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+ A Very Large Expanse of Sea, islamophobia, Kamala Khan, Ms. Marvel, Muslim, Tahereh Mafi, whiteness

Reader Positioning in Tahereh Mafi’s “A Very Large Expanse of Sea”

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Last post, I started looking at some of the connections between G. Willow Wilson and Adrian Alphona’s Ms. Marvel and Tahereh Mafi’s A Very Large Expanse of Sea. Today, I want to continue looking at Mafi’s novel, focusing on some of the way that it highlights white privilege and whiteness. These moments occur most notably when Shirin points out that Ocean never had to … Read More Reader Positioning in Tahereh Mafi’s “A Very Large Expanse of Sea”

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+ comics, graphic memoir, graphic novels, graphic travelogue, Guantánamo Voices, islamophobia, Muslim, omar el akkad, sarah mirk

The Stoking of Fear

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Every so often I’ll abruptly awake, out of dead sleep, because something startled me. Typically it’s a sound, in the dead of night, with the dim light of night streaming into the room, casting shadows all around. I’ll bolt up, heart racing, fearing to move lest whatever woke me pounces as I stumble around blindly in the dark. I think about someone breaking into … Read More The Stoking of Fear

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+ Adrian Alphona, captain america, Captain Marvel, Carol Danvers, comics, G. Willow Wilson, Kamala Khan, marvel comics, Ms. Marvel, Muslim, superhero

Kamala Khan or Ms. Marvel? Identity in “Ms. Marvel: No Normal”: Part II

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Last post, I wrote about the opening pages of G. Willow Wilson and Adrian Alphona’s Ms. Marvel: No Normal. Over the next couple of posts, I want to continue that discussion. Specifically, I want to focus on three sections/panels in the volume. These panels appear at different stages as Kamala struggles with her identity, but each, in its own way, highlights this struggle.

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