The politics of superheroes (MCU shit!), our Zola thoughts, & anticommunist military propaganda

Spoiler warnings for this episode: Black Widow (2021) & Zola (2021)Your favorite lesbian comedy entertainment criticism Aries/Cancer duo back with some scathing opinions on the MCU aka the Marvel Cinematic Universe as outsiders who occasionally partake, our thoughts on the latest hottest A24 movie everyone is talking about, and ramblings about the logical and political fallacies of superhero stories. Re: we don't like girlbosses whose stories function as capitalist, pro-military, pro-imperialist, generally liberal propaganda with weak, shallow themes of morality and 'feminism.' Our recommendations this week:This Way Up from Renaissance and Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots from Sunny! Follow us on Twitter @thelavenderpod, rate us on Apple podcasts, and email your hot takes to thelavendermenacepodcast@gmail.com so we don't have to shit talk media that may be irrelevant to you in our future episodes. Also, become a Patreon member if you so choose! https://www.patreon.com/TheLavenderMenace

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Two overly online nonbinary lesbian communists of color (with gaylor tendencies) spew their opinions on pop culture and media via a three part comedy variety show: first, a discussion of a listener submitted hot take. Second, analyzing a piece of media we've both consumed together. And third, recommending books/movies/TV/music/etc. to each other. Renaissance is the film stan twitter user, and Sunny is the booktuber. We think we are hilarious and have the correct opinions, and we hope you can agree! Email us at thelavendermenacepodcast@gmail.com for your hot take submissions or business stuff. Follow us on Twitter @TheLavenderPod for live updates of our unhinged ramblings and @thelavendermenacepod on Instagram and Tik Tok for more of our short form content in between episodes. We also have a Letterboxd @thelavenderpod, if you're into that sort of thing. (Of course you are- we're all gay nerds here!!) You can support us at patreon.com/thelavendermenace for bonus episodes, early access, exclusive content, and merch, but we truly appreciate all of our listeners and love engaging with y'all on any level. Much lesbian love and solidarity!