#shaun video essay

[fandom-hoarder]

Today in: TERFdom is inherently and inevitably linked to antisemitism:

Shaun has uploaded another great long video essay. Content warning in his description (thanks for not letting me copy/paste anything, fucking YouTube)

A highlight from the video closing:

"Hate groups do not say: 'We hate this minority group for no reason. We're just irrationally hateful, I guess. Now, do you agree with us or not?' That sort of thing would be easy to spot and stand against, right? And it's easy now, looking back, to say you obviously would not have fallen for nazi lies about Jewish people. But I think it's a worthwhile exercise to consider seriously if you actually might have. [...] People who assume propaganda will never work on them are always the most susceptible to being influenced by it, because they don't think there's a need to be vigilant against it.

We live, right now, in a time of intense anti-trans propaganda; because there is no silent majority just waiting to speak up like [KJK] thinks there is, that majority needs to be built --- over time, with a sustained propaganda campaign. And if you're ambivalent on this issue, you would've been ambivalent about all those historical civil rights fights that you'd like to think you'd've been on the right side of. I'm not saying you would've been openly hateful even, but if you fall for arguments about dangerous trans people in women's spaces, you would have fallen for arguments about dangerous black men coming into white spaces to abuse white women, or dangerous gay men in schools, or so on.

[...]

So I'll say to any cis people watching this video: Be vigilant about attempts to turn you against trans people. The "reasonable concerns" era is long over by now --- we've got JK Rowling offering to bankroll the legal actions of an eliminationist anti-trans activist who's launching a political party! We've gone WAY beyond the "reasonable concerns" phase.

[...]

But seriously, cis people watching this, stand with trans people. Reject this sort of bigoted propaganda, and recognize that it's the exact same sort of propaganda that's been used to hurt different minority groups all through history."

#trans rights are human rights #shaun video essay #transphobia #antisemitism #propaganda #fuck terfs #video essays #Youtube

[dreamlanddoll]

hey guys please watch this video analysis on Chicken Run (2000) it’s from 3 years ago but feels more relevant now than ever and the essayist in it is really smart and put a lot of how I felt about the movies message into words please just go watch it it’s called “what a time to analyze chicken run” she talks about white feminist capitalism being represented in the main villain and the importance of community just please go watch it

#I’m not even lying but after watching this something in my brain just switched #like I almost cried #capitalism is not nor will ever be the answer. organize. we should all be living off the land together #chicken run #aardman #aardman animations #chicken run dawn of the nugget #chicken run 2 #wallace and gromit #capatalism #video essays #video analysis #claymation #early 2000s animated movies #shaun the sheep #tagging everything relevant to this post bc this video is so important and really really good #I want everyone to see it #communism #marxist feminism #marxism #marxist theory #unions #white feminism #anti capitalist

[mbrainspaz]

#gaza genocide #what I'm listening to while working today #shaun the skull #free palestine #world history #youtube video essay #Youtube

[spectral-honey]

@bibimimii HH okay idk why but i tried to save the post with your ask abt the vid essays to drafts so i could make sure the links worked right and tumblr OBLITERATED it i cant find it anywhere ;~; BUT i luckily had written down my video essay recs elsewhere so! i have them but i have no idea what comments i originally meant to pair with them i am so sorry

i tried to choose favorites but i am just very bad at that so i have like a long list of recommendations and then i chose like a few top ones from said list so here are the “favs”:

Understanding Kingdom Hearts (and every other story)

Man in Cave

The Rise And Fall of Frenemies

Abortion vs. infanticide: is there a moral difference?

I Emailed My Doctor 133 Times: The Crisis In the British Healthcare System

i also split the rest of this into interesting or fun ones and ones that deal more with politics for ease of interaction

Fun/interesting ones:

Evermore: The Theme Park That Wasn’t by Jenny Nicholson

How ARCANE Writes Woman by schnee

Our conception of love is messed up. by oliSUNvia

Queerbaiting Celebrities: An Overanalysis by Alexander Avila

The Modeling Industry: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly by Mina Le

Small Quick Ordinary Look at The Umbrella Academy by Quinn Curio

The Rise And Fall of Frenemies - Trisha and Ethan’s Impossible Podcast | TRO by The Right Opinion

TempleOS | Down the Rabbit Hole by Fredrik Knudsen

Furries | Down the Rabbit Hole by Fredrik Knudsen

What The Internet did To Undertale by Super Eyepatch Wolf

What IS Nathan Fielder? by Super Eyepatch Wolf

‘00s Bisexual Chic by verilybitchie

Your city is full of fake buildings, here’s why by Answer in Progress

Envy | ContraPoints by ContraPoints

A masterclass in gaslighting - i wanna marry harry by Jordan Theresa

The Craziest Moments In Brony History by Izzzyzzz

Understanding Kingdom Hearts (and every other story) | Unraveled by Polygon (Brian David Gilbert)

Man in Cave by Internet Historian

The Cost of Concordia by Internet Historian

The Supernatural Finale Aired, And Tumblr Exploded by Sarah Z

and the more political ones:

How Social Media Changes Your Mind by verilybitchie

Aborting the sun: the facts, the feels, and the action | Khadija Mbowe by Khadija Mbowe

Abortion vs. infanticide: is there a moral difference? by oliSUNvia

The Problem With “Google is Free” Activism by Rowan Ellis

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

also i think any trigger warnings are either self evident from the topic of the videos or are mentioned by the creators of the videos but i am always here

#video essays #video essay #theres some other channels that i didnt find a specific video i wanted to rec but i generally like #like shaun; we're in hell; tee noir and shanspeare #also i kept considering putting one of grayson's projects batman videos in here but im honestly not sure the exact line between like #video essays and just commentary videos or review videos #as always i am overthinking everything #like i didnt include as many political ones bc im lowkey worried some random tumblr user is gonna show up in my inbox like #UMM that person is actually CANCELED you should never consider anything they have to say interesting or informative??? #and then i would die not because i care abotu their opinion but mostly because i have anxiety and it would make me sad #um anyway i hope enjoyment is found from the videos hehe?

[forgottenbones]

Dropping the Bomb: Hiroshima & Nagasaki

#shaun #video essays #think about this when you go see oppenheimer #I wish we could recognise when a power commits war crimes #any war crimes. committed by any power. #It's amazingly tragic how someone could go from knowing how many electrons uranium has to the ability to destroy entire cities in an instant #I can ride my bike with no handlebars... #''there are no civilians'' used as an excuse #you're not immune to propaganda

[cherrymoonvol6]

some videos i watched in 2022

Harry Potter (Shaun)

if you are familiar with shaun you’ll know he’s more about that breadtube pipeline compared to those who stick to critiques and essays about media, but this video works as a blend between these two. it’s not necessarily focused on the narrative thread of the story, but things will pop up about it every now and then, and having read the books back when i was a teen it was interesting to hear his thoughts and how he breaks down the story. what i find great about this video (and what i would say sets it apart from other dissections of this franchise) is the focus on the characters and story-beats from the context of who is writing it. this includes discussions of other book she’s written and some context about her real life, so if you’re tired of the discourse surrounding this woman, then i would suggest you don’t watch it. otherwise, this is a nicely paced, calmly delivered exploration of some of the most controversial aspects of this book saga.

viewing recommendation: it serves pretty well as a podcast, although there are some visual elements that pop out here and there that you might want to look at. since shaun’s voice is pretty slow and steady, 1.25x speed works just fine.

Elden Ring - A Shattered Masterpiece (Joseph Anderson)

i discovered joe this year through his odyssey video (also pretty good!), and having gotten into a lot of gaming content in 2020 i felt like my hunger for critiques and video essays about games was finally being satiated. that said, joe’s video on elden ring doesn’t necessarily focus on the narrative: the meat of it is on the gameplay and how the game fails to live up to his own hype as you approach its final stretch. having experienced the release of this game through the eyes of other content creators, i was under the impression that this game was universally loved and admired (and even won Game of The Year), so this perspective was incredibly intriguing to me. i do recommend watching this if you’ve ever had any sort of experience with dark souls/bloodborne/sekiro, be it even just being aware of what they’re about and what they’re known for. otherwise i don’t think you’d get that much from this video, as there’s not really a narrative analysis to get a hold of the plot and story of the game. it’s not like joe doesn’t explain most of it (he has to justify that 1.5 hour runtime), so give it a try nonetheless.

viewing recommendation: there are some sections that flow better as a podcast and others where you’ll want to see what joe is talking about, so judge for yourself. joe is also a slow speaker, so 1.25x will do the job.

Why Stranger Things 5 (Probably) Won't Be Good | Story Analysis (Local)

while this is a relatively new channel, the quality of the production and the structure of it is pretty astounding. if you were in tumblr at any point this year you MUST have heard about this season so maybe this will satisfy your curiosity about the series - that, if you haven’t watched it. to everyone else, well, go feast my children. what i really appreciate about this video is that 1) although i am biased towards longer videos (this is the shortest of this list, at ten minutes) not a single moment of this video feels wasted, and 2) the clear focus on the show as a narrative device, and treating characters as what they are: inventions meant to serve the story. while this is not necessarily a fresh perspective, i do feel people sometimes forget that characters don’t have a life beyond what’s presented in canon, and it’s good to reel that in. i also recommend checking this channel in general: there are few videos, but maybe you’ll find some other media he’s analyzed that you’ll vibe with.

viewing recommendation: it’s just ten minutes long... just sit and watch all of it. i’m a big believer of SPEED in my youtube videos, but this one feels too fast in anything above 1x speed.

The Forgotten Disaster of the SS Eastland (Ask a Mortician)

i came to know about this video through the “controversy” surrounding it - fret not, as it was simply about youtube’s flawed policy around age restriction, which another famous youtube channel (SummoningSalt) had also talked about around that time. while i’ve never had any interest in the channel, i decided to take a look at the offending video out of spite for youtube being a cunt and i ended up loving it. it’s a really well put together investigation about, well, the disaster of the ss eastland, presented in a documentary form. i’ll say right now that i’ve never been fond of documentaries because i feel like they explore every subject extremely superficially and i hate not getting answers to my questions, but this video delves into every topic it presents all while still having great pacing. more than anything, you can feel the love put into every part of this video: the images used, the testimonies, the people interviewed, the care in which it treats this tragedy. it’s a great viewing experience and i cannot state how glad i am that my time wasn’t wasted, at all.

viewing recommendation: since it’s pretty much a documentary, i’d say just watch the entire thing. i’m a 1.25x speed addict, as you sure have noticed by now, but i guess anything between 1x and 1.25x is fine.

Why WandaVision Is Bad At Mysteries (James Woodall)

another show i expect you to at least know half a thing about. of course, as the average hater™ i love to see criticism of popular media, but james goes the extra mile by analyzing the show by the standards of every story involving a mystery. it’s a well researched video and very fun to watch, and what felt missing from other people talking about this show.

viewing recommendation: the video has a pretty high production value, so i had the most fun actually watching it. 1.25x speed works fine too.

(looks like i can’t embed more than 5 videos, gosh darn it, so i’ll get creative for the rest)

I Debunked Every "Body Language Expert" on Youtube (münecat)

i’ve been starving for a good video that covered this topic and this one does the job pretty well. granted, it’s presented in a humorous way you might not like (i’d say just skip those sections), the audio quality is surprisingly not good (maybe watching it not on headphones could help?), and the person who talks is british (i can’t do anything about that, sorry), but it’s very well researched and worth it for the information it presents alone. i’d even say it’s a must watch if you’re in any way keeping up with celebrity “drama”, since we both know you won’t read any of the papers münecat presents in her video.

viewing recommendation: i have a short attention span when watching long videos like these, so i did it while doing mindless stuff on the side and switching back to the video whenever i deemed it appropriate. 1.25x could be a little overwhelming in certain sections.

The Lesbian Gaze (verilybitchie)

i’ve taken a likening to verilybitchie’s videos because, although i do not always agree with her opinions, i can always appreciate how they bring a fresh perspective to different media and historical events. i cannot tell you how BORED i am of 15 minute videos about topics that have about the same substance as me searching said topic on twitter and reading the top 10 tweets about it. i really like how the video uses this interesting premise to actually say really interesting things about the male gaze and movies about queer women. and i would say, don’t stop there: maybe verity’s already talked about some other topic or media you’re interested about, and whatever her takes are, they’re never boring.

viewing recommendation: gaze is in the title, so watching the video is actually crucial to its content. however, the video is heavily censored for very obvious reasons. they do have a non-censored version available, although you’d have to sign to their patreon to get it.

from my fair lady to he's all garbage (julia cudney)

i can say julia’s content has aged as she has: while her first videos were very nitpicky, cinemasins style of rapid-fire vapid criticism, now she’s put on the work to have a really interesting video analyzing the media that inspired “she’s all that” and its very recent gender-bent remake. you can be a hater™ while also learning about other works that are crucial in understanding the trope “she’s all that” borrows from. we all win.

viewing recommendation: i am very fond of julia’s editing. maybe it’s because she just strikes the zillennial style that caters specifically to Me, but i do recommend watching the video to get the most out of it. and as usual, 1.25x speed is a welcome tool.

YMS: The Lion King (Part 1) (YourMovieSucksDOTorg)

if you have ever encountered adam’s channel before it’s probably because you can’t resist to the innate clickbaitery of his channel name, and i’ll admit i’m not fond of some of his content. i don’t like to waste time with people that think movies are trash because they have a few plot holes or some other bazillion nitpicks you can poke through it. it’s the same reason why i tend to avoid discussions on one piece of media above 4 hours: to me, a video that long has long lost its value and only wants the credits to say “hey, i once made a 5 hour long video essay :D”. some of adam’s YMS videos fall on that trap and it infuriates me, as i feel like my time has been lost. but his video on the lion king 2019 remake is a genuine, loving exploration of how great the original work is - and how it remains one of the best animated movies of all time - all while tearing its cash-grabbing remake to shreds for not understanding what made the movie great in the first place. a MUST watch if you also hate these soulless “live-action” remakes.

viewing recommendation: there’s a lot of value in what’s shown on screen (especially considering how lifeless the remake looks), but some sections make use of the editing and production better than others. you be the judge of that. and 1.25x speed is a good tool to keep the pacing bearable.

#youtube #video essays #new year #long post #shaun #joseph anderson #local #ask a mortician #james woodall #munecat #verilybitchie #julia cudney #yms

[silverskye13]

Was this the video essay post?

https://www.tumblr.com/layren/701386552603033600/a-quick-list-of-favorite-video-essays-on-yt

Yes it is! Thank you for sending the link :3

The Lindsey Ellis vids and the one about the bomb dropping by Shaun are really good. Kinda excited to go through the list.

#answering asks #anonymous #video essay post #i love...... video essays......... #also Shaun is a new favorite youtuber instant subscribe #he did a serious breakdown on the issues of Harry Potter as they relate to JKR's politics and it was #honestly amazing

[randomyoutuberecs]

Old favorite that I’ve watched like three times in the past year! Shaun’s channel is one of my (admittedly many) favorites 🫶

#random youtube recs #shaun youtube #video essay #Youtube

[viddyessayquotes]

“And ultimately, neither Nathan nor Caleb see Ava and Kyoko as “people”. They see them as “women”.”

Shaun, How Wikipedia Got Ex Machina (2014) Wrong https://youtu.be/s0UAEjsKy4I

#shaun #shaun skull #ex machina #video essay quotes #misogyny mention #note: he’s saying this in a feminist way. As in “both of the men in this movie are misogynists”

[potatotalksculture]

Potato Tweet: Just watched the latest video essay by Shaun. Unfortunately, many good points. My anxiety is spiking.

#personal blog #penny for my thoughts #potatotweet #potato tweet #tweet #Shaun #video essay #bread YouTube

[vanilla-voyeur]

I think the perfect, most pleasant talking speed is exactly halfway between Shaun and Ben Shapiro

#This does not extend in any way to the content of what they say #Nothing pleasing about what Ben Shapiro says #Tbh the hypersonic speed is the least of the problems #Listening to Shaun videos makes me wish there was a 3× speed option #Need me a nightcore chipmunk remix of a Shaun video essay #Will never stop laughing every time someone has the realization that #all the clips that they've seen of Ben Shapiro talking have not been speeded up to make fun of him

[hoodssery]

Recommending Video Essays #3

Still not entirely well. So here’s more recommendations.

Recommendation: Dropping the Bomb: Hiroshima & Nagasaki by Shaun (https://youtu.be/RCRTgtpC-Go)

Shaun is a Youtuber and video essay-ist who makes very thoughtful, well researched videos on completely destroying the arguments made by right-wing think-tank hosts like Jordan Peterson and Dennis Prager. While this video is a little different from these other videos, and takes a more historical telling angle to the video, Shaun still thoroughly dismounts the argument that dropping two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a necessary step in stopping the war. He both provides extremely compelling arguments against the dropping of the bomb, and a really interesting recount of history along the way, making it really worth the two hour runtime of the video.

Shaun is really good at dismantling and debating popular arguments like this and has plenty of other videos that are really interesting. Highly recommend his channel.

Other recommendations:

-Harry Potter, is around one-and-a-half hours of going through each of the Harry Potter books and their movie adaptations all the while critiquing J.K. Rowling, her writing, and the various flaws Shaun finds in both the books and in some instances the movie adaptations. (https://youtu.be/-1iaJWSwUZs)

-The Bell Curve, is a really interesting video dismantling the idea of the bell curve of intelligence supposedly found in large human population's IQ, and it's historically racially motivated origins. (https://youtu.be/UBc7qBS1Ujo)

#shaun #video essay #recommendations #hiroshima #nagasaki #please tell me if there are any errors in my writing thanks <3

[jewishvitya]

I remembered this essay from years ago when I was unlearning what I knew of Israel and zionism and I couldn't find it again, and now I see it in a Shaun video, with the source.

Ze'ev Jabotinsky, "The Iron Wall." I downloaded it from the Jabotinsky Institute.

These are the titles he gave this essay:

I said that Zionist leaders explicitly talked about Zionism as a colonialist movement. This is an example of what I was talking about.

Some quotes:

There can be no voluntary agreement between ourselves and the Palestine Arabs. Not now, nor in the prospective future. I say this with such conviction, not because I want to hurt the moderate Zionists. I do not believe that they will be hurt. Except for those who were born blind, they realised long ago that it is utterly impossible to obtain the voluntary consent of the Palestine Arabs for converting "Palestine" from an Arab country into a country with a Jewish majority.

My readers have a general idea of the history of colonisation in other countries. I suggest that they consider all the precedents with which they are acquainted, and see whether there is one solitary instance of any colonisation being carried on with the consent of the native population. There is no such precedent.

He's saying openly: no land was colonized with the consent of its indigenous population. So we have to do it without that consent.

Every native population in the world resists colonists as long as it has the slightest hope of being able to rid itself of the danger of being colonised.

That is what the Arabs in Palestine are doing, and what they will persist in doing as long as there remains a solitary spark of hope that they will be able to prevent the transformation of "Palestine" into the "Land of Israel."

He said that any zionist who depends on the Arab population accepting a Jewish state on their lands, might as well withdraw from zionism because that's impossible.

Zionist colonisation must either stop, or else proceed regardless of the native population. Which means that it can proceed and develop only under the protection of a power that is independent of the native population – behind an iron wall, which the native population cannot breach.

And then he says that this Iron Wall is the British Mandate and the Balfour Declaration - they're the power that stops Palestinians from resisting us.

He says that despite this, zionism is moral and just, so justice must be done, zionism must move forward. He just wants to be honest about what it takes. He wants to discourage talks of an agreement to avoid signaling to the British that they must try to reach one between us and Palestinians. Just stop them from fighting us, we'll colonize the place.

Zionism was openly colonialist until this language was no longer politically useful.

Editing because I was kinda shocked by the response this got, in several moments. When the slavery of US founders was brought up to dismiss this whole thing. When First Nations reservations were brought up on the same list as the United States as equivalent to Israel, because I said I oppose the existence of a country that prioritizes one ethnic group at the expense of others, and I support democracy that protects everyone equally.

But another thing that's still nagging at me is the idea that this whole essay can be dismissed based on semantic arguments, like sure this uses the word colonialism, but is it actually the colonialism that we talk about and oppose? And what if this word is only used to appeal to the British for support?

This isn't the the first time that prominent zionist thinkers talk about zionism as a colonialist movement. I saw it in old publications, things like magazines, I'd be posting them too if I found them again. I did my own deconstructing years ago, I don't remember where I found all my sources.

I do remember that they talked about the two concepts together - the idea that we're here to colonize, and that we're here to come home. So nowadays there's the arguement that people can't colonize their own homeland, but to them there was no contradiction. I saw it again looking at Herzl's diary last night.

I say I define colonialism through actions and tactics, through the harm that's done to the victims of colonization. Because if we knowingly repeated the actions of colonizers and used the help of an imperial force to conquer a land, having a historic connection to it shouldn't absolve us.

Jabotinsky didn't write to the British in this essay. He wrote to other zionists who wanted to aim for something more collaborative with Palestinian Arabs. And it's true that word choice can mean different things in the context of the time, but there's a reason I chose those quotes. What is he actually saying in this essay?

Consider colonization throughout history - the native population never agreed, so we must do the as colonizers did in the past.

Palestinians will never agree to a Jewish state - so we must do it by force. We should use an imperial force as an "iron wall" to prevent them from resisting. Stop talking about an agreement because then the British will try to reach one instead of holding them back and letting us do our thing.

He's comparing the zionist movement to other efforts of colonization, to talk about emulating them.

This isn't a game of semantics. I'm not just bringing this up just because he used the words.

What he's describing - conquest by force, preventing a Palestinian state, forcibly creating a Jewish majority - is what happened. And it's still what's happening.

This is the branch of zionism that went into practice and founded Israel.

#riki babbles

[soracities]

Just wanted to say that I find you to be a truly intriguing person .I love your blog ,thank you for blessing us with ur presence on this app.I had sent you an ask and the reply you wrote was so thoughtful.Thank you sm for it. I'm interested in learning about your favorite YouTube videos—whether they are video essays, lectures by authors, interviews, or even random video recommendations.Have a good day.

This makes me so happy, anon, and it's so kind of you to say, thank you so much 🤍 I've actually only gotten into youtube videos recently but a few I've really enjoyed:

"Are We Infantilising Ourselves?" by Elliot Sang

"TikTok's Revenge Against Mean Girls: The Selena Gomez effect" by Shanspeare

"The Secret World of the Japanese Swordsmith"

"Destroying the Old Lie: What Makes a Film Truly Anti-War?" by Storytellers

"Andrew Tate: How to be a Real Man" by Shaun

"Why You Should Be More Pretentious" by Horses

"We All Got Tricked into Content Addiction" by Horses

"Turning a Powerful Black Hole Collision into a Beautiful Symphony" by Museum of Science Boston

"The 27 Club: Mental Illness and Art" by Polyphonic

"Countercultural Laughter from Ancient Greece to the 18th Century" by The Mimesis

"Model Citizen" (5 min short film) by Dead Sound

#i watched a wonderful video on junji ito's uzumaki during one of the lockdowns but it's been taken down and i mourn for it 😭 #additionally TRIXIE AND KATYA I LIKE TO WATCH NETFLIX. samia got me hooked on them and their videos are everything to me!!! #ask #Anonymous

[doubleca5t]

so what are your top ten favorite video essays?

Again, in no particular order:

Sarah Z - Homestuck legal threats

F.D Signifier - Drake

CJ the X - Skipping the First 5 mins of Tangled

Shaun - Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Lily Alexandre - MOGAI

Shanspeare - Infantilization and Body Hair

Lola Sebastian - Lolita

Hazel - Elfen Lied

Tim Rogers - Tokimeki Memorial review

NakeyJakey - The Last of Us 2

[ohnoitstbskyen]

A quick list of favorite video essays on YT?

You fool! You have activated my trap card! Now suffer the flood of recommendations!

We'll start with the more famous ones and work our way down to smaller and smaller creators as we go:

The Nostalgia Critic and The Wall by Folding Ideas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rokAtlFGa7Y

Violence & Protest by Philosophy Tube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh4G1Gjv7bA

Mel Brooks, The Producers, and the Ethics of Satire about N@zis by Lindsay Ellis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62cPPSyoQkE

Weighing the Value of Director's Cuts | Scanline by hbomberguy and Shannon Strucci: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6OT77T7YlE

Incels by Contrapoints: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD2briZ6fB0

POLYBIUS - The Video Game That Doesn't Exist by Ahoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7X6Yeydgyg

Disney's FastPass: A Complicated History by Defunctland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yjZpBq1XBE

Dropping the Bomb: Hiroshima & Nagasaki by Shaun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCRTgtpC-Go

The Alt-Right Playbook: How to Radicalize a Normie by Innuendo Studios: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P55t6eryY3g

TRAINWRECKORDS: "American Life" by Madonna by Todd in the Shadows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCMNzdm_RKo

The Speedrun Where Link Stares at Rupees for 17 Hours by Lowest Percent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2nRW3wKnVY

The Simpsons and the Death of Parody by Jonas Čeika - CCK Philosophy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi_fxwLBSFo

CATS & The Weird Mind of TS Eliot | An Analysis by Maggie Mae Fish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tYcPuVYDHw

Fashion in Final Fantasy by ThorHighHeels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3Yl0Moy_ic

action button reviews boku no natsuyasumi by Action Button: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=779coR-XPTw

Transvestigation: The Conspiracy Theory That Everyone Is Transgender by Mia Mulder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH5-MDXzfmg

The Matrix Sequels Are Good, Actually by Sophie from Mars and Sarah Zedig: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0VnYcMHuDc

The Last Unicorn: Why Must You Always Speak In Riddles? by What's So Great About That?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNrTM74pdTk

Bisexual Lighting: the Rise of Pink, Purple and Blue by KyleKallgrenBHH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gU3IA4u-J8

I Watched ALL the Swan Princess Sequels by Laura Crone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saM3afhPfO8

Knives Out: The Simple Art of Trolling Everyone by let's talk about stuff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_2kzuC3GM0

Crime & Humanity in Yakuza by HeavyEyed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbElfOjJJbw

FAKE FRIENDS EPISODE TWO: parasocial hell by Shannon Strucci: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLA-uFKjQ-g

Left Wing White Supremacy? by JohntheDuncan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZaOCR-mUm8

How Will Games Be Preserved? | Capturing the Frozen Flame by Transparency: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVo4M57wWLc

Queer Relativity by Aranock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=di1aTOJUncM

#tb answers #video essays #video essay recommendations