Bruce

[Bruce @engl3246_bruce]

@_chrishaynes non-violent protest can't just be sitting in the diner anymore! it's gotta be prominent, visible, and attention-grabbing. tearing up a photograph is visceral, it's destructive and symbolically aggressive – a tried-and-true method of drawing attention to an issue #engl3246

[Bruce @engl3246_bruce]

@_chrishaynes #claim as such, ms. marvel avoids true violence and instead reaffirms the character values that define her. she’s still all of us, responsibly turning to nonviolent protest to remind us not to allow hateful attitudes to go unchecked #engl3246

[Bruce @engl3246_bruce]

@_chrishaynes #claim here, those things are personified in the image of trump – not trump himself (as in the other image i included). the act of destroying a photograph carries with it huge historical significance ranging from sinead o’conner to emma gonzalez #engl3246

[Bruce @engl3246_bruce]

@_rchak @AlecRozmiarek @Car0lineCheval @_chrishaynes i like what alec said – humanity of heroism. it works backwards – heroism of humanity – which i think begets a tautological implication: humanity = heroism; heroism = humanity. this designation is passed on to all the fans, embracing their humanity is itself heroism #engl3246

[Bruce @engl3246_bruce]

@ben_marshall28 @_chrishaynes i’m curious still: you were struck by the contrast of your perception of muslims and the identity of the superhero, marking it as ironic – beyond irony, which i disputed, why do you think the creators included those elements? surely it wasn’t only for gender equality #engl3246

[Bruce @engl3246_bruce]

@ben_marshall28 @_chrishaynes i read your other tweets, but i’m looking for a deeper investigation of the image beyond surface observations of gender/religion/race – i think i express my thoughts on the creator thoroughly in my replies to chris: https://t.co/dQAedlR8PU #engl3246

[Bruce @engl3246_bruce]

@_chrishaynes #claim another new cover also encapsulates this message: ms. marvel, punching through a glass barrier (reminiscent of the “glass ceiling”), as she lets old covers of her once-exploitative comic fall behind her. she’s here to empower everyone, now #engl3246

[Bruce @engl3246_bruce]

another question for other students in the class – what do you think of the repeated sense of removal from time/place in these panels? (her dad "sees something bad on TV" – she used the ayah to feel better "when [she] was a little kid.") it's never here-and-now – why? #engl3246 https://t.co/uls89Ecg8c

[Christopher Haynes @_chrishaynes]

Here's your first item for close reading in our Ms. Marvel unit. What do these panels have to teach us about the ethics of superheroism, and the limits of courage? #engl3246

[Bruce @engl3246_bruce]

@Car0lineCheval @jobo5457 @_chrishaynes bringing this into the thread @dnicole33: https://t.co/j72mOyHAm9 #engl3246

[Daisy Nicole @dnicole33]

@_chrishaynes #synth #engl3246 this reminds me of the bystander effect, a super hero can be bad. A super hero can be good, but doing nothing at all is the worst option

[Bruce @engl3246_bruce]

@Car0lineCheval @jobo5457 @_chrishaynes if killing one person is killing all of mankind and saving one person is saving all of mankind, how do you guys think she feels about not saving a person when she has the opportunity/ability to? is – like you say – letting someone die at all like killing them? #engl3246