'Woke X-Men' and the Web of Grifter Media

The worst people online all know each other. Help fund my work: https://www.patreon.com/pillarofgarbage Or join my channel on YouTube with a Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx7XOnnm5NYz6JxUuG_dSVw/join Make a (free, easy) difference with TabForTrees: https://tabfortrees.org/pillarofgarbage Join the Pillar of Garbage Discord server! https://discord.gg/WQEk4UPeC6 Follow me on Twitter! https://twitter.com/PillarGarbage Follow me on BlueSky! https://bsky.app/profile/pillarofgarbage.bsky.social I'm on Mastodon: https://mas.to/@PillarOfGarbage or check out the Pillar of Garbage subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/pillarofgarbage Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcrbDaPcs-JWeBsdUXYukVQ Timestamps 0:00 Introduction 1:36 1, The article 11:59 2, The context 24:29 Conclusion Minor correction - C.S. Lewis was Anglican, not Catholic, and while people have read Catholicism into the Narnia series, it’d be far more correct to label the series simply as ‘Christian allegory’. Thanks to bernadmanny for pointing this out. Links / sources: Wolk, Douglas. All of the Marvels, Profile, 2021. Pp 147-8. The major articles: https://fandompulse.com/2024/02/20/no-stan-lee-and-chris-claremont-didnt-always-intend-the-x-men-to-be-woke/ https://boundingintocomics.com/2024/02/15/x-men-97-showrunner-confirms-disney-plus-series-will-portray-morph-as-nonbinary/ https://www.theblaze.com/shows/pseudo-intellectual/disney-headed-for-another-train-wreck-x-men-gets-woke-remake-with-nonbinary-character?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dlvr.it_x_theblaze&tpcc=social Source for X-Men writers' table: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_X-Men Stan Lee clips used: https://youtu.be/92cuQF4S2v8?si=x43PSqJeeZAPluD0 https://youtu.be/QK3JrK0C-XM?si=z1dOm7mvx79PxXqz https://youtu.be/IF3jtNzKCtQ?si=WlJ3ylvJEGlGdNsJ Byrne on Northstar: https://web.archive.org/web/20130126025406/http://www.byrnerobotics.com/FAQ/listing.asp?ID=2&T1=Questions+about+Comic+Book+Projects#106 JDA denialism clip source: https://x.com/TheVikkiVerse/status/1534772763906416640?s=20 Other JDA related items shown: https://davidmack.pro/blog/2022/10/31/psa-jon-del-arroz-is-a-liar/ https://www.jimchines.com/2018/01/jon-del-arroz/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/rislandia/posts/2174172046304963/ Buzzfeed News on Drudge Report and Intermarkets: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/drudge-report-ad-revenue Source for the beginnings of the Intermarkets partnership: https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/drudge-report-media-darling/ An interesting companion piece about Intermarkets' monetisation methods: https://www.latimes.com/la-fi-drudge4aug04-story.html Trent's interview with MasterSwagKing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXymN6nCNb8&ab_channel=MasterSwagKing (NB this and a Mary Sue article (https://www.themarysue.com/alyssa-wong-right-wing-attacks-why/) informed much of this video's brief BiC history) BiC demonology: https://boundingintocomics.com/2022/07/12/black-widow-actress-florence-pugh-rages-at-critics-after-exposing-her-breasts-in-sheer-dress-fing-free-the-fing-nipple/ Bounding into Comics & Vox Day: https://archive.fo/rPLNG Example videos used to show proliferation of BiC & FP: https://youtu.be/Jj0lzCxGsoE?si=n0TtbUXUku0YsiPk https://youtu.be/I4GF4RP7k9Q?si=WAuzAdv3j3hmf1VZ https://youtu.be/bFqDRj0p9Us?si=xN9_eNc6rPfKnzgg Ryan Kinel / Alex Stein clip source: https://www.reddit.com/r/RKOutpost/comments/w9222j/pure_cringe/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf Full video of park trip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZKo7kQNkcU&ab_channel=ParkHoppin%27 FNT episode where Griggs says the quiet part: https://www.youtube.com/live/nNAcxn3e78o?si=0bx1udYQtDYTQpaz&t=5941 Headlines shown re: McInnes: https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts/troll-alex-stein-kicks-off-his-blaze-show-with-proud-boys-founder-gavin-mcinnes-15908650 https://www.thedailybeast.com/proud-boys-founder-gavin-mcinnes-loses-gig-with-blaze-tv Headlines shown re: Ramaswamy: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/23/candidates-clash-over-climate-change-00112637 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ramaswamy-ukraine-russia-cnn-b2464360.html Other articles shown: https://www.forbes.com/sites/caileygleeson/2024/02/16/x-men-fans-push-back-against-anger-over-non-binary-character/