Welcome back to class students! For this lecture, your professors are joined by special guest Priya Saxena (comics editor and critic) to discuss Leah Williams and Carols Gomez's X-Terminators (2022)!

Topics for this lecture include: A discussion of Laura Mulvey's "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema", how comics fandom reacts to provocative works, how much fun this book is, and grappling with perception as a viewer.

Content warning: This episode generally speaking discusses a lot of potentially misogynistic views on media discussion and women as sexual objects.

You can follow the show @mutantstudies101 on Instagram and @mutant101pod on TikTok and Twitter. Links to all of our show notes and citations can be found at mutantstudies101.tumblr.com.

As Always, we'd like to thank Ollie (@Olliephresh) and Hayden (@mcuwaititi) for our music and graphic design, respectively.

Put on your philosophy hats, students! For this lecture, your hosts are examining the current line of Ultimates comics through the lens of the ship of Theseus: what remains, what has changed, and what does this mean for the medium as a whole.

Topics for this episode include: How is Jonathan Hickman and Marco Cecchetto's Ultimate Spider-Man still very recognizably Spider-Man? In contrast, what does Peach Momoko's Ultimate X-Men saying with the deviations it's making? Finally, how does Denis Camp and Juan Frigeri's Ultimates provide an interesting fusion of the two perspectives.

Content warning: This episode contains discussions of the American government's treatment of Indigenous peoples, victims of nuclear testing, and suicide.

You can find links for the show notes, transcripts, citations and more at mutantstudies101.tumblr.com. You can follow the show @mutant101pod on Twitter and TikTok and @mutantstudies101 on Instagram. You can follow Morgan on social media @beakerbarnes.

As always, we'd like to thank Ollie (@olliephresh) and Hayden (@mcuwaititi) for our music and graphic design, respectively.

Hope you're ready to reckon, students! For this lecture, your hosts dive back into the deep mine that is Alison Blaire, the Dazzler. It's Dazzler Studies 301! This time, we're trying ton answer the question: Is Dazzler bad, actually?

Topics for this episode include:Dean's adventures at Flame Con, Dazzler as a symbol for progressive or regressive politics, a close reading of Brian Johnson's essay "Dazzler, Melodrama, and Shame", how Alison is a product of Reagan-era politics, what do we do in order to reclaim our queer icons, and pop divas! Then, Dean and Morgan embark on an ambitious journey: Creating Dazzler: Sparkle, Alison's Greatest Hits Album!

You can follow the show on TikTok and Twitter @mutant101pod and on Instagram @mutantstudies101. Links to our show notes, transcripts, citations, and sources can be found at mutantstudies101.tumblr.com. You can follow Morgan on social media @beakerbarnes and Dean on Instagram @deancoburnld.

As always, we'd like to thank Ollie (@OlliePhresh) and Hayden (@mcuwaititi) for our music and graphic design, respectively

Dia duit, Students! On this episode, Dean gets to take a student role as Morgan flexes their knowledge of Irish post-modernism as we look at the X-Men villain Black Tom Cassidy through the lens of James Joyce's Dubliners!

Topics for today's episode include: What distinguishes Joyce's writing from his contemporaries? How does one care for a homeland while also being drawn out of it? Can we relate Black Tom's power set back to his relationship to Ireland, and how much did Krakoa influence him? And Morgan stops being aloof and mysterious!

Content Warning: this episode contains discussions of the Irish Civil conflict known as the troubles

You can find links and information for our show, including show notes, citations, and transcripts, at mutantstudies101.tumblr.com. You can find Morgan on socials @beakerbarnes and can follow Dean's Substack at deansoscarrambles.substack.com

As always, we'd like to thank Hayden (@mcuwaititi) and Ollie (@OlliePhresh) for our graphic design and music, respectively.

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Strap in, Students! For today's field trip, professors Dean and Morgan discuss a highly anticipated release for both of them: Fantastic Four: First Steps!!

Topics for this lecture include: Morgan loving this movie and Dean... liking it! Your hosts getting a divorce, what works and what doesn't, a failed Doechii needle drop, and what this movie could mean for the future. Also Jamie Lloyd's Sunset Boulevard.

You can find links for the show notes and citations at mutantstudies101.tumblr.com. You can follow Morgan @beakerbarnes.

As always, we'd like to thank Ollie (@olliphresh) and Hayden (@mcuwaititi) for our music and graphic design, respectively.

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Sharpen your swords, students! For this lecture, your hosts dig deep into one of the most fascinating X-Men series over the last few years: Peach Momoko's Demon Days and Demon Wars!

Topics for this episode include: The X-Men as fairy tales. The Ship of Theseus in these comics. How do we handle talking about a work that is such a radical departure from the norm? And some words of encouragement for Marvel Comics!

You can find links to all our show notes, including transcripts and citations, at mutantstudies101.tumblr.com. You can follow Morgan on socials @beakerbarnes.

As always, we'd like to thank Ollie (@olliephresh) and Hayden (@mcuwaititi) for our music and graphic design, respectively.

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Once again wishing you a Happy Pride, Students! For this lecture, your hosts examine queer theory as it relates to the body and the mutant metaphor with an extremely exciting special guest: PhD in Literature and current writer for Marvel Comics Anthony Oliveira!

Topics include: How do you navigate writing queerness in rooms where you aren't allowed full creative control? When does the mutant metaphor work with queerness and when does it work against it? What do two mutants, Iceman and Rogue, have that relate to queerness both literal and metaphorical? Should Rogue and Siryn kiss on the mouth? (yes) And a lot of incredible conversations surrounding Anthony's current run of Avengers Academy!

Content Warnings: This episode includes difficult conversations around queerness and violence done to the LGBTQ community, including forced repression, being ostracized from family units, and the AIDS crisis. There is also a conversation around the current detention of immigrants by government agencies.

You can find links for the show, including social handles, show notes, citations, and transcripts, at mutantstudies101.tumblr.com. You can find Morgan on socials @beakerbarnes. You can find Anthony's work on Marvel Unlimited, at your local comic and bookstores, and on socials @meakoopa.

As always, we'd like to thank Ollie (@olliephresh) and Hayden (@mcuwaititi) for our theme music and graphic design, respectively.

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Happy Pride Month, Students! For this session, your hosts uhhhhhhhh queen out about our favorite lesbian terrorists Mystique and Destiny!

Topics include: How old are these ladies? Was Mystique John Hinckley, Jr.?, Were they in Gertrude Stein's salon? and radical queer activism through X-Men Podcasting! Also Oh, Mary!!

Content Warning: This episode contains discussions on state sanctioned violence against queer people and immigrants.

You can find links for the show notes and sources at mutantstudies101.tumblr.com.

As always we'd like to thank Ollie (@olliephresh) and Hayden (@mcuwaititi) for our music and graphic design, respectively

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We're falling back in love students! On this sort of Episode 1.5 of season 2, your professors sit down with one of the smartest people they know to discuss how we should approach art going forward. That person? Fern of Star Wars English Class!

Topics for this episode include: A lot of talk about Star Wars! Approaching media on its own terms! And how we can find ways to move forward in this beautiful landscape!

You can find all the podcast links including show notes and transcripts at mutantstudies101.tumblr.com and can follow Morgan @beakerbarnes and Fern @alwaysfern.

As always, we'd like to thank our friends Ollie (@olliephresh) and Hayden (@mcuwaititi) for our music and graphic design, respectively

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Welcome back students! For the new semester, your professors wanted to examine an important subject: What is happening in the From the Ashes era?

Topics of this episode include: Why aren't these books working? What does it mean when they DO start working? How come we can't connect with these new characters but also don't understand what's happening with out old friends? and how we think we can fix some of these issues.

You can find links for the show notes and sources at mutantstudies101.tumblr.com.

As always we'd like to thank Ollie (@olliephresh) and Hayden (@mcuwaititi) for our music and graphic design, respectively

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