. But there is no *real* substitute for gluten.
I just don’t think I can be gluten free anymore.
I can handle using garlic oil, green onion/onion oil, even cutting out the fruits and veggies I absolutely love. But there is no *real* substitute for gluten.
I just don’t think I can be gluten free anymore.
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Join us Sat. 11/15 for a FREE virtual conference on Christmas in Pop Culture! I'll be moderating a roundtable about my edited collection, Under the Mistletoe: Essays on Holiday Romance (@mcfarland.bsky.social).
And don't miss the keynote from historian @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social!
And don't miss the keynote from historian @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social!
November 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Join us Sat. 11/15 for a FREE virtual conference on Christmas in Pop Culture! I'll be moderating a roundtable about my edited collection, Under the Mistletoe: Essays on Holiday Romance (@mcfarland.bsky.social).
And don't miss the keynote from historian @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social!
And don't miss the keynote from historian @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social!
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Doing some math with the White House.
November 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Doing some math with the White House.
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#Xenophobia, #Islamophobia ➡️Drawing on theories of differentiated threat & religious dominance, new @jssreligion.bsky.social article examines how U.S.religious groups perceive #Muslims & #immigrants. Muslims evoke ideational threats; immigrants, material ones. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Differentiated Threat and Religious Dominance: The Distinct Dynamics of Xenophobia and Islamophobia in the United States
Drawing on theories of differentiated threat and religious dominance, this article examines the dynamics of xenophobia and Islamophobia in the United States. Specifically, we analyze the distinct thr...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:35 AM
#Xenophobia, #Islamophobia ➡️Drawing on theories of differentiated threat & religious dominance, new @jssreligion.bsky.social article examines how U.S.religious groups perceive #Muslims & #immigrants. Muslims evoke ideational threats; immigrants, material ones. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
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Thinking again about Melissa Hortman's assassination in the summer. This article from last week talks about how she fought to have Muslim women's voices taken seriously by her colleagues. She was so generous with her time and energy and compassion.
Remembering Representative Melissa Hortman
Former senator Patricia Torres Ray pointed out: “There was one specific thing that resonated with a lot of people about Melissa, and that was her ability to elevate women and to give women of color th...
www.womenspress.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Thinking again about Melissa Hortman's assassination in the summer. This article from last week talks about how she fought to have Muslim women's voices taken seriously by her colleagues. She was so generous with her time and energy and compassion.
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Book is out! 💃🏿💛💙
Guys, I wrote a WHOLE book! Oh my God! 🙈😊
You can order it via @rutgersupress.bsky.social here
www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/media-cultur...
Guys, I wrote a WHOLE book! Oh my God! 🙈😊
You can order it via @rutgersupress.bsky.social here
www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/media-cultur...
November 2, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Book is out! 💃🏿💛💙
Guys, I wrote a WHOLE book! Oh my God! 🙈😊
You can order it via @rutgersupress.bsky.social here
www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/media-cultur...
Guys, I wrote a WHOLE book! Oh my God! 🙈😊
You can order it via @rutgersupress.bsky.social here
www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/media-cultur...
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“A month’s supply of Miebo, Bausch & Lomb’s prescription dry eye drug, costs $800 or more in the U.S. before insurance. But the same drug — sold as EvoTears — has been available over-the-counter (OTC) in Europe since 2015 for about $20. I ordered it online from an overseas pharmacy for $32”
A $20 over-the-counter drug in Europe requires a prescription and $800 in the U.S.
A month’s supply of Miebo requires $800 and a prescription in the U.S. In Europe, it’s over-the-counter and $20.
www.statnews.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:20 PM
“A month’s supply of Miebo, Bausch & Lomb’s prescription dry eye drug, costs $800 or more in the U.S. before insurance. But the same drug — sold as EvoTears — has been available over-the-counter (OTC) in Europe since 2015 for about $20. I ordered it online from an overseas pharmacy for $32”
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What auspicious timing! It happens that my SSSR conference presentation on nontheist representation in Father Brown is color coordinated for Halloween! Come see my spiffy slides and surprising (maybe?) results Saturday 2:20 in Grays Bay!
October 30, 2025 at 3:13 AM
What auspicious timing! It happens that my SSSR conference presentation on nontheist representation in Father Brown is color coordinated for Halloween! Come see my spiffy slides and surprising (maybe?) results Saturday 2:20 in Grays Bay!
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Farhana Sultana is a tenured , full prof & a prominent critic of right wing supremacies. RW extremists are targeting her for exercising her 1A rights. Worse her institution has shamefully caved to political pressure and placed her on leave. An atrocious violation of academic freedom.
Please sign.
Please sign.
As an alumni of Syracuse University, it's appalling that they are capitulating against a right-wing campaign against Professor Farhana Sultana for exercising her first amendment rights. Do consider signing this letter calling on Syracuse University to reinstate her docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Letter of Support for Professor Farhana Sultana
As scholars within and beyond academia, we write in solidarity with academic freedom of expression with our colleague, Dr. Farhana Sultana, an internationally recognized scholar and tenured Full Profe...
docs.google.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Farhana Sultana is a tenured , full prof & a prominent critic of right wing supremacies. RW extremists are targeting her for exercising her 1A rights. Worse her institution has shamefully caved to political pressure and placed her on leave. An atrocious violation of academic freedom.
Please sign.
Please sign.
What auspicious timing! It happens that my SSSR conference presentation on nontheist representation in Father Brown is color coordinated for Halloween! Come see my spiffy slides and surprising (maybe?) results Saturday 2:20 in Grays Bay!
October 30, 2025 at 3:13 AM
What auspicious timing! It happens that my SSSR conference presentation on nontheist representation in Father Brown is color coordinated for Halloween! Come see my spiffy slides and surprising (maybe?) results Saturday 2:20 in Grays Bay!
Reposted by Niki Dolfi Hall
Hello! I'm coming up from the dissertation bunker to say that if you will be at SSSR I'll be putting together some fun Bluesky content with @dacuetovilla.bsky.social for the @asareligion.bsky.social account. COME TELL US WHAT YOU'RE WORKING ON. We'd love to amplify some voices.
October 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Hello! I'm coming up from the dissertation bunker to say that if you will be at SSSR I'll be putting together some fun Bluesky content with @dacuetovilla.bsky.social for the @asareligion.bsky.social account. COME TELL US WHAT YOU'RE WORKING ON. We'd love to amplify some voices.
Ok, so I DID use this today in class. One of my students said “who is this fool because I have something to say.” A minute later, she was like, “found him!” 🤣
I’m seriously considering using this in my soc class. We just finished our unit on class stratification & poverty where we talked extensively about misconceptions of welfare & recipients and are starting our unit on race & racism this week.
May I present a former clerk to Justice Gorsuch.
October 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Ok, so I DID use this today in class. One of my students said “who is this fool because I have something to say.” A minute later, she was like, “found him!” 🤣
While working on equal comparatives sentences, my ESL students needed to know what robin was. That’s how TIL there is a pink robin. Like it straight up has the same hair color as me. What other pink variations of animals might I not realize come in beautiful pink?
a small bird with a pink breast is sitting on a branch surrounded by pink flowers
Alt: a small bird with a pink breast is sitting on a branch surrounded by pink flowers
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October 28, 2025 at 3:44 AM
While working on equal comparatives sentences, my ESL students needed to know what robin was. That’s how TIL there is a pink robin. Like it straight up has the same hair color as me. What other pink variations of animals might I not realize come in beautiful pink?