sub count: 3,894One Year in Hell: A Stream for PalestineVivian Strange2024-10-08 | memories, reflections, curses, tears, rage, scars, poems, plans, and fragments for the one year anniversary of the beginning of the ongoing Palestinian Holocaust, committed by the illegitimate Zionist occupation and terrorist state calling itself "Israel."The 21 Books That Made Me Vivian StrangeVivian Strange2024-10-01 | Here's 21 books that have had the biggest influence on the artist, intellectual, and human being that I am today!
this is a Patreon exclusive video from last year, a little short form morsel to keep y'all (and the algorithm) fed until my next big video drops.
OH YEAH, also, please consider donating to our family's GoFundMe to help us make our rent and bills for October! gofund.me/4bbdef0fThirty Revolutions: Vivians 30th Birthday Stream & Fundraiser!Vivian Strange2024-09-19 | I'm turning 30, and I wasn't expecting to make it this far...so now what do I do?
come help me celebrate/emotionally cope with 30 years on this planet; ask me anything about anything; chat with me and help me figure out where to go from here!
also, please consider donating to my family's GoFundMe to get us through these very difficult times: 🦋 GOFUNDME: gofund.me/4bbdef0f
or, support the channel by becoming a Patron or giving a one-time donation through Ko-Fi, CashApp, or Venmo! 🦋 PATREON: patreon.com/Ms_Vivian_Strange 🦋 KO-FI: ko-fi.com/vivianstrange 🦋 CASHAPP: $VivianStrange 🦋 VENMO: Maya_V_StrangeVivian Strange YouTube Quadrennial StreamVivian Strange2024-08-25 | ive been doing this for four years as of today...
Time to learn the truth behind this nation's ugliest sin, its greatest shame, and its defining core element - the institution that what we call the United States of America is fundamentally built upon: Slavery.
Don't be deceived by the fact that a Black face will most likely be in the White House soon, because American slavery is very much STILL a thing - and if we're ever going to actually abolish it for good, we need to learn how it started and the historical and societal conditions it developed in.
You think America's bad? Well, it's SOOO much worse than that. This is A People's History of the United States.
featuring: Lil Bill: @lilbilliam Aridum Royal: @aridum José María Luna: @JoseMariaLuna SKTheCrusader: @SKTheCrusader
Howard Zinn's Bibliography for Chapter 2: - Aptheker, Herbert, ed. A Documentary History of the Negro People in the United States. Secaucus, N.J.: Citadel, 1974. - Boskin, Joseph. Into Slavery: Radical Decisions in the Virginia Colony. Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1966. - Catterall, Helen. Judicial Cases Concerning American Slavery and the Negro. 5 vols. Washington, Negro University Press, 1937. - Davidson, Basil. The African Slave Trade. Boston: Little, Brown, 1961. - Donnan, Elizabeth, ed. Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to America. 4 vols. New York: Octagon, 1965. - Elkins, Stanley. Slavery: A Problem in American Institutional and Intellectual Life. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1976. - Federal Writers Project. The Negro in Virginia. New York: Arno, 1969. - Franklin, John Hope. From Slavery to Freedom: A History of American Negroes. New York: Knopf, 1974. - Jordan, Winthrop. White Over Black: American Attitudes Toward the Negro, 1550–1812. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1968. - Morgan, Edmund S. American Slavery, American Freedom: The Ordeal of Colonial Virginia. New York: W. W. Norton, 1975. - Mullin, Gerald. Flight and Rebellion: Slave Resistance in Eighteenth-Century Virginia. New York: Oxford University Press, 1974. - Mullin, Michael, ed. American Negro Slavery: A Documentary History. New York: Harper & Row, 1975. - Phillips, Ulrich B. American Negro Slavery: A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1966. - Redding, J. Saunders. They Came in Chains. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1973. - Stampp, Kenneth M. The Peculiar Institution. New York: Knopf, 1956. - Tannenbaum, Frank. Slave and Citizen: The Negro in the Americas. New York: Random House, 1963.
(sub count: 6,577)Abolition Is the Answer! (a George Jackson stream)Vivian Strange2024-08-24 | This week in 1971, 53 years ago, imprisoned Black activist and revolutionary George Jackson was murdered by San Quentin prison guards while attempting to escape and free fellow prisoners.
This week in 1831, 193 years ago, enslaved Black carpenter and preacher Nat Turner led a slave uprising that killed over fifty white slaveowners and their families, and is arguably the most significant uprising in American history.
This week in 2024, on Friday, we're going to talk about both of these men and their movements' close connection to each other and to the world today, as well as at the root of ALL of our species' problems.
Also, I meant to drop this list on my last Black August stream but totally forgot, so here's a current list of my favorite Black creators on YouTube. Some of them are much newer and smaller channels, so be sure to go check them all out and subscribe! 💜
By Bisan: Vol. 3 is, like its two predecessors, a documentary compilation of Bisan’s Instagram coverage of the Gaza Holocaust from April 23rd , 2024 to August 1st, 2024 – days 201 to 300 of the genocide. But this Volume is different in that its editor, Vivian Strange, has finally inserted herself into the story to reflect how the Gaza genocide has impacted her as she's followed Bisan through this valley of death for over 300 days.
The Palestinian Holocaust has lasted over 300 days, nearly an entire year straight of relentless bombardment by the Z!0n!st entity and terrorist state "Israel"...directly facilitated and funded every step of the way by the United States government and its Western allies. We've tried to stop it, through massive global protests, Gaza Solidarity Encampments on dozens of college campuses, boycotts and divestments, and making a lot of noise on social media...but none of it has stopped the bombs from falling on Bisan and her beloved Gaza.
I've asked everyone to watch and share the documentaries in this series, because of how suppressed they are by YouTube and social media algorithms...but that hasn't really seemed to do much, so watch and share this entry if it pleases you; after all, it's not like these historical records are something that over 160 Palestinian journalists have been assassinated to prevent from reaching the masses or anything...
...otherwise, avert your eyes, continue to blissfully go about your days, and fill your social media with insipid "discourse" about movies and celebrities and Disney shows or whatever it is that's more important to you than children getting massacred with American bombs. It makes absolutely no difference now.
Really, what else is there to say? (this film is the best answer I have to offer)
Bisan, whether you ever see this or not...I'm so so sorry... ...but never EVER forgive us. We don't deserve the grace.
#FreePalestine #FromTheRiverToTheSea #EndTheOccupationBy Bisan: The Diary of a Palestinian Dreamer (vol. II)Vivian Strange2024-08-02 | For over 200 days and nights, Bisan Owda, a Palestinian journalist, activist, and content creator has been documenting the Zionist occupation’s genocide of her people in Gaza, sharing the truth of the colonizers’ horrific crimes to the rest of the world – in real time, via social media.
This is the Diary Cut of BY BISAN: VOL. 2, a documentary compilation of Bisan’s Instagram coverage of the Gaza Holocaust from January 15th , 2024 to April 23rd, 2024 – days 101 to 200 of the genocide. This was assembled in the interest of inspiring the masses to form solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for liberation in the face of this monstrous colonial violence.
But our Bisan is not just a journalist; she is a Hakawatya (“storyteller”) committed to documenting and displaying the rich beauty of Palestinian culture, history, and everyday life. This is not just the record of a Holocaust, but an unprecedented portrayal of the strength, kindness, and humanity of a people who have never wavered in defying their oppressors with undefeatable joy and their passionate love of life.
Let the world watch this and come to understand the people we've failed for over 200 days – Let it reinvigorate our commitment to fighting for a free Palestine. This is not just History - this is REALITY, and it is NOT OVER.
Bisan, if you ever see this...thank you, for everything. Please forgive me.
[This is the Diary Cut of "By Bisan (vol. 2)," consisting only of Bisan's Instagram update videos; in the interest of brevity and flow, her longer, more produced videos with AJ+, Caravan Roya, Alaraby TV, et. al., have been removed from this cut. ]
All of my Palestine documentaries are compiled on the channel @The_Gaza_Diaries
Please watch and share these videos wherever you can, because this is something that the world NEEDS to see, and social media algorithms will NOT be kind to it. These are voices and stories that the Powers That Be have murdered countless journalists and storytellers to suppress…Do not let them silence us!!
this documentary series is only made possible by donations from its viewers, through the following links:
FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA, PALESTINE WILL BE FREE!
[Full cut published on June 12th, 2024]By Bisan: Diary of a Palestinian Dreamer (vol. I)Vivian Strange2024-08-01 | For over 100 days, Palestinian journalist and storyteller Bisan Owda has documented Israel's genocide of her people and shared it with the world via social media. Most of us have seen Bisan's story unfold in pieces over the last three-and-a-half months, but in this documentary, her work has been compiled and assembled into a singular piece, in the interest of informing and inspiring the masses to form solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for liberation in the face of monstrous colonial violence.
This is not just a timeline of war updates though, as our Bisan is a storyteller and creator who has committed herself to documenting and displaying the rich beauty of Palestinian culture, history, and everyday life. This is not just the record of a Holocaust, but an unprecedented portrayal of the strength, kindness, determination, and humanity of a population who has never wavered in defying their oppressors with a passionate appreciation and love of life.
Let the world watch this and come to understand the people we've failed for over 100 days, and let it renew and reinvigorate our resolve and commitment to fighting for a free Palestine. This is not just History - this is REALITY, and it is NOT OVER.
Bisan, if you ever see this...thank you, for everything. Please forgive me.
[This is the Diary Cut of "By Bisan (vol. 1)," consisting only of Bisan's Instagram update videos; in the interest of brevity and flow, her longer, more produced videos with AJ+, Caravan Roya, Alaraby TV, et. al., have been removed from this cut. ]
Please watch and share this documentary wherever you can, because this is something that the world needs to see, and social media algorithms will not be kind to it. These are voices and stories that the Powers That Be have murdered countless journalists and storytellers to suppress; do not let them silence us.
(Full cut of Volume 1 was published on January 29th, 2024)Columbus and the Cost of Human Progress (A Peoples History of the United States, ep. 1)Vivian Strange2024-07-11 | "Chapter 1: Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress" (p. 1-22) (bibliography below)
Here in this hot revolutionary summer of 2024, it's a very weird time to be an American. Every single one of us can at least FEEL this thing we call History unfolding all around us; we all seem to just understand on some level that we are living through historically significant times.
After all, this fall, the battle for American democracy culminates in Election Day, apparently the most important election in our lifetime, if not in all of American history!
If this is something you believe, then we need to learn some actual American history together. So for the next few months, we're going to read A People's History of the United States, by Howard Zinn, one of if not THE most important historical nonfiction text in US history.
This book contains a more truthful telling of the America's brutal and violent history than you've probably ever heard before - ESPECIALLY if you were educated in US public schools, where children are brainwashed by wall-to-wall revisionist colonizer propaganda, narratives built on lies, omissions, and delusional dangerous myths.
In these weird and unsettling times, defined by mass death and g3n0c1d3 juxtaposed with the trivial spectacle of red vs blue political theatre, it's more important than EVER to study and learn the human histories underlying the entire system connecting -- and controlling -- all humankind.
Howard Zinn's Bibliography for APHOTUS, Chapter 1: - Brandon, William. The Last Americans: The Indian in American Culture. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1974. - Collier, John. Indians of the Americas. New York: W. W. Norton, 1947. - de las Casas, Bartolomé. History of the Indies. New York: Harper & Row, 1971. - Jennings, Francis. The Invasion of America: Indians, Colonialism, and the Cant of Conquest. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1975. - Koning, Hans. Columbus: His Enterprise. New York: Monthly Review Press, 1976. - Morgan, Edmund S. American Slavery, American Freedom: The Ordeal of Colonial Virginia. New York: W.W. Norton, 1975. Morison, Samuel Eliot. Admiral of the Ocean Sea. Boston: Little, Brown, 1942. ______. Christopher Columbus, Mariner. Boston: Little, Brown, 1955. *Nash, Gary B. Red, White, and Black: The Peoples of Early America. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1970. Vogel, Virgil, ed. This Country Was Ours. New York: Harper & Row, 1972.
(sub count: 6,188)Disney’s Doctor Who: Let’s Talk About the New SeasonVivian Strange2024-06-24 | help me reach my Save the Strange Butterfly House fundraising goal on GoFundMe and I'll talk about media again sooner.
...and/or please watch/share/boost my newest Gaza documentary, BY BISAN: 200 NIGHTS IN GAZA: youtu.be/y8IPToEXLYc and please subscribe to The Gaza Diaries channel: @The_Gaza_DiariesBY BISAN (Vol. II: Days 101-200)Vivian Strange2024-06-12 | [this is the original, unabridged cut of Volume II; this is the link to the abridged Diary Cut: youtu.be/Y7p4c6e-BWo ]
For over 200 days and nights, Bisan Owda, a Palestinian journalist, activist, and content creator has been documenting the Zionist occupation’s genocide of her people in Gaza, sharing the truth of the colonizers’ horrific crimes to the rest of the world – in real time, via social media.
This is Volume II of BY BISAN, a documentary compilation of Bisan’s Instagram coverage of the Gaza Holocaust from January 15th , 2024 to April 23rd, 2024 – days 101 to 200 of the genocide. This was assembled in the interest of inspiring the masses to form solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for liberation in the face of this monstrous colonial violence.
But our Bisan is not just a journalist; she is a Hakawatya (“storyteller”) committed to documenting and displaying the rich beauty of Palestinian culture, history, and everyday life. This is not just the record of a Holocaust, but an unprecedented portrayal of the strength, kindness, and humanity of a people who have never wavered in defying their oppressors with undefeatable joy and their passionate love of life.
Let the world watch this and come to understand the people we've failed for over 200 days – Let it reinvigorate our commitment to fighting for a free Palestine. This is not just History - this is REALITY, and it is NOT OVER.
Bisan, if you ever see this: thank you for everything you’ve done. I’m so sorry we’ve taken so long to act. I pray that one day we can meet and walk together in a free Palestine…please stay alive until then.
Please watch and share these videos wherever you can, because this is something that the world NEEDS to see, and social media algorithms will NOT be kind to it. These are voices and stories that the Powers That Be have murdered countless journalists and storytellers to suppress…Do not let them silence us!!
this documentary series is only made possible by donations from its viewers, through the following links:
FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA, PALESTINE WILL BE FREE!The Mythology of Work: Unraveling the 9-5 Scam Ruining All Our LivesVivian Strange2024-05-03 | "Work sucks. I know."
Twenty-five years after these immortal words were uttered by pop-punk poet and philosopher Blink-182, they remain truer than ever...except now we only Work harder for less pay. Do we really need to Work to make society function? Could Work actually be a scam invented by Big Business to make money off our labor and keep us tired and miserable so we stay in line?
sub count: 5,252Why DUNE is Better Than STAR WARSVivian Strange2024-04-19 | As a two-part, star-studded Hollywood blockbuster, DUNE theoretically embodies everything I hate about mainstream contemporary American cinema. So...WHY do I like it as much as I do?
sub count: 5,182POOR THINGS, Part 2: POSTPARTUMVivian Strange2024-03-28 | the POOR THINGS video is an unexpected success, and I actually have a LOT more to say about this film, so let's do my first postmortem/postpartum stream!
THE GAZA DIARIES (10/7 - 10/20) - Week 1: youtu.be/Qn_12jQYU3w - Week 2: youtu.be/7vycRUc9k5APOOR THINGS vs Puritans (Or, We Need to Talk About the Children...)Vivian Strange2024-03-24 | As unbelievable as it sounds, the internet watched one of the best films of the year and not only completely missed the mark on what it's even about, but also whipped up a good ole fashioned "tHiNk oF ThE cHiLdReN" moral panic about it too.
Here's why the puritans are dumb and wrong about Poor Things.
[THIS IS THE SFW CUT OF THIS VIDEO, BC YOUTUBE SUCKS; THE UNCUT IS FREE ON MY PATREON]
sub count: 4,479Days of War, Nights of Love (Crimethinc Readings, Day 4)Vivian Strange2024-03-21 | In light of recent events, the concept of "anarchism" is becoming a more relevant subject of discussion in the American mainstream than ever before. But what does it really MEAN? Could you perhaps be one yourself and not even know it? It's more likely than you think!
I've been an anarchist for fifteen years, and the literature of the decentralized anarchist group CrimethInc Ex-Workers' Collective was essential to my liberation of thought, and now I would like to share their essays with you. There are a lot of misunderstandings and dangerous myths about anarchism floating around, so it's time to dispel the mystery and clearly explain what exactly we mean when we say "No Gods, No Masters."
Today, we're reading from their flagship manifesto, a collection of essays called "Days of War, Nights of Love," assembled and first published in 2001.
Also, I live in poverty and am attempting to move this year to somewhere more affordable than the city I'm in currently. So this will be a fundraising stream for that as well. Please consider giving if (and only if) you are able to, but even if you don't have money to donate, your attention and education are what's really important here: listen, think critically, discuss things and ask questions in chat as they come up, and do your part to get as many eyes and ears on this as possible.
🦋 Instagram: instagram.com/vivian_butterfly_strange 🦋 Twitter: twitter.com/vivvian_strange 🦋 Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/Vivian_StrangeDays of War, Nights of Love (Crimethinc Readings, Day 3)Vivian Strange2024-03-13 | In light of recent events, the concept of "anarchism" is becoming a more relevant subject of discussion in the American mainstream than ever before. But what does it really MEAN? Could you perhaps be one yourself and not even know it? It's more likely than you think!
I've been an anarchist for fifteen years, and the literature of the decentralized anarchist group CrimethInc Ex-Workers' Collective was essential to my liberation of thought, and now I would like to share their essays with you. There are a lot of misunderstandings and dangerous myths about anarchism floating around, so it's time to dispel the mystery and clearly explain what exactly we mean when we say "No Gods, No Masters."
Today, we're reading from their flagship manifesto, a collection of essays called "Days of War, Nights of Love," assembled and first published in 2001.
Also, I live in poverty and am attempting to move this year to somewhere more affordable than the city I'm in currently. So this will be a fundraising stream for that as well. Please consider giving if (and only if) you are able to, but even if you don't have money to donate, your attention and education are what's really important here: listen, think critically, discuss things and ask questions in chat as they come up, and do your part to get as many eyes and ears on this as possible.
sub count: 4,430Days of War, Nights of Love (Crimethinc Readings, Day 2)Vivian Strange2024-03-05 | In light of recent events, the concept of "anarchism" is becoming a more relevant subject of discussion in the American mainstream than ever before. But what does it really MEAN? Could you perhaps be one yourself and not even know it? It's more likely than you think!
I've been an anarchist for fifteen years, and the literature of the decentralized anarchist group CrimethInc Ex-Workers' Collective was essential to my liberation of thought, and now I would like to share their essays with you. There are a lot of misunderstandings and dangerous myths about anarchism floating around, so it's time to dispel the mystery and clearly explain what exactly we mean when we say "No Gods, No Masters."
Today, we're reading from their flagship manifesto, a collection of essays called "Days of War, Nights of Love," assembled and first published in 2001.
Also, I live in poverty and am attempting to move this year to somewhere more affordable than the city I'm in currently. So this will be a fundraising stream for that as well. Please consider giving if (and only if) you are able to, but even if you don't have money to donate, your attention and education are what's really important here: listen, think critically, discuss things and ask questions in chat as they come up, and do your part to get as many eyes and ears on this as possible.
🦋 Instagram: instagram.com/vivian_butterfly_strange 🦋 Twitter: twitter.com/vivvian_strange 🦋 Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/Vivian_StrangeDays of War, Nights of Love (Crimethinc Readings, Day 1)Vivian Strange2024-03-02 | In light of recent events, the concept of "anarchism" is becoming a more relevant subject of discussion in the American mainstream than ever before. But what does it really MEAN? Could you perhaps be one yourself and not even know it? It's more likely than you think!
I've been an anarchist for fifteen years, and the literature of the decentralized anarchist group CrimethInc Ex-Workers' Collective was essential to my liberation of thought, and now I would like to share their essays with you. There are a lot of misunderstandings and dangerous myths about anarchism floating around, so it's time to dispel the mystery and clearly explain what exactly we mean when we say "No Gods, No Masters."
Today, we're reading from their flagship manifesto, a collection of essays called "Days of War, Nights of Love," assembled and first published in 2001.
Also, I live in poverty and am attempting to move this year to somewhere more affordable than the city I'm in currently. So this will be a fundraising stream for that as well. Please consider giving if (and only if) you are able to, but even if you don't have money to donate, your attention and education are what's really important here: listen, think critically, discuss things and ask questions in chat as they come up, and do your part to get as many eyes and ears on this as possible.
sub count: 4,205American Football Is a Cult, and We Are All BrainwashedVivian Strange2024-02-18 | On SuperBowl Sunday, balls were tossed and bombs were dropped. guess we should talk about it?
sub count: 4,180K!ll Your Idols, or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Hate Taylor SwiftVivian Strange2024-02-11 | Fuck Celebrities: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Hate Taylor Swift.
SOME CREATORS TALKING ABOUT MORE IMPORTANT THINGS THAN TAYLOR SWIFT: @XiranJayZhao @TheLeftistCooks @LostFutures1 @AnansisLibrary @Shaun_vids @BotheredBoyBY BISAN (Vol. I: Days 1-100)Vivian Strange2024-01-29 | [this is the original, unabridged cut of Volume 1; this is the link to the abridged Diary Cut: youtu.be/nVNbsvagw3s ]
For over 100 days, Palestinian journalist and storyteller Bisan Owda has documented Israel's genocide of her people and shared it with the world via social media. Most of us have seen Bisan's story unfold in pieces over the last three-and-a-half months, but in this documentary, her work has been compiled and assembled into a singular piece, in the interest of informing and inspiring the masses to form solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for liberation in the face of monstrous colonial violence.
This is not just a timeline of war updates though, as our Bisan is a storyteller and creator who has committed herself to documenting and displaying the rich beauty of Palestinian culture, history, and everyday life. This is not just the record of a Holocaust, but an unprecedented portrayal of the strength, kindness, determination, and humanity of a population who has never wavered in defying their oppressors with a passionate appreciation and love of life.
Let the world watch this and come to understand the people we've failed for over 100 days, and let it renew and reinvigorate our resolve and commitment to fighting for a free Palestine. This is not just History - this is REALITY, and it is NOT OVER.
Bisan, if you ever see this...thank you. You have changed this world and the people in it more than you or any of us can possibly understand, and humankind is forever indebted to you and your work. You will never be forgotten, and Palestine WILL be free!
Please watch and share this documentary wherever you can, because this is something that the world needs to see, and social media algorithms will not be kind to it. These are voices and stories that the Powers That Be have murdered countless journalists and storytellers to suppress; do not let them silence us.Dreaming of Dori (my 2016 unreleased short film)Vivian Strange2023-12-30 | made this little short for a class when I was in college, back in 2016, when I was starting transition. It’s pretty rough, and fairly cringe, but I figure some of y’all will appreciate it.
Sub count: 3,905The Gaza Genocide, 2024, and the Bigger Picture: All Eyes on Palestine!!Vivian Strange2023-12-10 | this is my video on P4L3STIN3 (+ an existentially fraught channel update)
sub count: 3,875SAW: How to Appreciate Life and F**k the PoliceVivian Strange2023-11-21 | Do you hate the SAW movies? Have you been a fan since the very beginning? Have you never even heard of the series before? Whatever the case, this video is for you.
Let's overthink the SAW franchise and find out why it's the definitive horror series of the 21st century.
(non-clickbait title - Justice, Trauma, and Rehabilitation: Finding Meaning in the SAW Series)
sub count: 3,574Being Trans in the 2020s: A Chat with SoulbunniVivian Strange2023-10-13 | Let's talk with Soulbunni about being trans in 2023! Soulbunni is a comrade and cherished friend of this channel, and has been the victim of a massive racist and transphobic hate campaign led by scummy so-called "leftist" debate streamers and their horrible acolytes. So let's counter that with positivity, solidarity, and support for this fabulous creator!
CornBreadtube links: F.D. Signifier - @FDSignifire Tee Noir - @TeeNoir Professor Flowers - @ProfessorFlowers Tirrrb - @Tirrrb Aridum Royal - @aridum BABILA. - @BABILA. Hyphenated History - @HyphenatedHistoryUK ThirdWorldMiss Explores - @3rdWorldMiss BellamyJay - @BellamyJay Drapetomania - @drapetomania_ Foreign Man in a Foreign Land - @ForeignManinaForeignLand Fab Socialism - @Fabsocialism Thinkpiece Tribe - @ThinkpieceTribe harriyanna hook - @harriyanna TheStoryteller - @TheStorytellerAJ lil' bill - @lilbilliam Philosynoir - @Philosynoir VICTORY THE CREATOR - @victorythecreator Anansi's Library - @AnansisLibrary Princess Weekes - @Princess_Weekes Veridis Joe - @VeridisJoe Kat Blaque - @KatBlaque Intelexual Media - @IntelexualMedia T1J - @T1J Olurinatti the Show - @olurinatti Andrewism - @Andrewism Yhara Zayd - @Yharazayd COLORMIND. - @COLORMIND.mp4 Shanspeare - @Shanspeare Khadija Mbowe - @KhadijaMbowe Jawn Louis - @JawnLouisThe Meta-Capitalist Dystopia of Barbie (2023)Vivian Strange2023-09-25 | Is the Barbie movie a landmark feminist masterpiece, a liberal fever dream, a meta-capitalist dystopia, or a feature-length toy commercial? This doll weighs in.
DISCLAIMER: re: my disclaimer about making this video during the WGA/SAG-AFTRA strikes: I mean no offense against any other individual YouTubers who have included similar disclaimers in their videos. This whole section is just me doing exactly the same thing, but in my characteristic abrasive and obnoxious manner where I posture like I’m better than everyone else. the joke is, I’m a self-righteous hypocrite, who’ll take any opportunity to sincerely remind my audiences to p💀rate movies and not give your hard-earned money to film studios. So, sincerest of apologies to anyone who have felt personally attacked or offended by this part.
Sub count: 3,517NOPE (2022): Animals, Aliens, and the American DreamVivian Strange2023-09-08 | Horror maestro Jordan Peele's third film is his best picture thusfar, and arguably the greatest film of 2022. What makes it so brilliant? What does a flying saucer abducting horses have to do with a child star and a murderous chimpanzee? Let's talk about aliens, animals, and the American Dream!
And my co-host's channel, @styleissubstance ! 🦋 Why Andrei Rublev Is An Incel: youtu.be/D_HQpLZJDKs?si=VXQCSz8Rd7iF2_XeAssassination Nation (2018): Decrypting Sam Levinson | Strange NightsVivian Strange2023-09-02 | Why does the internet hate Sam Levinson and his works? Let's check out Assassination Nation, their best film and the Rosetta Stone for understanding their transgressive cinema! Time to reevaluate this widely (and unjustly) maligned artist!
GENDERWEIRD - My Podcast with Jane from @styleissubstance : @genderweird_podcastWhy S*x Scenes Are Important (Even If They Make You Uncomfortable)Vivian Strange2023-08-19 | My contribution to the debate over sex scenes in cinema, and the underlying psychological phenomenon underlying this tired and reactionary "discourse."
Sub count: 3250Knives Out, Glass Onion, and the Art of Taking Art SeriouslyVivian Strange2023-08-02 | I finally went and edited both parts of my Knives Out/Glass Onion video together! Let's talk about Rian Johnson's so-called "whodunit" movies and what they can tell us about understanding the art we consume in the context of our contemporary society.
Chapters: Part 1: Not Much of a Detective - 00:05:14 Part 2: Let Them Eat Donut Holes! - 00:18:04 Intermission: Why Are the Curtains Blue? - 00:28:34 Part 3: Leaves of Glass - 00:34:35 Part 4: Blackbirds - 00:54:58 Part 5: Double, Double, the Truth & Trouble - 01:16:53 Conclusion: Fucking Mona Lisa - 01:42:29
sub count: 3,201Power, Pleasure, and the Marquis de SadeVivian Strange2023-07-14 | The Marquis de Sade is history's most scandalous writer, whose transgressive sexuality and blasphemous philosophy kept him in prison for three decades. During his life, he was demonized; after a century of censorship, he was deified. But now it's time to look at Sade as the queer human being he truly was, and to study his terrifying but revolutionary ideas for what they can teach us about Power, Morality, and the oppression queer and trans people face here in the 21st century.
The Garden/Vestibule - 00:00 Circle 1: On Perverts & Puritans - 7:10 Circle 2: Praying in the House of Sade - 27:11 Intermission #1: Talking About Taboos - 45:30 Circle 3: The Most Impure Tales Ever Told... - 49:25 Intermission #2: Sponsors, Sincerity, & Thanks - 1:10:06 Circle 4: Am I a Libertine? (or, My 120 Days of Quarantine) - 1:15:17 Circle 5: Libertine Dementia (or, Crimes vs. Punishments) - 1:33:44 Intermission #3/Styx: Solitude, or, What Sade Found Inside Her - 1:50:40
Bibliography/Works Referenced: - Marquis de Sade: Justine, Philosophy in the Bedroom, & Other Writings (comp. & trans. Richard Seaver & Austryn Wainhouse, 1965). - Marquis de Sade: The 120 Days of Sodom & Other Writings (comp. & trans. Richard Seaver & Austryn Wainhouse, 1966). - Marquis de Sade: Juliette (comp. & trans. Austryn Wainhouse, 1968). - "Sade" (Maurice Blanchot, 1949). - "Must We Burn Sade?" (Simone de Beauvoir, 1955). - "The Marquis de Sade and His Accomplice." (Jean Paulhan, 1946). - Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (American Psychological Association, 2013). - Psychopathia Sexualis (Richard von Krafft-Ebing, 1886). - "Who Was the Marquis de Sade?" (Tony Perrottet, 2015) - "Libertines" (Encyclopedia Brittanica, vol. 16 (11th ed., 1911) - Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment (ed. Michael Delon, 2013) - V for Vendetta: Book 3 (Alan Moore, 1989). - "The Prisoner of Pleasure" (Lynn Hunt, 1993). - The Marquis de Sade: A Life (Neil Schaeffer, 1999). - "The Dangerous Marquis de Sade" (Francisco Gonzalez-Crussi, 1988). - The Revolutionary Ideas of the Marquis de Sade (Geoffrey Gorer, 2010). - The Self and Its Pleasures: Bataille, Lacan, and the History of the Decentered Subject (Carolyn Dean, 1992). - "Philosopher With a Whip" (James Miller, 1993). - "Adolescence" (G. Stanley Hall, 1904). - A History of Homoerotica: The Age of Consent in 18th-Century England (Rictor Norton, 2014). - Sexual Underworlds of the Enlightenment (Antony E. Simpson, 1987). - "RANT" (Bo Burnham, 2010). - Masochism: Coldness and Cruelty (Gilles Deleuze, 1967). - Literature and Evil (George Bataille, 1957) - Our Dark Side: A History of Perversion (Elisabeth Roudinesco, 2009).
Sub count: 2,730Is This the End of Cinema?Vivian Strange2023-06-18 | "to be or not to be. that's not really a question." - Jean-Luc Godard
cinema. Hollywood. capitalism. the entertainment industrial complex. postmodernism & metamodernism. neoliberalism. Disney, the MCU, and Wes Anderson. content & creators. history. sincerity ("new" & otherwise). movie theaters & addiction. creative labor. artificial intelligence. YouTube. materialism. transgression & revolution. hope, optimism...& delusion.
I have some things to say.
Chapters 00:00 - background & concept / Style Is Substance / GenderWeird 01:50 - In Memoriam (2018-2023) 05:35 - metamodernism: the labyrinth of 2020s film & media criticism 07:05 - The Chase (it's capitalism) 09:33 - the postmodern condition (aka, capitalism won) 13:16- the 1990s: hope & cognitive dissonance 15:37 - the 2000s: the consequences of world conquest 17:18 - metamodernism isn't "New Sincerity"...and "New Sincerity" isn't new 20:59 - the 2010s: hope vs. the world 23:54 - optimism: opiate of the metamodern masses 26:36 - post-postmodernism MUST BE post-capitalism 28:44 - all cinema is "content," & all filmmakers are "creators" 31:59 - the revolution isn't coming out in theaters 36:15 - the commodification of sincerity: what is & isn't metamodern cinema 41:24 - why I won't let people enjoy things 45:06 - the case against movie theaters 47:42 - get the fuck off YouTube (but also, like & subscribe!) 49:03 - labor & the capitalist dystopia of artificial intelligence (everyone's gotta eat) 54:57 - "bUt YoUrE oNlY tAlKiNg ShIt AbOuT mOvIeS yOu DoNt LiIiIkE" 57:10 - "so...what DO we need?" 1:02:31 - some pretty awesome news, actually 1:04:58 - money shit 1:05:41 - future project updates 1:06:19 - final words & thanks
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music credit: "Cinemetropolis" by Blue ScholarsWhat Makes Euphoria So Special to Queer People?Vivian Strange2023-06-04 | RE-UPLOAD OF A PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN VIVIAN STRANGE VIDEO!
Happy Pride Month!! Here’s an queer video from my old (now-deleted) channel about EUPHORIA!
Keep in mind, I made this in late 2020/early 2021, so there is absolutely nothing about Season Two or the specials in here. This is just a burgeoning YouTuber’s first attempt at making a video essay. Despite its faults (and my weird 2020 tryhard voice), I hope y’all enjoy it!
sub count: 2,264Confessions of a YouTube Drama Queen, or, A Rant About Things To ComeVivian Strange2023-03-21 | A channel update! A preview of upcoming projects! An embarassing outpouring of emotional honesty! Excitement?!
Other creators shouted-out: @styleissubstance @Aranock @LolaSebastian @FDSignifire @TirrrbWhat Does Glass Onion Have to Do With US (2019)?Vivian Strange2023-03-08 | Part Two of my deep dive into the Knives Out Mysteries! What is the Truth at the center of these so-called "murder mysteries"? Let's find out!
sub count: 1,049Knives Out is Not a Murder MysteryVivian Strange2023-01-14 | Turns out, Knives Out and Glass Onion are a bit deeper than you thought they were, and this Rian Johnson fellow is pretty good at making movies.
Oh, and also they aren't actually mysteries.
This is a Part 1. Part 2 will be here in a couple weeks.
sub count: 958Why Was Jeanne Dielman Voted As the Greatest Film of All Time?Vivian Strange2022-12-22 | This year, the prestigious Sight and Sound poll picked a 3½ -hour-long French film about a woman in an apartment as "the greatest movie of all time." Here's why it deserves the acclaim.
featuring:
The Leftist Cooks (@TheLeftistCooks) Kyle Kallgren (@oancitizen)
sub count (EOY 2022): 882Gender, Power, and the Legend of Lydia TárVivian Strange2022-12-02 | While Lydia Tár may not be a real person, what she and her story represent is VERY real, and increasingly important as our understandings of gender, power, patriarchy, and feminism evolve in this strange new millennium.
(so this video was made in a bit of a hurry, and there's some particularly spicy and...strongly worded takes in here that might upset some folks. Come in good faith and be nice. Remember, first and foremost, I'm an artist and entertainer, and getting emotionally invested in my opinions will inevitably result in disappointment)
Selected Works of Intersectional Feminism You Should Read Instead of Wasting Your Time Cyber-bullying a Haughty White Woman in Her YouTube Comments:
- On Intersectionality: Essential Writings of Kimberlé Crenshaw
- Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness and the Politics of Empowerment - by Patricia Hill Collins
- Women, Race, and Class - by Angela Davis (honestly, anything by Angela Davis)
- This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color - edited by Cherríe Moraga & Gloria E. Anzaldúa
- Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza - by Gloria E. Anzaldúa
I'm not very well-read in contemporary intersectional feminist academic literature, but the videos of @KhadijaMbowe are FULL of fantastic resources, as well as being an excellent primary source on intersectional theory themself!
sub count: 818Bo Burnham & Metamodernism: How We Speak Through ArtVivian Strange2022-11-12 | What does this silly and sad musical comedian have to do with the history of art and human civilization? Let's find out!
sub count: 353Should Leftists Read Theory?Vivian Strange2022-05-09 | hi. here's my first attempt at "political content." be nice.
this was made in twenty-four hours. I know the audio is piss. help me pay my rent and then I'll get better equipment and maybe even some sound editors, ya?