A response to Kavernacle’s Death of BreadTube

If you’re watching this, I don’t need to explain who ContraPoints is, or what BreadTube is. You’ve already been scrolling through Reddit comments about this, or watching video responses. This video is a response to Kavenacle’s original video, called the Death of BreadTube. I have two main points I want to say. First, I think...

Resources for Polish leftists

I've gathered up some resources for any left-leaning or progressives living or traveling in Poland. I'll be adding to this list, so if there are groups or resources that I've missed, please comment below! source https://twitter.com/lgbtpl/status/1016593875530649601?lang=fi LGBT+ rights First, Poland is an extremely conservative, Catholic country. For LGBTQA+ people traveling in Poland, here's some links...

Guide to Polish political parties

I present: the guide to Poland's political parties, by a left-wing American Poland is this country here, home to delicious pierogi and hard-to-pronounce words. Their elections matter, because Poland is currently very right-wing, and one of the most outspoken opponents of things like refugees settling in Europe as well as gay rights and women's rights....

A feminist appreciation of The Witcher

Warning on this video for book and TV show spoilers, as well as some graphic images With Season 2 of The Witcher finally coming out on Netflix, I want to review the first season and how it compares to the books. First, I’m not arguing that The Witcher is perfectly feminist. But to me, it...

I hate that Black Friday is a thing in Poland

So, it’s the day after Thanksgiving! For my American viewers who survived yesterday without getting into an argument with your racist grandpa over the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict… actually, scratch that. It’s 2021. Let’s normalize putting racist Boomers and the Greatest Generation in their place.  Even if they’re family?  Especially if they’re family. For my non-American...

Police & security in Star Trek

I know what you’re probably thinking: Star Trek is a science fiction series, not a crime one. So, let’s kick things off with a brief explanation. This video grew out of drafts of a script exploring Constable Odo’s character in Deep Space Nine. While Odo is one of my favorite characters in the Trek universe,...

La Forge, nice guys, and racism

After my last video about Star Trek, where I talked about consent, I decided there was another topic I needed to explore in more depth: Next Generation’s chief engineer Geordi La Forge. In particular, his unfortunate creepiness and “nice guy” qualities in two Trek episodes, “Booby Trap” and “Galaxy’s Child.” Both these episodes focus on...

Consent in Star Trek

Content warning: discussion of rape and sexual assault Since I’ve been stuck at home because of the pandemic, I decided to watch Star Trek: Enterprise for the first time. While I love all the other Trek shows— Deep Space 9 is my favorite, and I’ve even seen all the Animated Series!— I just never gave...

Why is Netflix working with a store that sells racist t-shirts?

Content warning: racist and bigoted imagery The petition about Wulflund, the store that works with Netflix By now, I think a lot of us have seen this image of a man dressed like a “Viking” at the US Capitol riots on January 6. And I’ve seen lots of pagan and heathen groups denouncing this man...

Don’t reboot True Blood

Video here When I learned about the possible reboot of True Blood, HBO’s sexy vampire show, I rolled my eyes. Don’t get me wrong. While I enjoyed True Blood… it’s not like this show is a classic. At best, it was campy, sexy trash that got blood and semen all over Twilight’s glittering memory. At...