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I'm addicted to long video essays, but youtube content in general. I've decided to not limit this only to video essay, but also include whatever interesting videos I find that I want to save in a list.

✦⸻ video essays & others

• How Raccoons (Almost) Got Away With Itn by Casual Geographic ▸ Racoons are pretty wild little things, aren't they.
• The Indian Maharaja Who Saved Polish Children by Visegrad24 ▸ I'd never heard about this before. It's a pretty remarkable thing he did, so worth sharing.
• Ancient Human Species We Once Co-Existed With by New Scientist ▸ Just amazing! I love discovering about other human species and how everything turned out the way it is. It's a fascinating journey.
• Analysing the Tradwife trend... through the lens of JoJo Siwa by Jessica Kellgren-Fozard ▸ I wasn't planning on watching this one when I did, but then she started talking and I couldn't hit pause. Amazing analysis of fashion, conservatism and public spectacle. I might have to rewatch it.
• The Parasocial Contract: Why the Ned Fulmer Scandal Was Never Just About Cheating by Historically Gaming ▸ I was never an avid consumer of Try Guys but when the Ned situation blew up it felt... weird. This video explains it.
• Stop using Fandom by mossbag ▸ I'm just gonna copy-paste a comment here: "browsing fandom without an adblocker is like trying to drive down an interstate with your windshield covered in dead bugs and rotted leaves".
• The MAGA-fication of Nicki Minaj by Bob The Drag Queen ▸ a video essay by btdq?? can't wait for more!
• WTF is Straightbaiting? by Sarcastic Chorus ▸ I didn't know about this expression, it's really funny to see how we're falling with media literacy.
• How Intimacy Coordinators Changed Love Scenes Forever by The Back Focus ▸ I'd heard the term being thrown around, but it's great to lear more about it and its impact.
• Why Does the Man In This 2000 Year Old Mummy Portrait Look So Familiar? by Sotheby's ▸ not a video essay per se, but absolutely astounding to see the style and quality of the portrait.
• TikTok Feminism is Not Your Friend by Broey Deschanel ▸ deep, deep dive into something that can be very misleading.
• O auge e a queda do orelhão no Brasil by Canal 90 ▸ adorei descobrir mais história aleatória do brasil. <3
• Age Gap Relationships are...Complicated! by Alice Cappelle ▸ I've never been in a relationship like that so it's easy for me to judge. Interesting analysis of this dynamic!
• "iT's NoT tHaT dEeP" by Khadija Mbowe ▸ living in a country where basically 50% of the population is functionally illiterate (according to research!), the anti-intellectualism is scary af.
• How Ghibli Writes Men by Loose Threads ▸ a short but sweet take on the Ghibli Boy personage.
• The Frankenstein Discourse Is Bad. Let’s Talk About It by Kaz Rowe ▸ a good summary and analysis of del Toro's Frankenstein and its shortcomings, without bashing just because.
• This Masterpiece Tricked Everyone With Clever Innuendo by Art Deco ▸ I love this channel and everything she puts out. Always an interesting learning journey!