216 X-Amining X-Factor (feat. Dr. Andrea Letamendi)

Published: Oct. 1, 2018, 5:37 a.m.

b"In which Dr. Andrea Letamendi of Arkham Sessions joins us to analyze some analysis; Doc Samson has major scope-of-practice issues; Ren & Stimpy references continue to fail to age well; it's hard to be Quicksilver; Val Cooper is not your friend; Polaris pretty much always deserves better; Charles Xavier should not be allowed to inhabit positions of power; and labels are often not the best tools for good representations of mental illness and neurodivergence.\\n\\nX-PLAINED:\\n\\n \\tA very high-stakes 3-D puzzle\\n \\tX-Factor #87\\n \\tDoc Samson\\n \\tMaking talking heads interesting\\n \\tWolfsbane's relationship to pop culture\\n \\tAppropriate boundaries\\n \\tSeveral remarkable fashion choices\\n \\tPietro Maximoff in perspective\\n \\tTherapeutic assessment vs. intervention\\n \\tThe extremely tragic backstory of Jamie Madrox\\n \\tImposter syndrome\\n \\tA brief history of Polaris's brushes with possession\\n \\tA really poorly planned and presented sequence\\n \\tConsequences of armchair diagnosis\\n \\tInteractions of telepathy and psychology\\n \\tLegion as a portrayal of mental illness\\n \\tWriting mental illness in fiction\\n\\nNEXT EPISODE: Rasputin Family Reunion!\\n\\n\\n\\nCheck out the visual companion to this episode\\xa0on our blog!\\n\\nFind us on\\xa0iTunes\\xa0or\\xa0Stitcher!\\n\\nJay\\xa0and Miles X-Plain the X-Men is 100% ad-free and listener supported. If you want to\\xa0help support the podcast\\u2013and unlock more cool stuff\\u2013you can do that\\xa0right here!\\n\\nWe\\u2019re in the process of migrating our\\xa0official shop to TeePublic!\\xa0Click over to check it out!\\xa0(You can still find the designs we haven\\u2019t moved yet\\xa0at Redbubble.)"