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00:00 In the Beginning 01:17 media literacy! 13:31 it's an ad read y'all 15:06 🌽 on booktok 33:34 shipping drama
Media Literacy, Spice, and A Failure to CommunicatePrincess Weekes2024-05-03 | The internet is dark and full of bad takes. | Sponsored by NEBULA Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: go.nebula.tv/princessweekes
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00:00 In the Beginning 01:17 media literacy! 13:31 it's an ad read y'all 15:06 🌽 on booktok 33:34 shipping drama
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00:00 Content Warning 00:08 Dun dun dun da 03:06 Thoughts on Season 2 24:27 The GRRM (Not a) Blog Post 31:55 A History of Fire & Blood 59:27 SPOILER ALERT 59:59 SPOILER ALERT OVER
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TW: Discussions of sexual assault, murder, death, and fictional trauma.
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00:00 Start 02:08 Yapping ft Azula & ATLA 11:12 Xena 14:39 Catra 19:01 Faith 27:45 Regina Mills 36:48 TW 38:20 women ...
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Table of Content: 00:00 Who is tall, dark and handsome? 02:41 "Race Science" 08:35 Jon Snow 15:38 Jo March 21:39 Katniss 28:50 Duke Leto I
Title Credit: Chewie Cheshire on Patreon End Music: "White Castle" by Tabemono
📌 Painter, Nell Irvin. The History of White People. W. W. Norton & Company, 2010.
📌 Roediger, David. Working Towards Whiteness. Working Toward Whiteness: How America's Immigrants Became White: The Strange Journey from Ellis Island to the Suburbs. Basic Books; Reprint edition 2018.
📌 Rioux, Anne Boyd. Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy: The Story of Little Women and Why It Still Matters. W. W. Norton & Company, 2018
📌 Cain, Mary Cathryn. “The Art and Politics of Looking White: Beauty Practice among White Women in Antebellum America.” Winterthur Portfolio, vol. 42, no. 1, 2008, pp. 27–50. JSTOR, doi.org/10.1086/528904. Accessed 26 Aug. 2024.
📌Lorenzo DiTommaso. “History and Historical Effect in Frank Herbert’s ‘Dune.’” Science Fiction Studies, vol. 19, no. 3, 1992, pp. 311–25. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4240179. Accessed 26 Aug. 2024.
📌Ellen Feehan. “Frank Herbert and the Making of Myths: Irish History, Celtic Mythology, and IRA Ideology in ‘The White Plague’ (Frank Herbert et La Création Mythique: Histoire Irlandaise, Mythologie Celtique, et Idéologie de l’Armée de Libération Irlandaise).” Science Fiction Studies, vol. 19, no. 3, 1992, pp. 289–310. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4240178. Accessed 26 Aug. 2024.
📌@florida.florianWhy Bridgertons Latest Season Missed the Mark (& Further Exposed Its Fandom)Princess Weekes2024-08-06 | Team Pen (even when she's very wrong/p.s this is a joke) |Sponsored by SkillShare: The first 500 people to use my link will get a 1-month free trial of Skillshare -- https://skl.sh/melinapendulum07241
Table of Contents:
00:00 Start 01:25 Recap 10:54 Polin vs The Ensemble 20:11 Book Comparison 23:37 Inclusion vs the Audience 36:30 Conclusion & Credits
00:00 Start 00:24 Content Warning/Intro 04:00 What is Comp-Het/ Compulsory heterosexuality 06:41 TW SA & Medical Abuse 07:49 TW End 11:09 "bisexual women and their boyfriends ..." 25:27 Stream IDENTITEAZE/ad 26:58 TERFS impact in sapphic inclusion 36:39 wrapping it all up 45:59 credits
From folk tales to the latest best-sellers and films, we're diving deep into the complex allure of otherworldly lovers.
Table of Contents
00:00 Start! 01:35 Eros & Psyche -- Animal Bridegrooms 11:29 Loathy Ladies & Shapeshifting Maidens 22:17 The Sheik and the Other 32:50 Shape of Water 45:38 Ground News Ad 47:48 Credits
Works Cited & Reading List:
- Aguirre, A. (n.d.). "Tentacles & Triathlons." - Bugge, J. (2004). "Fertility Myth and Female Sovereignty in 'The Weddynge of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle'." The Chaucer Review. - Díaz de Arce, L. (n.d.). "Rhapsody in Blue Bodies: Primitive Desire in Ruby Dixon's Ice Planet Barbarians." Interstellar Flight Magazine and Medium. - Feinstein, S. (n.d.). "Longevity and the Loathly Ladies in Three Medieval Romances." Literator. - Hull, E.M. (1919). "The Sheik." - Jenkins, H. (n.d.). "It's not a fairy tale anymore: Gender, Genre, Beauty and the Beast." JSTOR. - Lee, L. J. (n.d.). "Guilty Pleasures: Reading Romance Novels as Reworked Fairy Tales." JSTOR. - The Oriental Beast, The Sheik and Fairy Tales. (n.d.). Journal of Popular Romance Studies. - The Sheik. (n.d.). Wikipedia. - "Desirable Futures: Romance." (2019). Disability, Literature, Genre: Representation and Affect in Contemporary Fiction.
Videos Reference:
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00:00 Challengers 03:33 Set One -- The Movie (Spoilers) 10:21 ~incogni~ 12:52 Set Two -- What's Up With Tennis 19:14 Set Three -- To Be a Black Woman in Tennis 32:39 Match Point -- Why Does Tashi Like These White Boys?
*Venus, Serena, and the Inconspicuous Consumption of Blackness: A Commentary on Surveillance, Race Talk, and New Racism(s) Delia D. Douglas Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 43, No. 2 (MARCH 2012), pp. 127-145 (19 pages)
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Special Thanks to Joey for Editing and Emotional Support.
📌"The Yellow Wallpaper' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.[https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1952]No—Twilight Hate Isnt Just MisogynyPrincess Weekes2024-02-23 | Sexism against Twilight doesn't mean erasing the problems with the books. SPONSORED BY 80,000 Hours | To get started planning a career that works on one of the world’s most pressing problems, sign up now at 80000hours.org/princessweekes
💎"TWILIGHT" IS NOT GOOD FOR MAIDENS: GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND THE FAMILY IN STEPHENIE MEYER'S "TWILIGHT" SERIES by ANNA SILVER {jstor.org/stable/29533972}
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💎 "Civilized Vampires Versus Savage Werewolves Race and Ethnicity in the Twilight Series" by Natalie Wilson {https://www.academia.edu/28684886/Civilized_Vampires_Versus_Savage_Werewolves_Race_and_Ethnicity_in_the_Twilight_Series}
💎"DO MORMON MOMS DREAM OF MONSTROUS GODS?" STEPHENIE MEYER’S TWILIGHT MYTH AS MORMON HEROINE’S JOURNEY" By Maxine Hanks
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Today we are gonna talk about one of the OG final girls in Gothic Literature: Mina Murray-Harker and discuss these changes to her role and what they say about the evolution of Dracula.
In a genre like horror, where issues of race, gender, sexuality, and class have always been part of the framing of the horror—what is the line between Black trauma and Black horror? How much of our history are we allowed to put into these stories, and how do we communicate our different boundaries to each other without trying to harm or judge?
Further Reading: "Black Guy Dies First" by Robin R. Means Coleman and Mark H. Harris.
keywords: black horror, film criticism, horror, black trauma, get out, Jordan peele, night of the living dead, them, candymanMartha Jones Deserved Better (And Other Correct Doctor Who Takes)Princess Weekes2023-09-23 | Timey wimey wibbly wobbly
store.nebula.tv/collections/princess-weekesSpeaking my truth Pokémon edition …Princess Weekes2023-09-02 | ...The Menedez Brothers Case and the Changing Perceptions of Child AbusePrincess Weekes2023-08-04 | In the 90s, several televised trials/cases became part of the public imagination and heavily impacted how modern true crime looks. OJ Simpson, Tonya Harding, Lorena Bobett, and the Menéndez Brothers.
All of these have been examined and re-examined in the past decade. Most recently, the Menéndez Brothers, who were mocked for their claims of childhood abuse.
In 1996, brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez were found guilty of the 1989 murder of their parents, Jose and Mary "Kitty" Menendez. They were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Due to their actions before and during the trial, the brothers were heavily parodied and mocked—especially Lyle for wearing a hairpiece. At trial, as part of their defense, the brothers expressed being emotionally, physically, and sexually abused by their father and feared for their lives.
The prosecution argued they did it for money, and their claims of sexual abuse were treated as a lie. For as long as I've heard about the Menéndez Brothers in many of the True Crime podcasts I've listened to, the narrative has always been: they were liars—the original "affluenza" brothers.
Except, due to new evidence, this might not be the case. And what I think is interesting about this new evidence is not so much the gotcha of the "culture got it wrong" but what is the responsibility while it is being unfolded. How do we deal with something that was assumed correct for decades now having a new reality?
Table of Contents:
00:00 Start 02:22 Housekeeping 04:24 Nebula 06:25 Revisiting the Menendez Story 34:42 Credits
Sources:
The Menendez Murders: The Shocking Untold Story of the Menendez Family and the Killings that Stunned the Nation by Robert Rand
Popular Crime: Reflections on the Celebration of Violence by Bill James
Content Warning: Discussion of childhood sexual abuse, biphobia, transphobia, sexual harassment, and addiction.
Pride is an interesting time. More often than not, it is both a time for celebration and for over-thinkers like myself to reflect on the realities of how experiences within the LGBTQIA community have changed. Or haven't.
A little under a year ago, actress Anne Heche was declared brain-dead and taken off life support on August 15, 2022. If you don't know her name, you might remember her as the voice of Suyin Beifong in The Legend of Korra. She was on shows like Everwood, Ally McBeal, and All Rise and in the films I Know What You Did Last Summer and John Q.
Hers is a name I’d heard in passing growing up. Still, I had no idea about the trauma and battles she faced throughout her life as a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, sexual harassment, familial trauma, mental health issues, and extreme biphobia. And when I was working on an article about her passing back in 2022, her story resonated with me because as we have seen the attempts from Conservatives to criminalize our community—I think it is important to remember the damage that we also do to each other when we fail to back each other.
So this video is a bit of queer history, reflection, and a lot of trying to explain why we need to re-access how to talk to each other. I promise to try and do something happier for the next Pride. Maybe.
From Medusa to Clytemnestra to Penelope, we see a new boom of retellings. But it is not new. What does this new generation of reimagined classics say about the moment we are in and the limitations of trend reimagining versus how we learn these stories in an academic setting?
Now We Fight by Bonnie Grace labour by Paris Paloma Derry Girls Hercules & Xena the Battle for Mount Olympus Poison by Bell Biv DeVoe
Supplementary Reading Material:
(1) The Oedipus Complex, Antigone, and Electra: The Woman as Hero and Victim Dorothy Willner American Anthropologist, New Series, Vol. 84, No. 1 (Mar., 1982), pp. 58-78 (21 pages) jstor.org/stable/675950
(2) Women in Greek Myth MARY R. LEFKOWITZ The American Scholar, Vol. 54, No. 2 (Spring 1985), pp. 207-219 (13 pages) jstor.org/stable/41211188
(3) Greek Attitudes towards Women: The Mythological Evidence P. Walcot Greece & Rome, Vol. 31, No. 1 (Apr., 1984), pp. 37-47 (11 pages) jstor.org/stable/642368
(4) Medusa and the Female Gaze Susan R. Bowers NWSA Journal, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Spring, 1990), pp. 217-235 (19 pages) jstor.org/stable/4316018
Also, I just realized that Ridley Scott directed all the Adam Driver "sex scenes" in 2021.
In 2021 director Ridley Scott released two films House of Gucci and The Last Duel. Neither film performed spectacularly well, but while House of Gucci was always expected to live or die on the backs of Lady Gaga fans—The Last Duel grossing only 30 million against a budget of 100 million, was treated (along with the failure of The Northman in 2022) as an example of how audiences don't support "adult" movies. And the struggle of non-franchise movies during the COVID era. While neither film fully understood the assignment, I find the surprise surrounding The Last Duel's failure particularly interesting. I don't think people wanted to watch an old-timey rape trial, and it prompts an exciting conversation about the disconnect between what audiences show up for and what studios think they will show up for.
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~~ Yes, I know it is cliche now that people of my generation have retroactively tried to turn the prequels into art, and while I wouldn't go that far—with the absolute mess that was the handling of the structure of the sequel series we at least get a W for being able to at least string together a cohesive story for three installments. Not to mention Padmé is tragically one of the most well-developed women in the Star Wars main canon—no, I will not be taking questions at this time. And for all the issues with Hayden Hayden Christensen's performance as Anakin in the films, the character struggle of Anakin and his arc from a young boy to Darth Daddy Vader is interesting. To me, the tragedy of Anakin can be seen in my favorite line from The Phantom Menace:
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To quote bell hooks: "Feminism is a struggle to end sexist oppression. Therefore, it is necessarily a struggle to eradicate the ideology of domination that permeates Western culture on various levels, as well as a commitment to reorganizing society so that the self-development of people can take precedence over imperialism, economic expansion, and material desires."
In this video, we will be exploring how Set It Off crafts a film that is rooted in the intersection of class, gender, and sexuality; it represents Black women in a way that I think is key in a feminist film.
Bridgerton is one of Netflix's most successful intellectual properties, so we are getting a spin-off about the younger years of Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Sterlitz. Who was played on the flagship series by Guyanese-British lesbian actor Golda Rosheuvel and the younger version will be played by India Amarteifio.
As a tie-in, Julia Quinn (and Shonda Rhimes) have penned a prequel series titled "Queen Charlotte" about the monarch and the tragic love story between herself and George III.
While I overall support the efforts of bringing people of color into period dramas—mainly because they are a significant part of Western European media and therefore, I want talented actors of color to be included. The particular expansion of Charlotte makes me feel a bit uncomfortable because once you get past a certain period with the British Royal Family—or any royal family—slavery becomes a reality. Let's talk about it.
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Falcon and the Winter Solider was the first MCU project post-Blip that attempted to address the socio-politics of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Well ... it was no Andor.
Note, just got a new 4K camera and audio set up ... still being adjusted. I hate that after this long... still have growing pains.
Special thanks to Joey who edited the audio and helped bring it together and save the day for me. I am so glad that they are a part of this very small team.
Table of Content
00:00 start 01:53 House Keeping 04:12 Falcon & The Winter Soldier Recap 23:54 Black Comics History Quickie 34:41 Anti-Revolutionary Politics of F&tWS 47:32 WDTM?
tags: MCU, marvel cinematic universe, captain america, falcon, winter, bucky barns, sam wilson, steve rodgers, captain marvel, politics, military industrial complex,Why Are There So Many Confederate Vampires?Princess Weekes2022-12-28 | In the late 2000s and 2010s, the three major vampire series of the time: True Blood, The Vampire Diaries, and Twilight—all featured male vampire characters who were members of the Confederacy. Bill Compton, Damon Salvatore, and Jasper Hale. We are going to try and figure out why? Why those character backstory decisions were made, the legacy of the Confederacy in cinema, and most importantly, what it says that all these choices were made and primarily uncritically dealt with in or outside the universe.
00:00 01:12 What Was The Confederacy? 07:10 Jasper Hale 15:07 Bill Compton 19:45 Damon Salvatore 23:53 How Did We Get Here? 28:15 Oh Hey, Firefly 38:00 TL;DR 40:35 Announcement & Book Recommendation
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Nuance gets thrown around a lot and when it comes to the argument of if we should have original BIPOC characters or race-bent ones around the upcoming "The Little Mermaid" adaptation, we can discuss that without ignoring the racism that is being flung around.
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When Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was released in 2005, J.K. Rowling finally described the Slytherin student character Blaise Zabini. A character many had head-cannoned as a white dark-haired Italian boy was now a Black teenager of exceptional beauty. For some, it wasn't even fully acknowledged until the film adaptation, but there was still a backlash from some fans who no longer thought the character "fit."
We will discuss the reaction to that revelation and why it complicated how Rowling wrote about Slytherin and Blood Purity. Even if she didn't realize it.
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Despite behind-the-scenes drama, Olivia Wilde's 2022 "thriller" is uninteresting because it has nothing to say. Especially in comparison with its spiritual ancestor, The Stepford Wives.
Keywords: Don’t Worry Darling, Olivia Wilde, Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, feminism, second-wave feminism, The Stepford Wives, Glenn Close, Fatal AttractionWhy Did First Kill Fail & Why Save It? 🩸Princess Weekes2022-10-06 | First Kill on Netflix was dismissed by many as camp, cheesy, and cliche. Many missed how deeply thoughtful and representation heavy the show was, especially regarding the co-lead, Imani Lewis. We deserved a season two.
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Table of Contents:
0:00 Start 0:10 Content/Spoiler Warning Spoiler 0:17 Intro 5:28 MUBI 6:33 Thoughts & Opinions 17:02 TW C-Section Scene in 'Fire & Blood' 21:49 Back to Thoughts 47:42 Episode 6 'The Princess & The Queen' Episode Discussion 53:27 Ending & Credits 57:35 BlooperLola at restPrincess Weekes2022-09-05 | ...A little tease of what goes on for the Netflix Geeked podcastPrincess Weekes2022-09-04 | ...How Al Sharpton Went From Agitator to ParodyPrincess Weekes2022-08-30 | Sponsored by Curiosity Stream: http://curiositystream.com/melinapendulum
How did we get from being called a "race agitator" to Rollo Goodlove?
Note: I felt like I could have gone harder on discussing the anti-Semitic issue so I reached out to my friend and fellow creator @Ladyknightthebrave and they gave me some feedback so I wanted to just add this: The incident at Crown Heights was, by all accounts, an accident, and the rumors that the ambulances didn't stop to help the Black children are unfounded. Sharpton did not help the issue and while he has "apologized" it doesn't erase how he played a part in inflaming the scapegoating the Jewish community at large at that time. Explaining and discussing the issues that created his comments, do not excuse them and we can, and should, discuss these things without anti-Blackness and anti-Semitic language.
Table of Contents:
0:00 Intro 2:30 Who is Al Sharpton 4:19 Bernhard Goetz 11:08 The Murder of Yusef Hawkins 19:20 The Shooting of Amadou Diallo 22:32 The Crown Heights Riots 26:52 Tawana Brawley rape "hoax" 34:25 The Criticism Against Al Sharpton 53:02 Why does this matter?
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Sources: 1. Performing Class: "Gilmore Girls" and a Classless Neoliberal "Middle Class" by Daniela Mastrocola URL: jstor.org/stable/44779928 2. "Good Breeding" and "Acute Discernment": The Politics of Literacy and Family in "Gilmore Girls" by Laura Detmering URL: jstor.org/stable/23416396Passing & the Nature of IdentityPrincess Weekes2022-07-01 | SPONSORED BY: World Anvil Sign up for free today http://worldanvil.com, and use my code for 40%off any yearly subscription Code: PRINCESSWEEKES
When it was announced that Rebecca Hall was making a film adaptation of Nella Larson's Passing there was "discussion" about if the leads, Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga, "passed" and what it meant to pass. Especially in the 1920s and 30s that Larson was writing about. In this video, we are going to discuss Passing. The novel, the film, and the concept of Passing today and at the time in which Larson was writing.
The Princess and The Frog and Soul, are the two Black firsts—the first Black Disney Princess and the first Pixar movie with a Black lead.
Each attempting to gain representation clout from young and old people who have been socialized for generations to view the company as synonymous with universality. Now, this criticism of Soul and Princess and the Frog, or really any polarizing BIPOC animated creation does not dismiss the feelings of those who may feel represented by it—or dismiss the one BIPOC creator works like this bring on for "authenticity."
It is calling out the failures of crafting diversity around a theme or topic, not build to actual deal with Blackness, or otherness, that lead to the film ultimately failing to really say anything—at least to this lady.
vox.com/the-highlight/22543858/isabel-fall-attack-helicopterAre Progressive Reboots Good?Princess Weekes2022-03-22 | While companies have gotten comfortable dusting off their older, successful IP, and infusing it with color in order to show how progressive they are. But how many of these shows actually succeed at being the series they promise to be?
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Table of Contents 0:00 Intro 6:02 Sponsorship Adam & Eve 8:36 Gossip Girl 2.0 17:51 nüCharmed 26:14 And Just Like That ... 38:30 The Baby-Sitters Club 42:36 Anne with an E 46:04 Conclusion
Music:
Midnight Wicked by Beautiful Minds Island in the Sky by Giants' Nest Pollo de House by Harvio Amalthea by Van Sandano Solid Centre by Dusty Decks Trumpet Man by Timothy Infinite Wizzle by Guustavv Smokeshow by Jobii
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A brief look at the media history of rape-revenge films and how Promising Young Woman fails to give audiences the kind of catharsis they deserve.
CW: This video is going to be critically discussing the rape-revenge genre, while I do not go into detail or show any sexual assault in the video—I do say the word and I made the decision to not censor it because I found the idea to be honestly very strange. As a survivor, I don’t think the word needs to be censored during analysis and if the Adsense punishes me for it so be it.
If that is too much for anyone, please, don’t feel the need to watch & take care of yourself.
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Thank You to @bkrewind for being the voice of Emerald Fennell.
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▪️Persephone the Destroyer, Kore the Maiden. Why do we keep telling this story and reimagining these characters?