Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 12 hours ago
Netflix’s Adolescence is a brilliantly made drama — and a disastrously misunderstood one. In this video, I review the show itself (yes, it’s one of the best dramas in years), but more importantly, I break down the shallow cultural response it sparked, from government panic to manosphere exploitation.
🔥 Topics covered:
– Is Adolescence good TV? (Yes!)
– Why it’s not a documentary
– The real problem with boys and external value
– What the manosphere gets wrong (and right)
– Why the conversation around boys is setting them up to fail
– How this show accidentally reveals what’s broken in schools, parenting, and our self-worth culture
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Netflix’s Adolescence is a brilliantly made drama — and a disastrously misunderstood one. In this video, I review the show itself (yes, it’s one of the best dramas in years), but more importantly, I break down the shallow cultural response it sparked, from government panic to manosphere exploitation.
🔥 Topics covered:
– Is Adolescence good TV? (Yes!)
– Why it’s not a documentary
– The real problem with boys and external value
– What the manosphere gets wrong (and right)
– Why the conversation around boys is setting them up to fail
– How this show accidentally reveals what’s broken in schools, parenting, and our self-worth culture
📢 This video is part of a fundraiser for Safe Families for Children
They keep kids out of foster care by helping struggling parents before the system has to intervene. All ad revenue from this video goes to them. Learn more or donate directly here: safe-families.org
👇 Join the discussion:
Have you seen Adolescence? What do you think it gets right — and what’s being totally missed in the media response?
🔔 Like, subscribe, and share if you care about better stories — and better futures for real kids.
#AdolescenceNetflix #Manosphere #SafeFamilies #FosterCareAwareness #NetflixDrama #MasculinityCrisis #MaleIdentity #MediaCritique #BoysInCrisis #ChildWelfare #MentalHealth #TeenDramaReview #AndrewTate #SelfWorth #EducationCrisis #YouTubeFundraiser
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Check out all my approved coffee and tea accoutrements: amzn.to/3IBDg5r
Or my full Amazon affiliate store: amazon.com/shop/GregOwen
We have fun on this channel, but please invest in yourself with something like Udemy: click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=ggV6gYqsOmM&offerid=1060092.12755&type=3&subid=0
I learned C# programing with this one: click.linksynergy.com/link?id=ggV6gYqsOmM&offerid=1060092.3919714950147814191399887&type=2&murl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.udemy.com%2Fcourse%2Fcsharp-tutorial-for-beginners%2F
I'm learning piano with this one: click.linksynergy.com/link?id=ggV6gYqsOmM&offerid=1060092.3919717276621419826813093&type=2&murl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.udemy.com%2Fcourse%2Fpianoforall-incredible-new-way-to-learn-piano-keyboard%2F
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