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i. Seeking global, intersectional perspective on current events ii. Never letting Donald Trump get away with it

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@coopbohm1 @paulettecg @_chrishaynes Agreed! POTUS' comments may also bolster the need and popularity of a Muslim heroine in our time. #engl3246

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@phki1931 @HammontreeBrett @coopbohm1 @_chrishaynes So interesting that you see a need to critique the president without dividing the parties. Given the divisiveness of our political climate, I certainly agree that some more individual critique, and a focus on shared ideals/goals, could be beneficial. #engl3246

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@HammontreeBrett @coopbohm1 @_chrishaynes Could it be the positioning of the picture of Pres. Trump in front of MM - along with the aggressive action of ripping - that leaves you with the impression of avoiding a face-face conflict/address? #engl3246

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@HammontreeBrett @coopbohm1 @_chrishaynes Very interesting take! It seems that you're reading some conflict avoidance based on the composition of this piece, which struck me as direct in its assessment and address of the problem at hand. #engl3246

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@jessiefrances @_chrishaynes The social and political certainly are tied into the culture that produces pop art, but could that culture also help create the social and political. Life imitating art imitating life? #engl3246

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@adlo00 @_chrishaynes Pop culture mediums can extend not just to a deeper audience, but a more diverse set of artists, giving voice to many who might not have had another venue for protest or who may not have been paid attention to in other mediums. #engl3246

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@jessiefrances @_chrishaynes Representation of more diverse groups across a variety of pop culture mediums may also have this effect You can't be what you can't see, right? Perhaps even an unattainable heroic image prompts future visions of self and community that are different than imagined before #engl3246

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@cali1147 @_chrishaynes I agree! I think these mediums make politics more accessible, relatable, and meaningful to a wider audience then just the political "engaged." #engl3246

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@_chrishaynes To read this literally, Pres. Trump is trying to ban Muslims from entering this country. As a Pakistani-American teenager and a fighter of injustice, it makes sense to link MM to this broad stroke of discrimination. #engl3246 #claims

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@paulettecg @julietw1606 @_chrishaynes @ben_marshall28 @lebe0237 Or perhaps to be valued for the color of one's skin? To understand that race creates/effects experience in society without limiting folks based on those experiences? #engl3246

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@julietw1606 @_chrishaynes @ben_marshall28 @lebe0237 I agree with your sentiment, but may just add that sex religion & race are key components of how we read and interact with one another Is there a way to not abandon these core pieces of identity, but to work through them to ultimately better understand others' behavior? #engl3246

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@MacLife757 @_chrishaynes @ben_marshall28 @B1G_7 Agreed. Not to mention that it sells, AND creates joy and hope when you can feel yourself in a character. #engl3246

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@HammontreeBrett @_chrishaynes @ben_marshall28 @julietw1606 @lebe0237 I couldn't agree more and think white women frequently fall into this complacency as well. We're so used to seeing a whole variety of characters that look like us and represent a spectrum of life and experience, we take it for granted #engl3246

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@ben_marshall28 @lebe0237 @_chrishaynes Perhaps MM gives voice and a place to ID to all those Americans who have so frequently been left out of representation in pop culture. For so long we've all been asked to identify with the white, masculine hero, and we've all managed it. Maybe it's the white man's turn? #engl3246

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@_chrishaynes Just as Ms. Marvel adapted out of the dominant subjectivity (sole white woman) into a underrepresented caricature of modern American womanhood (woman of color, middle class, Muslim), so can we all become Ms. Marvel. She is each of us, and we are in turn her. #engl3246 #claims

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@paulettecg @JohnScr16475172 @_chrishaynes Could it instead be a way to raise the Muslim religion out of darkness, and promote it as a faith of love, equality, hope, and courage, without comparing it to American or western religions? #engl3246

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@paulettecg @JohnScr16475172 @_chrishaynes While I understand that this comic was released in the US context, I can't say I agree that it is about equality of religions. There seems to be little comparison to other religions, but rather a strong draw from the roots and virtues of the Islamic tradition #engl3246

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@toler_kristin @_chrishaynes Not only do individual actions matter, but one can muster courage from their historical and culture roots, in this cases applying ancient religious philosophy to contemporary problems and as personal inspiration. #engl3246 #claims

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@sahmwell2018 @toler_kristin @_chrishaynes Perhaps with the massive scale and variety of problems millennials are inheriting, however, make it a simpler, more accomplishable & graspable task to address one person - or one issue - at a time. #engl3246 #planttheseedling

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@sahmwell2018 @toler_kristin @_chrishaynes I might argue that this individualism is an American ethos, and that millennials are a generation that, statistically, express a greater deal of empathy, which leads us to be more charitable, than previous generations. #engl3246 #claims