How to Caption Your YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, and TikToks! #2 Rikki Poynter 2024-10-18 | The type of font you choose to caption/subtitle your video with is just as important as the colors you choose! A skinny font is difficult to read because it’s so small and thin, and when you add a border onto that, it takes away from the text even more. When choosing your font, consider something with a little more thickness to it.Follow me for more captioning tips and subscribe to my YouTube channel!Video Description:Red background with white font. Text says, “Captioning your videos tip: stop using skinny fonts! Follow me for more tips, and sub on YouTube!”Rikki is wearing no makeup, but using a skin filter. Her brown hair is up in a bun. SHe is wearing a cropped gray hoodie.Transcript:Hi, here’s another captioning tip for you, especially if you are using short form video like TikTok and Instagram and you have your captions burned into the video. You do not want to have the font that you choose to be very, very skinny. Just like having white on white font is very hard to read cause there’s not enough contrast, there’s just not enough fat in the font to be able to read it when it’s very, very skinny and you have a border on top of it. Or even if you don’t have a border around it, right? So you want to make sure there’s a little bit of fat in it so that people are going to be able to see it very well. I have pretty decent eyesight but I found that even I can’t read skinny fonts very well. So make sure you choose something with a little bit of girth to it. Thank you.#SocialMedia #SocialMediaMarketing #SocialMediaTips #InstagramTips #a11y #DeafAwareness #DisabilityAwareness #TechnologyNews
How to Caption Your YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, and TikToks! #1 Rikki Poynter 2024-10-16 | How to Caption Your YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, and TikToks! #1 Captioning tip! Your captions need CONTRAST! If you’re using a white font, don’t use it against the same color object! Put a strong, thick black border around it, or even yet, use a black background! For more captioning tips, be sure to check out my YouTube channel. Link in bio!Transcript:Hi, this is just a reminder to stop using white captions on a white background, white tshirt, white anything. We can’t see it! Video Description:Rikki with her dirty blonde hair down, wearing a Friday the 13th t-shirt. She is using ASL in the video.#DeafAwareness #DisabilityAwareness #WebAccessibility #DigitalAccessibility #ASL #AmericanSignLanguage #SignLanguage
New Things Ive Learned about Hearing Aids! Rikki Poynter 2024-10-12 | I've had hearing aids for a little over 3 years now and recently, I've learned something new about them! Or so I think I did?New Things I've Learned about Hearing Aids!SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/subrikki | PATREON: http://patreon.com/rikkipoynter⏪ PREVIOUS VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=GepxPgeqyYo&list=PLa2HGeuqKyQ119f65O7Gd0ThCj9XWmV62&playnext=1&index=2⏩ WATCH NEXT:[video link]🔀 PLAYLIST:JOIN CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP & GET EMOTES/BADGES & OTHER PERKS ($2/$5) ➞youtube.com/channel/UCS7wVohIwd66b95xyuw7DFQ/join🛍️ MERCH STORE:bonfire.com/store/rikkipoynter📧 CONTACT ME (Business Inquiries ONLY!):rikki@sixteenth.com💻 HIRE ME:http://rikkipoynter.com📱 SOCIAL MEDIA:Twitch: http://twitch.tv/rikkipoynterTwitter: http://twitter.com/rikkipoynterInstagram: http://instagram.com/rikkipoynterFacebook: http://facebook.com/rikkipoynteryt
I Got A New Job! + Channel Announcements Rikki Poynter 2024-10-08 | I have some channel announcements! One of them includes getting a new job! http://instagram.com/akaymarketinghttp://instagram.com/signonconnectI Got A New Job! + Channel Announcements SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/subrikki | PATREON: http://patreon.com/rikkipoynter⏪ PREVIOUS VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=GepxPgeqyYo&list=PLa2HGeuqKyQ119f65O7Gd0ThCj9XWmV62&playnext=1&index=2⏩ WATCH NEXT:[video link]🔀 PLAYLIST:JOIN CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP & GET EMOTES/BADGES & OTHER PERKS ($2/$5) ➞youtube.com/channel/UCS7wVohIwd66b95xyuw7DFQ/join🛍️ MERCH STORE:bonfire.com/store/rikkipoynter📧 CONTACT ME (Business Inquiries ONLY!):rikki@whalartalent.com💻 HIRE ME:http://rikkipoynter.com📱 SOCIAL MEDIA:Twitch: http://twitch.tv/rikkipoynterTwitter: http://twitter.com/rikkipoynterInstagram: http://instagram.com/rikkipoynterFacebook: http://facebook.com/rikkipoynteryt
What do you want to know about disabilities? Rikki Poynter 2024-10-06 | What do you want to know about disabilities? Be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel so you don't miss the videos! Link in bio!Video Description:Rikki with no makeup on, short curly brown hair down. She is wearing a maroon crop tshirt. She is speaking and signing at the same time.Transcript:Hi, I am planning videos for this month because it’s Disability Awareness Month so if you have any requests or, like, questions specifically about, like, disability, and I’ll make a video. Okay, thank you!#DeafAwareness #DeafCommunity #DisabilityAwareness #ASL #AmericanSignLanguage #SignLanguage
Is Freida McFaddens The Housemaid is Watching Her WORST Book Yet? Rikki Poynter 2024-10-05 | Is The Housemaid is Watching the most overrated book of 2024? In my opinion, it's the worst book of the series.Is Freida McFadden's The Housemaid is Watching Her WORST Book Yet?SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/subrikki | PATREON: http://patreon.com/rikkipoynter⏪ PREVIOUS VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=GepxPgeqyYo&list=PLa2HGeuqKyQ119f65O7Gd0ThCj9XWmV62&playnext=1&index=2⏩ WATCH NEXT:[video link]🔀 PLAYLIST:JOIN CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP & GET EMOTES/BADGES & OTHER PERKS ($2/$5) ➞youtube.com/channel/UCS7wVohIwd66b95xyuw7DFQ/join🛍️ MERCH STORE:bonfire.com/store/rikkipoynter📧 CONTACT ME (Business Inquiries ONLY!):rikki@whalartalent.com💻 HIRE ME:http://rikkipoynter.com📱 SOCIAL MEDIA:Twitch: http://twitch.tv/rikkipoynterTwitter: http://twitter.com/rikkipoynterInstagram: http://instagram.com/rikkipoynterFacebook: http://facebook.com/rikkipoynteryt
fake deaf person gets hearing aids Rikki Poynter 2024-10-04 | I did NOT get comments like, “Why do you talk like that?” “Why do you sound so weird/funny?” “Why do you sound like a r-word/so r-word?”For a decade just to get silly nonsensical comments like this but thank you for the laugh because I was at work at 6am and didn’t have to bother anyone with how loudly I was laughing, hahaha.The only molds I imagine hearing people getting are the kind they get when they’re in the music, news, etc. industry and it’s for communication with the crew and such, hahaha. Oh, silly people!(Imagine me saying this in the tone of Principal Duvall in Mean Girls saying, “I did not leave the South Side for this!”)Video Description:Green screen shows screenshot that says, “Hearing people shouldn’t get hearing aids. Because I are not deaf and u don’t have funny talk and werids talk. YOU ARE NOT DEAF ! God will punishment u for lying! It is true. I Am ASL. You are Devil! I meant you.” Rikki responds with, “Your comment is embarrassing.” Rikki has no makeup on, her hair up in a half ponytail. She is wearing an AC/DC shirt.Transcript: [laughing] Just to let you know! An audiologist is not going to give hearing aids to a hearing person. An audiologist is not going to fit a hearing person for [hearing aid] molds. An audiologist is not going to fake a deaf audiogram for a hearing person. Thank you! [laughing tongue out emoji]#DeafAwareness #DeafCommunity #DisabilityAwareness #HearingLoss #HearingAids #ASL #SignLanguage #AmericanSignLanguage
Is Emily Henrys Writing Style Holding Her Back? Rikki Poynter 2024-10-01 | A brief review on some of Emily Henry's books... why are they all almost the same?Emily Henry Always Writes The Same BookSUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/subrikki | PATREON: http://patreon.com/rikkipoynter⏪ PREVIOUS VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=GepxPgeqyYo&list=PLa2HGeuqKyQ119f65O7Gd0ThCj9XWmV62&playnext=1&index=2⏩ WATCH NEXT:[video link]🔀 PLAYLIST:JOIN CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP & GET EMOTES/BADGES & OTHER PERKS ($2/$5) ➞youtube.com/channel/UCS7wVohIwd66b95xyuw7DFQ/join🛍️ MERCH STORE:bonfire.com/store/rikkipoynter📧 CONTACT ME (Business Inquiries ONLY!):rikki@whalartalent.com💻 HIRE ME:http://rikkipoynter.com📱 SOCIAL MEDIA:Twitch: http://twitch.tv/rikkipoynterTwitter: http://twitter.com/rikkipoynterInstagram: http://instagram.com/rikkipoynterFacebook: http://facebook.com/rikkipoynteryt
Jaclyn Hill Makes Jokes About Hurricane Helene Evacuations Rikki Poynter 2024-09-29 | I spent ages 1-4 in Savannah, Georgia. Then I spent the rest of my years in the foothills of North Carolina until I moved to Omaha last year. In 2022, I drove by the NC & TN stateline multiple times to get from there to Omaha and back, as well as some other road trips. I’ve been through multiple hurricane and tornado seasons. I started studying up on weather after tornado outbreaks in October 2010 and April 2011 (yeah, the Super Outbreak). This stuff is no joke.But Jaclyn Hill, you’re sitting here joking about people evacuating and saying this is nothing compared to Los Angeles earthquakes? Sure, there have been some major earthquakes. There’s also been small ones. Earthquakes and hurricanes are different. The only comparison we need to make is that you can predict hurricanes but you can’t predict earthquakes. That’s it. And right now, towns across multiple states of the southeast have been completely wiped off the map, people lost their lives and homes, people are missing and off the grid because towers are out, and you’re… laughing? Get some tact.Video Description:Rikki with no makeup on, hair down, and wearing a Ghostface from Scream graphic tee. She is sitting on the couch in her living room.#JaclynHill #HurricaneHelene #Helene #NaturalDisaster #HurricaneSeason #ncwx #flwx
Whats Really Wrong with Ali Hazelwoods Writing? Rikki Poynter 2024-09-28 | I read Ali Hazelwood books for a week and I've officially given up on her as an author, I think. Love Hypothesis may be well loved in the BookTube and BookTok community, but that and the others did not sit well with me.*amazon book wishlist*amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1S7KCM2VZ4EA5?ref_=wl_shareAli Hazelwood Books Aren't Very GoodSUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/subrikki | PATREON: http://patreon.com/rikkipoynter⏪ PREVIOUS VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=GepxPgeqyYo&list=PLa2HGeuqKyQ119f65O7Gd0ThCj9XWmV62&playnext=1&index=2⏩ WATCH NEXT:[video link]🔀 PLAYLIST:JOIN CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP & GET EMOTES/BADGES & OTHER PERKS ($2/$5) ➞youtube.com/channel/UCS7wVohIwd66b95xyuw7DFQ/join🛍️ MERCH STORE:bonfire.com/store/rikkipoynter📧 CONTACT ME (Business Inquiries ONLY!):rikki@whalartalent.com💻 HIRE ME:http://rikkipoynter.com📱 SOCIAL MEDIA:Twitch: http://twitch.tv/rikkipoynterTwitter: http://twitter.com/rikkipoynterInstagram: http://instagram.com/rikkipoynterFacebook: http://facebook.com/rikkipoynteryt
You Wont Believe the Struggle of Lip Reading for Deaf People! Rikki Poynter 2024-09-27 | Deaf people will ask hearing people to meet halfway by typing on the phone, or writing on a piece of paper. Hearing people will keep on talking despite the requests of deaf people and then get mad when we don’t understand them and then the interaction takes two times as long as it could've been, and more frustrating. Lip reading is not a guarantee, and takes much more energy than a hearing person having a conversation with their peers. It takes more effort than learning sign language. (Obviously, there are hearing people that are respectful and do meet us halfway with communication, but more often than not…)Video Description:Rikki with no makeup on, hair down. She is signing and speaking at the same time.Text in white font on red background: “You need to learn about lip reading.”Screenshot of comment says, “Why do you expect people to put effort into communicating with you when you refuse to put in the effort to communicate with them??? Just use your resources like the Internet to LEARN to lip read. People aren’t just born with that skill, everyone else had to learn how so why do you think you’re the exception?? Use the Internet. You’re already here. Put your effort into learning to read lips instead of complaining about it and wallowing in self pity. I know this is harsh, but it’s something you’re going to have to accept and hopefully apply to your life. I don’t want to hear your excuses, so don’t bother replying.”Transcript:So this is the part where I would say that you need to take your own advice and, you know, look on the Internet. Because then you would know that lip reading… it’s not the way you think that it is, right? 30-40% of the English language can maybe be read on the lips, right? So if you went and looked and read on the Internet, you would see that. You would know that, also, deaf people have always put in more effort into making communication halfway, equal. More than hearing people. Always. So…#DeafAwareness #DeafCommunity #DisabilityAwareness #ASL #AmericanSignLanguage #SignLanguage
Hearing Privilege is a REAL Problem and You Need to Fix it NOW Rikki Poynter 2024-09-25 | Hearing privilege, something that both deaf and hearing people suffer from, is a real problem and something that needs to be fixed. I've come across online courses created by deaf people that are educational, insightful, and interactive and will help you learn things about deaf culture, community, and oppression that you might not have learned before, and what you can do to fix that.Take the Unpacking Hearing Privilege, etc. courses now!uncommonknowledgehub.com/#Niki Integrated Network Consultantshttps://niki.llcHearing Privilege is a REAL Problem and You Need to Fix it NOWSUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/subrikki | PATREON: http://patreon.com/rikkipoynter⏪ PREVIOUS VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=GepxPgeqyYo&list=PLa2HGeuqKyQ119f65O7Gd0ThCj9XWmV62&playnext=1&index=2⏩ WATCH NEXT:[video link]🔀 PLAYLIST:JOIN CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP & GET EMOTES/BADGES & OTHER PERKS ($2/$5) ➞youtube.com/channel/UCS7wVohIwd66b95xyuw7DFQ/join🛍️ MERCH STORE:bonfire.com/store/rikkipoynter📧 CONTACT ME (Business Inquiries ONLY!):rikki@whalartalent.com💻 HIRE ME:http://rikkipoynter.com📱 SOCIAL MEDIA:Twitch: http://twitch.tv/rikkipoynterTwitter: http://twitter.com/rikkipoynterInstagram: http://instagram.com/rikkipoynterFacebook: http://facebook.com/rikkipoynteryt
The Substance is the most beautiful and unhinged movie of 2024. Rikki Poynter 2024-09-21 | I’m not usually one for straight up body gore/horror movies, but I was intrigued by this film the second I saw the trailer and I have absolutely no regrets. If you’ve seen The Substance, what did you think of it?Video Description:Rikki with no makeup on, hair down. Using green screen filters to the The Substance movie poster.Transcript:This movie is so beautifully unhinged. I got surprised by every single thing that I saw. If you thought the first thing was unhinged, the next thing is going to be even more unhinged. And it’s a little bit gross, and you’re just gonna be like, “What the hell?” every single time. But, also, if you’ve played Resident Evil: Village or watched someone play it, it almost feels like a little bit of a spin off of one of the characters once you get to Act 3. You’ll know. Trust me, you’ll know.#DemiMoore #IndieFilm #HorrorFan #HorrorMovies #HorrorCommunity #MovieReview #FilmCritic
The movie I wanted to hate, but couldnt | Speak No Evil (2024) Mini Review Rikki Poynter 2024-09-21 | What did you think of Speak No Evil? Have you seen the original Danish 2022 film?Video Description:Rikki with no makeup on, hair down. Using green screen filter to show Speak No Evil movie poster.Transcript:This was honestly a movie I fully expected to hate because the more I was forced to see the trailer in the movie theater, the more I got so sick and tired of seeing it. But I am happy to announce that I actually ended up really liking the movie. James McAvoy knows how to do horror while bringing in a little bit of comedy, but still leaving somebody very uncomfortable and very frightened. This movie is definitely a slow burn. It’s a little over two hours or almost two hours, and nothing extravagant really happened until like the last 15 minutes. So while the slow burn parts are still good, it still got me intrigued, I do wish there was more cat and mouse in this. I really wanted to just see more of that. I haven’t seen the original film yet, but from what I’ve heard, people still really like this remake. So good for them.#JamesMcAvoy #Blumhouse #SpeakNoEvil #HorrorMovies #HorrorCommunity #HorrorFan #MovieReview
the WORST thing about hearing aids!! Rikki Poynter 2024-09-19 | Hearing aids can already be super uncomfortable when you’ve worn them for a long period of time. It’s even worse when there’s a pimple in your ear and the mold is now pushing on it.Video Description:Rikki with no makeup on, but using a skin filter. Her hair is up in a half ponytail. She is using American Sign Language (ASL). Transcript:You wanna know something awful about hearing aids? Having an ear pimple. It hurts!!!#Deaf #DeafAwareness #DeafCommunity #ASL #AmericanSignLanguage #SignLanguage #HearingLoss #HearingAids
Deaf People Are NOT Who Hearing Aids Are Designed For Rikki Poynter 2024-09-12 | I’m so sorry to be the bearer of bad news to my fellow deafies, but it looks like we must no longer wear our hearing aids as they were not made for us, apparently. With that in mind, please tell me in the comments how old you were when you got your hearing aids for the first time. I was 30. I think. Math is hard. August 2021.Support my work via Patreon: http://patreon.com/rikkipoynterSubscribe to the spicy site:http://linktr.ee/rikkipoynter Video Description:Rikki sitting at her desk. She is wearing a grey and white striped polo cropped tee. Her hair is up in a ponytail. She is wearing neutral makeup. She is signing in ASL (American Sign Language).Transcript:Someone said that hearing aids were made for old people and not deaf people. So I guess I should just… [takes out hearing aids]. Sorry, fellow deaf people, I guess we’re not allowed to wear hearing aids.#DeafAwareness #DeafCommunity #AmericanSignLanguage #SignLanguage #ASL #DisabilityAwareness #HearingLoss #HearingAids
Foodie Beauty Complains About Ableism While Saying the R-Word Rikki Poynter 2024-09-03 | Foodie Beauty, also known as Chantal Marie, is known for her mukbangs, her anger issues, and living in Kuwait. Over the years, she has raged to her audience and at reaction channels in the most disgusting ways from personal attacks to ableist, homophobic, racist, etc. slurs. Let's talk about it... again.Who Cares If Foodie Beauty Wants A Maid? But...youtu.be/m7WF2HgnHg4What Foodie Beauty and My Abusive Mother Have in Commonyoutu.be/V0YYwZbhSB4For deaf friendly #GorlWorld videos:@ZacharyMichael Foodie Beauty Complains About Ableism While Saying the R-WordSUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/subrikki | PATREON: http://patreon.com/rikkipoynter⏪ PREVIOUS VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=GepxPgeqyYo&list=PLa2HGeuqKyQ119f65O7Gd0ThCj9XWmV62&playnext=1&index=2JOIN CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP & GET EMOTES/BADGES & OTHER PERKS ($2/$5) ➞youtube.com/channel/UCS7wVohIwd66b95xyuw7DFQ/join🛍️ MERCH STORE:bonfire.com/store/rikkipoynter📧 CONTACT ME (Business Inquiries ONLY!):rikki@whalartalent.com💻 HIRE ME:http://rikkipoynter.com📱 SOCIAL MEDIA:Twitch: http://twitch.tv/rikkipoynterTwitter: http://twitter.com/rikkipoynterInstagram: http://instagram.com/rikkipoynterFacebook: http://facebook.com/rikkipoynteryt
AfrAId (2024) is not a good movie | Afraid Movie Review #MovieReview #HorrorCommunity #Blumhouse Rikki Poynter 2024-08-30 | AfrAId (2024) was a movie I was a little excited to see when I saw the trailer in cinema. While there were some parts of the movie that I thought were fine, it was a movie that fell flat overall. Coming from M3GAN producers, they missed the mark here.Expect a full review on my YouTube channel next week.Transcript:AfrAId is a movie about an evil AI that, despite being written by a real person, felt like it was written by said evil AI. Some of the parts had me going a little bit. The imagery looked really cool. I like the opening scene. But then it just fell flat. The ending did take a different turn than I thought. I thought it was going to end up more like a M3GAN type of ending, but no, they kind of take it to a different direction which I actually didn’t mind it. But again, I thought it felt very flat. And also, some parts in the end, I got very confused about how some people ended up the way that they did. It was a 2.5 for me. I’ll have a full review on YouTube at some point, but… yeah.Video Description:Rikki with no makeup on, hair up in a half ponytail. She is using the green screen filter to show the Afraid (2024) movie poster.#MovieReview #MovieReviews #HorrorMovies #HorrorCommunity #FilmCritic #Blumhouse
Nicolas Cage Scares Me | Longlegs (2024) Movie Review Rikki Poynter 2024-08-27 | Maika Monroe and Nicolas Cage star in the newest horror movie, Longlegs (2024). Nicolas Cage plays a villain that scared me and left the cinema feeling disturbed. Here is my review.Nicolas Cage Scares Me | Longlegs (2024) Movie ReviewSUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/subrikki | PATREON: http://patreon.com/rikkipoynter⏪ PREVIOUS VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=GepxPgeqyYo&list=PLa2HGeuqKyQ119f65O7Gd0ThCj9XWmV62&playnext=1&index=2⏩ WATCH NEXT:[video link]🔀 PLAYLIST:JOIN CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP & GET EMOTES/BADGES & OTHER PERKS ($2/$5) ➞youtube.com/channel/UCS7wVohIwd66b95xyuw7DFQ/join🛍️ MERCH STORE:bonfire.com/store/rikkipoynter📧 CONTACT ME (Business Inquiries ONLY!):rikki@whalartalent.com💻 HIRE ME:http://rikkipoynter.com📱 SOCIAL MEDIA:Twitch: http://twitch.tv/rikkipoynterTwitter: http://twitter.com/rikkipoynterInstagram: http://instagram.com/rikkipoynterFacebook: http://facebook.com/rikkipoynteryt
taking meds for my depression and anxiety for the first time Rikki Poynter 2024-08-26 | I was prescribed these a while ago for depression and anxiety as well as some other things. The bottle just sat around as I never got around to taking them. Lately, it’s been another rock bottom and I guess it’s now or never to try taking this medication and see if it does anything to help my brain because alcohol surely isn’t.Video Description:Rikki with no makeup on, hair down. She is holding a pill, drinking water and then taking the pill. Text says, “Taking anxiety/depression meds for the first time.”#Depression #Anxiety #MentalHealth #MentalIllness #PTSD #ChildAbuse #Loneliness
Important for people with hearing aids to know! #Deaf #HearingAids #HearingLoss Rikki Poynter 2024-08-24 | We’re living on a prayer here, alright.For Deaf Awareness Month, is anyone interested in a 3 year anniversary update on these hearing aids? Transcript:PSA, brand new hearing aid users like me, when you get into the car, turn the volume down. Otherwise, Bon Jovi is going to kill your ear. How do you hearing people live like this? I don’t understand.Video Description:Rikki with no makeup on, ashy hair up in a bun. Text says, “8/20/21. On this day.”#Deaf #DeafAwareness #DeafCommunity #HearingAids #HearingLoss #DisabilityAwareness
I thought M. Night Shyamalans Trap (2024) was a good movie (and Josh Hartnett is Daddy) Rikki Poynter 2024-08-20 | Josh Hartnett is in M. N Shyamalan's new movie Trap (2024). I thought it was a good movie.i thought M. Night Shyamalan's Trap (2024) was a good movie (and Josh Hartnett is Daddy)SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/subrikki | PATREON: http://patreon.com/rikkipoynter⏪ PREVIOUS VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=GepxPgeqyYo&list=PLa2HGeuqKyQ119f65O7Gd0ThCj9XWmV62&playnext=1&index=2⏩ WATCH NEXT:Twisters (2024) Reviewyoutu.be/POr564jJckc🔀 PLAYLIST:JOIN CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP & GET EMOTES/BADGES & OTHER PERKS ($2/$5) ➞youtube.com/channel/UCS7wVohIwd66b95xyuw7DFQ/join🛍️ MERCH STORE:bonfire.com/store/rikkipoynter📧 CONTACT ME (Business Inquiries ONLY!):rikki@whalartalent.com💻 HIRE ME:http://rikkipoynter.com📱 SOCIAL MEDIA:Twitch: http://twitch.tv/rikkipoynterTwitter: http://twitter.com/rikkipoynterInstagram: http://instagram.com/rikkipoynterFacebook: http://facebook.com/rikkipoynteryt
cochlear implants are not miracle workers for deaf people Rikki Poynter 2024-08-19 | Hearing people are always under the impression that hearing aids and cochlear implants are miracle cures, that they fix deaf people and their hearing. This is false. These are assistive devices that can help people hear more, but it doesn’t guarantee that we understand more. Not only that, but not everyone qualifies for either device or both. Also, digitized hearing is not the same as regular hearing, and it doesn’t guarantee it’ll even work. These devices and procedures really are just a game of chance! There are deaf people with hearing aids and cochlear implants that are thriving with just spoken language, or still need and are thriving with both spoken and signed language, or simply just signed language. It doesn’t erase the need for interpreters.Also, are you going to pay for my surgery and upkeep since you want me to have a CI (that I don’t qualify for at the moment) so badly, or…?Video Description:Rikki with no makeup, hair down. Her black eye is healing. She is wearing an oversized graphic tee of a cat laying in the grass. Behind her is a screenshot of a comment on Facebook. She is signing and speaking at the same time.Comment says, “If you had coke we were implants you would do better and nobody would have to learn a foreign language to communicate with you”Rikki replies, “Interesting, I thought I was communicating in English with people this whole time. Also, many deaf people with CIs still use and need SL and interpreters. You need to learn more about how CIs work.”Transcript:Tell me you don’t know how cochlear implants work without telling me that you don’t know how cochlear implants work. They’re not perfect. Also, I’m using English. I’m speaking English and using the English language most of the time when I’m communicating with hearing people. You think they’re doing anything for me? No, I and other deaf people most of the time always have to do the work for you all, but anyway. Deaf people who use hearing aids and cochlear implants- sometimes a lot of us still need ASL or sign language in general, still need interpreters because they’re not perfect. It’s just noise. Hearing is not understanding (wink).#Deaf #DeafAwareness #DeafCommunity #HearingLoss #HearingAids #ASL #AmericanSignLanguage #SignLanguage
captioning your videos is very mindful, very demure. Rikki Poynter 2024-08-18 | Want to know how to caption your videos on YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok? I have videos and playlists dedicated to that on my YouTube channel! If you want more one-on-one then consider booking me for a consultation at rikkipoynter.com :) Video Description:Rikki is sitting at her desk, iMac opened to YouTube editing studio, captioning her video. White text on red background says, “Making social media accessible. Very mindful, very demure.”Transcript:See how I caption my own YouTube videos and social media in general, especially being deaf and I can barely hear and understand myself, but I want to be accessible? Very mindful, very demure.#Deaf #DeafAwareness #DeafCommunity #DisabilityAwareness #HearingAids #HearingLoss #SocialMedia #SocialMediaTips #SocialMediaMarketing
Glen Powell is Daddy | Twisters (2024) Movie Review Rikki Poynter 2024-08-16 | Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones star in the new natural disaster movie, Twisters (2024). I'm a huge Glen Powell fan as well as a weather nerd and natural disaster movie fan, so this was an instant yes for me. Here is my full Twisters (2024) movie review!Review on Patreon:patreon.com/posts/108804948Glen Powell is Daddy | Twisters (2024) Movie ReviewSUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/subrikki | PATREON: http://patreon.com/rikkipoynter⏪ PREVIOUS VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=GepxPgeqyYo&list=PLa2HGeuqKyQ119f65O7Gd0ThCj9XWmV62&playnext=1&index=2⏩ WATCH NEXT:[video link]🔀 PLAYLIST:JOIN CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP & GET EMOTES/BADGES & OTHER PERKS ($2/$5) ➞youtube.com/channel/UCS7wVohIwd66b95xyuw7DFQ/join🛍️ MERCH STORE:bonfire.com/store/rikkipoynter📧 CONTACT ME (Business Inquiries ONLY!):rikki@whalartalent.com💻 HIRE ME:http://rikkipoynter.com📱 SOCIAL MEDIA:Twitch: http://twitch.tv/rikkipoynterTwitter: http://twitter.com/rikkipoynterInstagram: http://instagram.com/rikkipoynterFacebook: http://facebook.com/rikkipoynteryt
Trap (2024) M. Night Shyamalan 1 Minute Movie Review Rikki Poynter 2024-08-12 | I grew up with Josh Hartnett but didn’t want a lot of Josh Hartnett… this movie might have me changing my mind.I’ll have a full review video up on the YouTube channel in the next week. Video Description:Trap movie poster with Josh Hartnett, red filter.Transcript:I have been very excited for this movie since the very first time I saw this trailer while watching other movies. Admittedly, when the movie was starting, like the first 15 minutes, I thought it was really awkward. The acting was over the top. And I was like, I don’t think I’m gonna like this movie very much. And what is this acting? But as the movie goes on, it all starts to make sense. The acting, and how, how he is, right. I actually ended up really liking this movie. And the third act, I’m a little biased. I think Josh is, um, very good looking and, um, shirts are off at one point. And I can’t lie, I I really enjoyed that moment. Anyway, horror movie, I’m a fan. Being trapped in a place and trying to get out of it. Really, really liked it. I think I’m gonna go watch it again this weekend. I, I just might. Give it a shot, why not? #TrapMovie #MNightShyamalan #JoshHartnett #MovieReview #HorrorMovie #HorrorMovies #HorrorFan #HorrorCommunity
What I Can and Cant Hear, with and Without My Hearing Aids Rikki Poynter 2024-07-30 | What can I hear without my hearing aids? What can I hear with my hearing aids?What I Can and Can't Hear, with and Without My Hearing AidsSUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/subrikki | PATREON: http://patreon.com/rikkipoynter⏪ PREVIOUS VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=GepxPgeqyYo&list=PLa2HGeuqKyQ119f65O7Gd0ThCj9XWmV62&playnext=1&index=2⏩ WATCH NEXT:[video link]🔀 PLAYLIST:JOIN CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP & GET EMOTES/BADGES & OTHER PERKS ($2/$5) ➞youtube.com/channel/UCS7wVohIwd66b95xyuw7DFQ/join🛍️ MERCH STORE:bonfire.com/store/rikkipoynter📧 CONTACT ME (Business Inquiries ONLY!):rikki@whalartalent.com💻 HIRE ME:http://rikkipoynter.com📱 SOCIAL MEDIA:Twitch: http://twitch.tv/rikkipoynterTwitter: http://twitter.com/rikkipoynterInstagram: http://instagram.com/rikkipoynterFacebook: http://facebook.com/rikkipoynteryt
You now have to pay to CapCut captions/subtitles. Rikki Poynter 2024-07-29 | CapCut putting auto captions, a vital accessibility tool, behind a paywall is more than likely going to make even more creators want to no longer caption their content. Getting creators to caption their content has been a years long mission with back and forth success and one thing is certain: when providing the service becomes more difficult or at a price, people become less likely to start captioning at all or continuing to do so. I’ve seen it happen time and time again on YouTube, and it’s been slowly happening on TikTok and Instagram.Big thank you to @rollwithru for sending me the screenshot. Video Description:Rikki with no makeup on (but a Lite Foundation filter), hair half up in a ponytail. She is wearing a Def Leppard tee. Green screen shows a screenshot from CapCut that says, “About free uses. You can use auto captions and auto lyrics for free 2 times per month. The number renews at the beginning of every month. 1 use will be deducted each time.” Video text says, “How CapCut is screwing deaf audiences:”Transcript: So CapCut is a very popular video editing app. Lots of people use it for TikTok, Instagram, YouTube Shorts, and they use the auto captioning feature. But now CapCut is pulling a Spotify and is making their auto captions and their lyrics behind a paywall. Two free uses and then you have to pay. And yes, I know they’re a business. They wanna make money. But considering how long we’ve been fighting for accessibility and making it more accessible, this is just making us go backwards. We’ve been fighting for so long. We’ve been making strides. And now this isn’t helping at all. This is only going to hurt deaf consumers, disabled consumers. Literally everybody. Accessibility helps everybody. It’s just going to be hurting everybody in the long run. And you know what’s gonna happen with this? We’re not gonna be able to understand more content because of stuff like this.#CapCut #Spotify #DeafAwareness #DisabilityAwareness #TechNews #TechnologyNews #SocialMedia #SocialMediaTips
How to Start and Promote OnlyFans in 2024! Rikki Poynter 2024-07-23 | So you want to know how to start OnlyFans, and promote OnlyFans in 2024. I'm still a newbie so I'll share my experience on what I did.My links:http://linktr.ee/rikkipoynter@NicolesTips Main person whose OnlyFans how-to videos I watched.Other OnlyFans creators:@MakaylaSamountry @AlanahCole How to Start and Promote OnlyFans in 2024!SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/subrikki | PATREON: http://patreon.com/rikkipoynter⏪ PREVIOUS VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=GepxPgeqyYo&list=PLa2HGeuqKyQ119f65O7Gd0ThCj9XWmV62&playnext=1&index=2⏩ WATCH NEXT:How Much Money I Made on OnlyFans in 2 Months!youtu.be/jqRI-iUUN0I🔀 PLAYLIST:JOIN CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP & GET EMOTES/BADGES & OTHER PERKS ($2/$5) ➞youtube.com/channel/UCS7wVohIwd66b95xyuw7DFQ/join🛍️ MERCH STORE:bonfire.com/store/rikkipoynter📧 CONTACT ME (Business Inquiries ONLY!):rikki@whalartalent.com💻 HIRE ME:http://rikkipoynter.com📱 SOCIAL MEDIA:Twitch: http://twitch.tv/rikkipoynterTwitter: http://twitter.com/rikkipoynterInstagram: http://instagram.com/rikkipoynterFacebook: http://facebook.com/rikkipoynteryt
hearing people who hate subtitles/captions at the movie theater Rikki Poynter 2024-07-22 | AMC, Marcus, Fandango, etc. will tell you when a screening is open captioned or closed captioned on the apps and websites so be sure you know what tickets you’re buying!Video Description:Rikki with no makeup on (light Tiktok filter) and shoulder length brown wavy hair down. She is wearing a Chucky graphic tee. Text at top of video says, “Hearing people disgusted by subtitles on the cinema screen?”Transcript:So I’m deaf and I went to go see the open caption screening of Longlegs and beside of me there was a mother and daughter. And some of the trailers had captions. Not all of them do, but after like the fourth one, the mother turns to me. She goes, “Are these captions gonna be on the screen like the whole time?” And I was like, “Yeah, there is an open caption screening.” And her daughter jerks up in her seat with like this look of disgust on her face and the mother doesn’t look that happy either, and she’s picking up her phone and looking through the email like, “I don’t recall this being in my email,” even though it tells you, you know, before you get the ticket. I almost wanted to be like, “I sure hope so because I’m deaf and I need them,” just- just to see if it would get awkward for her. But, yeah, make sure you know what you’re ordering, I guess, if you don’t want captions on the screen.#Longlegs #MaikaMonroe #NicolasCage #Horror #HorrorMovies #HorrorMovie #HorrorFans #HorrorCommunity #MovieReview #AMCTheaters #Accessibility #DeafAwareness
I am pre-diabetic. Rikki Poynter 2024-07-19 | Labs taken recently showed that my A1C was about a 6.3 which means that I am pre-diabetic. Type 2 diabetes runs in the family, so it's not a total surprise that I'm pre-diabetic. Thankfully, it has a chance of being reversed so... let's talk about that.**ONE LINE KEYWORD RICH DESCRIPTION (most likely repeating your title for best SEO)**SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/subrikki | PATREON: http://patreon.com/rikkipoynter⏪ PREVIOUS VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=GepxPgeqyYo&list=PLa2HGeuqKyQ119f65O7Gd0ThCj9XWmV62&playnext=1&index=2⏩ WATCH NEXT:[video link]🔀 PLAYLIST:JOIN CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP & GET EMOTES/BADGES & OTHER PERKS ($2/$5) ➞youtube.com/channel/UCS7wVohIwd66b95xyuw7DFQ/join🛍️ MERCH STORE:bonfire.com/store/rikkipoynter📧 CONTACT ME (Business Inquiries ONLY!):rikki@whalartalent.com💻 HIRE ME:http://rikkipoynter.com📱 SOCIAL MEDIA:Twitch: http://twitch.tv/rikkipoynterTwitter: http://twitter.com/rikkipoynterInstagram: http://instagram.com/rikkipoynterFacebook: http://facebook.com/rikkipoynteryt
come with me to watch the new Longlegs movie & my reaction Rikki Poynter 2024-07-15 | I’m going to do full reviews for Patreon and YouTube, but 10/10, honestly. There is perhaps one thing I would’ve changed or added myself, but overall, I really enjoyed it. It gave me It Follows vibes and that’s one of my favorite movies. Nicolas Cage, I’ve only ever really seen you in like comedy type stuff on the rare occasion I watch your movies, but… damn. You had me good here.Video Description: “Come with me to see the new Longlegs movie and get my reaction.”Rikki is happy and walking to the cinema, doing a little twirl. Camera then switches to her being in her car looking mortified. #Longlegs #MaikaMonroe #NicolasCage #Horror #HorrorMovies #HorrorMovie #HorrorFans #HorrorCommunity #MovieReview
Hearing people disrespecting their elders with ASL Rikki Poynter 2024-07-10 | Continuing on with the funny ASL moments that aren’t meant to be funny ASL moments. Like this about your grandma…One more repost/throwback and then I promise we’ll be back to some original content tomorrow. I just haven’t been able to fully unpack/clean/organize my new apartment so that I can actually sit on the couch and make something.Video Description:Rikki years ago with shoulder length wavy blonde/silver/lavender hair. There is a screenshot of a graphic that says, “I (making heart gestures with fingers) my grandma.” The gesture looks similar to “vulva/vagina” in ASL.Transcript:Hello, hearing people! How are you? I have a question. Why are you disrespecting Grandma like this? Why? What are you doing? The absolute disrespect.#ASL #AmericanSignLanguage #SignLanguage #Deaf #DeafAwareness #DeafCommunity #FunnyMoments #FunnyFails
I Wanted to Yeet the Cat in A Quiet Place: Day One | A Quiet Place: Day One (2024) Movie Review Rikki Poynter 2024-07-06 | A Quiet Place: Day One (2024) stars Lupita Nyong'o and Joseph Quinn as they navigate an alien/monster invasion in New York City. There's also a cat named Frodo. As a deaf fan and viewer of the original two films, I was intrigued by this new take on the story knowing full well none of the original cast would be in it. Let's review.I Wanted to Yeet the Cat in A Quiet Place: Day One | A Quiet Place: Day One (2024) Movie ReviewSUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/subrikki | PATREON: http://patreon.com/rikkipoynter⏪ PREVIOUS VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=GepxPgeqyYo&list=PLa2HGeuqKyQ119f65O7Gd0ThCj9XWmV62&playnext=1&index=2⏩ WATCH NEXT:[video link]🔀 PLAYLIST:JOIN CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP & GET EMOTES/BADGES & OTHER PERKS ($2/$5) ➞youtube.com/channel/UCS7wVohIwd66b95xyuw7DFQ/join🛍️ MERCH STORE:bonfire.com/store/rikkipoynter📧 CONTACT ME (Business Inquiries ONLY!):rikki@whalartalent.com💻 HIRE ME:http://rikkipoynter.com📱 SOCIAL MEDIA:Twitch: http://twitch.tv/rikkipoynterTwitter: http://twitter.com/rikkipoynterInstagram: http://instagram.com/rikkipoynterFacebook: http://facebook.com/rikkipoynteryt
Having an Onlyfans Means Hitting Rock Bottom? Rikki Poynter 2024-07-05 | Being disabled in an ableist society makes living on your own even more difficult than it already is living on your own for non-disabled people. People do what they have to do when they are at the risk of losing their homes, etc. and other options have not worked out. Also, I’m from Germany raised in a half German household even though I lived in the States for the majority of my life. Being in boudoir (which I posted for free and nobody cared, or at least not enough to say anything about it) and occasionally nude means buck-all to me. With that all being said, 30% off is still ongoing for the month of July as it is my birthday month. Or if you’d like, and this is the route I always preferred, Patreon is a great option for extra and exclusive content with writing, book and movie reviews, YouTube BTS, and more!http://linktr.ee/rikkipoynterOther than that, enjoy the ride of nonsense that is the content I’ve created for the last 14 years and will continue to create here! :) Video Description: Rikki with no makeup on, short curly brown hair down. She is wearing a graphic tee. There is a “lite foundation” filter on.Transcript:Someone said I really like rock bottom because I am now a spicy content creator. No, actually, I would say that my rock bottom was when I had one of these, uh, on my head on my own accord because I was tired of having to suffer in an abusive household for so long as a child and into adult because the world hates disabled people. Also, my overdose in March. Those are probably my rock bottoms. Was this made out, was this decision made out of a necessity so I wouldn’t be losing my home because I’m at risk of doing so? Sure. But was it my rock bottom to make an OF? No, again, I would say [ ] on my own accord was probably that.#ContentCreator #MentalHealth #ChildhoodTrauma #HealingJourney #TraumaHealingJourney #MentalIllness #Depression #CPTSD
When Youre Deaf and Live in the Midwest with Tornado Sirens Rikki Poynter 2024-07-03 | PSA: Tornado sirens are for people outside! Make sure to have multiple options in getting your weather news and information!I was getting gas and then I got the Twitter notification that the siren test was happening in 5 minutes so I stayed in my car after to listen to them and take this video.Video Description: Rikki with no makeup on, short curly brown hair half up and half down. She is sitting in her car. The tornado sirens go off and Rikki takes out her hearing aids.Text says:You’re deaf and the Midwest monthly tornado siren test is going on.#Deaf #DeafAwareness #DeafCommunity #DisabilityAwareness #HearingLoss #HearingAids #Midwest #TornadoAlley
How Much Money I Made on OnlyFans in 2 Months! Rikki Poynter 2024-07-02 | How much money did I make from OnlyFans in 2 months? My experiences with tips, PPV, and more! My link, and 30% off for the entire month of July for my birthday! http://linktr.ee/rikkipoynter How Much Money I Made from OnlyFans in 2 Months!SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/subrikki | PATREON: http://patreon.com/rikkipoynter⏪ PREVIOUS VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=GepxPgeqyYo&list=PLa2HGeuqKyQ119f65O7Gd0ThCj9XWmV62&playnext=1&index=2⏩ WATCH NEXT:[video link]🔀 PLAYLIST:JOIN CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP & GET EMOTES/BADGES & OTHER PERKS ($2/$5) ➞youtube.com/channel/UCS7wVohIwd66b95xyuw7DFQ/join🛍️ MERCH STORE:bonfire.com/store/rikkipoynter📧 CONTACT ME (Business Inquiries ONLY!):rikki@whalartalent.com💻 HIRE ME:http://rikkipoynter.com📱 SOCIAL MEDIA:Twitch: http://twitch.tv/rikkipoynterTwitter: http://twitter.com/rikkipoynterInstagram: http://instagram.com/rikkipoynterFacebook: http://facebook.com/rikkipoynteryt
OnlyFans Censors Its Creators Rikki Poynter 2024-06-25 | You can’t even have a mundane conversation about going to the dentist and choking on the x-ray pieces without censoring your message because the Spicy Site will tell you it contains restricted words and they won’t let you send it. Censorship on TikTok and Instagram is one thing, but on this website of all websites… I can’t help but giggle. What’s even more baffling is they won’t tell you which words are restricted so you have to play the guessing game or look up the list yourself. Easy to do. No big deal. I just think it’s funny.Video Description:Rikki with no makeup IRL, but using a “lite foundation” filter. Her brown wavy hair is down. She is wearing a Pink Floyd graphic tee.Transcript:So the funniest thing about working on the spicy site now and selling pictures and sometimes videos and stuff, is there are over 200 restricted words. Some of them being the most mundane words you can think of. And you, you, you can’t use them to describe what you’re trying to sell because they’re restricted… so make that make sense, OF, because we can show it, but we can’t type about it? How- so I just have to send a bunch of censored messages? Make it make sense.#ContentCreator #OnlyFans
Im Deaf and I Didnt Have a 504 or IEP Growing up in School Rikki Poynter 2024-06-19 | Watching @ChrissyMarshall_ video about IEPs and 504s had me emotional because I never had one growing up. I didn’t have access in school and life in general, really. My parents didn’t advocate for me. The audiologists didn’t do much after we couldn’t or didn’t get hearing aids at the time. No teacher, counselor, principal had ever talked to me about assistance from the school system or government. So to find out not even a decade ago about IEP and 504 for the first time was mind blowing for me. I graduated high school with a 2.6 GPA and didn’t go to college, both for financial and accessibility reasons. I just didn’t know anything at the time and had nobody to help me. It’s one of the reasons why I do what I do, so nobody else has to go through what I did. I can only imagine how my grades would’ve been like, and how life would have turned out if I had access and help and knew how to advocate for myself.Did you have a 504/IEP?Video Description:Chrissy is a young white woman with blonde hair. She is holding folders of documents. Rikki is a young white woman with brown hair. They are both using American Sign Language and speaking English at the same time.Transcript:(In comments because I can’t pause video preview on Instagram.)#DeafAwareness #DeafCommunity #DisabilityAwareness Transcript:(Chrissy) In the US, if you have a disability and you go to public education, you can either have a 504 or IEP. (Rikki) Hey. So I also grew up mainstreamed, and I was just thinking about how I never had a 504 or an IEP. I- I never even knew what that was until I went back to my high school. And I wanted to do some public speaking at a few, you know, schools in the area. And now there’s a new principal there. Never met him before. So I was, I was talking to him. We’re having a conversation. You know, my being deaf and disabled, whatever. And he asked me. He’s like, “Oh, so you had an IEP or a 504 whatever, right?” And I was like, “What’s that?” And his mind was just blown. He was so surprised to know that I’d never had one. Never heard of one. He was like, “No, no teacher has told you about that?” No. I can only imagine how my school life would have been if I had known.
Moving into My First One Bedroom Apartment at 33 | Moving Vlog Rikki Poynter 2024-06-05 | After 33 years of life, about 32 of which were being in an abusive childhood home that was nearly impossible to get out of due to being disabled in an ableist society and not being able to find consistent work and income to be on my own, I am moved into my first one bedroom apartment after spending the previous year in a studio apartment in Omaha, Nebraska.Apartment Amazon wishlist:amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/FIAGY5UIG456?ref_=wl_shareMoving into My First One Bedroom Apartment at 33 | Moving VlogSUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/subrikki | PATREON: http://patreon.com/rikkipoynter⏪ PREVIOUS VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=GepxPgeqyYo&list=PLa2HGeuqKyQ119f65O7Gd0ThCj9XWmV62&playnext=1&index=2⏩ WATCH NEXT:[video link]🔀 PLAYLIST:JOIN CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP & GET EMOTES/BADGES & OTHER PERKS ($2/$5) ➞youtube.com/channel/UCS7wVohIwd66b95xyuw7DFQ/join🛍️ MERCH STORE:bonfire.com/store/rikkipoynter📧 CONTACT ME (Business Inquiries ONLY!):rikki@whalartalent.com💻 HIRE ME:http://rikkipoynter.com📱 SOCIAL MEDIA:Twitch: http://twitch.tv/rikkipoynterTwitter: http://twitter.com/rikkipoynterInstagram: http://instagram.com/rikkipoynterFacebook: http://facebook.com/rikkipoynteryt
moving into first one bedroom apartment problems Rikki Poynter 2024-06-04 | Hi, please help me. Bigger kitchen and actual drawers? Hell yeah. Lack of full pantry? Oh no. Bigger shower? Hell yeah. Smaller AF bathroom overall with next to no storage? No extra catch all closet? Oh no. Honestly, it's not even the storage issue getting to me so much right now. It's just figuring out where to begin with sorting everything because there's so much stuff everywhere.Video Description:Rikki standing in her living room. Her hair is up in a ponytail with two braided strands fallen down. She is holding a shorthair black cat while standing in confusion and looking around her apartment. Text says, “You moved into your first [one] bedroom apartment after being in a tiny studio and you have a lot of stuff and don’t know where to start and how to utilize both the extra but also nonexistent storage depending on the room.
moving into my first one bedroom apartment at 33 years old Rikki Poynter 2024-06-03 | It’s a scary risk and investment, and more expensive, but the 370sqft studio was no longer suiting me and my needs, and my cats’. Now I am moving into a 475sqft one bedroom. I’m really hoping that now that I no longer will have my bed two inches away from my work space, a setup I had in my past life, I will no longer be feeling like I’m hiding in my room still trying to have peace and quiet away from abusers. That’s what it started to feel like again these recent months and it wasn’t doing my mental health any good. I’m excited to have a separate space for work, living, and sleeping. To have a couch. To have a TV. I don’t have any furniture except for my bed, desk, and some bookshelves so it’s going to be a long few months working my butt off (literally, thanks OF lawl) to earn money to get that stuff. But also, my birthday is in July, so… Here’s to a new chapter again, and one that will hopefully improve my work again! Thank you for being here still if you’ve been around during the NC years, the first Omaha year, and now will be here for the 2nd Omaha year.VD:Rikki in her new empty one bedroom apartment, showing the living room, kitchen, and bedroom. Text says, “Being disabled & ableism made it difficult to get and stay out of your abusive childhood home until 32 years old and now you just went from a tiny AF studio to a one bedroom at almost 33.” #FirstApartment #NewLife #NewChapter #NewChapters #NewBeginning #NewBeginnings #ApartmentLiving #ChildhoodTrauma #HealingJourney #ChildAbuseAwareness #ChildAbuseSurvivor
deaf content creator & writer published in a sex education book Rikki Poynter 2024-05-27 | Was strolling through Goodwill as I was waiting for my nail appointment and found “Doing It” by @hannahwitton, a book I wrote an essay in years ago. My ARC was accidentally left behind in North Carolina so I had to get this. Working on my own books has been hard, as has working on other pieces of writing as it seems like I don’t know where to go to get people interested in my writing, whether fiction or nonfiction, and to be paid for it. If anybody has any tips, I’d love the help. Otherwise, a lot of my stuff is posted on Patreon! patreon.com/rikkipoynter Transcript:So it’s the little things, right? I completely forgot that I was published in a book until I went to Goodwill and saw Hannah Witton’s “Doing It”. Yep, I wrote in that and… (thumbs up) If anyone wants to help me publish my own full books, there’s two of them that I’m currently trying to write, that would be wonderful. Thank you. Video Description:Rikki sitting on a couch. Cat is laying on a table in front of her, taking up the bottom part of the video space. Rikki has no makeup on, hair up in a bun with two strands by the ears hanging down. She is wearing an oversized maroon Def Leppard tee. She is using American Sign Language and speaking at the same time.#WritersCommunity #WritersOfInstagram
hi can yall help my deaf ears with some audio? Rikki Poynter 2024-05-25 | One of my OF subscribers gifted me this little microphone so I could make better quality voiceovers for my ASL videos and I just want to make sure it works/sounds better and isn’t the quality of the built-in iPhone mic. Thank you~Video Description:Rikki wearing no makeup, brown wavy hair down. She is wearing a Pink Floyd graphic tee. She is holding a small pink microphone. Text at the top says, “Can y’all help my deaf ears with audio?”Transcript:Hi. (Cat meowing) I have a question. Um. Is this thing on? Does this thing work? Does this video sound like I’m using a microphone like this and not like the microphone that’s in the iPhone that sounds really weird? (Cat meowing) Hello? Hello? (Cat meowing) Okay, thank you.#DeafCommunity #DeafAwareness #SocialMediaTips #ContentCreator #DisabilityAwareness #AmazonHaul #iPhone15 #Apple
Deaf people can talk Rikki Poynter 2024-05-17 | All the oral or hybrid communication deafies say “aye!” in the comments.I’ve been speaking since the age when kids traditionally start speaking. Not all deaf people speak, no. But many deaf people do. Oralism was and is still rampant in history.Video Description:Video is from May 16, 2022. Comment says, “If your deaf then you wouldn’t be able to talk cause you can here your own voice and the vibration so you can talk so (laughing emoji)”Rikki has no makeup on. Her dirty blonde hair is up in a bun.Transcript: Yeah, no. That’s not how being deaf works, that- They’re not connected in that way. If you’re deaf, you can still talk. It’s possible.#Deaf #DeafAwareness #DeafCommunity #DisabilityAwareness #HearingLoss #HearingAids
that happy moment when your American Sign Language interpreter shows up to the dentist #GAAD Rikki Poynter 2024-05-16 | Happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day! Today’s off to a good start since I requested an ASL interpreter for my dentist appointments for the first time ever and one arrived! She was lovely to have and the dentist appointment in general was lovely… despite the fact that I left with 3 cavities and they’re expensive to fill so I have to work on finding better insurance before I get that done. Let’s celebrate the day today! What’s your favorite accessibility tool? Let me know in the comments! Video Description:Makeupless Rikki (white woman in her early 30s) with her brown wavy hair down. She is wearing a Pink Floyd graphic tee. She is using American Sign Language (ASL) with a VoiceOver.Transcript: Hello! Happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day! So for the first time ever since moving to Nebraska, I went to the dentist. It was also my first time ever using an ASL interpreter. And yes, I was worried that the interpreter wasn’t going to show up, but she did. She was really nice. Everyone was really nice. And yeah, I was just laid back, looking up, but the interpreter was interpreting everything that was being said. It was a good time. Yeah. And in the future, I would definitely keep on using an interpreter, the same interpreter. So again, Happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day. A long name. And let me know what your favorite accessibility tool is.#GAAD #Deaf #DeafAwareness #DeafCommunity #ASL #AmericanSignLanguage #SignLanguage #Apple #Samsung #Google #Technology #TechnologyNews #Accessibility #DisabilityAwareness
Spotifys Monthly Limit on Lyrics Is Ableist Rikki Poynter 2024-05-15 | @TechCrunch Spotify quietly moves lyrics behind a paywalltechcrunch.com/2024/05/02/spotify-is-quietly-moves-lyrics-behind-a-paywallSpotify's Monthly Limit on Lyrics Is Ableistpatreon.com/posts/103567484Spotify's Monthly Limit on Lyrics Is AbleistSUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/subrikki | PATREON: http://patreon.com/rikkipoynter⏪ PREVIOUS VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=GepxPgeqyYo&list=PLa2HGeuqKyQ119f65O7Gd0ThCj9XWmV62&playnext=1&index=2⏩ WATCH NEXT:[video link]🔀 PLAYLIST:JOIN CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP & GET EMOTES/BADGES & OTHER PERKS ($2/$5) ➞youtube.com/channel/UCS7wVohIwd66b95xyuw7DFQ/join🛍️ MERCH STORE:bonfire.com/store/rikkipoynter📧 CONTACT ME (Business Inquiries ONLY!):rikki@whalartalent.com💻 HIRE ME:http://rikkipoynter.com📱 SOCIAL MEDIA:Twitch: http://twitch.tv/rikkipoynterTwitter: http://twitter.com/rikkipoynterInstagram: http://instagram.com/rikkipoynterFacebook: http://facebook.com/rikkipoynteryt
first mothers day since leaving abusive mother Rikki Poynter 2024-05-13 | Growing up with physical, emotional, verbal, and mental abuse by my mother for 30 years, I never was a fan of Mother’s Day. I’d get jealous seeing everyone happily with their mothers, posting happy pictures. Etc. (Granted, of course, I know anything can happen behind closed doors and that pictures aren’t always what they seem.) I hated how it seemed like I had to pretend everything was okay especially on Mother’s Day and play into this role both online and offline. I hated knowing that there’s always people that will think I’m a terrible person because “well, it’s your mother!” even though I think that excuse is ridiculous. I hated knowing that I would never get that happy relationship with my mother, and I would always be awkward around other people’s mothers. (Not rude, just awkward.)This is my first Mother’s Day being on my own without all of that. In recent years, I never said Happy Mother’s Day. And today, I look at my phone and think, “Do I want to do that now? She’s been doing this strong attempt at being in my good graces since we no longer see each other and there’s a text every once in a while in case some information is needed, but other than that…” I mean, I know I don’t want to send anything. It wouldn’t be genuine if I did. But as it turns out, the guilt in the back of your mind doesn’t simply go away so easily! (well, maybe it does for some. But apparently not for me.) And unfortunately, I still get sad seeing the happy posts that are all on Facebook, Instagram, etc. Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy for them. A little bitter and jealous, sure, I’ll admit to that. Hey, does anybody wanna be my mother today? I got a lot of food pantry canned stuff I can contribute to the dinner table.Video Description:Makeupless Rikki (white woman in her early 30s) with her brown wavy hair down. Her cheek is resting on her hand. Slow zoom effect is on. She puffs up her cheeks at the end of the video.Text says, “It took 30 years to be able to get out of an abusive home with an abusive mother and it’s your first Mother’s Day since.”#MothersDay #ChildhoodTrauma #TraumaHealing #NewLife #NewBeginnings #NewChapter #HealingJourney
spotify is putting their lyrics behind a paywall Rikki Poynter 2024-05-11 | I recently stopped being a premium Spotify user in order to save some money. Having the free version of Spotify comes with a lot of limits but now to add a limit on lyrics to that? That is a ridiculous move on their part. Lyrics are an accessibility tool for everyone: deaf and hard of hearing people, people with ADHD, auditory processing disorder, even non-disabled people. There is no good reason to have them be paid for. Yes, I can go to another browser on my phone while listening to the song, but why should anyone when the lyrics were right there to begin with?I wrote a piece about it on Patreon (free for everyone to read) and I will be having a long form video about it on my main YouTube channel next week.///\\\My YouTube Channels:http://youtube.com/@rikkipoynter http://youtube.com/@RikkiPReads Follow @accessiblepoynters.co for accessibility education.Support My Work On Patreon:http://patreon.com/rikkipoynter for semi-spicy content (you know how to find me)Video Description:Rikki with neutral makeup on, with a red lip. Her wavy brown hair is down. She is wearing an AC/DC graphic tee. She is sitting in front of her bookshelf.Transcript:So Spotify has decided that they will now be putting their lyrics under a paywall. There is now a monthly limit to being able to view lyrics if you are not a premium member. What is that monthly limit? I have no idea. And as someone who is still a free user, I’m not sure I wanna find out. Either way, this is a ridiculous move on Spotify because lyrics are an accessibility tool. They are very helpful for deaf listeners like myself. For anybody with a disability: ADHD, auditory processing disorder. But even then, it doesn’t- but even for non disabled people, for hearing people, why should they also be paying for this? Nobody should be paying for this. Why, Spotify, are we putting lyrics behind a paywall? I know you’re a business and you want money, but this is ridiculous. #Spotify #MusicStreaming #StreamingNow #DeafAwareness #DeafCommunity #GAAD #NewMusic #DisabilityAwareness #ADHD #ADHDAwareness
