Maybe this link needs an interesting approach to politics. You maybe sick and tired of the politics of resentment but the choice is yours
https://www.youtube.com/live/76Zw1GUjZBc?si=kad64--I8xc5-PsG
https://redd.it/1jh415l
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ContraPoints quoted by Elon Musk's trans daughter Vivian Jenna Wilson in new Teen Vogue interview
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian-jenna-wilson-elon-musk-trans-youth
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This is the Bach piece that Contra cryptically referenced in her most recent announcement video -- BWV 22 Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcflikYLk1w
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Tried to show family members Contrapoints videosb
But a lot of the time they get put off by the weird asides and references in the videos or the in jokes.
Like when Natalie turns to the camera and says Hi how are you gorge? 50 times it's confusing for someone who's not initiated.
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Is left-wing content too highbrow?
I'm just working through an idea-- since the proliferation of the alt-right pipeline, looking at misogyny slop and the like, the common thread I see is the accessibility of it. In the sense that the vocabulary, the concepts, the topics, are all very entry-level before you get to a more extreme right-wing view. Should the left be making more accessible content? Thoughts?
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Have you ever tried showing a Contrapoints video to a family member? If so how did it go?
I tried showing my 61 year old dad Men, to show why toxic masculinity is bad, but he started falling asleep after like 10 minutes and I needed to reassure him I wasn’t coming out as something.
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I had a dream that her video dropped last night
It was Justice Part 2.
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Has Natalie considered becoming a digital nomad?
In this political climate, I personally support any trans person who CAN gtfo getting tfo. To safety. Noted trans commentator Luxeria recently made a move to Spain under a very special visa for content creators. Think her friend Natalie would consider doing the same?
I'd rather not see Mother die on the barricade...!
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i subbed to contrapoints on patron and paid $2 but it's still most of her older content as locked?
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end of video audio, reversed
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SV0zRXOHUih08cHGE3R7KDc32m9zmaxw/view?usp=drivesdk
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"Conspiracy Board" from the Announcement Video
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Contra posted an announcement on YouTube
https://youtu.be/96h0jk4NHYM?si=kHN0fQvBTETL7Vsw
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Her backgrounds
Hey y’all
I’m new to watching Natalies videos and one of the first things I noticed was how much effort is put in her sets. Has she ever talked about her process with her backgrounds? Also does she record in her house or are these actual sets? I’m just intrigued
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Me checking my phone every 15mins waiting for the new video to drop!
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What's your take on THE PEOPLES JOKER?
Me, I really loved it. One of the better superhero movies, right up there on the top shelf with BATMAN & ROBIN (1997). I really connected with mix of mumblecore-authencity and high-octane punk aestetics.
Here's the trailer, it's this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M00AB03S_4
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Natalie’s new movie drops tomorrow
Let’s fucking go. It’s almost time to break out the candles and wine glasses and bath bombs or whatever else people do to celebrate this occasion. I’m so ready for the Dark Mother’s return!
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This Sub Trying to Figure Out the Announcement Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PSueHOY-Jk
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Georgia Ellery - 'On My Radar' | The Guardian
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Twilight vid was monumental
You know how many run of the mill video essayists backtracked on their "moralistic CinemaSins way of critiquing" women readers of these problematic romance books after Mother's video dropped? Too many to count. It's like they all caught a glimpse of what it's like to have a mind that produces original thoughts and cowered away in shame. I genuinely believe its set a tectonic shift in how people discuss the topic moving forward.
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What do y'all think the new video's title will be (based on the teaser)?
Here are my ideas!
> The White Rabbit
> Blue Velvet
> Q
> 11B-X-1371
> Conspiracies
> The Illuminati
> Any of these titles in Wingdings font
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Why’d she drop a TRAILER for her video if she wasn’t atleast gonna give us a date or an estimated date????
Like mother come AWWWNNNNN I still have no idea if the video’s dropping tomorrow or next month this is CRAZZZYYYY
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Genuinely beyond parody- Though fans of the last tangent would appreciate this
https://redd.it/1jb6x19
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Under the Eye of Power & the new video
Hi everyone! I just wanted to recommend a book Natalie has referenced in multiple tangents and videos, Under the Eye of Power by Colin Dickey. I decided to get it after Trump was elected, and finally got around to reading it in the last month or so - I finished it on the way home today, and then the announcement video was waiting for me! Spooky timing!
Considering today's announcement seems to indicate that the new video will deal with conspiracies, I think Under the Eye of Power will probably be referenced again. Among other things, the book is a retelling of American history through the lens of how conspiratorial thought has been a driver for American politics and society since before the revolution. The book goes into how belief in secret societies like the Illuminati and Freemasons were pivotal in early American politics, and tracks how conspiratorial thought gave way to actual conspiracy, from the Know Nothings of the 1850s through the Civil War, and up through FBI and CIA activity in the 60s and 70s, and on up through QAnon today.
One of the major takeaways for me from the Twilight video was to consider the psychological needs that sexual fantasy satisfies - understanding emotional reasoning over logical, literal reasoning. I think Under the Eye of Power encourages the same kind of understanding towards conspiratorial thought - what psychological need does conspiracy satisfy? It also ties conspiracy to magical thinking in a really concrete, succinct way, that made me think. I could be off, but I would guess that at least some of Natalie's new video might deal with these topics as well!
There's a lot in the book for Contra fans to like, and considering that Natalie has referenced it a few times, I wanted to share that it's definitely worth picking up and reading. I'm also curious if anyone else has read it up at some point!
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Interpreting tarot spread from announcement video
https://redd.it/1jak87b
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I actually like that mother takes a long time to make a new video
She is THE ONE pushing the envelope for YouTube content. I love that she focuses on big concepts and DELIVERS. The small videos explaining some 101 level Idea are better left to the rest of floptube
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We have an announcement folks!
https://youtu.be/96h0jk4NHYM?si=UXxNQQcgqEwOhzky
https://redd.it/1jaejel
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I think I might know what the new video is about.
I’m not gonna say what I think it is, in case
I’m super effing wrong…. And I have no reason for thinking this other than just vibes and different things she’s said in AMA’s and posts and interviews…
But if I’m right, and Natalie happens to look at the sub and see this, I just wanna say that it’s probably a really scary pressure-packed one to put out, and it might feel like a line in the sand that can’t be uncrossed, but I think it’s gonna be great, and I can’t wait. And it also totally makes sense why it’s been pushed back and expanded, because the issue is growing new heads nearly every day.
If anyone can tackle it comprehensively, responsibly, and gracefully, it’s you. 💕
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The video length arms race on YouTube.
Why does every “breadtube” video essayist seem to be on the 1 three-hour video, once a year model these days?
My favorite of Natalie’s videos are Opulence and Justice, neither of which even hit the 50 minute mark I don’t think, and covered broad concepts on a surface level during that runtime. I feel like ever since the witch trials of JK Rowling it’s become a 3+ hour slog through some pop culture thing as it relates to a concept. It’s not that I dislike those videos I just feel like there’s been a bit of an Hbomberfication going on. Is there a metrics based reason for this? Is this just a trend in video essays at the moment? I want people to make whatever content they wanna make but as a fan of these certain YouTubers I used to like getting a 45 minute video every 3 or 4 months vs now where it’s 1 Titanic-length dissertation that I have to fill up on like a camel, never knowing how long it’ll be til the next time I see them.
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Us right now basically. (Artist credit: Verbal Vomit)
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Seems to line up with Natalie's quips in her ContraPoints videos
https://redd.it/1j74jx3
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