Monica Patten

[Monica Patten @monicapatten_]

@_chrishaynes #claim Lamar is pointing out that he fears police killing him and those who look like him unjustly, while at the same time he condoned violence against the same people in a different form. This is a raw and honest admission of guilt. #engl3246

[Monica Patten @monicapatten_]

@_chrishaynes #claim Lamar expresses vulnerability by acknowledging his own human imperfection. He admits to struggling with the contradiction of anger towards a system of oppression through police brutality while also participating willingly in violence against his own community. #engl3246

[Monica Patten @monicapatten_]

Defend the lands you have left. @SecretaryZinke #MonumentalMistake

[Monica Patten @monicapatten_]

Defend the lands you have left. @SenOrrinHatch #MonumentalMistake

[Monica Patten @monicapatten_]

Public lands are our heritage. These lands belong to all of us. @realDonaldTrump #MonumentalMistake

[Monica Patten @monicapatten_]

@_chrishaynes #synth Kendrick is exposing his emotions about the death of another black man at the hands of police brutality while at the same time criticizing that feeling because he participated in a system that killed black men as well. #engl3246

[Monica Patten @monicapatten_]

@_chrishaynes #deets Kendrick also suggests that gang banging could cause him to harm someone "blacker" than himself. #engl3246

[Monica Patten @monicapatten_]

@_chrishaynes #deets Kendrick admits that he wept over the death of Treyvon Martin. #engl3246

[Monica Patten @monicapatten_]

@_chrishaynes #claim The photo is clearly representing Kamala/Ms. Marvel as an "activist" against the values that the current president seems to support (islamophobia, sexism, etc.) by about half of the America. #engl3246

[Monica Patten @monicapatten_]

@_chrishaynes #synth Ms. Marvel is intended to have values that are viewed as heroic in our modern time. #engl3246

[Monica Patten @monicapatten_]

@_chrishaynes #deets The character of Ms. Marvel is shown "fighting" a real-world villain. #engl3246

[Monica Patten @monicapatten_]

@_chrishaynes #deets Ms. Marvel is ripping a picture of current president Donald Trump in half. #engl3246

[Christopher Haynes @_chrishaynes]

Ok #engl3246 last Ms. Marvel passage for the week. How can a comic like Ms. Marvel function as political activism? Start with the #deets

[Monica Patten @monicapatten_]

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[Monica Patten @monicapatten_]

@_chrishaynes I think I have started to look for deeper meaning in the forms of popular culture that I consume, and I believe now that fandom has more power to produce actual change than I would have ever realized prior to #engl3246

[Monica Patten @monicapatten_]

@_chrishaynes #claim The image argues that a fandom of Ms. Marvel is broadly applicable, and that many different kinds of people find that they see parts of themselves in her character. #engl3246

[Monica Patten @monicapatten_]

@_chrishaynes #synth The collection of images shows the diverse nature of Ms. Marvel fans and the fact that they all express a fandom for the comic in the context of their lives. #engl3246

[Monica Patten @monicapatten_]

@_chrishaynes #deets the people pictured are a diverse group of people, in age, ethnicity, and appearance. #engl3246

[Monica Patten @monicapatten_]

@_chrishaynes #deets the image shows people placing the cover of the comic over half of their own face. #engl3246

[Christopher Haynes @_chrishaynes]

Ok #engl3246 your 2nd passage from Ms. Marvel - how does this frame the particular fandom of this comic? Start with the #deets