Theory of X
By: Anthony Michael D'Agostino
Language: en
Categories: Leisure, Hobbies, Society, Culture, Philosophy
Theory of X uses pop culture to exemplify, explain, and explore an idea that might seem merely academic, boringly abstract, or potentially politically explosive in a fun, engaging way. Each episode of Theory of X discusses a broad topic – a cultural, theoretical, or social phenomenon (like, say, “Feminism,” “Marxism,” or “Social Media”) in relation to superhero comics, genre television, or a favorite movie series.
Episodes
TOX.1.2 - X-Men's The Dark Phoenix Saga and BDSM
Jan 09, 2026Today's episode discussing the greatest X-Men story of all time, the Dark Phoenix Saga, and BDSM features my brilliant mentee, Monica Geraffo. Monica is something a renaissance woman - a fashion professional, co-host of the VoxPopCast, and PhD Candidate in Theatre and Performance Studies - so her thoughts are layered, scintillating, and unapologetically MATERIALIST. Her fetish is for what you can touch, build, and construct: Jean Grey's dominatrix gear as the Black Queen, Storm's leather jacket as leader of the Morlocks, the Hellfire Club's period costumery at their 5th avenue soiree. We come to find midway through the pod...
Duration: 02:55:16TOX.1.1 - X-Men's The Phoenix Saga and Second Wave Feminism
Dec 07, 2025This podcast is a little engine that might, pulling out of the station with a clunky adhd addled engine fueled by nothing other than insistent sisterhood, expensive ideas, and cheap gags. We are starting off with a discussion about a forever fave, Uncanny X-Men's Phoenix Saga as a case study in second wave feminism (think 1970's, Row v. Wade et al), with my mentor and soul-sister, Ramzi Fawaz, who just happens to be an icon in the world of queer theory (the author of Queer Forms, The New Mutants: Superheroes and the Radical Imagination). Despite the intellectual heft of...
Duration: 01:28:28