Mary Jane, Zendaya, And Representation

Tyler and Beau talk about the firestorm surrounding the announcement of Zendaya as the new Mary Jane Watson in Marvel’s Spider-Man: Homecoming as well as the importance of diverse representation in media and story telling. Episode 133 Original Airdate: Aug 27 2016 Support this podcast on patreon at www.patreon.com/PassTheMic Hosts: Jemar Tisby (twitter.com/JemarTisby) Tyler Burns (twitter.com/Burns23) Producer: Beau York (twitter.com/TheRealBeauYork) Lean More: Pass The Mic - www.PassTheMicPodcast.com (twitter.com/_PassTheMic) RAAN - www.RAANetwork.org (twitter.com/RAANetwork) Special Thanks To: Podastery - www.podastery.com (twitter.com/Podastery) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices