Personally Necessary Video Essays

Kinda self explanatory I think. Please lemme know if I messed up a link

Made To Break: Why Everything We Buy Today Is Trash (52 min) - Short history of labor exploitation and a discussion over the poor manufacturing of fashion, furniture, and appliances.

Critical Race Theory (a beginner beginners guide) (52 min) - Self explanatory. I highly recommend Khadija's whole channel, especially if you want feminist and intersectional content.

Hollywood's Predatory Depictions of Women and Girls in Cinema & the Real Life Impacts (1 hour 43 min) - Sexualization of youth in femininity and the Infantilization of women and the Real World Implications of this side of Rape Culture.

How Bisexuality Changed Video Games (54 min) - P self explanatory as well, focuses around game narratives and mechanics.

The 2021 Texas Deep Freeze - A Failure on All Levels - A Retrospective and Analysis (46 min) - This one's personal to me because I lived through the 2021 blizzard and freeze. Discusses the systems in place that lead to the failure, as well as the during and aftermath of it for Texans and its implications.

A Deep dive into Anime Waifus (1 hour 13 min) - More than just a dive onto the trope, discusses the source and evolution of the trope, why its popular, and the implications on audiences and culture.

Tracing the Roots of Pop Culture Transphobia (58 min) - History of transphobic movie tropes and the real world implications in American culture.

How Retail Stores Manipulate You (23 min) - Self explanatory, manipulation tactics department stores use to make you buy more.

Haunting Ground is a Psycho-Sexual Horror Masterpiece (57 min) - Retrospective of the PS2 survival horror game Haunting Ground.

The Weird and Dirty Social Experiment - The Acali Raft (52 min) - Retrospective on the Acali Sex Raft Expedition.

Why the Curtains are Blue: The Implications of Being Uncritical (30 min) - Discussing critical analysis in and alongside academia. Def recommend this channel too.

our concept of love is messed up. (25 min) - How media warps and alters perception of romance and relationships.

Society and Queer Horror (1 hour 24 min) - Analyzing a few horror movies through a queer lens. I highly recommend this whole channel as well. This man has plagiarized almost all of his content and I can no longer in good faith recommend any of his content.

Please comment if you have a recommendation as well :)