video essays[1] (divided by topic)
nota bene: please, for the love of god, be critical.
contents
art
- The Art of Delayed Gratification, by lvl 1 rock
- 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
- How Sylvia Plath exploited the trauma of others, by Books 'n' Cats
- 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]
- The secret history of font piracy, by Linus Boman
- Tomatoes, or How Not To Define "Art", by Innuendo Studios
- Was Shakespeare Gay?, by J. Draper
- Why does James Bond sound like James Bond?, by Dan Golding - Video Essays
culture
- Art of the Surreal - The Rise of Internet Aesthetics, by Cresendex
- Indiana Jones and the Objective Existence of God, by Jacob Geller
- "Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed" HD | Mythological Documentary, by • holonet •
disability, illness, health & medicine
- Autism and The Twelfth Doctor, by Mercurial Rose
- disfigurement, disgust, and the dark side of pretty privilege, by Rowan Ellis
- Harvard's In Trouble for Selling Body Parts, by Ask A Mortician
- I Emailed My Doctor 133 Times: The Crisis In the British Healthcare System, by Philosophy Tube
- Monsters University and Disability, by The Sin Squad
- Spock & Neurodiverse Leadership | SACRED TREKS, by Jessie Gender
- The Strange World of Medical Commercials, by thealrightoddity
- Vaccines and Autism: A Measured Response, by hbomberguy
- Video essay: I am a narcissist, by Mercurial Rose
ethics
- All your faves are trash and that's ok..., by Signified B Sides
folklore & myth
- The Age of VAMPIRES, by Horses
- The Dragon Paradox, by Curious Archive
- The Evolution of Ghosts, by ESOTERICA
- A Look at Queerness in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, by Kaz Rowe
- Halloween Special: Mummies!, by Overly Sarcastic Productions
- Sympathy for the Monster, by Curious Archive
- The Vampire Graves of Europe, by Miniminuteman
- Why Have So Many People Seen Ghost Ships?, by Kaz Rowe
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
- Humans are Bags of Meat (in Games), by Jacob Geller
- The Man Who Destroyed 1,297 Pay To Win Minecraft Servers, by PitFall
- Minecraft, Sandboxes, and Colonialism, by Folding Ideas
- Solving a 14 Year Old Minecraft Mystery - Strange House I Did Not Build, by trone(y)sauce
- Video Games About 9/11, by Paper Will
- Video games that don't exist., by The Cursed Judge
gender, bodies, & beauty
- The Death of the Baddie | Khadija Mbowe, by Khaotic Viewing
- 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
- If Pretty Is a Privilege, Ugly Is A Curse, Olurinatti
- TikTok Users are Obsessed with Staying Young Forever | Inside the Reverse Aging Community, by Shanspeare
- 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
- The Truth About Sex? It’s Complicated., by Soph's Notes
- Understanding the (Black) Manosphere, by F.D Signifier
- Victorian Ladies Don't Poop: The London History Show, by J. Draper
- Why do all these influencers have the same face?, by Khadija Mbowe
- Who's Afraid of Gender? (A Guide to Judith Butler), by Philosophy Tube
history
- Aberfan - The Fight for Justice (BBC), by Culture Vulture Rises
- Answering Your Questions About The Suffragettes, by J. Draper
- The Archaeological Site With Real Sacred Geometry: The Octagon Earthworks, by Miniminuteman
- The Bizarre World of Mummy Tattoos, by Miniminuteman
- "Born Before Matrimony": English Bastards and the Law, by Reading the Past
- Caravaggio's Extremely Chaotic Life of Crime, by Kaz Rowe
- COOL FOSSILS and also one I'm PISSED ABOUT, by Lindsay Nikole
- The Complete History of Rome, Summarized, by Overly Sarcastic Productions
- A Deep Dive Into Victorian Servants, by J. Draper
- Doggerland: Europe’s Atlantis, by Miniminuteman
- Dr Kat and Framing Richard III?, by Reading the Past
- Europe’s Prehistoric ‘Frankenstein’ burials, by Stefan Milo
- Europe's Undeciphered Prehistoric Tablets - Enigmatic Artefacts, by Stefan Milo
- The Hidden Archaeology of Menstruation, by Dr. Smithi Nathan
- History Summarized: Augustus' City of Marble, by Overly Sarcastic Productions
- History Summarized: the Ancient Greek Post-Apocalypse, by Overly Sarcastic Productions
- How far north did Neanderthals get?, by Stefan Milo
- How the US Killed Che Guevara, by Horses
- How To Convince People To Volunteer: Joining Up In WWI, by J. Draper
- Illegal Games in Medieval and Early Modern England, by Reading The Past
- It's All Henry VIII!: A Beginner's Guide To The Dissolution of the Monasteries, by J. Draper
- 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
- Life & Death in the Height of the Ice Age, by Stefan Milo
- The Life and Death of a Neanderthal (Shanidar 1), by Stefan Milo
- Life On Doggerland Documentary | ft Miniminuteman, by History with Kayleigh
- The London History Show: The Benin Plaques, by J. Draper
- Lost Lineage: Sahelanthropus tchadensis, by Miniminuteman
- Medieval Knights Were a LOT Gayer Than You Think, by Kaz Rowe
- Neanderthals put 35 skulls in this cave…. why?, by Stefan Milo
- The Night Lusitania Faced a Monster Wave, by Ocealiner Designs
- Pope Fights: Caterina Sforza, by Overly Sarcastic Productions
- The Queer History of Weimar Germany, by Kaz Rowe
- Selling Your Wife At Market: The London History Show, by J. Draper
- Sogmatar: Into the City of Tombs, by Miniminuteman
- So What WAS the Deal with the Oracle of Delphi?, by Kaz Rowe
- Surviving Aberfan (BBC), by Culture Vulture Rises
- The Spectacular Archaeology of the Great Circle Earthworks, 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
- What was the Inquisition? The Origins, Theory and Practice of the Medieval War Against Heresy, by ESOTERICA
- Who were the first people in recorded history?, by Stefan Milo
- Why Did So Many Lighthouse Keepers "Go Mad"?, by Kaz Rowe
- You've Been Lied To About Medieval Torture, by Kaz Rowe
horror
- Bloodsucking Misery: On Depressed Vampires, by Yhara zayd
- 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?
- Frankenstein and the Occult - How Victor Made the Monster, by ESOTERICA
- 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
- Lovecraft & the Occult - Historical & Literary Influences on the Cthulhu Mythos & Necronomicon, by ESOTERICA
- Mommy Fearest: Motherhood and Horror, by elle literacy
- Queer Horror: Understanding Gender as Body Horror, by RickiHirsch
- The Sexual Politics of Frankenstein, by Atun-Shei Films
- The Ugliest Trope in Modern Horror, by GoldFro.
- Why Cosmic Horror is Hard To Make, by Screened [note: discretion advised]
linguistics
- Is "R" a Vowel? | Otherwords, by Storied
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
- Is Dark Romance Misunderstood?, by Shanspeare
- 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
- The secret history of font piracy, by Linus Boman
- Selling Kids for Clout: The Downfall of Family Channels, by Shanspeare
- Selling Marilyn | A Life Merchandised, by Yhara zayd
- Tall, Dark, and Racially Ambiguous, by Princess Weekes
- Trope Talk: Space Westerns, by Overly Sarcastic Productions
- Who's Afraid of Sabrina Carpenter | Khadija Mbowe, by Khaotic Viewing
misc.
- After a City is Buried, by Jacob Geller
- A Video About Digging A Hole, by Jacob Geller
- The anti-establishment undertones of Horrible Histories, by Mimi Mortmain
- The Bizarre Search For Cracks: Sesame Street's Lost Nightmarish Short, by blameitonjorge
- the death penalty in sports, by hydn
- Defunctland: The History of Action Park, by Defunctland
- How 'Alien' Should Aliens Look?, by Curious Archive
- The real-life horror of Shirley Jackson's fiction, by Books 'n' Cats
- Trope Talk: Sea Monsters, by Overly Sarcastic Productions
nature
- SEA SLUGS I think that you will LIKE, by Lindsay Nikole
philosophy
- Ancient Therapy for Modern Problems: Stoic Philosophy Explained, by Philosophy Tube
- Head Transplants and the Non-Existence of the Soul, by Jacob Geller
- How Death Changes Your Perspective (ft. Caitlin Doughty), by Philosophy Tube
- Intro to Hegel (& Progressive Politics), by Philosophy Tube
- Jordan Peterson's Ideology, by Philosophy Tube
- The Most Terrifying Monster We Can Imagine, by Curious Archive
- Nothing Ever Stops Existing, by Jacob Geller
- The Hidden Rules of Modern Society, by Philosophy Tube
- Sympathy for the Machine, by Curious Archive
- Was Nietzsche MAGA?, by Philosophy Tube
- Was Nietzsche woke?, by Philosophy Tube
- Why Do Republican Women Look Like That?, by amandamaryanna
politics, hell, etc
- Are We Entering Another Moral Panic?, by Shanspeare
- Art in the Pre-Apocalypse, by Jacob Geller
- CONSPIRACY | contrapoints, by ContraPoints
- Do y'all really care about these issues? Online slacktivism unpacked, by Khadija Mbowe
- Empire and Imperialism in Children's Cartoons—a super light topic, by Princess Weekes
- The Feminist to Far-Right Pipeline, by Lily Alexandre
- MAGA women are channeling royal style. Here's why., by Amanda Matta
- Steve Bannon, by Philosophy Tube
- The United States of Black Breeding, by Foreign Man in a Foreign Land
- when is offense justified?: analyzing norms of respect & offensive content, by oliSUNvia
psychology
- Debunking the 5 Love Languages 💞🚮 , by Bryony Claire
- Fear of Big Things Underwater, by Jacob Geller
- Fear of Cold, by Jacob Geller
- Fear of Depths, by Jacob Geller
- Megalophobia in Games, by Curious Archive
- Monsters We Trust with Our Lives, by Curious Archive
- Nyctophobia: Fear of the Dark, by Curious Archive
- Why the Deep Sea Frightens Us, by Curious Archive
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
- A Black History of Style, by Intelexual Media
- Black Men and Colorism on Screen, by F.D Signifier
- Black Men and Love, by F.D Signifier
- How Star Trek Examined Racism With Spock | SACRED TREKS, by Jessie Gender
- Islamaphobia: An Analysis, by Philosophy Tube
- Judaism and Whiteness in Wolfenstein, by Jacob Geller
- The lasting legacy of racist pseudo sciences, by Khadija Mbowe
- Racism in the Indian Community, by Foreign Man in a Foreign Land
- Spike Lee tried to warn us..., by F.D Signifier
- Tradwives and the White Supremacists Who Love Them, by Shanspeare
- was Yellowface a prophecy? a brief history of literary asian-fishing, by catherineannechiang
religion
sexuality
- Asexuality and Kink: Why Do So Many Aces Love It?, by Meghan Sandor
- Conservatives are Bad at Sex, by F.D Signifier
- the Dangerous Myths of Black Men's Sexuality, by F.D Signifier
- Polyamory, Relationship Anarchy & Queerplatonic Partnerships: Are They Really the Same Thing?, by Meghan Sandor
- The Rise (and Rise) of the Omegaverse, by Rowan Ellis
STEM
- Gravity Is A Social Construct, And That's Ok, by Dr. Fatima
- The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster - Epidemic of Ghosts, by Kyle Hill
- Is Fukushima's Radioactive Water Safe?, by Kyle Hill
- Is Phylogenetics a Proper Science?, by Bootstrap Paradox
- Miracle in a Test Tube - As seen on TV!, by BobbyBroccoli
- Science Has an Accountability Problem, by Bootstrap Paradox
technology (other)
- Closed captions on DVDs are getting left behind, by Technology Connections
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
- Fantasies of Nuremberg, by Jacob Geller
- Games, Schools, and Worlds Designed for Violence, by Jacob Geller
- How to Break a Man, by Horses
- the outsiders & the price of being tough, by Yhara zayd
- Sexual Harassment, Violence & Myths in the Media, by The Map
- Violence & Protest, by Philosophy Tube
- Weapon of war: Sexual violence against men, by DW Documentary
- What We Don't Talk About in "Spec Ops The Line", by Jacob Geller
- Women as spoils of war at the end of World War Two, by DW Documentary
see also: fanvid recs.
Footnotes
- And the odd made-for-TV documentary that found its way onto YouTube.↩