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’m back on my K.Flay bullshit.
My spouse texted me from downstairs “It’s nice to hear you singing K.Flay again” … so sweet
My spouse texted me from downstairs “It’s nice to hear you singing K.Flay again” … so sweet
December 5, 2025 at 3:52 AM
I’m back on my K.Flay bullshit.
My spouse texted me from downstairs “It’s nice to hear you singing K.Flay again” … so sweet
My spouse texted me from downstairs “It’s nice to hear you singing K.Flay again” … so sweet
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Reposting for the evening crowd. I wrote for @cipolicy.bsky.social on the only way to pursue a sustainable future in Israel/Palestine - by learning from past failures
internationalpolicy.org/publications...
internationalpolicy.org/publications...
December 4, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Reposting for the evening crowd. I wrote for @cipolicy.bsky.social on the only way to pursue a sustainable future in Israel/Palestine - by learning from past failures
internationalpolicy.org/publications...
internationalpolicy.org/publications...
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Great article about the pope and international relations by Aleem Maqbool.
Which countries he visits and with whom he speaks matters, because diplomacy isn’t dead (yet).
Which countries he visits and with whom he speaks matters, because diplomacy isn’t dead (yet).
Pope Leo finds his voice on first foreign trip
We are learning a little more about how Pope Leo intends to carry out his duties, writes Religion Editor Aleem Maqbool.
www.bbc.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Great article about the pope and international relations by Aleem Maqbool.
Which countries he visits and with whom he speaks matters, because diplomacy isn’t dead (yet).
Which countries he visits and with whom he speaks matters, because diplomacy isn’t dead (yet).
I’ve always said I’ll know I’m old when I don’t discover new music artists I like. My current problem is getting exposed to new music…
Why do they keep making new music when the best stuff all came out when I was a teen?
November 30, 2025 at 6:46 AM
I’ve always said I’ll know I’m old when I don’t discover new music artists I like. My current problem is getting exposed to new music…
Is anyone else a “sides” person? Like, my cravings almost without fail start with a side. Today was lemon-dill rice, the other day green beans, before that mashed potatoes. My question is almost always, what can I have with my side? Not, what side goes with this main dish?
Tell me I’m not alone.
Tell me I’m not alone.
November 30, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Is anyone else a “sides” person? Like, my cravings almost without fail start with a side. Today was lemon-dill rice, the other day green beans, before that mashed potatoes. My question is almost always, what can I have with my side? Not, what side goes with this main dish?
Tell me I’m not alone.
Tell me I’m not alone.
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Any of you who are on Facebook— if you'd be willing to share the FB post www.facebook.com/share/p/1A3k... I would be suuuuuuper grateful!!
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Any of you who are on Facebook— if you'd be willing to share the FB post www.facebook.com/share/p/1A3k... I would be suuuuuuper grateful!!
The more British stuff I watch the more the slang creeps in, little by little over the years. I’m catching myself saying “ta” a lot now.
November 17, 2025 at 3:24 AM
The more British stuff I watch the more the slang creeps in, little by little over the years. I’m catching myself saying “ta” a lot now.
Another possible “dumb shit people say” for use in my sociology classes.
Sexist and infantilizing, indeed. Def worth the read—cuz, woah the content was bad! It was only up for 3 days… before it got permanently 🪓
Sexist and infantilizing, indeed. Def worth the read—cuz, woah the content was bad! It was only up for 3 days… before it got permanently 🪓
Sky Sports axes 'sexist' TikTok channel Halo after three days
The female-focused TikTok channel was dubbed "patronising" and "sexist" by social media users.
www.bbc.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Another possible “dumb shit people say” for use in my sociology classes.
Sexist and infantilizing, indeed. Def worth the read—cuz, woah the content was bad! It was only up for 3 days… before it got permanently 🪓
Sexist and infantilizing, indeed. Def worth the read—cuz, woah the content was bad! It was only up for 3 days… before it got permanently 🪓
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Congratulations to @ienesatac.bsky.social & Gary J. Adler Jr, winners of the SSSR’s 2025 Distinguished Article Award for ‘Religious rebound, political backlash, and the youngest cohort: understanding religious change in Turkey,’ published in @sfjournal.bsky.social sssreligion.org/awards-grant...
November 15, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Congratulations to @ienesatac.bsky.social & Gary J. Adler Jr, winners of the SSSR’s 2025 Distinguished Article Award for ‘Religious rebound, political backlash, and the youngest cohort: understanding religious change in Turkey,’ published in @sfjournal.bsky.social sssreligion.org/awards-grant...
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.