491 – Live from the Library

In which we record live from the Library of Congress; time travel complicates everything; X-Men is a fundamentally queer narrative; we attempt to summarize a lot of history very fast; and when identities are politicized, claiming them becomes a political act. X-PLAINED: LC-GLOBE The first openly queer X-Man Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men Why we do what we do Why the X-Men are worth studying Returning nuance to critical discussion of media A brief(ish) history of X-Men and queerness in X-Men Iceman Watch Retroactive foreshadowing The mutant metaphor Found family Subtext Text Facets of mutant activism Coming-out stories Various vectors of diversity Some comics Jay wrote Comics in libraries Where to start with Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men X-Men for horror fans Our favorite X-Men lineups Identity politics The T-O virus vs. the Legacy Virus NEXT EPISODE: Brain Sharks! This episode doesn’t exactly have a traditional visual companion, but you can click through the entire slide deck from the live show–and find links to the essays we mentioned–on our blog. Jay has some additional thoughts on identity politics, which you can read here. Find us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify! Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men is 100% ad-free and listener supported. If you want to help support the podcast–and unlock more cool stuff–you can do that right here! Buy rad swag at our Dashery shop!