VideoEssays
About
Videos that give you a new perspective. Here you'll find videos that range all the way from bite-sized snacks to a multi-hour deep dives into the strangest rabbit holes you never even knew you cared about.
Rules
1. Content of posts
All top-level posts should be a link to a video essay that isn't hosted behind a paywall. Any topic is welcome, provided it doesn't break one of the other rules. What's a video essay? See below.
2. Title format
Each post title should include the title of the video, its creator, and its duration in the format [MM:SS] or [HH:MM:SS].
3. Be nice
Be respectful and constructive. No harassment. No grossly offensive images. No hate including expressions of racism, misogyny, transphobia, ableism, xenophobia, homophobia, etc. (although videos where these topics are merely being analyzed are okay).
4. No shitposts
Noticeably low-quality content and videos that stretch any reasonable definition of "video essay" will be removed. If you're not trying to break this rule, you probably aren't.
5. No spam
Don't post the same video multiple times in a short time frame. Don't flood the community with many videos from a single creator at once.
"Video essay"?
"Video essay" is loose genre classification for a type of video that makes an argument or critique, or explains a point of view, usually from a single creator's perspective. They can be short or long, casual or formal, modest or theatrical, and cover any topic.
Video essays are slightly different from documentaries, media reviews, and video journalism, but the lines are blurry, and videos that aren't neatly classifiable are still welcome.
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This video has good points but also deviates from The scientific consensus on the generic heritability of mental health conditions.
I also felt that parts of it were disability-positivist, which for me personally I interpret as ableist. Saying that schizophrenia isn't something people suffer from, it's just schizophrenia in the context of current society really rubbed me the wrong way.
Normally like münecat's videos but between this and the defending-domestic-abuse/Caroline-Flack part of one of her previous videos some of her beliefs are really harmful.
I did not watch but I have had experience with schizophrenia and its about the worst thing to me outside of alzheimers.
People are often weird about the intersection of genetics and psychology generally. When I was in HS a kid tried to tell me that intelligence wasn't heritable because genetics didn't play a role. When I pointed out that people with genetically-linked intellectual disabilities exist, they said that it was different. Apparently they didn't understand that disabilities are a result of (among other things) genetic variations and not the other way around.