Very much one for the ladies. I love her video essays and her kind of more abstract meditations. She’s insightful, mystical, soothing, intellectual, unsnobbish, staunch, has unparalleled taste and is a total cultish devotee of art, literature, philosophy, and the pursuit of glamour and beauty. Her videos are my haven when I’m feeling doubt and despair in my creative process. Her wisdom, taste, and faith help guide me when I feel I need it and the themes of her channel - her emphasis on treating your life like a work of art, of being brave ruthless and exclusive in love, and cutting yourself off from the cult of consumer-capitalism - is all very sage advice for living.
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Lily Alexandre - deep dive video essays on various arts with chill, feminist, lesbian vibes
Melody Nosurname - fun and engaging (video game) content- so much charm and great editing
TransVoiceLessons - Zhea Erose is a musician and audio engineer who offers voice feminization lessons. her story is so inspiring to me and i'm signing up for 1-on-1 lessons!!! all TVL's work is actually extremely clinical and gets into deep theory and physiology of the vocal chords and how we can control every aspect of our voice, given practice---- this deserves a rec of it's own
FairyPrincessLucy - your average girlie who gives really good, casual advice for newer mtfers. she does a lot of ASMR content but i am here for her fem voice tips and fashion advice lol (i do rec her 30 minute ASMR trans girl affirmations vid fr)
so many more but these are my faves <3
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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
I have been watching her monthly favorite's videos since 2013. She has perfect taste and an incredibly calming aura.
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It’s funny being alive in the early rubbish days of AI.
Listened to my Wrapped Ai podcast on Spotify and got to experience my artificially-generated bodyless soulless ‘host’ chuckle and say ‘I can just imagine you strutting down the street listening to the BRAT album’
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