Were The X-Men Always Woke?

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Edited by Pillar of Garbage and TSD Talks (part 2). I'd also like to thank TSD for helping me resolve a technical error with this video in an hour of need.

#xmen #xmen97 #marvel

Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
2:29 1, The Morph Factor
12:35 2, Were the X-Men Always Woke?
23:52 3, The X-Men Were Always Woke
44:17 Conclusion

Previous videos of mine I reference:
   • No, Disney Didn't Make Rogue 'Woke'  
   • 'Woke X-Men' and the Web of Grifter Media  
   • Wokespotting, Explained: How The Grift Works  
   • The "Woke Mind Virus", Explained | The Sup...  

Sources / links:

Books:
Fawaz, Ramzi. The New Mutants: Superheroes and the Radical Imagination of American Comics, New York University Press, 2016. Pp 144-8
Wolk, Douglas. All of the Marvels: An Amazing Voyage into Marvel's Universe and 27,000 Superhero Comics, Profile Books, 2021. Pp 136-70

Articles:
https://www.slashfilm.com/1541700/x-m...
https://cosmicbook.news/rip-x-men-97-...
https://gizmodo.com/x-men-97-trailer-...
https://www.inverse.com/entertainment...
https://variety.com/2024/tv/features/...
https://www.inverse.com/article/35553...
https://www.escapistmagazine.com/x-me...
https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/5/3/...

Webpages:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
https://nonbinary.wiki/wiki/History_o...
  / whats_your_take_on_the_shapeshifting_nb_trope  
  / 1770302904785571958  
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.ph...
   • X-Men 97 won't live up to the legend  
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