Hear us, students! No longer are we the professors you knew, we are Academia and Unseriousness Incarnate! That's right, to kick off this new semester we are diving into arguably the most seminal text in the history of the X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga! Specifically, we will be taking a look at the story through the lens of the Monstrous Feminine and Jean Grey!

Topics for this lecture include: We're back and better than ever! How this story treats the character of Jean Grey through her abuse, What to do when Claremont is Like ThatTM, and examining Jean and Scott's love life before, during, and after she becomes a monster.

Content Warning: This episode contains explicit discussions of sexual assault

You can follow Mutant Studies 101 on Twitter and TikTok @mutantstudiespod and on Instagram and Bluesky @mutantstudies101. You can find links to our show notes, transcripts, and citations at mutantstudies101.tumblr.com.

As always, we'd like to thank Ollie and Hayden Kierkeide 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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