Random thought but have you ever noticed that breadtube is...misogynistic? Idk, as someone who used to watch a lot of breadtube (still a leftist, but as I've learned more about leftist politics and movements I find that breadtube often lacks substance - just seems like a lot of rambling without critical thinking/analysis).
Like, I can't help but notice that the lot of them shy away from topics around sex based oppression, male/female socialization, sexploitation etc (and if they're not ignoring it, they're saying that none of it is real and that those are just conservative talking points).
Idk. I just feel like a lot of people would rather watch transwomen talk about how important feminist works are actually bigoted to justify violent, misogynistic feelings toward radical feminists who discuss these things. It feels like they want to intellectualize misogyny and uphold a strawman of radical feminism so that they can validate telling women to shut the fuck up about our oppression. Am I making sense?
yes, you're totally making sense, and I decided to look into that. so I made an Excel list with the most prominent Bread Tubers, the number of their subscribers, their biological sexes and their gender identities:
if you just look at gender identity, the subscribers seem to be quite evenly distributed between men, women and non-binary people:
looks kinda fair, right?
but if we look into biological sex...
it's suddenly clear that biological males gather about 77 percent of the total subscribers, while biological females gather only about 24 percent.
doesn't seem that fair anymore, right?
but it gets even worse when you take into account the male's gender identities...
there are more subscribers to biological males with female or non-binary gender identities than subscribers to biological females???
I guess there is your answer on why bread tube does not cover issues of sexism and sex-based oppression.
...and that is why an analysis based on biological sex is important and trying to erase it will let us believe that we are closer to equality between the sexes than we actually are
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QUEERS: KEEP YOUR PASSPORT UPDATED
We can already see a rise in anti-Semitic attacks in places like NYC with the mask off nature of this new rhetoric. You are not safe from this rhetoric just because you live in a city. Berlin was a beacon of progressive values before the Nazi's took over. We don't know what's going to happen in 2 years time, but I will NOT satisfy these fascists with my death. And I advise the same for my queer family. Keep your passports up to date, pay attention to what's happening around you, arm yourselves and your community, and be willing and able to flee when it comes down to it. Stick together and find community. There's power in numbers. And most importantly, don't fucking die.
I love you all 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️❤️
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Things YouTubers need to stop doing with captions:
Using auto caption
Using viewer submitted captions without vetting them
Plugging in the script instead of a transcript (especially if you went off script during the recording)
Putting jokes in the captions that aren't in the audio
Not captioning inserted clips
Putting on screen text where the captions are
There are a flabbergasting amount of leftist or educational channels that do most or all of the things up there, including Crash Course, Philosophy Tube, Legal Eagle, Renegade Cut, H Bomber Guy, Sarah Z, Leeja Miller, CJ the X, Folding Ideas, and so many creators I otherwise respect and love who should absolutely know better. It's frustrating, especially considering the fact that creators like Rikki Poynter have been begging their colleagues for over a decade to change it.
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Babe wake up it's time for your monthly deep dive analysis video
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feeling a bit mad that people still consider destiny as leftist. he's the most surface level liberal posturer i have ever seen. some of his most beloved clips are of him being friends with conservatives. i get it, he's not part of any of the minorities he claims to represent and therefore he's personally unaffected by most forms of bigotry but wtf dude!!! that's not cool!!!!
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