![]() And there's a character named "Danny the Street." Danny the Street is a non-binary, sentient street and basically the home for anybody who is a misfit. C-PTSD, every single character in it has it, and it manifests in different ways, and it's just so beautiful. I know Watchmen is really, really good-the most recent one that came out on HBO Max-but I still favor Doom Patrol because Doom Patrol explained C-PTSD, which is one of the things that I have that makes me neurodiverse. Then last year, I was like, "Let me actually do this now," and it was-it is my favorite of any live-action-comic book rendition. I kept telling him that I was going to watch it, and then I never did it. You get to escape into a place where you are invincible-invincible is really good, by the way-and Doom Patrol is something that one of my friends has been trying to get me to watch for a while because we both had DC Universe back when it was on that, and I never watched it. So I'm a huge nerd, and I'm also neurodiverse, and I'm also-also queer and Black, so I'm an extremely marginalized person, and as many marginalized people do, I love comic books. Can you please tell our audience why you picked that?įaati: Absolutely. ĭrew: One class so far, more to come, surely.ĭrew: Your handle online, FaatiTheStreet, is a reference that Glen and I both appreciate a lot. I was like, "I was being sassy with Neil Gaiman!"ĭrew: That is major cool-nerd points right there.įaati: Yes! And the thread has about half a million views now, and it's come up in a lot of podcasts, and someone told me that their Asian media course incorporated it into the lesson in a college class, which is the height of acclaim for me. You are about it," and I got into a brief disagreement with Neil Gaiman, which was the coolest thing ever. When I started the thread, I got a shout-out from Gail Simone. I made this thread last year called "The Silencing of the Shrew," which is a Shakespeare reference, and it's about this phenomena that happens in media where women of color are for some reason the only character in a piece that doesn't get lines or doesn't get many lines as the other people in the same piece. People actually care what I have to say about stuff that I watch now. I'm known for writing very long media threads on Twitter and them somehow taking off. ![]() I am currently cosplaying a dinosaur because Jurassic Park (the animated series), which exists-it's on Netflix. I write media criticism, and I also cosplay everything. ![]() I'm Faati-FaatiTheStreet-and I'm a media person. Here to discuss it with us is a special guest, FaatiTheStreet. I'm Drew Mackie.ĭrew: And in case that intro did not tip you off, today we are discussing Boy Meets World, specifically the Season 4 episode "Chick Like Me," which originally aired January 31, 1997. Feeny.ĭrew: Hello, and welcome to Gayest Episode Ever, the podcast where we discuss the LBGT-focused episodes of classic sitcoms. Shawn: It's for an article we're writing, Mr. Feeny: If there's anything you need to talk about, my door is always open. Topanga: And what name have you thought about? Topanga: Cory ! You've thought about this before, haven't you? ![]() ![]() How about Janet?Ĭory : What possible difference could it make? Topanga: So, Shawn, how does it feel to be wearing pantyhose?Ĭory : Okay. ![]()
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