Mutant Studies 101

Round One, Students! On this, the first proper episode of March Mutant Movie Madness, your professors are joined by friend Des (@movieswithdes) to discuss the first three X-Men movies!

Topics for this episode include: How these movies came to be, our love affair with Scott Summers, how the Mutant Metaphor evolves over the course of these movies, a really fun game, and Morgan's hatred of James Cameron!

You can find the show notes for the podcast as well as transcripts and other links at mutantstudies101.tumblr.com! You can follow Morgan on socials @beakerbarnes!

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

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Welcome back, students! We're back with season 2 of Mutant Studies 101, with the beginning of our miniseries MARCH MUTANT MOVIE MADNESS! That's right, we're talking about the movies. But before we talk about that, we wanted to have a bit of coverage around some of the difficult topics we will have to discuss regarding a few of the creatives and the extensive allegations against them.

Content Warning: This episode contains discussion around authors and directors that have performed or stated harmful actions or views. A few of these discussion will surround sexual assault, homophobia, transphobia, racism, and antisemitism.

You can find all of the links for the show notes and transcripts 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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Happy Finals Week, Mutants! On this SEASON 1 FINALE Episode, your professors are here to talk about their single greatest passion as well as usher in the next semesters topic with a discussion of how they would bring Marvel's Merry Mutants to the big and small screen.

Topics of this lecture include: The DeanMorgan X-MCU, Jack Schlossberg as the Lisan Al-Gaib, How to fix the Claremont Run, The 82nd Annual Golden Globes, and more!

You can follow the podcast on Twitter and TikTok @mutant101pod and on Instagram @mutantstudies101. You can find Morgan on all those places @beakerbarnes.

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

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Welcome Back Students! On this episode, your hosts are back and not only are they back but they have a special guest: Our good friend Emily aka StardustEm!

Topics for today's episode include: A deep Dive of Zen Wells' Hellions (2020), the nature vs nurture debate, Alex Summers' terrible horrible no good very bad days, our love of Psylocke and Greycrow, and play some of the silliest games we've ever played!

Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of brainwashing and emotional manipulation, as well as discussions of the prison industrial complex. In addition, we talk a lot about Mr Sinister's past as a Nazi scientist and his unethical experiments.

You can follow the podcast on Twitter and TikTok @mutant101pod and on Instagram @mutantstudies101 and Morgan on those sites @beakerbarnes. You can follow Emily on Twitter @stardustem and on TIkTok and Instagram @_stardustem!

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

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Hello again students! This week, your professors are talking all about THE mother of mutantkind, Ororo Munroe, the hero known as Storm!

Topics for this lecture include: Storm (2023), Storm (2024), How Ororo has evolved as a character over the last 50 years, her relevance to the culture at large, our hatred of flashback mini-series by legacy writers, and a brief tangent about her greatest love interest: Craig from NASA!

You can follow the show on Twitter @Mutant101pod and on Instagram @MutantStudies101! You can follow Morgan on all socials @beakerbarnes.

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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Hope you're ready to face the music, students! On this episode, your professors dig deep once again into Dazzler, but this time with a more cultural lens.

Topics of this lecture include: Chappell Roan and rapid rises to fame, how the mutant metaphor works (and doesn't work) in the context of fame, why we keep placing celebrities in positions to make political statements, a diatribe about the DFW venue map, and Dazzler: the Movie!

You can follow the podcast on Twitter and TikTok @Mutant101pod and Instagram @mutantstudies101 and Morgan on all 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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Happy Reading, Students! This week, your professors dive into the August releases for the new X-Line, including: Exceptional X-Men 1, X-Men 2 and 3, Uncanny X-Men 1, X-Force 1, Phoenix 2, and NYX 2.

Topics of this episode include: Kitty Pryde being back in Chicago and feeling it, protecting Black children, espousing the gospel of Victor LaValle's Sabretooth work, Dean crying about Cyclops, Morgan not playing about the lesbians, and Dazzler eras!

You can follow the podcast on Twitter, TikTok, and now Instagram @Mutant101POD and Morgan all those same places @beakerbarnes!

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

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Welcome Back To Class, Students! For todays lecture, your professors are kicking off the semester with a close reading of one of our favorite under appreciated gems of the Krakoa era: Vita Ayala, Bernard Chang, and Paco Medina's Children of the Atom!

Topics in this episode include: Who are the Children of the Atom? How can the Mutant Metaphor evolve when placed under the lens of those without an X-gene? Are the youth okay? How can someone be an ally while still perpetuating harmful views? And more!

Content Warning: Discussions in this episode briefly mention homophobia.

You can follow Mutant Studies 101 on Twitter and TikTok @Mutant101POD and Morgan @beakerbarnes!

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

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Welcome to a new semester, students! Your professors are gearing up for this new era with a read-along of X-Men, Phoenix, and NYX #1!

Highlights of this lecture include: Mourning the era that was while celebrating the new one, things we are excited about for this era, how we're feeling about the X-line as a whole, and who will be Marvel's first gay divorce!

Content warning: some of the discussions in this episode briefly mention topics of school shootings and the dangers of young boys falling down the alt-right pipeline.

You can follow Mutant Studies 101 on Twitter and TikTok @Mutant101POD and Morgan @beakerbarnes!

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

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Hope you have all your memories Students! Your professors are BACK and this time they're talking about one of the great loves of their lives: Logan Wolverine and his time as the elusive Patch!

Highlights of this lecture include: Examining the issues of Orientalism surrounding Wolverine, how he fits into archetypal pop culture roles in the 20th century, exploring what it means to have a Japanese writer take these Orientalist elements, and running off into the woods!

Content warning: some of the discussions in this episode briefly mention topics of domestic abuse, the brutal killings of women, and a tangent about the Canadian government's treatment of First Nations people. Additionally, as stated in the episode, Orientalism is a complicated topic with no clear answers on how to handle it but often leads to the exploitation of the cultures and people it is discussing.

You can follow Mutant Studies 101 on Twitter and TikTok @Mutant101POD and Morgan @beakerbarnes!

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

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