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\nWhenever a critic complains about the ubiquity or the creative emptiness of superhero narratives in contemporary pop culture, fans argue back that mass entertainment is just the modern incarnation of our rich cultural heritage: superheroes are mythology, and fandom is folklore. Is this true, or is this a way to flatten the complexities of traditional art while giving commercial media a spiritual significance it does not deserve?
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\nKarlo Yeager Rodr\xedguez joins us.
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\nPodside\u2019s Patreon
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\nAs the Shore to the Tides, So Blood Calls to Blood
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\nMP Writes to Disney over Spider-Man Gravestone Dispute
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\nAgainst Presentism
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\nThe Monster in The Green Knight Should Be Sexier
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\nComic Book Superheroes: The Gods of Modern Mythology
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\nSuperhero Films Are Bad for Democracy
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\nDisney and Pixar\u2019s Female Characters All Have the Same Face
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\nDisney, Copyright Law, and Spider-Man
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\nThe Tragedy of \u2018The Tragedy of the Commons\u2019
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\nPuerto Ricans Citizens Protest Developer\u2019s Beach Project
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\n\u201cI hate that they called a 14 century poem a franchise so much.\u201d
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\nIKEA unveils surreal, terrifying Pride sofas and the memes are impeccable
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\nAbout Rite Gud: Raquel S. Benedict is an author, appearing in Fantasy and Science Fiction and Gardner Dozois’ The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year’s Best Science Fiction.\xa0Matt Keeley, founder of Kittysneezes, is producing\xa0Rite Gud for KS Media, LLC.\xa0Rite Gud is a Kittysneezes production. If you have questions, comments and concerns,