video essays (divided by topic)
nota bene: please, for the love of god, be critical.
art
- Dark Goya (Full length): The later Works, by Great Art Explained
- finding value in obscure art, by pato
- Hieronymus Bosch, The Garden of Earthly Delights, by Great Art Explained
- The Hurdy Gurdy | Down The Rabbit Hole, by Fredrik Knudsen
- Intro to the Avant-Garde, by Tensai Productions
- Is Art Meaningless?, by Philosophy Tube
- John Singer Sargent (Full Length): Madame X and Dr. Pozzi, by Great Art Explained
- The Most Disturbing Painting, by Nerdwriter1
- Objectively Bad Art, by CJ The X [note: watch with caution, presenting style maybe not psychosis-haver-friendly]
- Tomatoes, or How Not To Define "Art", by Innuendo Studios
- Why does James Bond sound like James Bond?, by Dan Golding - Video Essays
culture
disability, illness, health & medicine
ethics
folklore & myth
gender, bodies, & beauty
- Gender Critical, by ContraPoints
- The Inescapable Treadmill of Desirability, by Khadija Mbowe
- He’s femme, she’s masc, it’s… "confusing" tiktok?, by Khadija Mbowe
- How 'The Yellow Wallpaper' Changed Women's Medicine, by Books 'n' Cats
- Men are from Mars & Women don't understand, The grift of Gender Essentialism, by Khadija Mbowe
- Mommy Issues and the Great Gender Expectation, by Shanspeare
- Our Obsession With Beauty is Dystopian, by Shanspeare
- Titties on display, what’s the big deal?, by Khadija Mbowe
- Social Constructs (or, 'What is A Woman, Really?'), by Philosophy Tube
- TikTok Users are Obsessed with Staying Young Forever | Inside the Reverse Aging Community, by Shanspeare
- Understanding the (Black) Manosphere, by F.D Signifier
- Why do all these influencers have the same face?, by Khadija Mbowe
games
- The Beauty of Games With Dead Worlds, by Curious Archive
- The Color of Corruption - How Purple Is Used in Video Games, by Razbuten
- The Decade-Long Quest For Shadow of the Colossus’ Last Secret, by Jacob Geller
- Every Zelda Is The Darkest Zelda, by Jacob Geller
- Games that don't care about you., by The Cursed Judge
- Games that hate the player., by The Cursed Judge
- Games That Help Us Escape, by removedm
- Games That Help You Find Your Way, by removedm
- Games with empty worlds., by The Cursed Judge
- Gross Games about Flesh and Stuff, by Jacob Geller
- Minecraft, Sandboxes, and Colonialism, by Folding Ideas
- Video Games About 9/11, by Paper Will
- Video games that don't exist., by The Cursed Judge
history & archeology
- Caravaggio's Extremely Chaotic Life of Crime, by Kaz Rowe
- The Complete History of Rome, Summarized, by Overly Sarcastic Productions
- The Hidden Archaeology of Menstruation, by Dr. Smithi Nathan
- History Summarized: the Ancient Greek Post-Apocalypse, by Overly Sarcastic Productions
- I Watched Ancient Apocalypse So You Don't Have To, by Miniminuteman [4-part series]
- Karahan Tepe: The Mysteries of The Oldest Known Settlement, by Miniminuteman
- The Life and Death of a Neanderthal (Shanidar 1), by Stefan Milo
- Lost Lineage: Sahelanthropus tchadensis, by Miniminuteman
- The Queer History of Weimar Germany, by Kaz Rowe
- Sogmatar: Into the City of Tombs, by Miniminuteman
- The VERY Complicated History of Women with Short Hair, by Kaz Rowe
- Were Homo Sapiens the First Hominid in North America? A Deep Dive into the Cerutti Mastodon Site, by Miniminuteman
horror
- Body Horror: Queer Empowerment and Complicated Representation, by Making Media Matter
- The Catharsis of Body Horror, by Yhara zayd [NOTE: VERY GRAPHIC]
- Feathered Foes: Birds in Horror, by What's So Great About That?
- Kill List: The Folk Horror Revival, by What's So Great About That?
- How Guillermo Del Toro Uses Violence, by Screened
- Horror is the Best Genre (and here's why), by What's So Great About That?
- Hunger Hurts: Cannibals and Why We're Obsessed with Them, by Lola Sebastian
- Jaws: When Seeing isn't Believing, by What's So Great About That?
- How Shirley Jackson exposed the horror of home life, by Books 'n' Cats
- Mommy Fearest: Motherhood and Horror, by elle literacy
- Queer Horror: Understanding Gender as Body Horror, by RickiHirsch
- Why Cosmic Horror is Hard To Make, by Screened [note: discretion adviseddd]
linguistics
the media industry
- Actors don't need to suffer for art | Stanley Kubrick vs David Lynch, by Maggie Mae Fish
- The Beautifully Strange World of Outsider Music, by Alfo Media
- Charli XCX & Making Fun of Internet Fame, by Alfo Media
- The Curious Case of Ed Sheeran, by Alfo Media
- Entertainment Made By Cults, by Paper Will
- Defunctland: The Awful Wiggles Dark Ride, by Defunctland
- The Ethics of Looking And The “Harmless” Peeping Tom , by Pop Culture Detective
- How Can We Bear to Throw Anything Away?, by Jacob Geller
- I'm What the Culture Feeling (The full story of Kendrick Vs. Drake), by F.D Signifier
- Kendrick's hidden agenda... , by lil bill
- A Lukewarm Defence of Fifty Shades of Grey, by Folding Ideas
- Music Albums Affected by 9/11, by Pad Chennington
- ONE HIT WONDERLAND: "99 Luftballons/99 Red Balloons" by Nena, by Todd in the Shadows
- ONE HIT WONDERLAND: "Don't Worry, Be Happy" by Bobby McFerrin, by Todd in the Shadows
- Plagiarism and You(Tube), by hbomberguy
- ROBLOX_OOF.mp3, by hbomberguy
- Selling Kids for Clout: The Downfall of Family Channels, by Shanspeare
misc.
philosophy
politics, hell, etc
psychology
race & racism (et al)
- Antisemitism: An Analysis, by Philosophy Tube
- Asian Trope Explained: Damaged Ninja Girl, by Salakot Cinemas
- Black Face Cinema, by Harumi Rose
- Black Men and Colorism on Screen, by F.D Signifier
- Black Men and Love, by F.D Signifier
- Islamaphobia: An Analysis, by Philosophy Tube
- Judaism and Whiteness in Wolfenstein, by Jacob Geller
- The lasting legacy of racist pseudo sciences, by Khadija Mbowe
- Tradwives and the White Supremacists Who Love Them, by Shanspeare
- was Yellowface a prophecy? a brief history of literary asian-fishing, by catherineannechiang
sexuality
STEM
violence & propaganda
- Analyzing Every Torture Scene in Call of Duty — All 46 of Them, by Jacob Geller
- Capital Punishment (& Prison Abolition), by Philosophy Tube
- The Conceptual Failure of Orbital Lasers, by Jacob Geller
- The False Evolution of Execution Methods, by Jacob Geller
- Games, Schools, and Worlds Designed for Violence, by Jacob Geller
- Sexual Harassment, Violence & Myths in the Media, by The Map
- Violence & Protest, by Philosophy Tube