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. Blog http://thesociologistsdojo.blogspot.com Podcast https://thesociologistsdojo.libsyn.com/
I'm sorry, but Kristen Bell just doesn't fit for me here. I would have preferred Sarah Michelle Gellar or my partner's pick: Lucy Lawless. Bell just seems a wild miscast that upends my excitement for the film. Hopefully, she only shows up in Act 3. youtu.be/BcKzI8NYzTU?...
Violent Night 2 - Official Trailer (2026) David Harbour, Jared Harris, Kristen Bell
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I can't help but infer a pro Capitalist stance to DSA Dems here even though I am aware that is not what this graph reflects. I just kinda wish they would have distinguished between "Fair Trade" vs. "Free trade." With "Fair Trade" agreements being more in line with DSA principles.
🚨 New Essay Alert 🚨 "Alan J. Pakula's Paranoid Trilogy:An Introduction" This month on the blog, the introductory essay outlining the next review series: The 70's thriller series by auetur Alan J. Pakula- gone too soon. thesociologistsdojo.blogspot.com/2026/08/alan...
Alan J. Pakula's "Paranoid Trilogy": An Introduction
Alan J. Pakula was a versatile writer, producer and director of cinema of the 1970’s through the 1990’s. Unfortunately, like h...
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The last 4 years have led to less accessibility and less meaningful systemic support for disabled people. I’m still figuring out how to feel about it, but one things for sure, I refuse to stop talking about this or making work accessible To hell to the ableists skyboxcritics.com/2026/07/28/t...
The vanishing art of disability reporting
As the games industry contracts, disability reporting is facing an extinction-level crisis.
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Same Republican lawmakers will hypocritically invoke originalism
A ★ review of Her Private Hell (2026)
Nicolas Winding Refn can be polarizing. For every Drive and Bronson we have to sit through Only God Forgives and The Neon Demon. And while the weird witchy gendered body shaming thematic criticism of ...
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The Sociologist's Dojo@thesociologists.bsky.social · 2w agoSeated for "Her Private Hell" new film by Nicolas Winding Refn of "Drive" and "The Neon Demon" fame. Me thinks this will be closer to the latter than the former.
Seated for "Her Private Hell" new film by Nicolas Winding Refn of "Drive" and "The Neon Demon" fame. Me thinks this will be closer to the latter than the former.
This is the basic antithesis of my Social Problems class.
Happy July, everyone! As a reminder, the blog and podcast will be taking this month off for summer break. New essays and episodes will resume in August. August 1st: Alan J Pakula's Paranoid Trilogy: An introduction Late Aug: Episode 65: The Dojo's 2026 Summer Movie Round-Up will be released
🚨 New Episode Alert 🚨 Episode 64: The Karate Kid Franchise Part II with Dr. Ted Preston. This conclusion to the two-part analysis of The Karate Kid and covers villainous rep. of the 80s, masculinity, rep of social class, and the mentor relationship thesociologistsdojo.libsyn.com/episode-64-t...
The Sociologist's Dojo Podcast: Episode 64: The Karate Kid Franchise Part II with Dr. Ted Preston
On this month's episode of The Sociologist's Dojo Podcast Dr. Ted Preston Professor of Philosophy at Rio Hondo College and the Host conclude their discussion of "The Miyagi-verse" and The Karate Kid F...
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”Juneteenth Has Always Been About Black Liberation” by Kaitlyn Greenidge for Harper’s Bazaar. An oral history, as told by members of the Winston-Salem Chapter of The Black Panther Party. www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...
Juneteenth Has Always Been About Black Liberation
Power to the People, Y’all, a documentary about the Black Panther Party in North Carolina, explores what that means in practice
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Hegseth continues to be a dangerously unqualified and deeply unserious person. thesociologistsdojo.blogspot.com/2026/04/maxi...
'Maximum Lethality': Pete Hegseth and the Interlocking Mechanisms of Alienation, Masculinity, and Militainment
INTRODUCTION There is an interlocking relationship between the military, masculinity and the movies. This “Militainment” as...
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FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · 2mo agoNearly 160 troops at an Air Force base in Texas have come down with the flu. Two months prior, Pete Hegseth made the flu vaccine optional for all troops.
The result of the implementation of NSPM-7. The brainchild of Stephen Miller. Simply fascistic.
To my fellow geek academics! I am now scheduling episode recordings for 2027! If any new or returning guests want to talk about a piece of pop culture, my DM's are open, or you can email me at Thesociologistsdojo@gmail.com so that we can set a recording date. Stay tuned for some great episodes!
Movie Time Drawing
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