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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"There's no use living with it. The killing. There’s no going back from it. Right or wrong is a brand. A brand sticks. There’s no going back. Now, you run on home to your mother and tell her … tell her everything’s alright. There aren’t any more guns in the valley."

Topics for this episode include: An analysis of theme, character, and cinematic language in James Mangold's Logan (2017), this film's bizarre but successful FYC campaigns, and a game where Morgan tortures Dean!

Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of immigration attacks, the opioid crisis, mental deterioration, and a lot of swearing.

You can find links to show notes and transcripts for this episode and all our episodes at mutant studies101.tumblr.com.

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

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Hello again, students! For the penultimate lecture of MARCH MUTANT MOVIE MADNESS, your hosts explore the creepy boarding school of The New Mutants with special guest Justin Jordan (@freddiesroommate).

Topics of this episode include: The crazy-ass production timeline of this movie! We recorded this back in January! The Return of Is It A Dazzler Song?! Dean crashes out about Sam Guthrie and Morgan discusses lesbians!

Content warning: this episode contains discussion on sexual abuse, religious abuse, and the loss of a parent.

You can find links to the show notes and transcripts at mutantstudies101.tumblr.com! You can find Morgan @beakerbarnes.

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

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Get ready to break the fourth wall, students! For this episode, your professors are joined by Morgan's friend and writer Jason (@simplewrites_2.0) to discuss their very complicated feelings on the Deadpool movies!

Topics in this episode include: Ryan Reynolds as an auteur, the crazy journey to get these movies to the big screen Nathan Christopher Charles Summers, how do we handle art that makes us feel bad, and a tangent about Dazzler!

You can find links to the show notes and transcripts for this and every episode at mutantstudies101.tumblr.com. You can find Morgan @beakerbarnes

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

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Hello again, students! This week, your professors are joined by a special guest who you for sure know the work of: Ollie! (@olliephresh) They join us to discuss two much maligned movies in the franchise: Apocalypse and Dark Phoenix.

Topics include: What happened to these movies, why are there so many characters, which of these is worse or better, a lovely tangent about Wolverine and the X-Men, and the Eraserhead baby!

You can find all links to show notes and transcripts for the podcast at mutant studies101.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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Get ready to go to the Great North, Students! For today's episode of MARCH MUTANT MOVIE MADNESS, your professors are joined by their friend Eileen to discuss X-Men: Origins-Wolverine, and The Wolverine!

Topics for this episode include: These movies are bad, Hugh Jackman getting nominated for an Oscar and flopping, Orientalism AGAIN, fun facts about real wolverines, and a fun game!

You can find links for all of our show notes and transcripts at mutantstudies101.tumblr.com!

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

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