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

• Art of the Surreal - The Rise of Internet Aesthetics, by Cresendex

disability, illness, health & medicine

• Spock & Neurodiverse Leadership | SACRED TREKS, by Jessie Gender
• Autism and The Twelfth Doctor, by Mercurial Rose
• 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
• 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

• 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

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
• 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

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
• The Ugliest Trope in Modern Horror, by GoldFro.
• Why Cosmic Horror is Hard To Make, by Screened [note: discretion adviseddd]

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
• 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.

• After a City is Buried, 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

philosophy

• Ancient Therapy for Modern Problems: Stoic Philosophy Explained, by Philosophy Tube
• Head Transplants and the Non-Existence of the Soul, by Jacob Geller
• Intro to Hegel (& Progressive Politics), by Philosophy Tube
• Jordan Peterson's Ideology, by Philosophy Tube
• Nothing Ever Stops Existing, by Jacob Geller
• The Hidden Rules of Modern Society, by Philosophy Tube
• Sympathy for the Machine, by Curious Archive

politics, hell, etc

• Are We Entering Another Moral Panic?, by Shanspeare
• Art in the Pre-Apocalypse, by Jacob Geller
• 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
• Steve Bannon, by Philosophy Tube
• when is offense justified?: analyzing norms of respect & offensive content, by oliSUNvia

psychology

• 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
• 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
• 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

• 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

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