Elliot Sang | We Are All Becoming Hikikomori @elliotsangestevez | Uploaded October 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
In Elliot's most optimistically titled video yet, we examine how cost of living, mental illness, and alienation of labor all set the table for an American--and global--crisis of "disconnected youth," not dissimilar to Japan's infamous "hikikomori" phenomenon.
Watch Meeka le Fay's video: youtube.com/watch?v=pCFWl6C-pFE
featuring the voice of @FinntasticMrFox as Luca
join the channel to get access to perks!
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follow me on instagram: instagram.com/elliotsangestevez
editing by danae o.!
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00:00 introduction
02:51 luca
05:56 austerity and ableism
08:47 carceral sanism
14:55 alienation
Bibliography
Alan Robert Teo and Albert C. Gaw (2010). “Hikikomori, A Japanese Culture-Bound Syndrome of Social Withdrawal? A Proposal for DSM-V”. The Journal of nervous and mental disease, 198(6), 444–449. doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181e086b1
Meeka le Fay (2023). “Hikikomori: The Haunting Echoes of Eugenics in Japan“ youtube.com/watch?v=pCFWl6C-pFE
Loprest, P., Spaulding, S., & Nightingale, D.S. (2019). “Disconnected Young Adults: Increasing Engagement and Opportunity”. RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences 5(5), 221-243. https://www.muse.jhu.edu/article/742472
Melanie Hanson (2023). “Student Loan Debt Statistics”. Educationdata.org. educationdata.org/student-loan-debt-statistics
Primerica (2022). “A Quarterly Tracking Poll of Middle-Income Americans’ Financial Mood”. primerica.com/public/Fact_Sheet_Primerica_Financial_Security_Monitor_Q2_2022.pdf
Allie Conti (2019). “When ‘Going Outside Is Prison’: The World of American Hikikomori”. New York Magazine. nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/02/the-world-of-american-hikikomori.html
Janicki, M. P., Hendrix, J. A., McCallion, P., & and the Neuroatypical Conditions Expert Consultative Panel (2022). “Examining older adults with neuroatypical conditions for MCI/dementia: Barriers and recommendations of the Neuroatypical Conditions Expert Consultative Panel”. Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 14(1), e12335. doi.org/10.1002/dad2.12335
National Human Genome Research Institute. ”Eugenics and Scientific Racism”. genome.gov/about-genomics/fact-sheets/Eugenics-and-Scientific-Racism
Clara E. Matthei (2022). ““How Economists Invented Austerity & Paved the Way to Fascism”
Adam Hayes(2023). “Understanding Austerity, Types of Austerity Measures, and Examples”. Investopedia. investopedia.com/terms/a/austerity.asp
Michelle Diament (2023). “Disability Advocates On Edge As House Republicans Eye Budget Cuts”. DisabilityScoop. disabilityscoop.com/2023/07/20/disability-advocates-on-edge-as-house-republicans-eye-budget-cuts/30469
Mark Miller (2022). “Funding cuts have put U.S. Social Security customer service in crisis mode”. reuters.com/world/us/funding-cuts-have-put-us-social-security-customer-service-crisis-mode-2022-12-08
Beatrice Adler-Bolton (2021). “Psychiatric Imaginary: Madness, Fear, and Carceral Protectionism”. Blind Archive. blindarchive.substack.com/p/psychiatric-imaginary
Liat Ben-Moshe (2020). “Decarcerating Disability”.
Leah Harris, Liat Ben-Moshen and Vesper Moore (2023). “Psychiatric Incarceration Isn’t Treatment — It’s Violence, Survivors Say”. Truthout. truthout.org/articles/psychiatric-incarceration-isnt-treatment-its-violence-survivors-say
“Mental Health Involuntary Removals” (2022). nyc.gov/assets/home/downloads/pdf/press-releases/2022/Mental-Health-Involuntary-Removals.pdf
GMA Digital (2020). “Vanessa Hudgens apologizes for 'insensitive' remarks about coronavirus.” youtu.be/4dWM7_RS-wE?si=StKZ0wdT7lgtjnQw
Imani Barbarin (2021). “Death by a Thousand Words: COVID-19 and the Pandemic of Ableist Media”. Refinery29. refinery29.com/en-us/2021/08/10645352/covid-19-and-the-pandemic-of-ableist-media
Joseph Shapiro (2020). “One Man's COVID-19 Death Raises The Worst Fears Of Many People With Disabilities”. NPR. npr.org/2020/07/31/896882268/one-mans-covid-19-death-raises-the-worst-fears-of-many-people-with-disabilities
TikTok by Imani Barbarin (2023). tiktok.com/@crutches_and_spice/video/7270912332526652715
Beatrice Adler-Bolton (2022). “Eugenics and the Economic Valuation of Life”. Blind Archive. blindarchive.substack.com/p/eugenics-and-the-economic-valuation?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2
Karl Marx (1844). “Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844”
McEwen B. S. (2017). Neurobiological and Systemic Effects of Chronic Stress. Chronic stress (Thousand Oaks, Calif.), 1, 2470547017692328. doi.org/10.1177/2470547017692328
Music: “KALEIDOSCOPE” (prod. plantcham)
In Elliot's most optimistically titled video yet, we examine how cost of living, mental illness, and alienation of labor all set the table for an American--and global--crisis of "disconnected youth," not dissimilar to Japan's infamous "hikikomori" phenomenon.
Watch Meeka le Fay's video: youtube.com/watch?v=pCFWl6C-pFE
featuring the voice of @FinntasticMrFox as Luca
join the channel to get access to perks!
youtube.com/channel/UCqpg8i6CryfkIw0uqytHsow/join
follow me on instagram: instagram.com/elliotsangestevez
editing by danae o.!
thumbnail by @userbfly
00:00 introduction
02:51 luca
05:56 austerity and ableism
08:47 carceral sanism
14:55 alienation
Bibliography
Alan Robert Teo and Albert C. Gaw (2010). “Hikikomori, A Japanese Culture-Bound Syndrome of Social Withdrawal? A Proposal for DSM-V”. The Journal of nervous and mental disease, 198(6), 444–449. doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181e086b1
Meeka le Fay (2023). “Hikikomori: The Haunting Echoes of Eugenics in Japan“ youtube.com/watch?v=pCFWl6C-pFE
Loprest, P., Spaulding, S., & Nightingale, D.S. (2019). “Disconnected Young Adults: Increasing Engagement and Opportunity”. RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences 5(5), 221-243. https://www.muse.jhu.edu/article/742472
Melanie Hanson (2023). “Student Loan Debt Statistics”. Educationdata.org. educationdata.org/student-loan-debt-statistics
Primerica (2022). “A Quarterly Tracking Poll of Middle-Income Americans’ Financial Mood”. primerica.com/public/Fact_Sheet_Primerica_Financial_Security_Monitor_Q2_2022.pdf
Allie Conti (2019). “When ‘Going Outside Is Prison’: The World of American Hikikomori”. New York Magazine. nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/02/the-world-of-american-hikikomori.html
Janicki, M. P., Hendrix, J. A., McCallion, P., & and the Neuroatypical Conditions Expert Consultative Panel (2022). “Examining older adults with neuroatypical conditions for MCI/dementia: Barriers and recommendations of the Neuroatypical Conditions Expert Consultative Panel”. Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 14(1), e12335. doi.org/10.1002/dad2.12335
National Human Genome Research Institute. ”Eugenics and Scientific Racism”. genome.gov/about-genomics/fact-sheets/Eugenics-and-Scientific-Racism
Clara E. Matthei (2022). ““How Economists Invented Austerity & Paved the Way to Fascism”
Adam Hayes(2023). “Understanding Austerity, Types of Austerity Measures, and Examples”. Investopedia. investopedia.com/terms/a/austerity.asp
Michelle Diament (2023). “Disability Advocates On Edge As House Republicans Eye Budget Cuts”. DisabilityScoop. disabilityscoop.com/2023/07/20/disability-advocates-on-edge-as-house-republicans-eye-budget-cuts/30469
Mark Miller (2022). “Funding cuts have put U.S. Social Security customer service in crisis mode”. reuters.com/world/us/funding-cuts-have-put-us-social-security-customer-service-crisis-mode-2022-12-08
Beatrice Adler-Bolton (2021). “Psychiatric Imaginary: Madness, Fear, and Carceral Protectionism”. Blind Archive. blindarchive.substack.com/p/psychiatric-imaginary
Liat Ben-Moshe (2020). “Decarcerating Disability”.
Leah Harris, Liat Ben-Moshen and Vesper Moore (2023). “Psychiatric Incarceration Isn’t Treatment — It’s Violence, Survivors Say”. Truthout. truthout.org/articles/psychiatric-incarceration-isnt-treatment-its-violence-survivors-say
“Mental Health Involuntary Removals” (2022). nyc.gov/assets/home/downloads/pdf/press-releases/2022/Mental-Health-Involuntary-Removals.pdf
GMA Digital (2020). “Vanessa Hudgens apologizes for 'insensitive' remarks about coronavirus.” youtu.be/4dWM7_RS-wE?si=StKZ0wdT7lgtjnQw
Imani Barbarin (2021). “Death by a Thousand Words: COVID-19 and the Pandemic of Ableist Media”. Refinery29. refinery29.com/en-us/2021/08/10645352/covid-19-and-the-pandemic-of-ableist-media
Joseph Shapiro (2020). “One Man's COVID-19 Death Raises The Worst Fears Of Many People With Disabilities”. NPR. npr.org/2020/07/31/896882268/one-mans-covid-19-death-raises-the-worst-fears-of-many-people-with-disabilities
TikTok by Imani Barbarin (2023). tiktok.com/@crutches_and_spice/video/7270912332526652715
Beatrice Adler-Bolton (2022). “Eugenics and the Economic Valuation of Life”. Blind Archive. blindarchive.substack.com/p/eugenics-and-the-economic-valuation?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2
Karl Marx (1844). “Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844”
McEwen B. S. (2017). Neurobiological and Systemic Effects of Chronic Stress. Chronic stress (Thousand Oaks, Calif.), 1, 2470547017692328. doi.org/10.1177/2470547017692328
Music: “KALEIDOSCOPE” (prod. plantcham)
