#Khadija Mbowe

[memingursa]

Harris’s producer having to fucking scroll past multiple videos of James Somerton to get to actual original queer creators is like, heavy handed on the symbolism yeah

(fyi there’s a playlist on the video for the creators mentioned and more)

[fandomshatepeopleofcolor]

FHPOC recommended Youtubers

[juniusgirl]

Someone talking about their interests: "sorry, you probably don't want to hear all this."

Me, who has 42 video essays on subjects i have literally never thought of before saved to watch later: "you don't know my mind!"

[strathshepard]

Khadija, Yves Saint Laurent, 1991

[ride-thedragon]

Get up degenerates. The only opinion necessary just dropped.

[amandaoftherosemire]

James Somerton sucks, obv, but one plus is that Hbomb's video highlighted the phenomenal queer creators from whom Somerton stole. I'm already in love with Shanspeare, Khadija Mbowe, Alexander Avila, Kaz Rowe. These are just the creators that appeal to me personally, but YouTube never even told me they existed. I doubt I'm the only one and I really hope the creators that were ripped off are seeing a boost in their views and subscribers.

I mean, clearly I'm enjoying watching someone get their comeuppance in real time, but I'm also supposed to be working on being a better person and blah blah whatever, so I'm trying to focus on the high road part of this. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

So James Somerton can fuck off forever. But I think the really amazing part of the story is the part where Hbomb showed how we can work together and lift each other up instead of only competing and stealing and tearing each other down. It's nice to see it.

[rxt-attack]

In light of ..... recent events, I thought it best to remake that recommendations post I did quite a while back. This is a playlist put together by Hbomberguy and it has quite a number of excellent queer video essayists + some people James Somerton plagiarized. I wanted to add a few people to the list.

Jessie Gender - I cannot recommend her enough. She covers issues facing women as well as trans, nonbinary, and autistic people. She also discusses other marginalized communities (Got this info from her YouTube bio). She analyzes media through these lenses while remaining empathetic and often delivering a nuanced take. HOWEVER, that's not all. Jessie does insanely well researched videos about Sci-fi (shout out Star Trek) and other "geeky" topics. She's working on a short film right now so the channel has kinda flatlined. Go give her some views!

Yhara Zayd - I haven't watched them in a bit but Zayd does videos analyzing media, often through the lens of race. Special shout-out to their "The Day Rue 'Became' Black" vid! Their work is eloquent, well researched, and you can find their sources listed in the bio of vids.

Philosophy Tube - Do I even need to say anything??? Go check out the play she wrote, "The Prince." You can find a recording of it on Nebula. I haven't watched it yet but I plan to.

Anyway these creators (and the ones of the playlist) are only a few of the great people analyzing media, talking about queer history, and more. These lists don't even include the numerous writers from whom James stole from. They all deserve support and I hope they get it. If you have any more reccs (including articles), list them below!

[tieflingkisser]

Is the downfall of celebrity idolization upon us? | Khadija Mbowe

edit: sample blocklist for anyone who wants to use it

[penguicorns-are-cool]

it's so validating as someone who isn't super involved in video essay youtube to see the two of the main people I watch and one who I sometimes watch mentioned in the recommended video essayists section of hbomberguy's video

Like I might not be watching a lot of video essays but at least I'm watching good ones

[spacebeyonce]

Celebs Don't Owe You 💩...but Politicians sure do

[mothshrub]

Anyway, the latest hobby here is 'watching video essays by trans authors particularly but not exclusively if they have an essay on masculinity or gender and society'.

Recs:

Contrapoints

Jesse Gender

Lily Alexandre

Lady Emily

RickiHirsch

Alexander Avila

Oakwyrm

Shanspeare

KazRowe

Philosophy Tube

Swolesome

Khadija Mbowe

[kuiperoid]

Is it the end of celebrity culture? Khadija Mbowe discusses.

[eraofecholalia]

You will never be Jenny, sorry babes. Similar to Gabriette and Matty Healy, unfortunately you're just not inspired. Just because you have a trust fund and a DSLR camera does NOT mean I care to hear what you think about anything. In fact, Id be happiest if you all go to an island and enjoy your trust funds in private lest the masses decide they're sick of being hungies and decide your hams look particularly appetizing.

[manic-b10]

It's come to my attention that fandom culture has become uproarous and absurd. These video essays are brief reminders to let people know that these people do not owe you anything and that they'll only tell you things that're up to their standards- please respect their boundaries.

We can be fans; just more respectful, insightful fans. Let's continue to have standards/considerations for them; because what we've considered thinking about mental health for other people around us doesn't mean that celebrities are exempt from this. They. Are. Not. Robots.

[serethespider]

really good take!!!