Generation M: Recapping Ms. Marvel is hosted by Ahmed Ali Akbar, Alanna Bennett, and Waleed Shahid. We look back at each episode of the American Muslim Pakistani superhero Disney+ streaming series and examine the various influences on Kamala Khan, from South Asian Muslim history to comic books. Generation M is a not-for-profit enterprise, openly licensed and disseminated to the public under Creative Commons.
Ahmed, Waleed, and Alanna are joined by special guest Connor Goldsmith of the Cerebro podcast No recap this time: we just dive right into the histories of Kamala Khan, Carol Danvers, Monica Rambeau, and a few other characters. Subscribe to Acacia magazine to read Ahmed's piece on the Muslim mutants: https://www.acaciamag.com/ If you want to learn more about the X-Men, listen to Connor's podcast CEREBRO. It was a huge influence on the show. Listen here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cerebro/id1529617900 This episode of Generation M is a not-for-profit work licensed freely under creative commons.
Ahmed and Waleed recap episode 6 of the Ms. Marvel TV show with the help of writer Krutika Mallikarjuna. We talk about the mosque surveillance storyline, Kamala's love triangle, and what we'd want to see in a season 2 of the show. Subscribe to Acacia magazine to read Ahmed's piece on the Muslim mutants: https://www.acaciamag.com/ This episode of Generation M is a not-for-profit work licensed freely under creative commons.
Ahmed is joined by Dr. Hussein Rashid —scholar of religion and co-editor of the anthology, Ms. Marvel's America: No Normal — to discuss "Time and Again," episode 5 of the Ms. Marvel TV show. We talk about how this episode on partition made Ahmed cry, how intergenerational storytelling is like time travel, and make an argument for changing Kamala's powers from the comic book. Buy Hussein Rashid's Ms. Marvel anthology here: https://www.amazon.com/Ms-Marvels-America-No-Normal/dp/1496827023 Read Ahmed's essay on partition here: https://www.buzzfeed.com/ahmedaliakbar/not-quite-eat-pray-love Read the Ms. Marvel partition reading list from Fatimah Asghar and Bisha K. Ali here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSkxrcPoxavaQK7XikzYeWG0UTNBb3PeMWyecmCdFF2g_c3EnAd3GJgEjP5I8JWQML-NrwmLIJV18cz/pub
Ahmed and Waleed are joined by documentarian Khaula Malik to discuss "Seeing Red," the fourth episode of the Ms. Marvel TV show. The show heads to Pakistan! Khaula helps us understand the complications of filming there. We discuss what kind of image of Pakistan the showrunners depict. This episode of Generation M is a not-for-profit work licensed freely under creative commons.
We recap episode 3 of Disney+'s Ms. Marvel! Ahmed pitches his Ms. Marvel comic book series, Alanna talks about the macguffin of it all, and Waleed tries to figure out if this show is British colonialism's debut in the MCU. This episode of Generation M is a not-for-profit work licensed freely under creative commons.
We recap episode 2 of Disney+'s Ms. Marvel! Ahmed and Alanna are joined by Ayesha Mattu to revel over the delightful high school rom-com of it all. This episode of Generation M is a not-for-profit work licensed freely under creative commons.
In this bonus episode, Ahmed and Alanna speak with G. Willow Wilson about Kamala Khan's comic-book origins. This episode of Generation M is a not-for-profit work licensed freely under creative commons.
The pilot episode of Generation M! Ahmed, Alanna, and Waleed recap episode one of the Ms. Marvel TV show and explore Kamla Khan's comic book origins. This episode of Generation M is a not-for-profit work licensed freely under creative commons.
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