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The Sociologist's Dojo
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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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According to @pcbryan.bsky.social @pcsj.bsky.social and myself, they are indeed wrong.

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December 3, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Disagree.
December 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
🚨 New Essay Alert 🚨

"The Dojo's Top Ten Films that Encapsulate 2025"

This end of the year essay is a list of 10 films that represent current events that transpired in 2025.

Enjoy!

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The Dojo's Top Ten Films that Encapsulate 2025
INTRODUCTION             As another year ends, it is time for The Sociologist’s Dojo to rattle off the top ten Sociological films of the...
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December 1, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Today's the day! POPCORN DISABILITIES is out. Due to a variety of factors reviews are in short supply so if you see it out in the wild this week and/or have a review PLEASE post it online (Goodreads, Amazon, etc.) and I'll be sharing them all week!
November 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Absolute debasement of academic standards
*student submits opinion in psych class
*gets bad grade
*instructor says she can make whatever arguments she wants but must draw on empirical sources
*student & Turning Point says her religious freedom & first amendment rights violated
*professor suspended
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
November 29, 2025 at 6:48 AM
November 28, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Oh my god. She's 1000% right. This makes so much sense.

(Credit: Saradoesbookstuff on insta)
November 28, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Episode 59: The Dojo's Top Ten Films of 2025 Dropping 12/22.

Stay Tuned.

The Blog's final essay of the year: "The Dojo's Top Ten Film's that Encapsulate 2025" will be published Monday, Dec 1st.
November 27, 2025 at 8:36 PM
In honor of #Thanksgiving tomorrow, here is a piece I wrote last year about the lack of Thankgiving films. Enjoy!

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Unthankful: The Lack of Thanksgiving related Media and The Mythological Criteria of "A Thanksgiving Film".
One of the (many) ironies of the United States that is often overlooked, is the complete assimilation of Pegan rituals commo...
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November 27, 2025 at 2:35 AM
🚨 New Episode Alert 🚨

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!

@drrgibsongirl.bsky.social #sociology

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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