Professors Jennifer Pollitt and Timothy Welbeck say this “paves the way for greater diversity among directors and will likely serve as inspiration for young women of color to pursue prominent roles in Hollywood,” according to Temple Now.

Pollitt, a “sexuality educator, researcher, and activist” whose courses cover “sexual and erotic agency,” “LGBTQIA civil rights” and the “intersection of sex, law and policy,” claimed the high number of dislikes amassed by the film’s trailer is due to the public’s uneasiness with powerful women, “especially women of color.”

“This is because femininity is often seen as frivolous or not powerful,” Pollitt said. “Many folks who disliked the trailer made accusations that reflected common tropes that assume women are emotionally hysterical, fragile and incapable of making important decisions.”

[Or maybe they saw a trailer filled with Mary Sues and deduced that this looks a lot like a lot of other mediocre didactics from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. I haven’t seen the film yet but I did see the trailer, and it’s underwhelming. This kind of offense on the basis of accusing audiences of bigotry will make the situation even worse for the film, as audiences keep punishing studios that employ this strategy. And here’s a question for the profs: how can you generalize like they do without first being bigots yourselves? Or at least sneering snobs? — Ed]