Jessie
Giving Ms. Marvel another readthrough since I'm teaching it later this term and this popped out at me: 
Jessie
ғᴏʟᴋ ʙᴀʀᴅ
I thought of you right away
Jessie
I MEAN idk is how much it counts, since ms marvel is a love letter to jersey
Jessie
And it's like spotting a jersey reference in a Kevin Smith movie
Jessie
But I remember your Rutgers plight
ғᴏʟᴋ ʙᴀʀᴅ
yesssssss
ғᴏʟᴋ ʙᴀʀᴅ
I really do need to read ms. marvel
Jessie
Remind me later and I'll shoot you some files?
Jessie
I have the first like ten issues in cbr and then never kept up with it
Jessie
Basically there's too much media and I don't want to commit to being a fan of just one so I'm never current on anything
ғᴏʟᴋ ʙᴀʀᴅ
/nods makes sense! I'm not really a comics person, but I've heard a lot of good things, so I wanted to give it a shot
Jessie
I think a lot of people hype it up in ways that make me uncomfortable? But that tends to have more to do with deliberate misreadings I think >>
Jessie
Like it STARTS with a character labeled as a concern troll -- this white chick who uses social awareness in a really hurtful, pandering way
Jessie
And a lot of the most hamfisted "let me railroad over your beliefs and opinions so I can talk about how oppressed you are" women I know hold up ms marvel as the Be All End All of representation
Jessie
And I'm lowkey like "psst that's you it's making fun of YOU why can't you see the way YOU are represented in this text"
ғᴏʟᴋ ʙᴀʀᴅ
gotcha. I've just heard that Kamala is really great and worth reading.
ғᴏʟᴋ ʙᴀʀᴅ
and she's from jersey, which makes me biased in her favor already
Jessie
Yeah it's set in Jersey city and like. She lives on grove street and it's really cool =x
Jessie
It IS excellent, don't get me wrong! It's just that a lot of the fandom leaves me going "whitey plz"
ғᴏʟᴋ ʙᴀʀᴅ
/nods yep, I gotcha
inadequate tits
white people as a whole are sensitive babies so it's probably better for the comics popularity it we don't notice certain things tbh
inadequate tits
ms marvel is great tho
Jessie
Ahaha I mean where's the lie
☼ zinnia
oh man, I'm so glad to hear that the Jersey refs are legit 
I haven't read Ms Marvel in a while since it hits too close to home, but... yeah... fandom is a big Question Mark sometimes
I haven't read Ms Marvel in a while since it hits too close to home, but... yeah... fandom is a big Question Mark sometimes
Jessie
oh yeah they're super legit -- G Willow Wilson is a Jersey City native, I think?
Jessie
one of the places I teach is in Jersey City so I'm excited to see how they respond to it
☼ zinnia
aaah that would do it! keep us posted on how they react
inadequate tits
she's jersey native and Muslim so it's a good combo for a Muslim jersey hero