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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Welcome Back Students! after a brief hiatus, your favorite professors are back and ready to take office hours again. Tune into the first episode of our series Recitations, where we bring on a friend and explain a crazy X-Men plot to them! This week: The Mojoverse featuring our good friend Claire (@clairekryze)!

Highlights of this lecture include: What is the Mojoverse? How does Longshot's story and the Mojoverse as a whole function as a trans allegory? Is it possible to not even KNOW who Wolverine is? And a special performance of spoken word from Prof. Morgan!

You can follow Mutant Studies 101 on Twitter and TikTok @Mutant101POD. You can find Morgan @beakerbarnes on Twitter and TikTok and Dean strapped to the prow of a ship, slowly experiencing all of time and space at once.

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

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Happy Pride, Students! In today's lecture, in honor of her new solo series coming this September, your professors confess their love, admiration, and slightly too convoluted feelings about one of the greatest cultural exports of mutant kind: Alison Blaire, the Disco Dazzler!

Topics in this episode include: Who is Dazzler and why should you care? What is Morgan doing that will get this show cancelled? Where does Dazzler's career stand in regards to being a flop OR having an EGOT? A brief queen-out session about Storm, and, most importantly: Which member of The New Directions is a mutant???

You can follow Mutant Studies 101 on Twitter and TikTok @Mutant101POD and your hosts Morgan (@beakerbarnes on Twitter and TikTok) and Dean (@Dean_of_X on Twitter).

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

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