This is a collection of video essays and short films that I feel are worth watching.
Some are very informative, others are more artistically expressive. I try to pull from a variety of content creators!

Video Essays/Informative Videos

• Fandom's Biggest Controversy: The Story of Proshippers vs Antis - Sarah Z

  The history, flaws, and nuances of the Proship vs. Anti debate in online fandom spaces.

• BEING AN ANIME FAN IS SO EMBARRASSING - Veridis Joe

  Cringe, lolicons, degeneracy, and racism within the online anime community.

• Ned, The Try Guys, and Purity Fame - Ro Ramdin

  Niche internet celebrities, parasocial relationships, a need for positive male rolemodels, and purity fame/culture online.

• MrBeast: Dystopian Surrealism - Ro Ramdin

  MrBeast, philanthropy, satirical art, surrealism, and how popular media affects our perception of the rich.

• The End of Rainbow Capitalism - Alexander Avila

  The history, prevalence, and waning need for rainbow Capitalism, and how it portrays queer people.

• Queerbaiting Celebrities: An Overanalysis - Alexander Avila

  Queerbaiting in media vs. celebrity queerbaiting, and how queerbaiting is, in a way, a form of queer culture.

• Why Queer TV is Getting Worse - verilybitchie

  How purity culture is heavily influenced by capitalism, and how it silences minority voices in art.

• Don't be creepy, Emma Thompson - verilybitchie

  A retrospective on Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, and how its portrayal of sex work and feminism is... complicated.

• Useful Idiots and the Groomer Panic - Noah Samsen

  Pedophilic panic directed towards trans people, and how 'useful idiots' online aid in regressing positive social progress for mintorities.

• Both Sides of the Fatphobia Debate NEED TO STOP - Mr Beard

  Body positivity, bodily health, beauty standards, uninformed criticism, and extremism in the Fatphobia debate.

• The GOP Sure Hates Women and Children - Some More News

  Abortion, bodily autonomy, and women's rights (or lack thereof) in America.

• The Alt-Right Playbook: Always a Bigger Fish - Innuendo Studios

  The incongruence between the left and rights views on democracy and capitalism in America.

• Vaccines and Autism: A Measured Response - hbomberguy

  'No, vaccines do NOT cause autism' and other such antivax rhetoric debunked.

• White Savior vs. White Ally - T1J

  The nuances between white saviorism and white allies, and how one should reflect on one's motives.

• The Hunger - ContraPoints

  A creative, self-expressive work of visual and educational art which expresses the author's struggle with drug abuse.

• I Emailed My Doctor 133 Times: The Crisis In the British Healthcare System - Philosophy Tube

  The systemic barriers trans people face to get transgender health care in the U.K.; how do we address this?

• Conservatives are Bad at S*x - F.D Signifier

  Why Conservatives seem to be bad at sex, and how men AND women are raised to view sex.

• Broke Bread (Left Tube has a Drama Problem) - F.D Signifier

• TikTok hates your relationship - Drew Gooden

Thoughtful/Dark Art

• My Little Goat - Tomoki Misato

  CW // horror elements, gore, disturbing imagery, dark themes, child abuse

• Fuelled - Killedthecat Productions

  CW // murder, strong emotions, revenge

• Possibly in Michigan (1983) - ceceliacondit

  CW // light gore, disturbing imagery, dark themes, misogyny, cannibalism, murder