Bonus Episode: Ancillary Justice and The Matrix: Resurrections Trailer Discussion with Dr. Rebecca Gibson

Nov 30, 2021

On this Bonus Episode of The Sociologist's Dojo Podcast Dr. Rebecca Gibson is back on the Pod to talk about Ann Leckie's 2013 Hugo and Nebula Award winning novel Ancillary Justice. We talk a lot about Gendered Pronouns, Consciousness and Colonialism. Later, we both engage in "delighted Flailing" as we geek out over the first trailer for The Matrix: Resurrections trying to understand what it all means before the film is released Dec 21st. 

Production Notes 

Basics of Ancillary Justice (2:13-22:35)

• First in a trilogy
• Award winning 
• Plot
• Challenging your imagination 
• 'Taking Gender out of the equation'

Historical Context (22:50-46:02)

• Dr. Gibson's Love of the Trilogy 
• Sexism in Sci-Fi Publishing 
• The use of Initials 
• Adaptation Possibilities 

Social Analysis: (46:16-71:28)

• Consciousness and the Self
• Pronouns, Androgyny and Trans visibility 
• Space Colonialism 

Matrix: Resurrections Trailer Discussion (72:13-91:58)

• David Mitchel 
• Dr. Gibson's New Book Proposal
• Alice Through the Looking Glass 
• Meta Analysis 
• Cornell West 

Outtro 92:23-94:08

All clips used under fair use.

Links 

Dr. Gibson's First episode: Episode 7: Cloud Atlas  

All of Dr. Gibson's Brilliant books 

Birds of Prey Review on the Blog 

The Matrix Resurrections Trailer 1

Dr. Gibson on Twitter @RGibsongirl

The Sociologist's Dojo on Twitter @ThesociologistS

The Sociologist's Dojo blog