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Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsWho Watches The Milksops? Watchmen #10 - Eric BerlatskyThis episode, we're joined by Eric Berlatsky, a professor of English who also happens to be a passionate fan of Watchmen. He's a lifelong comics fan who read Watchmen as it came out and has been a huge fan ever since. it was fun to talk to someone who's been a fan of the series since it came out! We go over issue #10, which is when Nite Owl and Rorscach figure out what's up! And is there more pirate comic book? Yes there is! And Professor Eric has a take on the pirate comic that the Milksops...2025-01-081h 47
Life Finds a PodcastIf The World Had More Nuance: The White Savior Trope ExplainedIn this bonus episode, Silvana and Tegan discuss White Saviorism and how it applies to Stargate. How can you avoid White Saviorism both in your actions and in media you create? Where is the line between White Saviorism and antiracism? "Harper Lee is a fucking genius." - Silvana Some Stargate episodes that involve White Saviorism: 1. "Children of the Gods" 2. "Emancipation" 3. "The Enemy Within" 4. "The First Commandment" 5. "The Nox" 6. "Learning Curve" Links 1. Lindsay Ellis "Mask Off" vid...2021-11-151h 10Life Finds a PodcastIf The World Had More Nuance: The White Savior Trope ExplainedIn this bonus episode, Silvana and Tegan discuss White Saviorism and how it applies to Stargate. How can you avoid White Saviorism both in your actions and in media you create? Where is the line between White Saviorism and antiracism? "Harper Lee is a fucking genius." - Silvana Some Stargate episodes that involve White Saviorism: 1. "Children of the Gods" 2. "Emancipation" 3. "The Enemy Within" 4. "The First Commandment" 5. "The Nox" 6. "Learning Curve" Links 1. Lindsay Ellis "Mask Off" vid...2021-11-151h 10
The Graphic Possibilities PodcastGP S1, E9: "Mixed-Race Superheroes with Eric Berlatsky and Sika Dagbovie-Mullins" (Ford, Wigard), Summer 2021In this episode, which we recorded back in November of 2020, we speak with Eric Berlatsky and Sika Dagbovie-Mullins, co-editors of the edited collection “Mixed-Race Superheroes” from Rutgers University Press.
Eric Berlatsky is Professor of English, Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, and Director of the PhD in Comparative Studies at Florida Atlantic University. He is the author of The Real, The True, and The Told: Postmodern Historical Narrative And The Ethics of Representation (The Ohio State University Press, 2011), and is the editor of Alan Moore: Conversations (University Press of Mississippi, 2012). He has also authored or co-authored articles on The Flas...2021-07-2637 min
In ConversationMixed-Race Superheroes with Sika Dagbovie-Mullins, Ph.D. and Eric Berlatsky, Ph.D.Dean Horswell engages in conversation with Sika Dagbovie-Mullins and Eric Berlatsky as they discuss their co-edited collection, Mixed-Race Superheroes, the intersectionality between Superheroes, racial identity, and racial politics in American popular culture.Sika Dagbovie-Mullins is an associate professor and director of Graduate Studies in the Department of English at Florida Atlantic University where she specializes in contemporary African American literature and Critical Mixed-Race Studies. She is author of Crossing B(l)ack: Mixed Race Identity in Modern American Fiction and Culture (University of Tennessee Press, 2013) and co-editor of Mixed-Race Superheroes (Rutgers University Press, 2021). Her publications have appeared...2021-05-1135 min
In ConversationUpcoming: Mixed-Race Superheroes with Sika Dagbovie-Mullins and Eric BerlatskyDean Horswell engages in conversation with Sika Dagbovie-Mullins and Eric Berlatsky as they discuss their co-edited collection, Mixed-Race Superheroes, the intersectionality between Superheroes, racial identity, and racial politics in American popular culture.Sika Dagbovie-Mullins is an associate professor and director of Graduate Studies in the Department of English at Florida Atlantic University where she specializes in contemporary African American literature and Critical Mixed-Race Studies. She is author of Crossing B(l)ack: Mixed Race Identity in Modern American Fiction and Culture (University of Tennessee Press, 2013) and co-editor of Mixed-Race Superheroes (Rutgers University Press, 2021). Her publications have appeared...2021-05-0102 min
I Don't Speak German60: Bret Weinstein and Heather HeyingThis week, Daniel and Jack discuss Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying, two alumni of the Intellectual Dark Web, their 'origin story' as 'public intellectuals' in the Evergreen College kerfuffle of 2017, and their current views on Black Lives Matter and Trans Rights as expressed in their Dark Horse podcast. Jack gets angry and giggly. Next week, we will move on to Bret's brother Eric Weinstein. Content Warning. Bari Weiss, "Meet the Renegades of the Intellectual Dark Web." https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/08/opinion/intellectual-dark-web.html Bret Weinstein homepage: https://bretweinstein.net/ ...2020-07-311h 47
The Matt Townsend ShowBible Accuracy, Discrimination Etiquette, Social Media and KidsText Accuracy of A.D Bible (13:27)
Dr. Eric Huntsman, Professor of ancient scripture and near eastern studies at BYU. He received B.A. in Classical Greek and Latin from Brigham Young University, an M.A. Ancient History, University of Pennsylvania, and his Ph.D. in Ancient History, University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Huntsman talks about the TV series A. D The Bible Continues and how accurate it is to the original text.
The Petty Etiquette of Discrimination (58:20)
Noah Berlatsky is a contributing writer for The Atlantic. He edits the online comics-and-culture website The Hooded Utilitarian. He joins Dr. Townsend to talk a...2015-04-212h 16