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 [email protected] 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