Pop Culture Sociologist

Monthly podcast about books, TV & movies through a sociological lens, by media critic Marina Berlin (@berlin_marina). 🍿

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As some of you may have already noticed - there’s a new episode out! 🎉 This month I’m talking about N. K. Jemisin’s award-winning book “The Fifth Season” & how it handles the “X-Men problem” of genre storytelling!

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A new and final episode for the season! A Q&A with questions from you lovely listeners! Writing, sociology, Black Sails, LOTR, and so much more.

Time stamps for your questions in the ep description, links to all the platforms at the website: https://t.co/gZIoGP9Bea

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@fandoms_teapot @Berlin_Marina Bwahaha happy to satisfy that need!

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New episode alert! 🚨🎉 This month we’re talking about matriarchies! What are the common tropes & why do they exist? Is there a “right” way to write a matriarchy? From Star Trek to Kameron Hurley, with a special focus on “Motherland: Fort Salem”

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New episode alert! 🚨🎉 This month we’re talking about matriarchies! What are the common tropes & why do they exist? Is there a “right” way to write a matriarchy? From Star Trek to Kameron Hurley, with a special focus on “Motherland: Fort Salem”

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all podcast eps: https://t.co/gZIoGP9Bea

Brief outline of eps as a reminder:

1 - Hannibal as Lolita adaptation
2 - Lyanna Stark, GOT & misogyny
3 - epic queer ship Root/Shaw
4 - The Fifth Season & the X-Men
5 - KJ Charles & “historical accuracy”
6 - Matriarchies in fiction

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The next episode of Pop Culture Sociologist is going to be… a Q&A! It’s your chance to ask me anything related to the podcast 😄

🟣 tech/production Qs!
🟢 Qs about specific episodes!
🔵 Media you wish I’d talk about!
🟠 literally anything else

DM or replies both work!

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Pop Culture Sociologist episodes have been downloaded over 1,000 times! 🎉🥳

(This actually happened last week but I’m still excited!)

Thank you for listening, subscribing and telling your friends about this project ❤️

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ICYMI: a new episode about “historical accuracy”, Dumas, KJ Charles, & “The Devil’s Mistress”. Who’s allowed to be the hero in historical narratives, and who does accuracy serve?

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ICYMI: a new episode about “historical accuracy”, Dumas, KJ Charles, & “The Devil’s Mistress”. Who’s allowed to be the hero in historical narratives, and who does accuracy serve?

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New episode alert! 🎉

who gets to be the hero in historical narratives? In this episode I look at the works of KJ Charles & the show “The Devil’s Mistress” and how they portray marginalized characters in historical settings

https://t.co/gZIoGP9Bea

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@diana_liwen Yessss! Such an interesting show! I’m so glad others are familiar with it :D

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New episode alert! 🎉

who gets to be the hero in historical narratives? In this episode I look at the works of KJ Charles & the show “The Devil’s Mistress” and how they portray marginalized characters in historical settings

https://t.co/gZIoGP9Bea

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The hiatus is over! A new episode is coming this month! 🎉

Watch this space and get all of your historical fiction feels ready 📚👑

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There will sadly not be a May episode of the podcast, but the regular monthly schedule will resume in June! (May’s episode isn’t canceled, just postponed)

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As some of you may have already noticed - there’s a new episode out! 🎉 This month I’m talking about N. K. Jemisin’s award-winning book “The Fifth Season” & how it handles the “X-Men problem” of genre storytelling!

[Marina Berlin (mostly not here) @Berlin_Marina]

Everything is currently horrible but hey did you know there's a new episode of @PopSocPodcast out about NK Jemisin's "The Fifth Season" and the ever present "X-Men Problem" of genre storytelling? Because that is a thing that exists!

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A new episode will be going up later today!! It will probably take a while to make it to all the different apps but keep an eye out 😄 👀

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Did you know you can support the podcast on Patreon? Aside from knowing the topic of the next episode in advance, patrons also get to see the full gamut of graphics prepared for each episode, & vote for which will be used! Here are some that didn’t make it https://t.co/T4fHvbvX7y

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Spotify: https://t.co/gmlLK2zThB
Apple Podcasts: https://t.co/jNOjRCBBPs
Or on my website: https://t.co/CX0kFqqIZk

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ICYMI: this month I’m talking about one of my favorite f/f ships in SFF, hacker-spy Root & soldier-doctor Shaw from #PersonOfInterest! Whether you’re a fan or never heard of them, this ep will give you The Best Parts of a queer pairing that deserved better https://t.co/gZIoGP9Bea