What that amounts to is--not even joking--MJ affirming she is a stronk independent whamen who don't need no man while Peter has to say how it's all his fault for being a terrible bf. She resists the symbiote shortly after talking about how
pursuing her career as a journalist is the most important thing in the world to her. Not her love for Peter. Not her dream to become a wife and mother. No, her desire to become a fucking journalist is what saves her.
Also, check this out:
She calls her journo podcast "The New Normal." This is in the game. This is in the fucking game.