Théo EvansThe Gen Z kids all want to be YouTubers! An exploration of capitalism, authenticity and the creator economy... through the lens of my own unfortunate desire to be a YouTuber. My Patreon: http://patreon.com/theletterfifteen
I Wanna Be a YouTuber! (a gen z tragedy)Théo Evans2021-07-27 | The Gen Z kids all want to be YouTubers! An exploration of capitalism, authenticity and the creator economy... through the lens of my own unfortunate desire to be a YouTuber. My Patreon: http://patreon.com/theletterfifteen
Created by Theo EvansThe Existential Horror of Pre-Flight Safety VideosThéo Evans2024-02-13 | We appreciate your attention as we demonstrate the safety features of this aircraft. Side channel: @TheLetterSixteen Patreon: patreon.com/theletterfifteen
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Created by Theo EvansAI Art and the Fear of ObsolescenceThéo Evans2023-05-30 | i think i'm ready to embrace my obsolescence Side channel: @TheLetterSixteen Patreon: patreon.com/theletterfifteen
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0:00 Opening 2:52 Part One 9:07 Part Two 16:18 Part Three 24:23 Credits
Created by Theo EvansAnalyzing Grindrs Original Series With Queer TheoryThéo Evans2022-12-27 | a deep dive into the grindr original series bridesman Support me on Patreon: http://patreon.com/theletterfifteen
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0:00 Introduction 3:09 Part 1 11:24 Part 2 18:04 Part 3 26:36 Part 4 39:17 Coda Stock footage provided by Pressmaster, Patramansky Oleg, Freepik, and Videvo, downloaded from www.videvo.net.
Created by Theo Evans #MrBeast #MeritocracySnowflake Mountain: Anti-Work Meets the WildernessThéo Evans2022-08-22 | Let's talk about Snowflake Mountain, work, and the wilderness. Support me on Patreon: patreon.com/theletterfifteen
Video essay created by Theo Evans #SnowflakeMountain #Antiwork #WildernessHow I Became a TikTok TrendThéo Evans2022-06-17 | are you conscious? let's start over. a video essay about my own viral tiktok, analyzing the significance of remix and participatory culture in the age of big tech.
Video essay created by Theo Evans #TikTok #AreYouConsciousElon Musk vs. Reality: Simulation TheoryThéo Evans2022-04-29 | we're in a computer simulation, elon musk said so Support me on Patreon: http://patreon.com/theletterfifteen
Further reading (I get 10% of book sales through these links): "The Society of the Spectacle" by Guy Debord (bookshop.org/a/14437/9781922491282) "Simulacra and Simulation" by Jean Baudrillard (bookshop.org/a/14437/9780472065219) "Elon Musk: The Evening Rocket," podcast from Jill Lepore (https://www.pushkin.fm/show/elon-musk-the-evening-rocket/) "A Glitch in the Matrix," documentary from Rodney Ascher "Are We Living in a Computer Simulation?" by Nick Bostrom (doi.org/10.1111/1467-9213.00309) "How to Live in a Simulation" by Robin Hanson (https://mason.gmu.edu/~rhanson/Lifeinsim.html)
0:00 Intro 2:58 Interlude: A Dangerous Idea 3:45 Part 1: The Simulation Argument 11:17 Part 2: Elon Musk 25:18 Interlude: The Simulation's Next Layer 27:20 Part 3: The Metaverse 38:43 Part 4: TikTok 46:17 Interlude: Only I Am Conscious 48:17 Part 5: Unreality 54:20 Coda
Video essay created by Theo Evans #SimulationTheory #ElonMuskThe False Promise of Goop LabThéo Evans2022-02-21 | Let's make healthcare accessible so goop lab won't have to 1. Vote for the Berkeley Free Clinic in the 2022 P4A, February 25 at noon EST: projectforawesome.com/watch?v=8iAfsHJcSX8 2. Consider donating to the BFC directly: berkeleyfreeclinic.org/donate
0:00 Goop Lab 6:55 Berkeley Free ClinicCart Narcs: The Politics of the Shopping CartThéo Evans2022-02-03 | Shopping Cart Theory, Cart Narcs, and the history of the shopping cart. This is the culture war now Support me on Patreon: http://patreon.com/theletterfifteen
Further reading (I get 10% of book sales through these links): How the Shopping Cart Explains Global Consumerism by Andrew Warnes (bookshop.org/a/14437/9780520295292) "Piggly Wiggly" in The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green (bookshop.org/a/14437/9780593412428) "Prosumer Capitalism" by George Ritzer" (doi.org/10.1111/tsq.12105) "The Invention of the Shopping Cart" by Catherine Grandclément (https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00122292v2) "On the Introduction of Shopping Carts in American Grocery Stores" by Franck Cochoy (journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1350508408098921) "Publicizing Goldilocks' Choice at the Supermarket" by Franck Cochoy and Catherine Grandclément
0:00 Introduction: Shopping Cart Theory 4:59 Part 1: Lazybones 12:39 Part 2: A Brief History of the Shopping Cart 20:29 part 2.5: return your cart 21:35 Part 3: Surveilling the Supermarket 27:38 Outro
Created by Théo EvansThe FLogic of FBoy IslandThéo Evans2021-12-06 | Journey with me to FBoy Island, a tropical paradise full of naughty boys and neoliberalism! I take a deep dive into this ridiculous dating show, the attitude toward romance underlying it, and the worldview of the show’s creator Elan Gale. Support me on Patreon: http://patreon.com/theletterfifteen
Further reading (I get 10% of book sales through these links): "Undoing the Demos: Neoliberalism's Stealth Revolution" by Wendy Brown (bookshop.org/a/14437/9781935408543) "Mediated Intimacy: Sex Advice in Media Culture" by Meg-John Barker, Rosalind Gill, and Laura Harvey (bookshop.org/a/14437/9781509509126) "Seduction: Men, Masculinity, and Mediated Intimacy" by Rachel O'Neill (bookshop.org/a/14437/9781509521562)
0:00 Intro 00:52 Part 1: Introducing the FBoys 13:06 Part 2: Flogic 26:03 Part 3: The Tragedy of Elan Gale 41:49 Part 4: The Money 55:30 Credits
Video essay created by Théo Evans #FBoyIsland #RealityTVHow We Talk About the YouTube AlgorithmThéo Evans2021-10-30 | There's no spookier topic for halloween weekend than the youtube recommendation algorithm Support me on Patreon: http://patreon.com/theletterfifteen
0:00 Intro 1:16 Part 1: User Experience 5:29 Part 2: Creator Academy 19:20 Part 3: Rabbit Hole
Video essay created by Théo EvansJoss Whedons Brand of FeminismThéo Evans2021-09-27 | Joss Whedon, creator of many a Strong Female Character, long branded himself a feminist... so let's dig in to his feminist theory! With analysis of Buffy, Age of Ultron, Angel, and more. Support me on Patreon: http://patreon.com/theletterfifteen
Selected sources that influenced this video: "The Assassination of Cordelia Chase" by Jennifer Crusie: jennycrusie.com/excerpts/the-assassination-of-cordelia-chase The Dread of Difference: Gender and The Horror Film, especially "Horror and the Monstrous-Feminine: An Imaginary Abjection" by Barbara Creed: bookshop.org/a/14437/9780292772458 (affiliate link) "The Showrunner as Auteur" by Michael Newman and Elana Levine, from their book Legitimating Television: bookshop.org/a/14437/9780415880268 (affiliate link)
0:00 Joss Whedon 3:26 Part 1: "Genius Auteur Visionary" 7:30 Part 2: "Amazing Feminist Icon" 13:00 Part 3: "Slayer of Wombs" 23:50 Conclusion: Joss's Rebranding
Video essay created by Théo EvansThe First Gay Bachelor: Colton UnderwoodThéo Evans2021-08-30 | Revisiting Colton Underwood's time on the reality dating show The Bachelor following his coming out, including his infamous fence jump and the season's tumultuous aftermath.
Selected sources that influenced this video: Dana Cloud's research on the Bachelor, particularly the paper "The Irony Bribe and Reality Television: Investment and Detachment in The Bachelor" Rachel Dubrofsky's paper "The Bachelor: Whiteness in the Harem" A segment on This American Life about the fence jump: thisamericanlife.org/681/escape-from-the-lab/act-one-5
Created by Théo EvansStop Doing Love So Horribly Wrong! | Valentines Day Advice 2021Théo Evans2021-02-14 | It's been an unusual year for romance... Here's some advice about love and relationships for Valentine's Day.
If you like what I make and want to help me out, consider supporting me on Patreon: http://patreon.com/theletterfifteen Thank you to Courtney Krepps and Darrin Harris for contributing!
If you like what I make and want to help me out, consider supporting me on Patreon: http://patreon.com/theletterfifteen Thank you to Courtney Krepps and Darrin Harris for contributing already!
Here's my name with and without the accent so that I come up in search results: Théo Evans. Theo Evans.Who I Was This Decade | 2020Théo Evans2020-12-31 | Happy New Year! Every year for the past decade, I've made a video answering a set of questions posed by my 12-year-old self. Here's the 2020 edition. Check out some books I enjoyed this year: bookshop.org/shop/theletterfifteen
If you like what I make and want to help me out, consider supporting me on Patreon: http://patreon.com/theletterfifteen Thank you to Courtney Krepps and Darrin Harris for contributing already!
Here's my name with and without the accent so that I come up in search results: Théo Evans. Theo Evans.Plant Consciousness: A Pseudoscientific HistoryThéo Evans2020-12-21 | An exploration of plant consciousness pseudoscience. Plants have feelings too, you know...
If you like what I make and want to help me out, consider supporting me on Patreon: http://patreon.com/theletterfifteen Thank you to Courtney Krepps and Darrin Harris for contributing already!
If you like what I make and want to help me out, consider supporting me on Patreon: http://patreon.com/theletterfifteen Thank you to Courtney Krepps and Darrin Harris for contributing!
0:00 Introduction 1:33 Why are you a vegetarian? 3:11 No seriously, why don't you eat meat? 5:08 What if you were stranded on a desert island...? 8:46 What would you do if you accidentally ate meat? 14:06 You must really love animals, huh? 19:26 Are you grossed out by my food? 24:13 We get it, you're a vegetarian. 28:00 CreditsQueering Mormon Marriage: My Husbands Not GayThéo Evans2020-07-27 | Taking a look at TLC's reality TV special "My Husband's Not Gay," which follows a group of same-sex attracted Mormon men in heterosexual marriages. Very cool. Very transgressive.
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0:00 The queerest thing of all... 0:48 My Husband's Not Gay 3:07 Guy Time 6:29 The Wives 8:22 Tom, Absolute Icon 11:24 Very cool, very transgressive. 15:25 Tuba tunes
Created by Theo EvansPanic Attacks, and Panic More GenerallyThéo Evans2020-05-27 | Panic! On the floor of the shower. (content warning: disease, death, crabs.) A video about panic attacks, panic more generally, and Jean-Paul Sartre's crabs.
If you like what I make and want to help me out, consider supporting me on Patreon: http://patreon.com/theletterfifteen Thank you to Courtney Krepps, Gina Tharin, and Darrin Harris for contributing!
Here's my name with and without the accent so that I come up in search results: Théo Evans. Theo Evans.How I Got on the Ballot for Mayor of ChicagoThéo Evans2019-02-25 | I wanna be mayor!
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Hi, I'm Théo Evans! This channel is my attempt at authentic human connection: queer stuff, weird jokes, and finger wiggling. I hear that including relevant keywords in your channel description helps with views... LGBT! Comedy! Sad! Culture! Existential! Digital! Scheme! Cheez-It! Am I doing this right?
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Music: "Illinois State Song" (youtube.com/watch?v=HeIWcxP2tnI and youtube.com/watch?v=QtJsT3R4KqM), "Watch Me" by Geographer, "Family Montage" by Biz Baz Studio, "Rising Sun" by DivKid, "Requiem in Cello" by Hanu Dixit, "Milos" by Eveningland, "Local Forecast - Elevator" by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com), "Hi Q" by Diamond Oritz, "Destination Unknown" by Ugonna Onyekwe, "Dirty Mac" by Endless Love, "E Minor Prelude" by Chopin, "Toe Jam" by Diamond Oritz, "Wishful Thinking" by Dan Lebowitz, and "Chicago (adult contemporary easy listening version)" by Sufjan Stevens.
#Chicago #ChicagoMayor #ElectionsMy Cute Gay YouTube Boyfriend!Théo Evans2018-08-26 | To revive my YouTube career, I set out to find a boyfriend.
Hi, I'm Théo Evans! This channel is my attempt at authentic human connection: queer stuff, weird jokes, and finger wiggling. I upload new videos every Wednesday.
Here's my name without the accent so that I come up in search results: Theo Evans.
Music: "Serenity" by Aakash Gandhi, "Wistful Harp" by Andrew Huang, "English Country Garden" by Aaron Kenny, "Crinoline Dreams" by Kevin MacLeod, "Flowers in the Rain" by Sir Cubworth, and "Plans in Motion", "Kawai Kitsune", and "Immersed" by Kevin MacLeod.
#Gay #BoyfriendTag #TylerOakleyI SOLD OUT!Théo Evans2017-12-26 | In which I pursue the Selling Out Process.
Hi, I'm Théo Evans! This channel is my attempt at authentic human connection: queer stuff, weird jokes, and finger wiggling. I upload new videos every Wednesday.
Hi, I'm Théo Evans! This channel is my attempt at authentic human connection: queer stuff, weird jokes, and finger wiggling. I upload new videos every Wednesday.