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The Sociologist's Dojo PodcastEpisode 51: Madame Grey's Fifty Shades of Web with Dr. Ellen MeiserOn this Month's Episode of The Sociologist's Dojo Podcast Dr. Ellen Meiser, friend of the pod, Co-host of The Social Breakdown Podcast, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Hawaii at Hilo and author of the new book: Making it: Success in Comercial Kitchens joins the host in discussing the dismal Dakota Johnson duology of 2015's Fifty Shades of Grey and 2024's Madame Web. We talk bad scipts, worse BDSM representation and why you should never trust fan fiction, or an IP cash Grab Production Notes: Intro: 0:00-2:24 Update on Dr. Meiser's wor...2025-03-211h 54
Uncommon SenseScars, with Ellen T. MeiserFrom TV’s “The Bear” to the simmering restaurant thriller “Boiling Point” we seem drawn to angry-but-vulnerable chefs in pop culture. But how do such stereotypes shape who works in kitchens and how they treat their colleagues? Is “kitchen culture”, with its macho rough and tumble norms, always so different from the work culture so many of us face – including in academia? Sociologist Ellen T. Meiser joins us from Hawaii to discuss this and more, reflecting on her new book Making It: Success in the Commercial Kitchen. She tells us about her lifelong fascination with kitchens – from teenage shift work in Anchorage...2025-03-2146 min
Rutgers University Press PodcastEllen T. Meiser, "Making It: Success in the Commercial Kitchen" (Rutgers UP, 2024)The restaurant industry is one of the few places in America where workers from lower-class backgrounds can rise to positions of power and prestige. Yet with over four million cooks and food-preparation workers employed in America’s restaurants, not everyone makes it to the high-status position of chef. What factors determine who rises the ranks in this fiercely competitive pressure-cooker environment?In Making It: Success in the Commercial Kitchen (Rutgers University Press, 2024), Ellen T. Meiser explores how the career path of restaurant workers depends on their accumulation of kitchen capital, a cultural asset based not only on their...2025-01-2946 min
New Books in Business, Management, and MarketingEllen T. Meiser, "Making It: Success in the Commercial Kitchen" (Rutgers UP, 2024)The restaurant industry is one of the few places in America where workers from lower-class backgrounds can rise to positions of power and prestige. Yet with over four million cooks and food-preparation workers employed in America’s restaurants, not everyone makes it to the high-status position of chef. What factors determine who rises the ranks in this fiercely competitive pressure-cooker environment?In Making It: Success in the Commercial Kitchen (Rutgers University Press, 2024), Ellen T. Meiser explores how the career path of restaurant workers depends on their accumulation of kitchen capital, a cultural asset based not only on their...2024-09-2746 min
New Books in SociologyEllen T. Meiser, "Making It: Success in the Commercial Kitchen" (Rutgers UP, 2024)The restaurant industry is one of the few places in America where workers from lower-class backgrounds can rise to positions of power and prestige. Yet with over four million cooks and food-preparation workers employed in America’s restaurants, not everyone makes it to the high-status position of chef. What factors determine who rises the ranks in this fiercely competitive pressure-cooker environment?In Making It: Success in the Commercial Kitchen (Rutgers University Press, 2024), Ellen T. Meiser explores how the career path of restaurant workers depends on their accumulation of kitchen capital, a cultural asset based not only on their...2024-09-2746 min
New Books in FoodEllen T. Meiser, "Making It: Success in the Commercial Kitchen" (Rutgers UP, 2024)The restaurant industry is one of the few places in America where workers from lower-class backgrounds can rise to positions of power and prestige. Yet with over four million cooks and food-preparation workers employed in America’s restaurants, not everyone makes it to the high-status position of chef. What factors determine who rises the ranks in this fiercely competitive pressure-cooker environment?In Making It: Success in the Commercial Kitchen (Rutgers University Press, 2024), Ellen T. Meiser explores how the career path of restaurant workers depends on their accumulation of kitchen capital, a cultural asset based not only on their...2024-09-2746 min
New Books in AnthropologyEllen T. Meiser, "Making It: Success in the Commercial Kitchen" (Rutgers UP, 2024)The restaurant industry is one of the few places in America where workers from lower-class backgrounds can rise to positions of power and prestige. Yet with over four million cooks and food-preparation workers employed in America’s restaurants, not everyone makes it to the high-status position of chef. What factors determine who rises the ranks in this fiercely competitive pressure-cooker environment?In Making It: Success in the Commercial Kitchen (Rutgers University Press, 2024), Ellen T. Meiser explores how the career path of restaurant workers depends on their accumulation of kitchen capital, a cultural asset based not only on their...2024-09-2746 min
The Sociologist's Dojo PodcastEpisode 39: Freddy Got Fingered with Dr. Ellen MeiserOn this Month's Episode of The Sociologist's Dojo Podcast, Dr. Ellen Meiser Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Hawaii at Hilo and Co-Host of The Social Breakdown Podcast returns to talk about the 2001 Shock Comedy "Freddy Got Fingered." We talk about the Gen X laidened, Mtv fueled Aggrievedly entitled incel Masculinity that birthed this film and its foundational legancy to Tom Green's Cultural footprint. Enjoy! Production Notes: Intro: 0:00-1:15 Update from Dr. Meiser 1:16-4:28 Podcast Hiatus New Publications ( Workplace abuse, The value of Scars, Gastronomica Article) Basics of F...2024-02-231h 15
GastronomicaEllen Meiser on Taipei’s Daytime Street MarketsWhat is the social value of a daytime street market? In this episode, sociologist Ellen Meiser talks with Gastronomica’s Dan Bender about the meaning and value of Taiwan’s caishichang. Drawing on her early memories of these vegetable street markets and her participant observations of the same lively streets in the contemporary moment, Ellen explains the important roles that caishichang play in the local food system and in social, economic, and political life. Listeners can learn more about caishichang in Ellen’s photo essay, featured in Gastronomica’s newest issue (23.2).Photo by Ellen MeiserGastrono...2023-06-0540 min
The Sociologist's Dojo PodcastEpisode 21: The Lord of the Rings with Dr. Ellen MeiserOn this month's episode of The Sociologist's Dojo Podcast Dr. Ellen Meiser of The Social Breakdown Podcast and I tackle the epic High Fantasy Trilogy: The Lord of the Rings . We talk about terrorism, tourism, and meme culture before getting into The Masculinity, sexuality, racism and power dynamics in Middle Earth. Listen up, or "YOU SHALL NOT PASS!" Intro: 0:00-5:15 Not being a Good student Dr. Meiser's Previous Episodes Peter Jackson's Version Basics: 5:15-21:42 Production Trivia Plot Filling in the Gaps Historical Context: 21:55-54:05 Dr. Meiser's Initial Thoughts Book Talk (WWI) and...2022-07-201h 43
The Sociologist's Dojo PodcastEpisode 10: The Godfather Saga with Dr. Ellen MeiserOn this Month's episode of The Sociologist's Dojo Podcast, we are tackling Frances Ford Coppola The Godfather Saga with return guest, Dr. Ellen Meiser of The Social Breakdown Podcast. We talk about her recent publication in the Journal of Interpersonal violence titled "The Normalization of Violence in Commercial Kitchens through Food Media." with her Co-host Penn Pantumsinchi before going through each film of Coppola's Magnum Opus. We go through a lot of trivia, analysis of film culture, and a variety of historical events to answer the question whether or not this 'Saga' is a true trilogy, or more like a...2021-07-291h 33
The Sociologist's Dojo PodcastEpisode 4: The Big Lebowski featuring Ellen MeiserOn this Month's Episode the Dojo is diving into the world of Jeffery "The Dude" Lebowski with The 1998 film The Big Lebowski. Ellen Meiser from The Social Breakdown Podcast is here to discuss cult classics, favorite Coen films, Dudeism, and cultural appropriation. Basics: 0-18:55min Fun Trivia from IMDB Here we learn what is Ellen's favorite flavor of Pop Culture Her history with Film analysis and her Favorite Coen film Historical Context: 19:12-32:32 The Impact of seeing a film for the first time with a "cult like" status Lebowski is a non-stoner noir Is this a qu...2021-01-3053 min
The Future Underground ShowThe Future Underground Show with DJ Dextro and Nick BowmanFor more information about Nick Bowman and The Future Underground Show visit: www.facebook.com/bowmannick and to subscribe to the show on itunes click here: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-f…id288401159?mt=2 www.residentadvisor.net/dj/nickbowman
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