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its soooo good. especially the section on desire. if you have three hours to spare I highly recommend.
on a side note: love a good video essay. a lot are kinda half assed, but the good ones are so good and help with my atrocious attention span!
Mar 26, 2024
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The video essay space is so oversaturated and there are a lot of people that don’t really have opinions or evidence they just repeat stuff but here are some people that make insightful video essays in my opinion and some recs for videos to watch
the stars are for my fav channels
tv/movies/pop culture
Big Joel
Broey deschanel - love the saltburn video
Cj the x - very chaotic but insightful videos on a range of topics
Friendly space ninja
Jane mulcahy - has great videos on hallmark movies
Jenny Nicholson * - yes the videos are long but i have watched them all multiple timea
Lindsay ellis *
Lola Sebastian * - her videos on cannibalism, tennis and James franco are amazing
Mina le * - love her recent video on the evil symbolism of milk - she talks a lot about fashion as well
Pop culture detective - breaks down tropes like harmless peeping and “born sexy yesterday”
Princess weekes - media analysis from an intersectional perspective
Sarah z - I’m not always familiar with the media but it’s always interesting
Sloan Stowe *
Skip intro * - great videos on copaganda
The morbid zoo - great videos on the sound of freedom and civil war
Verilybitchie - love the video on Spider-Man and class
Yhara zayd - haven’t always seen the relevant movies but every video is very insightful and well put
Social commentary/politics/philosophy
Alice cappelle
Intelexual media * - so underrated she discusses history sociology and pop culture with a focus on black women
Olisunvia
Philosophy tube
Contrapoints - love the twilight video
Shanspeare *
Miscellaneous/informative
Bobby broccoli - amazing videos about science scandals that are interesting even if you have no special knowledge about science like me
Horses *
knowing better- analysis of religious groups and history
Kaz rowe - great videos on a range on crazy phenomenons from a range of historical periods
Lemmino - animated videos about various mysteries
Merafromyoutube - K-pop analysis
Micthesnare - music history and commentary
extra: last week tonight with John Oliver - not exactly video essays but very well researched and funny deep dives into a range of topics
Sorry this list is so long I apparently watch a lot of video essays
Anyway hope this list is helpful <3
Jan 7, 2025
Her videos just keep getting longer and longer!
I reference her thoughts in "Opulence" so often that I made my mom watch it (with me) and she sat through the whole 2 hours. Can't believe it came out FOUR years ago.
The final chapter regarding our era being a Gothic one (and the decay of malls) is the best part.
Apr 4, 2024
This girl is so interesting to watch, she puts so much effort into her videos. visuals: stunning, topics: relevant, analysis: original.
Got so much of my recommended reading from her videos too, sources are there.
Jan 22, 2025
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