Art by David Wynne. Prints available until 1/25/2015 in the shop, or contact David for the original. In which writer G. Willow Wilson joins us to talk about her new run on X-Men; the Future is really confusing; we consider the many iterations of Rachel Grey; Storm probably has strong feelings about climate change; and writing for a shared universe takes some seriously fancy footwork. X-Plained: Jubilee Shogo (a little) The future vs. the Future X-Men vols. 1-4 The logistics of stepping into a book mid-series Pigeonholing and “girl” books The proper pronunciation of Kamala Storm (again) Psylocke M Rachel Grey (again) Cross-title coordination Writing in a shared universe Super-powered ecology The gender politics of telepathy Writing and dialogue across media Marginalization, intersectionality, and the mutant metaphor Next Week: Pink robots from the future! You can find a visual companion to this episode on our blog! Find us on iTunes or Stitcher! Support us on Patreon! Buy prints of this week’s illustration at our shop, or contact David Wynne for the original!

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