Posted by Ron Edwards
Up in the sky! It’s an homage! So, is that a copy? A rip-off? Or is it a good thing? Is it cool? (tail-chasing ensues)
Posted by Ron Edwards
The topic is Marvel mutanthood and racism, and its relationship both to prejudice against black Americans and to Jewish-American identity, or a sector thereof. It’s the sequel to Today is for taboo earlier this month. Read the rest of this entry →
Posted in Politics dammit, The 80s me, The great ultravillains, Vulgar speculation
Tags: Alex Haley, Broken Alliance, Chris Claremont, Freedom Rides, Israel, Jack Kirby, Jonathan Kaufman, Kitty Pryde, liberal Zionism, Likud, Magneto, Malcolm X, Martin Peretz, Menachem Begin, mutant detector, mutie hatred, Philip Weiss, Playboy, Rogue, Roland Barthes, Roy Thomas, Sentinels, Shlomo Sand, Spike Lee, Stan Lee, The Invention of the Jewish People, The New Republic, X-Factor, X-Men
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