A short feature on Natalie Wynn's YouTube endeavors...
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Contrapoints is De-Radicalizing Young, Right-Wing Men [VICE]
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I've seen her work and it's great, a big fan of Shaun too.
Can we at least talk about keeping the Pokémon channel?
Big companies can host their contents don't worry ahah.
For the rest of the stuff I see on YouTube honestly much of it could be blog posts with embedded music
Her "Are Traps Gay" video really, really spoke to me.
I'm not radicalized or anything, but I was going through some rough questioning of my sexuality and I really loved the message of that video which boiled down to "only you get to decide your sexuality". And I quit worrying.
I'm not radicalized or anything, but I was going through some rough questioning of my sexuality and I really loved the message of that video which boiled down to "only you get to decide your sexuality". And I quit worrying.
Lindsay Ellis, Hbomberguy, and PhilosophyTube are part of the Contrapoints Cinematic Universe so they can all technically stay too.
Other YouTubers worth mentioning: Shaun (formerly ShaunandJen) and ThreeArrows. Knowing Better is pretty good too.
There are some amazing youtubers doing great work producing leftist/progressive content. But I do think she may be doing the heaviest lifting when it comes to deconverting the troll/shitpost type right wingers.
I do worry about her well being sometimes because of how deep she dives into some of the vile stuff she researches in addition to how much of herself she shares in her videos. The video where she compared herself with incels made her seem so vulnerable. And then there's the fact that she is heavily criticized from "both sides" and she feels like she has to walk a tight line. Every new video seems like its an exhausting and frightening labor of love. But the honesty and insight stand out in a sea of content. I just hope she has a good support team because her videos are invaluable.
I do worry about her well being sometimes because of how deep she dives into some of the vile stuff she researches in addition to how much of herself she shares in her videos. The video where she compared herself with incels made her seem so vulnerable. And then there's the fact that she is heavily criticized from "both sides" and she feels like she has to walk a tight line. Every new video seems like its an exhausting and frightening labor of love. But the honesty and insight stand out in a sea of content. I just hope she has a good support team because her videos are invaluable.
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The only thing I'm worried about when it comes to LiberalTube is that it becomes an entrenched bubble, but I'm pretty confident that the community is capable of recognizing that.
Contrapoints got me to sign-up to Patreon, so there is that.
The Lindsay Ellis / Contra Points crossover event was the most ambitious crossover ever.
What about it bothered you?
The Lindsay Ellis / Contra Points crossover event was the most ambitious crossover ever.
What about it bothered you?
Add Folding Ideas to the team and you've got the best cinematic universe around.
I watch most lefty YouTubers and think "I could do this if I wasn't so lazy". Most of the time it's good content that's packaged well, but nothing really insightful.
Not with Natalie. I watch Contrapoints and think "...yeah, this person is much smarter than me".
Not with Natalie. I watch Contrapoints and think "...yeah, this person is much smarter than me".
is three arrows actually good? it always looked like a Shaun ripoff
https://www.reddit.com/r/LateStageGenderBinary/comments/9k1c5f/contrapoints_lost_twitter_thread/
I'm sure there's a reasonable thought process behind what she said, but my problem is rather than elaborate on what could be read as a bigoted statement, she just deleted the whole thread and didn't comment on it (to my knowledge).
I love Natalie and I think her and her videos are a treasure. I don't always think she's funny, but damn if the videos aren't outstanding.
I hate to say this but I don't share her videos on FB because of how crude they can be.
But I guess given the topics that bluntness is needed. Just makes it hard to recommend it to average folks for me.
That comes off as a bit bigoted I'll admit. I probably should share this at the very least.
Are your friends adults? I think they can probably handle it. Send them the Incels video, its a somewhat tamer starting point.
lol, there are actually many great youtube channels, it's just without knowing about most of them you would never run across them.
Unfortunately, the turds rise to the top of the soup that is the Youtube Algorithm (most of the time).
never heard of contrapoints before, but if she's getting alt right people to watch her stuff and pull their heads out of their asses, good for her.
the reporter here, Elle Reeve, was the same reporter that was at Charlottesville for Vice, which was an amazing piece.
the reporter here, Elle Reeve, was the same reporter that was at Charlottesville for Vice, which was an amazing piece.
It's not so much them being offended but rather I feel like if you're already a bit adverse to transfolk (most of my friends aren't bigots but I don't think they're exactly open to the concept) Natalie might scare you off, which I know she's mentioned before is a thing that other members of the community have levied as a criticism at her.
I don't mean to sound like I'm tone policing here or she should change her videos to suit a wider audience.
Anecdotally some of my trans and NB felt hurt and excluded by some of her talking points
Other than that I find her a great presenter and I agree with 90% of what she has to say
