maybe we should gatekeep blackness in fandom.

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Résumé

TLDRIn this video, the creator discusses the significant impact of TikTok on fandom, particularly regarding the representation of black art and music. They highlight how songs by black artists, such as Rihanna's "Breaking Dishes" and Lauryn Hill's "Killing Me Softly," are often misinterpreted or co-opted by non-black fans, leading to a lack of appreciation for their cultural significance. The creator argues for the necessity of gatekeeping within fandom spaces to protect blackness and ensure that black art is respected and understood. They share personal experiences of creating safe spaces for black fans and express concerns about the ongoing challenges faced by black creators in predominantly white fandoms. The video ultimately calls for a deeper understanding and respect for black culture in fandom.

A retenir

  • 🎤 TikTok has transformed fandom dynamics.
  • 🎶 Misinterpretation of black music is common.
  • 🚫 Gatekeeping may be necessary to protect blackness.
  • 🤝 Safe spaces for black fans are crucial.
  • 📚 Personal experiences highlight the need for inclusion.
  • 🎉 Blurcon emphasizes black representation in fandom.
  • 🖤 Cultural alienation affects black artists.
  • 🔍 Understanding black art requires respect and context.
  • 💬 Non-black fans often misinterpret black culture.
  • 🌍 Diversity in fandom is essential for growth.

Chronologie

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    The video begins with a shoutout to Patreon supporters and a discussion on how TikTok has influenced fandom, particularly regarding the representation of blackness in music. The speaker highlights a misunderstanding of Rihanna's song 'Breaking Dishes' and how it has been misappropriated in fandom spaces, particularly by non-black creators who fail to grasp its true meaning.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    The speaker introduces the manga 'Killing Stalking' and discusses how the song 'Killing Me Softly' by the Fugees has been misrepresented on TikTok, reducing its cultural significance. The speaker emphasizes the lack of respect for black artistry and how white audiences often treat black music as undiscovered gems, ignoring their historical context.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:15:00

    The speaker reflects on the evolution of fandom, noting that it was predominantly white in the past, leading to the creation of black fandom spaces. They discuss the importance of representation and how black creators are now more prominent in fandom, but also highlight ongoing issues of racism and misunderstanding within these spaces.

  • 00:15:00 - 00:20:00

    The speaker shares personal experiences of creating a community for black fans and discusses the historical exclusion of black music in fandom. They express frustration over the appropriation of black culture and music by non-black creators, who often misinterpret or misuse black art in their content.

  • 00:20:00 - 00:25:00

    The speaker critiques the use of black aesthetics and music by non-black creators, particularly in edits and AMVs, and discusses the implications of this appropriation. They highlight the importance of understanding the cultural significance of black art and the need for boundaries in fandom spaces.

  • 00:25:00 - 00:30:00

    The speaker addresses the controversy surrounding Blurcon, a convention celebrating blackness in fandom, and the backlash against a white woman winning a cosplay contest. They emphasize the importance of creating safe spaces for black creators and the need for accountability in fandom.

  • 00:30:00 - 00:35:00

    The speaker discusses the creation of black girl gamer communities and the backlash from non-black individuals who feel excluded. They stress the importance of these spaces for black women in gaming and the need for non-black individuals to respect these boundaries.

  • 00:35:00 - 00:40:00

    The speaker concludes by reiterating the need for gatekeeping blackness in fandom to protect cultural integrity and ensure that black voices are heard and respected. They express gratitude for the audience's engagement and transition into a Q&A segment.

  • 00:40:00 - 00:45:16

    In the Q&A, the speaker shares personal insights and experiences, discussing topics such as their favorite shows, the importance of representation in fandom, and their thoughts on various cultural issues. They emphasize the need for understanding and respect in fandom spaces.

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Vidéo Q&R

  • What is the main topic of the video?

    The video discusses the impact of TikTok on fandom and the representation of black art and music.

  • Why does the creator mention Rihanna's "Breaking Dishes"?

    The creator highlights how the song is misunderstood by fans who misinterpret its meaning.

  • What is the significance of Lauryn Hill's "Killing Me Softly" in the video?

    The song is used to illustrate how black music is often co-opted and misrepresented by non-black fans.

  • What does the creator mean by gatekeeping blackness in fandom?

    Gatekeeping refers to the need to protect and preserve black culture and art within fandom spaces.

  • How does the creator feel about the representation of blackness in fandom?

    The creator expresses concern about the lack of respect and understanding for black art and the need for safe spaces for black fans.

  • What personal experiences does the creator share?

    The creator shares experiences of creating their own fandom spaces due to racism and exclusion in predominantly white fandoms.

  • What is Blurcon and why is it mentioned?

    Blurcon is a convention that highlights blackness in fandom, and the creator discusses a past incident involving a white woman winning a cosplay contest.

  • What are the creator's thoughts on TikTok's influence on fandom?

    The creator believes TikTok has changed the dynamics of fandom, often leading to cultural alienation for black artists.

  • What does the creator suggest about the future of black fandom?

    The creator suggests that while black fandom is growing, it still faces challenges and the need for protective measures.

  • What is the overall message of the video?

    The video emphasizes the importance of understanding and respecting black culture in fandom spaces.

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    by the amazing members of my Patreon.
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    you. Thank you. Yeah, I started from PBS
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    Kids. What you going to do? Fight me?
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    Anyway, road video.
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    Let's be honest, Tik Tok changed so many
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    things about fandom, including
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    blackness's presence in this phenomenon,
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    especially with music. So, around the
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    time of Dana Skully's birthday, I posted
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    a video about how fandom misunderstood
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    the song Breaking Dishes by Rihanna, a
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    song where she explicitly said she
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    wanted to fight her chas sorry partner.
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    And because of Rihanna's annunciation
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    during the line, I'mma fight a man
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    tonight. The misunderstanding of this
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    line caused them to proceed to make
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    thirst traps to this song with their
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    favorite non-black fictional men. But
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    this is not the first time that this has
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    happened with black art, specifically
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    black music. As Tik Tok fandom has done
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    similar things with other media, let's
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    talk about Killing Stalking. So, this
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    video won't get demonetized because I
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    need my bills paid. To briefly put it,
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    Killing Stalking is a manga about a man
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    brutalizing another man and holding him
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    hostage in his home. On Tik Tok, when
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    people made videos about this song, they
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    used the song Killing Me Softly with his
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    song by the Fujis, a very iconic song in
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    black culture got reduced to being
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    labeled as the killing stalking song.
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    When white listeners engage with these
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    popular songs, they often regard them as
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    undiscovered gems that have hence gone
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    unappreciated by the zeitgeist. This
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    became most apparent to me in 2020 when
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    Killing Me Softly became a trending
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    sound on the app. For many users, this
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    was a pleasant re-entrance of the song
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    into pop culture. But their white
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    counterparts treated it as something new
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    and shining with little interest in its
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    established history. Instead of
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    appreciating this black classic, white
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    users marveled at how underrated a time
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    Grammy award-winning Lauren Hill was.
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    There was a lack of respect for her
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    artistry or the huge impact she had on
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    music, relegating this song to referral
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    as the Tik Tok song or worse, the
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    killing stalking song. The co-opting of
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    such a meaningful familiar work for
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    black audiences totally depradicates its
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    cultural educational qualities. Rather,
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    the cross-culture continents between
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    black and white audiences is is widened.
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    What could stand to be a valuable
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    opportunity for connection and
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    appreciation for the way culture
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    production shapes different artistic
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    landscapes becomes another instance of
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    cultural alienation. When Tupac's Keep
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    Your Head Up went viral, a song clearly
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    targeting black women and identity, Tik
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    Tok was again filled with white and
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    other non-black creators co-opting and
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    trying to redefine its meaning rather
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    than listening and appreciating the work
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    for what it was. because of what happens
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    when black art gets out of black
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    circles. This is why people start
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    discussing gatekeeping. Why sometimes it
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    isn't always a bad thing with the
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    behaviors within fandom over the last
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    few years. We might need to start
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    gatekeeping blackness just a little
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    here. Because white people in these
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    spaces do not understand boundaries.
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    jumping. It's my
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    sing. You know what I
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    Hey y'all. It's Hariana and I'm back
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    with another video. Hi. Hello. How are
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    you doing? My name is Hariana and
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    welcome to or welcome back to the pirate
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    ship, also known as Harry Hook's pirate
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    ship. I am the captain. You were not my
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    first bait. I'm got the first bait
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    because you want to know why. Bring your
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    ear closer to the speaker so you can
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    hear me clearly. No one's worthy of
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    being the first bay. But hi. Hello. How
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    are you doing? My name is Hariana and I
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    like to make content based on nostalgia
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    and family and children's entertainment
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    and all the issues that I cover in those
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    spaces. Today we are going to be talking
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    about blackness and fandom spaces and
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    why. Oh yeah, sometimes we do need to
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    keep gatekeep. By the way y'all, I'm
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    hungry as hell while filming this video,
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    but I know like once I eat I'm going to
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    be knocked out. I told myself I need to
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    get this video done by tomorrow because
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    I need my money. So let's go ahead and
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    get this thing rolling. Anyways, as I
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    was saying, uh before we get started, me
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    and my good friend Amaya Janelle, we
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    wrote two essay collections together.
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    The first one is called um Do Not Call
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    Me S, which we will be referring to
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    today in the video, and it is a
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    collection of essays about fandom,
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    massage. Hold on. Fandom, massage, noir,
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    abbleism, entertainment, and white
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    feminism. And then we wrote the second
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    part of that. If you see the stain on
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    it, I'm sorry, but it is called You
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    Still Cannot Call Me Sis because we
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    still have so much to say. If either of
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    these books interest you, they're pretty
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    both in physical copies and we also have
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    copy, you get the book right away. All
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    right, now let's begin. So, what really
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    made me want to make this video has to
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    do with this comment that this white
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    lady left on threads of me just talking
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    about something in relation to a black
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    convention and cosplay and they said
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    something super duper ignorant and I was
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    like, you know what? I think it is time
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    that we have a discussion about we might
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    need to start gatekeeping blackness in
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    fandom at least a little bit more. If
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    you guys see me read looking down, it
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    means I have my laptop on my lap. If you
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    see me constantly doing that, that's
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    what that means. And also, for some
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    reason, today's look is inspired by
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    Galleria Gabaldi. I wanted to wear a
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    white shirt with this, but I don't know.
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    I just wanted to rewear my Halloween
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    cosplay shirt that I wore one time. But
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    so, let's go ahead and begin. I want to
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    continue on with the music discussion as
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    we talked about in the beginning, but I
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    also want to talk about how the way we
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    see fandom now, which is technically a
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    good thing to a certain extent. Uh,
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    fandom used to be white as hell, like
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    super duper white, lily white. You used
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    to go to conventions, it would be so
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    many white people in there. Conventions
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    that would be in areas that have a high
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    black population, black people would not
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    go to them. And that had to do with the
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    fact that because nobody in our
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    community was really going, we didn't
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    feel included in those spaces. And even
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    with online fandom, so many fandom
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    spaces were so freaking white. And that
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    is why in the future we started seeing
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    more black people create their own
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    fandom spaces. I remember I had to
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    create my own community for black
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    Miraculous fans because we were dealing
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    with a lot of racism from the fandom.
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    But like fandom has a very very white
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    history. Okay. And I remember like back
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    in the 2000s, like when YouTube really
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    was just like AMV videos, a lot of the
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    AMVs did not really feature black music
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    like that. Like yeah, they would have
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    the Soulja Boy and then they sometimes
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    would have like one of those two Chris
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    Brown songs that was really popular in
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    the 2000s, like Excuse me, miss. But for
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    the most part, a lot of the music was
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    very, very white that would be in any of
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    these. Often times you would not find
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    black songs unless it was like black
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    artists that would play like on the pop
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    station like Acon. And part of that just
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    has to do with the fact that a lot of
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    the people that were making A&Bs. Like I
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    said, fandom was very very white. Also,
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    a lot of people just didn't know how to
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    make AMBs back then. It was a lot more
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    gay gatekept back then when it came to
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    like just making fandom stuff. And by
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    the way, um I have an entire separate
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    video talking about like the issues
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    within black fandom. you know that
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    2-hour long video I made if you want to
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    hear me talk more about the issues
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    within black fandom spaces. I highly
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    recommend watching that video and then
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    also I have like a random rambling video
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    where I'm talking about how fandom and
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    black fandom is getting worse. So give
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    those a watch if you would like. And I
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    feel like within the last few years, and
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    a lot of this has to do with Tik Tok,
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    black people have become more and more
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    prominent figures within fandom spaces.
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    And we have been seeing more and more
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    black communities within fandom arise,
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    which is a good thing because we we do
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    need diversity here. But then, like I
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    said, I'll say what I said in that video
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    right here, and if you're interested in
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    that, please go check out those videos.
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    But all the issues we have in the
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    regular black community are now in black
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    fandom. Like I said, go check those out
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    over there. And like I said, back in the
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    day, Phantom really was not [ __ ] with
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    black music like that. But nowadays,
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    Fandom loves to use black music often
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    when it comes to their edits, but that
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    it costed us. You know how they say we
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    can't have [ __ ] in this house? We can't.
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    And like I'm never going to stop talking
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    about like my issues with Sam Leon and
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    the way he treats blackness. the same
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    issues that I have within fandathom
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    spaces and it comes to not just black
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    music but black aesthetics. It is very
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    similar to the problem that I have with
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    not just Sam Leon and Euphoria but also
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    the same problem I have with Sam
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    Levenson in the idol and Sam Levenson
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    and Assassination Nation especially Sam
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    Leon and Malcolm and Marie but this is
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    more so pertaining to Euphoria because
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    Euphoria it it's not a black show. I'm
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    going to insert the quote from my book
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    and then we'll be back. It's unsettling
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    because from paying attention to
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    Leverson's productions, he is obsessed
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    with black aesthetics involving
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    non-black characters, including
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    hairstyles, music choices, references,
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    and fashion pieces. Like Sam Leon,
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    liking to use black aesthetics, but he
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    likes to remove black people from it as
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    much as he can. Phantom does the same
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    thing with black music, especially.
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    Also, y'all be butchering the hell out
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    of slang terms and aavve. Like I will
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    never forgive just fandom, not just
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    fandom, but just like Tik Tok culture
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    butchering the word pick me because I
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    remember I had said something along the
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    lines of how Natalie and Miraculous
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    Ladybug, you know, my favorite
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    character, Miraculous Ladybug, I said
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    something along the lines of how she
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    does Pikmi [ __ ] and there was some white
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    girl in my comment section having the
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    nerve to tell me that that is not what a
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    Pikmi was. And she tried to tell me what
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    a Pikmi was. Baby, in the black
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    community, Pikmi has always been said.
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    You didn't learn the word pick me until
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    Tik Tok. I have been hearing the word
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    pick me since I was young. Little
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    specifically, cuz I'm still young. Don't
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    play with me. Like I said, read Don't
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    Call Me Sis because there actually is an
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    entire section in that book where I talk
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    about how social media likes to take
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    terms that black people have always used
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    and butcher them. Like, I will even
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    bring Breaking Dishes back up. And I
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    have an entire video talking about how
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    fandom literally misunderstood the song
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    Breaking Dishes, but that happens so
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    much where white people, specifically
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    talking about white people and fandom,
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    will literally take black art and
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    literally butcher it to the point where
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    it doesn't even have anything to do with
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    the original meaning. Because in the
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    video, like I said, have it linked down
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    below. Please check it out. I was
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    talking about how Breaking Dishes is
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    literally a song about a woman being mad
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    at her man treating her poorly. And this
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    thing most likely is cheating. But
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    Fandom thinks that this is youth
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    thirsting over a man. And like I said,
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    this is a song by Rihanna, who is a
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    black artist, and they be using this
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    song for like the whitest men ever. This
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    is not a thirst trap song. What part of
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    I'm gonna fight a man tonight does she
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    say in a song that you don't understand.
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    And even if they misheard the line I'm
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    gonna fight a man. The other lines in
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    that song make it very clear that she's
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    not thirsting over this man. She's angry
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    with him. Like it just irritated me
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    because I was just like this is lowkey
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    the killing stalking situation all over
  • 00:11:56
    again where they literally took a Lauren
  • 00:11:59
    Hill song and I have my issues with
  • 00:12:00
    Lauren Hill. I listen, there's a lot of
  • 00:12:03
    things about Lauren Hill that I just
  • 00:12:06
    keep to myself. There are people who
  • 00:12:07
    have made videos talking about her
  • 00:12:09
    behaviors and all of that. It's a whole
  • 00:12:12
    different thing. But I was like, I hate
  • 00:12:13
    the fact that white fandom literally
  • 00:12:16
    took this song and reduced it down to
  • 00:12:19
    this manga about a man brutalizing
  • 00:12:22
    another man. And then they refer to it
  • 00:12:24
    as like the killing stalking song. And
  • 00:12:26
    I'm like, baby, no. That that's not what
  • 00:12:28
    that is. And there is also something
  • 00:12:29
    else that get on my nerves that I
  • 00:12:30
    noticed that like white people in fandom
  • 00:12:32
    like to do. I think this really started
  • 00:12:35
    with black people in fandom wanting to,
  • 00:12:37
    you know, incorporate more black music
  • 00:12:39
    into AMVs or which I like to call them
  • 00:12:42
    now, edits. I still call them AMVs. I'm
  • 00:12:44
    a fan. I noticed that more and more
  • 00:12:46
    black creators started making more edits
  • 00:12:50
    to music that they listen to, music by
  • 00:12:53
    black artists to be specific. But now
  • 00:12:56
    I'm like, these white people in fandom
  • 00:12:58
    literally will use a song that's [ __ ]
  • 00:13:00
    like 40 [ __ ] times and then they
  • 00:13:03
    would have the whitest character in the
  • 00:13:05
    edit for the song and I'm just like no
  • 00:13:09
    read the room. this. No, it's just
  • 00:13:12
    something else that irritates me because
  • 00:13:13
    it is something that I see all the time
  • 00:13:15
    when I am scrolling on Instagram reals
  • 00:13:17
    and y'all know this behavior came from
  • 00:13:19
    Tik Tok, but it will be fandom adjacent
  • 00:13:22
    reals where people are talking about a
  • 00:13:24
    certain show or a movie. I see this done
  • 00:13:26
    a lot of times with anime and there the
  • 00:13:29
    sound will literally say the word [ __ ]
  • 00:13:31
    in it and they will literally use it or
  • 00:13:33
    sometimes they'll go like over it and
  • 00:13:35
    I'm just like why do y'all feel
  • 00:13:36
    comfortable enough using black
  • 00:13:39
    aesthetics and just blackness to your
  • 00:13:41
    advantage to grow like I don't know I
  • 00:13:43
    never really liked it when non-black
  • 00:13:44
    people like to use sounds or anything
  • 00:13:46
    like that that have like the n word in
  • 00:13:48
    them cuz it just rubs me the wrong way
  • 00:13:50
    and this especially goes for um the
  • 00:13:52
    dream y'all know I love your girl used
  • 00:13:54
    to be a staple on this channel until
  • 00:13:56
    that man literally got hit with human
  • 00:13:59
    trafficking charges. That's the reason
  • 00:14:00
    why you don't hear that song on this
  • 00:14:02
    channel anymore. But y'all know the song
  • 00:14:04
    I love your girl. And you know there is
  • 00:14:05
    literally a line in the song where he
  • 00:14:07
    says, "Fuck that nigga." I don't
  • 00:14:09
    understand why so many non-black people
  • 00:14:11
    in fandom spaces like to use that
  • 00:14:15
    specific part of the song when they
  • 00:14:18
    would make their videos. Like I I don't
  • 00:14:21
    know. It's just very off-putting to me
  • 00:14:23
    the way y'all treat black music. I'm
  • 00:14:25
    like, y'all can use black music in your
  • 00:14:27
    stuff, but y'all always want to go out
  • 00:14:29
    of your way and use the songs that have
  • 00:14:30
    the nword in them. Like, and I'll even
  • 00:14:32
    talk about the freaking Gojo situation
  • 00:14:34
    cuz Gojo, if you don't know, is a
  • 00:14:37
    character from Jiu-Jitsu Kaisen. If you
  • 00:14:39
    ain't never seen JJK, you probably have
  • 00:14:41
    seen this man before. If you roam around
  • 00:14:43
    in Phantom spaces or if you're into
  • 00:14:45
    anime or just animation in general, you
  • 00:14:47
    probably seen this dude. One day,
  • 00:14:49
    somebody made an edit of him with the
  • 00:14:52
    song Hey Daddy by Usher. And mind you,
  • 00:14:55
    I'm telling you, I really don't think
  • 00:14:56
    non-black people heard that song until
  • 00:14:58
    these Gojo edits came out. Like,
  • 00:15:00
    non-black people in fandom, this is how
  • 00:15:02
    they discover Hey Daddy by Usher because
  • 00:15:04
    everybody that I know that is black has
  • 00:15:06
    always heard that song since we were
  • 00:15:08
    young. Y'all take the blackest songs,
  • 00:15:10
    y'all take the blackest aesthetics
  • 00:15:12
    because Usher is like a staple in black
  • 00:15:15
    culture. As much as I have a very
  • 00:15:17
    complex relationship with his music now
  • 00:15:20
    because of some things that have come
  • 00:15:22
    out about him within the last few years,
  • 00:15:25
    that is somebody whose music that you
  • 00:15:27
    didn't necessarily see all the time back
  • 00:15:29
    in the day within like Phantom's faces.
  • 00:15:31
    But now you hear that song everywhere
  • 00:15:33
    within Phantom Faces, especially when it
  • 00:15:35
    comes to Gojo. And y'all pick the
  • 00:15:38
    literally y'all literally pick the
  • 00:15:39
    whitest looking man to give this song
  • 00:15:42
    to. I'm sorry. Like I know Jo Gojo is
  • 00:15:44
    literally like Asian. I know he's Asian,
  • 00:15:46
    but he has white hair, blue eyes, and he
  • 00:15:48
    light-skinned as hell. Come on y'all.
  • 00:15:50
    Me. This is just a little rant where I'm
  • 00:15:52
    just talking about how fandom, y'all,
  • 00:15:54
    non-b black people in fandom, y'all are
  • 00:15:55
    very peculiar when it comes to black
  • 00:15:58
    music. Very, very peculiar.
  • 00:16:03
    I can give you what you
  • 00:16:05
    want. I know the things you're dreaming
  • 00:16:10
    of a part of me. Can you feel them
  • 00:16:14
    too? Give me a little
  • 00:16:18
    time. I will
  • 00:16:20
    make all your dreams. I can tell you
  • 00:16:24
    what
  • 00:16:26
    you I can't tell you what you want to
  • 00:16:30
    hear.
  • 00:16:31
    If this ling on your mind, I've got a
  • 00:16:35
    little time, but that don't mean it's a
  • 00:16:38
    li.
  • 00:16:45
    [Applause]
  • 00:16:49
    Okay, next I want to move on and talk
  • 00:16:51
    about the Blurcon situation. Mind you,
  • 00:16:54
    if you think I'm going to sit here and
  • 00:16:56
    drag Blurcon for something that happened
  • 00:16:59
    years ago that they have actually taken
  • 00:17:02
    care of and changed, you have come to
  • 00:17:05
    the wrong video. This is not what I am
  • 00:17:07
    going to do with that. But I feel as
  • 00:17:10
    though we need to have an entire
  • 00:17:12
    discussion about how that debacle came
  • 00:17:15
    up and because people still don't seem
  • 00:17:18
    to fully understand why white people and
  • 00:17:21
    just non-black people need to stop
  • 00:17:22
    sticking their non-black noses in our
  • 00:17:24
    business. So for those of you guys who
  • 00:17:27
    don't know, Blurcon is a convention held
  • 00:17:30
    in the DC area every year that
  • 00:17:33
    highlights blackness within fandom
  • 00:17:35
    spaces. you know, black gamers, black
  • 00:17:38
    cosplayers, black anime fans, black um
  • 00:17:41
    comic book artists, all of that jazz. I
  • 00:17:43
    went to Blurcon in
  • 00:17:45
    2024 and I had a really good time. And I
  • 00:17:49
    also got to meet a lot of y'all. So,
  • 00:17:50
    that was really fun. But every time
  • 00:17:52
    Blurcon arises, people like to bring up
  • 00:17:56
    the incident that happened in 2021. I'm
  • 00:18:00
    pretty sure it was 2021 where a white
  • 00:18:02
    woman entered in the cosplay contest and
  • 00:18:06
    won. Now, the main reason a lot of
  • 00:18:09
    people were pretty much upset about it,
  • 00:18:11
    which was very much valid reasoning, is
  • 00:18:14
    because this is supposed to be a
  • 00:18:16
    convention that centers blackness and
  • 00:18:18
    fandom, a place that has pushed us out
  • 00:18:21
    of for so long to the point where we had
  • 00:18:23
    to make our own subsection of it. You
  • 00:18:25
    get what I'm saying? and a white woman
  • 00:18:27
    had the nerve to enter into something
  • 00:18:30
    that specifically highlighted black
  • 00:18:33
    people. I want to say that since that
  • 00:18:36
    has happened, Blurcon specifically has
  • 00:18:38
    set a rule to where the cosplay contest
  • 00:18:41
    is only for black cosplayers. I'm gonna
  • 00:18:44
    be
  • 00:18:44
    honest. I feel like non-black people
  • 00:18:47
    within fandom spaces, especially white
  • 00:18:49
    people, they often feel the need to
  • 00:18:53
    overstep and want to be involved in
  • 00:18:56
    things that don't concern them. Y'all
  • 00:18:58
    literally get everything. Pretty much
  • 00:19:00
    every con out here is very much white
  • 00:19:03
    centered. Even the cons that have high
  • 00:19:05
    black populations that attend them,
  • 00:19:08
    there's still a whole bunch of white
  • 00:19:09
    people that go to them. Y'all still have
  • 00:19:11
    a lot from the convention. Now, like I
  • 00:19:14
    said, what really got me wanted to make
  • 00:19:17
    this video because this person pissed me
  • 00:19:19
    off. I'm not gonna say who this
  • 00:19:21
    cosplayer is, mainly because she thrives
  • 00:19:24
    off of negativity and she likes negative
  • 00:19:27
    attention. She likes arguing with
  • 00:19:29
    people. She's MAGA. So, I'm just going
  • 00:19:31
    to go ahead and let y'all know that
  • 00:19:32
    she's very much all right. She literally
  • 00:19:35
    was talking about how she wants to do a
  • 00:19:36
    MAGA Miku costume this year at Dragon
  • 00:19:39
    Con. like, "No, no, no." Bookie, she had
  • 00:19:42
    the nerve to say that her main issue
  • 00:19:44
    with Blurcon had to do with the white
  • 00:19:48
    woman winning the cosplay contest, and
  • 00:19:50
    she said she felt as though she was
  • 00:19:53
    pressured into giving the award back.
  • 00:19:56
    Now, that white woman who won the
  • 00:19:58
    costume contest, cosplay contest
  • 00:20:01
    specifically, she even said that she
  • 00:20:03
    admitted that she was wrong because this
  • 00:20:05
    was supposed to be a cosplay event that
  • 00:20:07
    highlighted black cosplayers and she
  • 00:20:09
    gave it back. I personally don't feel
  • 00:20:12
    like she was pressured into giving it
  • 00:20:13
    back. I feel like she took
  • 00:20:15
    accountability and did the right thing
  • 00:20:17
    and gave it back. But this person was
  • 00:20:19
    like, she was pressured to giving it
  • 00:20:20
    back and oo I feel bad for her because I
  • 00:20:24
    just don't think the people were being
  • 00:20:25
    nice to her about it. And I was like,
  • 00:20:28
    why is it that y'all always feel the
  • 00:20:30
    need to invalidate black people's
  • 00:20:32
    feelings when something frustrating and
  • 00:20:36
    concerning happens within their
  • 00:20:38
    community? That is just something that
  • 00:20:40
    really was grinding my gears about that
  • 00:20:42
    entire situation because I'm just sick
  • 00:20:44
    and tired of people within fandom
  • 00:20:46
    spaces, white people. That's the reason
  • 00:20:48
    why those two books exist. Don't call me
  • 00:20:50
    sis. Don't call me sis. Because so much
  • 00:20:52
    of the the things that are discussed in
  • 00:20:54
    that book have to do with non-black
  • 00:20:56
    people and white people specifically and
  • 00:20:59
    validating how black people feel about
  • 00:21:01
    art and media and the problems that we
  • 00:21:03
    have within our subcultures. And because
  • 00:21:05
    that stupid ass comment and a stupid ass
  • 00:21:07
    reply pissed me off so much, I took to
  • 00:21:10
    my community tab. I wanted some audience
  • 00:21:13
    input on this. I really wanted to ask
  • 00:21:16
    how y'all felt about this because I was
  • 00:21:19
    like, last time I checked, if it's a
  • 00:21:21
    black centered event, you shouldn't have
  • 00:21:23
    entered the contest in the first place.
  • 00:21:25
    I'm sorry, but black people have every
  • 00:21:27
    right to be mad about a white person
  • 00:21:28
    winning something. I like I said, we're
  • 00:21:30
    I'm going to agree the audience input
  • 00:21:32
    stuff in a minute, but I was just like
  • 00:21:34
    anytime, like I said, Blurcon has
  • 00:21:37
    literally took accountability. They made
  • 00:21:40
    the change and it has not happened
  • 00:21:41
    again. like the the con learn they grew
  • 00:21:44
    from it. But this person is just still
  • 00:21:46
    stuck on the fact of, "Oh, y'all bullied
  • 00:21:48
    a white lady for entering a cosplay
  • 00:21:51
    contest that highlighted black people."
  • 00:21:53
    And I'm like, you are missing the point.
  • 00:21:55
    I mean, is Blur Con not a conjunction
  • 00:21:58
    word for black nerd. So, I can fully and
  • 00:22:01
    wholeheartedly understand why there was
  • 00:22:02
    some uproar over someone white winning
  • 00:22:05
    the award. We are not trying to be
  • 00:22:07
    exclusionary, but I think the event
  • 00:22:09
    itself is pretty self-explanatory. And I
  • 00:22:12
    think on top of the fact people have a
  • 00:22:14
    right to be upset with a person saying
  • 00:22:16
    something like that is reductive and
  • 00:22:19
    nonconductive to the discussion. Why do
  • 00:22:21
    we have to take a step forward just to
  • 00:22:24
    have someone try to have us take two
  • 00:22:26
    steps, four steps backwards? Why are you
  • 00:22:28
    so adamant about being the devil's
  • 00:22:30
    advocate or trying to be logical about
  • 00:22:32
    something that's illogical? But Magum
  • 00:22:35
    Miku is insane considering Miku would
  • 00:22:37
    never support that. It's literally
  • 00:22:39
    blurry kind. I can't even imagine having
  • 00:22:42
    the audacity to even enter the contest
  • 00:22:44
    as a non-black person. Man, I feel like
  • 00:22:46
    as a white person, it's kind of obvious
  • 00:22:48
    that white people should not be
  • 00:22:50
    participating in Blurcon competitions.
  • 00:22:52
    It's an event meant to highlight black
  • 00:22:54
    people, so why take that opportunity
  • 00:22:56
    away when white people are prioritized
  • 00:22:58
    in every other phantom space already? It
  • 00:23:00
    just sounds straight up racist to me,
  • 00:23:03
    honestly. As a white woman who enjoys
  • 00:23:05
    cosplay and feel like going to the
  • 00:23:07
    convention is one thing, but entering
  • 00:23:08
    the cosplay contest, nah, I rather feel
  • 00:23:11
    out of place. I would feel horrible
  • 00:23:13
    taking the spot from someone who
  • 00:23:14
    belonged in that space. I'd love to go
  • 00:23:16
    and support all the wonderful black
  • 00:23:17
    creators and cosplayers, but I'm not
  • 00:23:19
    trying to upstage anyone. She could have
  • 00:23:21
    gone and supported the con, but actually
  • 00:23:23
    partaking in removing a chance for a
  • 00:23:25
    black winner is just like, you really
  • 00:23:27
    didn't think about that decision. It
  • 00:23:29
    seems obvious, but maybe it's genuine
  • 00:23:32
    naive. Or maybe she's just selfish. I
  • 00:23:36
    think creating black spaces and fandom
  • 00:23:37
    is important because I've seen people
  • 00:23:39
    treat black cosplayers like real life
  • 00:23:41
    fix it art pieces. The ones that act
  • 00:23:43
    like switching the skin color, gender,
  • 00:23:45
    etc. is an improvement over the OG. And
  • 00:23:48
    I think that's nuts. I've already seen
  • 00:23:51
    people act hostile to black cosplayers,
  • 00:23:53
    so I understand the need for safety.
  • 00:23:55
    However, this is a very slippery slope
  • 00:23:57
    for segregation. There is very little
  • 00:23:59
    black representation in nerd fandom, so
  • 00:24:01
    it can feel very isolated. I would love
  • 00:24:03
    to go to Blur Combat as a non-black
  • 00:24:05
    person. I wouldn't expect to enter a
  • 00:24:08
    contest. I would think contests were
  • 00:24:10
    meant to highlight black fans and even
  • 00:24:12
    promote professionals. Am I making
  • 00:24:14
    sense? I am having trouble being
  • 00:24:16
    concise. Now that you read the audience
  • 00:24:18
    input, I'm going to use myself for an
  • 00:24:20
    example. Um, I am not a Latina. Not
  • 00:24:25
    Latina, okay? I am just Africanamean.
  • 00:24:28
    Okay. I went to a Latin cosplay panel at
  • 00:24:33
    a con that I was attending and for the
  • 00:24:36
    most part I was just listening in, not
  • 00:24:39
    really talking over anybody. I really
  • 00:24:42
    wanted to learn about them and their
  • 00:24:44
    culture and their um love and
  • 00:24:47
    appreciation and their relationship to
  • 00:24:49
    cosplay. I did ask them questions
  • 00:24:51
    regarding their culture and their
  • 00:24:53
    ethnicity and their background and all
  • 00:24:55
    of that because I was curious to know.
  • 00:24:57
    But at the end of the day, I was not
  • 00:24:59
    trying to invalidate nobody on that
  • 00:25:01
    panel or in that room or speak over them
  • 00:25:03
    because guess what? I'm not Latina. I'm
  • 00:25:06
    just Africanamean. It would have been
  • 00:25:08
    wrong of me to be like, "Well, I think
  • 00:25:10
    y'all need to just have black people or
  • 00:25:12
    white people or somebody that's not
  • 00:25:14
    Latino on the panel." Like, you you see
  • 00:25:15
    how you see how ignorant I sound? You
  • 00:25:17
    see how ignorant that is? Because that's
  • 00:25:19
    not my place to do that. Even when it
  • 00:25:21
    comes to Asian-American and Pacific
  • 00:25:23
    Islander, Pacific Pacific Islander
  • 00:25:27
    Heritage Month, we usually do highlight
  • 00:25:30
    Asian and Pacific Islander cosplayers
  • 00:25:33
    during that time of the year. That is
  • 00:25:35
    not the place for my black ass to be
  • 00:25:37
    like, "Well, why aren't y'all
  • 00:25:38
    highlighting black cosplayers?" Cuz we
  • 00:25:40
    have Black History Month to do that. We
  • 00:25:41
    have our own time of the year to do
  • 00:25:43
    that. I'm not about to be sitting here
  • 00:25:44
    screaming and yelling that, "Oh my gosh,
  • 00:25:46
    y'all are just discriminating us. Why
  • 00:25:48
    are black people included in
  • 00:25:50
    this?" Do y'all see the problem? Like,
  • 00:25:53
    when it came to the Latine cosplay
  • 00:25:55
    panel, that was their thing. I was not
  • 00:25:58
    going to try to take this away from
  • 00:26:00
    them. And when we highlight Asian and
  • 00:26:02
    Pacific Islander cosplayers for their
  • 00:26:04
    time of the year, we do that. I'm not
  • 00:26:07
    going to sit here and try to yell over
  • 00:26:09
    them acting like I need to be included
  • 00:26:11
    in this, child. Okay. Now, the last
  • 00:26:13
    little thing I want to talk about when
  • 00:26:14
    it comes to gatekeeping blackness in
  • 00:26:16
    fandom spaces, I really want to sit here
  • 00:26:19
    and just discuss the entire thing
  • 00:26:21
    regarding black girl gamers because I
  • 00:26:23
    feel like a lot of people miss the point
  • 00:26:28
    of why that community was created in the
  • 00:26:30
    first place. Y'all know gaming, the
  • 00:26:33
    gaming community in general has been
  • 00:26:35
    very much antilack and just anti POC in
  • 00:26:38
    general, but guess what? It's also very
  • 00:26:40
    anti-woman. The gaming community has so
  • 00:26:43
    much misogyny and then when you throw
  • 00:26:44
    black women into it, it's just spewing
  • 00:26:46
    misogynir. But basically, people were
  • 00:26:49
    getting angry with the fact specifically
  • 00:26:51
    white women in fandom were getting mad
  • 00:26:54
    at the fact that they couldn't join
  • 00:26:57
    black girl gamers. And I'm like, y'all
  • 00:27:00
    have so many other gaming communities
  • 00:27:01
    that y'all can join and pick from. There
  • 00:27:04
    are so many to choose from. But you
  • 00:27:06
    literally want to sit here and yell and
  • 00:27:08
    scream about a gaming community
  • 00:27:10
    specifically made for black people. A
  • 00:27:13
    community that pushes us away all the
  • 00:27:16
    time because you feel left out for the
  • 00:27:18
    first time in your life. We feel left
  • 00:27:19
    out all the time. Not feel left out all
  • 00:27:21
    the time. We are left out all the time.
  • 00:27:23
    And it's not even just black girl gamers
  • 00:27:26
    that I have noticed. There is a reason
  • 00:27:28
    why these spaces exist. The reason these
  • 00:27:32
    spaces exist is because y'all, as in
  • 00:27:36
    non-black people in the fandathom,
  • 00:27:38
    specifically white people especially,
  • 00:27:40
    y'all have pushed us away for so long.
  • 00:27:43
    Y'all have literally pushed us away so
  • 00:27:46
    far and so long to the point where we
  • 00:27:48
    had to make our own spaces. And one
  • 00:27:51
    thing I have noticed that when it comes
  • 00:27:52
    to these black spaces, we are still very
  • 00:27:55
    much accepting of everyone because even
  • 00:27:57
    with a lot of these black conventions
  • 00:28:00
    and these black events, these black
  • 00:28:02
    cosplay and gaming events specifically,
  • 00:28:04
    like inerson events specifically,
  • 00:28:06
    non-black people are still usually
  • 00:28:08
    allowed to come to them because everyone
  • 00:28:10
    is welcome. But at the end of the day,
  • 00:28:12
    this is supposed to be an event that
  • 00:28:14
    highlights blackness in these spaces,
  • 00:28:17
    places that have pushed us away for so
  • 00:28:19
    long. I have met so many people that
  • 00:28:21
    went to conventions in the early 2000s.
  • 00:28:24
    Y'all know Erie. Love her. Y'all need to
  • 00:28:26
    check out and get her new book. I still
  • 00:28:27
    need to get it myself. But she is
  • 00:28:30
    Asian-American. Um I she was in my long
  • 00:28:32
    2-hour long video, but she had been
  • 00:28:34
    going to the con since like the late
  • 00:28:36
    '9s. And she was telling me about how so
  • 00:28:39
    much has changed over the years because
  • 00:28:42
    cons used to be white as hell. Cons used
  • 00:28:45
    to be super duper white. And part of the
  • 00:28:46
    reason black people and just non-black
  • 00:28:48
    people in general didn't really show up
  • 00:28:50
    to them is because I'm going to be
  • 00:28:53
    honest, a lot of us just feel out of
  • 00:28:55
    place when we don't see other people
  • 00:28:57
    that look like us in these spaces.
  • 00:28:59
    Sometimes we feel like other people that
  • 00:29:00
    look like us aren't really into the
  • 00:29:02
    things that we like. And that is why so
  • 00:29:04
    many of us run to spaces that are made
  • 00:29:06
    specifically for us with people that
  • 00:29:09
    look like us because we want to feel
  • 00:29:12
    that sense of community. We want people
  • 00:29:13
    to understand certain things that we go
  • 00:29:15
    through the other races may not get. And
  • 00:29:18
    like I said, all skin folk ain't kin
  • 00:29:20
    folk. I got two videos talking about how
  • 00:29:23
    black fandom is literally not perfect.
  • 00:29:25
    But I feel like we have to sit and think
  • 00:29:27
    about why these black fandom communities
  • 00:29:30
    and black fandom events exist in the
  • 00:29:32
    first place. When I say we need to get
  • 00:29:34
    keep blackness in fandom, I mainly just
  • 00:29:37
    feel as though it's because non-black
  • 00:29:40
    people just get way too comfortable with
  • 00:29:42
    blackness, but then it gets to the point
  • 00:29:44
    where it becomes disrespectful. Like,
  • 00:29:47
    that's the main point I really want to
  • 00:29:49
    get across. And that concludes the end
  • 00:29:51
    of this rant. Um, we're about to get
  • 00:29:53
    into the Q&A portion of this
  • 00:29:57
    video. Thank you guys so much for
  • 00:29:59
    watching this rant video. But we are
  • 00:30:01
    about to get into the Q&A portion of the
  • 00:30:03
    video. I want to put my sunglasses back
  • 00:30:05
    on because I feel like it just completes
  • 00:30:07
    the look. I don't know. But I'm going to
  • 00:30:10
    speed through these. Y'all sent me about
  • 00:30:12
    like 30 questions. But for those you
  • 00:30:14
    guys who don't know, I do a Q&A on my
  • 00:30:18
    Instagram story once a month on one of
  • 00:30:21
    my more lengthier videos. So if you
  • 00:30:23
    would like to participate in it, please
  • 00:30:26
    follow me on Instagram and catch me when
  • 00:30:28
    I do one of these. Let's go ahead and
  • 00:30:31
    begin. Okay, the first question is
  • 00:30:33
    nothing. I have nothing really to say.
  • 00:30:35
    Y'all are funny. Y'all are so funny.
  • 00:30:36
    Nothing really. How have you been
  • 00:30:38
    lately? Stressed. Um, I've been busy
  • 00:30:41
    working and schooling. School ends
  • 00:30:44
    literally this week for me and I lowkey
  • 00:30:47
    been losing it, but I'm I'm trying to
  • 00:30:49
    get by. I'm trying to get by. And also,
  • 00:30:51
    Mother's Day is coming up and I'm not
  • 00:30:53
    the happiest about that. So, I'm trying.
  • 00:30:56
    Thank you for asking.
  • 00:30:59
    um watch any shows lately. I made it
  • 00:31:01
    clear that the only thing I've really
  • 00:31:02
    been watching is um The XF Files and My
  • 00:31:07
    Little Pony and also The Looney Tune
  • 00:31:09
    Show. Those are really like the only
  • 00:31:10
    things I really been like watching
  • 00:31:12
    watching like that. Um for some reason I
  • 00:31:15
    read the book Interview with the Vampire
  • 00:31:17
    and I started reading like the other
  • 00:31:19
    books in the series, but my sister
  • 00:31:20
    really wanted to watch like the show.
  • 00:31:22
    Like it just came on one day and I've
  • 00:31:24
    been watching it like on and off with
  • 00:31:25
    her, but like I read the book. I kind of
  • 00:31:27
    don't feel like watching the show. It's
  • 00:31:29
    pretty well put together, like very well
  • 00:31:31
    done, very well produced. And I miss New
  • 00:31:33
    Orleans, and I get like that sense of
  • 00:31:34
    nostalgia from watching it. But yeah,
  • 00:31:36
    the only things I've really been
  • 00:31:37
    watching lately are the Louis Tune show,
  • 00:31:40
    My Little Pony, and The Exiles. Also,
  • 00:31:43
    I've been watching that new Adult Swim
  • 00:31:45
    anime called Lazarus. The creator of
  • 00:31:48
    Cowboy Bbop made it. It's pretty good.
  • 00:31:50
    What inspired you to make a YouTube
  • 00:31:52
    channel? Um, I've talked about this
  • 00:31:54
    before, but um, I just always thought it
  • 00:31:57
    was something cool and it was something
  • 00:31:58
    that I had interest in. Um, and there
  • 00:32:02
    were like three YouTubers I always say
  • 00:32:03
    inspired me to make my channel. Their
  • 00:32:04
    names are Maddie Bragg, Amanda Steel,
  • 00:32:06
    and Andre Black Nerd Comedy. Um, it's
  • 00:32:09
    just something I wanted to do at the
  • 00:32:12
    time, like when I was in high school,
  • 00:32:13
    when I really started my channel, cuz I
  • 00:32:14
    wanted to have a YouTube channel even
  • 00:32:16
    when I was younger than that. But
  • 00:32:18
    nowadays, like when it comes to like
  • 00:32:20
    when I rebranded the channel and made it
  • 00:32:22
    Hariana, um it was more so just me
  • 00:32:25
    wanting to make videos about things that
  • 00:32:26
    I wasn't really seeing on this platform.
  • 00:32:28
    Have you gone to cons outside of
  • 00:32:30
    Georgia? Yes, I have gone to cons
  • 00:32:33
    outside of Georgia. I've been wanting to
  • 00:32:35
    look into going to more outside of
  • 00:32:36
    Georgia, but I have gone to some outside
  • 00:32:38
    of Georgia. Do you make your cosplays or
  • 00:32:40
    do you buy them? Sometimes I buy them.
  • 00:32:43
    Sometimes I commission a friend of mine
  • 00:32:46
    to make them and sometimes I make them
  • 00:32:49
    myself. And when I say I make them
  • 00:32:51
    myself, usually I buy the pieces and I
  • 00:32:54
    or I thrift them. Like I thrift the
  • 00:32:56
    pieces and I would remix them. I would
  • 00:32:58
    do a lot of painting and spraying and
  • 00:33:00
    glittering and all that. So it's like a
  • 00:33:02
    mix of that. What do you enjoy the most
  • 00:33:06
    about filming YouTube videos? It can be
  • 00:33:08
    general or specific.
  • 00:33:11
    I don't even know what I enjoy the most
  • 00:33:13
    about filming YouTube videos. I think
  • 00:33:15
    the videos where I get dressed up in
  • 00:33:17
    like the one I have on like today. I
  • 00:33:19
    really like it when I do cosplay just
  • 00:33:21
    for YouTube. Like that's something
  • 00:33:22
    that's just really fun for me. It really
  • 00:33:24
    is what brought the enjoyment back into
  • 00:33:26
    like making videos because y'all
  • 00:33:28
    remember I used to be dressing up. I've
  • 00:33:29
    been getting on camera looking like
  • 00:33:30
    whatever. If you been here for a minute,
  • 00:33:32
    you remember I used to get on here
  • 00:33:33
    looking like whatever. Sometimes I still
  • 00:33:34
    do. But I think like me simply dressing
  • 00:33:37
    up to film, it does add like a little
  • 00:33:40
    bit more excitement to um this hobby
  • 00:33:44
    that I have because before YouTube is a
  • 00:33:46
    job for me. Like YouTube is my job, but
  • 00:33:48
    also YouTube is a hobby and I always
  • 00:33:50
    want to make sure I am enjoying my
  • 00:33:52
    hobbies. But also when it comes to like
  • 00:33:54
    the enjoyment of YouTube, I don't want
  • 00:33:55
    to feel like I'm repeating things that
  • 00:33:57
    other people have said. That's the
  • 00:33:59
    reason if I notice that if people are
  • 00:34:01
    making a video about one particular
  • 00:34:03
    topic and I don't really have nothing
  • 00:34:04
    new to add to the conversation, I'm not
  • 00:34:07
    gonna make it because I feel like if
  • 00:34:09
    somebody can watch these other people
  • 00:34:10
    for this thing, why would they watch me?
  • 00:34:12
    Any popular well-known Nick tunes you
  • 00:34:14
    could think of you disliked or never
  • 00:34:17
    cared for? I never care for Doug. I'm
  • 00:34:19
    going to be [ __ ] honest. I never care
  • 00:34:21
    for Doug whatever. Like, it just never
  • 00:34:24
    really appealed to me. I never like Ran
  • 00:34:27
    and Stippy. That show was just so stank
  • 00:34:29
    looking to me. I can't I never really
  • 00:34:30
    like Ren and Stimpy. I really didn't
  • 00:34:32
    start to appreciate Rugrats cuz y'all
  • 00:34:34
    know I always rug all grown up over
  • 00:34:36
    Rugrats any day. I didn't really start
  • 00:34:38
    to appreciate Rugrats until I gotten
  • 00:34:39
    older. And that's mainly because I like
  • 00:34:41
    the parents in the series. Like the
  • 00:34:44
    parent characters, especially like Phil
  • 00:34:46
    and Lil's parents. I love them. Those
  • 00:34:47
    are like my favorite couple in that
  • 00:34:49
    show. But really, the only Nick tune I
  • 00:34:51
    can really think of that was like
  • 00:34:52
    popular and had like a lot of attention
  • 00:34:55
    would have to be like Doug. I really
  • 00:34:58
    used to like The Loud House, but then it
  • 00:35:00
    started to get really annoying and
  • 00:35:01
    really repetitive to me, so that's why I
  • 00:35:02
    stopped watching it. But like well known
  • 00:35:05
    like I'm thinking a lot of like
  • 00:35:06
    well-known Nick tunes I usually really
  • 00:35:09
    enjoy or the ones that are like very
  • 00:35:11
    popular and hated already. I probably
  • 00:35:13
    don't like those either. I will say I'm
  • 00:35:15
    not necessarily the biggest fan of the
  • 00:35:16
    Fairly Eye Parents the older I have
  • 00:35:18
    gotten because y'all already know why
  • 00:35:20
    for numerous reasons I have spoken about
  • 00:35:22
    in the past. What is your opinion on the
  • 00:35:23
    movie Centers? I have not seen Centers
  • 00:35:25
    yet. I do plan to watch it. I just have
  • 00:35:27
    not seen it. Do you think that
  • 00:35:29
    subcultures are disappearing because of
  • 00:35:31
    the clean aesthetic? I think subcultures
  • 00:35:33
    are like
  • 00:35:34
    disappearing for numerous reasons, but
  • 00:35:37
    yeah. I I don't really say that the
  • 00:35:39
    clean aesthetic is going to get rid of
  • 00:35:41
    subcultures, but I feel like a lot of
  • 00:35:43
    people are going to feel pressured to
  • 00:35:46
    leaving their subculture or dropping it
  • 00:35:48
    completely or just slowly fading away
  • 00:35:51
    from it because like this air quote
  • 00:35:53
    cleanness is like taking over a lot of
  • 00:35:57
    like spaces. I noticed that this [ __ ] is
  • 00:35:59
    low-key taking up like starting to creep
  • 00:36:01
    into the cosplay community too and it's
  • 00:36:02
    annoying. I don't think cultures are
  • 00:36:04
    really going to disappear because people
  • 00:36:06
    are always going to rebel against it.
  • 00:36:09
    But also, you know, a lot of people
  • 00:36:10
    don't know how to think for themselves.
  • 00:36:11
    They're probably going to keep following
  • 00:36:12
    the trends because a lot of people like
  • 00:36:14
    to just follow what is trending. Uh,
  • 00:36:16
    what is your opinion on Ever After High?
  • 00:36:17
    I have no opinion on Ever After High
  • 00:36:19
    because y'all know I was a hardcore
  • 00:36:21
    Descendants fan. I still am of the first
  • 00:36:23
    three movies in the book, the first
  • 00:36:25
    three movies and the first four books.
  • 00:36:26
    I'd say that I'm not really into the
  • 00:36:28
    stuff they do when we read or anything
  • 00:36:29
    like that. Um, but I just got really
  • 00:36:33
    turned off from it because the fans
  • 00:36:35
    constantly kept telling me to watch Ever
  • 00:36:37
    After High. I watched a few episodes of
  • 00:36:38
    it. I thought it was cute. I didn't have
  • 00:36:40
    issue with it, but like people
  • 00:36:41
    constantly bombarding me to watch it.
  • 00:36:44
    And anytime I talked about how I love
  • 00:36:45
    Descendants, I would constantly have
  • 00:36:47
    people going off on me saying Everest is
  • 00:36:49
    better. So, I'm just turned off from it.
  • 00:36:51
    One day I might come around to watching
  • 00:36:53
    it and liking it. I don't know. It's
  • 00:36:55
    just I just feel nothing for it. I have
  • 00:36:57
    nothing against it. It's just the fans
  • 00:36:59
    kind of turn me off for it with the
  • 00:37:01
    constant constantly dragging sentence to
  • 00:37:03
    uplift it. Have you ever seen the
  • 00:37:04
    Nickelodeon stuff rock paper scissors?
  • 00:37:06
    It's funny and feels like regular show.
  • 00:37:08
    I have not. I might check it out though
  • 00:37:09
    cuz I do love Regular Show. What are
  • 00:37:11
    some good things to do at a comic
  • 00:37:13
    convention? Comic cons that don't spend
  • 00:37:15
    too much money. I'm glad you bring it up
  • 00:37:17
    cuz I actually said I do want to make a
  • 00:37:18
    video probably one day talking about
  • 00:37:21
    things to do at a con that don't cost no
  • 00:37:22
    money. Um, if you pay for a badge,
  • 00:37:26
    pretty much there are so many things
  • 00:37:28
    that are included in that badge. Okay,
  • 00:37:30
    that's one thing I will always tell
  • 00:37:32
    people. That badge literally gives you
  • 00:37:34
    access to so much stuff. The gang room
  • 00:37:35
    is usually free in the con. Like
  • 00:37:38
    including the badge is usually the gang
  • 00:37:39
    room. Some of the workshops are free.
  • 00:37:41
    Some workshops you have to pay for
  • 00:37:43
    probably like$1 or $2, but some of the
  • 00:37:46
    workshops are free. Go to panels, y'all.
  • 00:37:49
    Go to panels. Go to freaking panels.
  • 00:37:52
    Panels are free and people usually put
  • 00:37:54
    their time and energy and a lot of work
  • 00:37:57
    into putting those panels together for
  • 00:37:58
    people. Like, please go to panels. Go to
  • 00:38:01
    the game room, please. They put a lot of
  • 00:38:03
    effort getting all them games in there
  • 00:38:04
    for y'all. There are so much free [ __ ]
  • 00:38:06
    that you can do at a con. And when I say
  • 00:38:08
    free [ __ ] I'm talking about stuff that
  • 00:38:09
    you actually already pay for. Cosplay
  • 00:38:11
    meetups are usually free, too. They
  • 00:38:12
    don't usually charge you. Like, they
  • 00:38:15
    shouldn't charge you for a cosplay meet
  • 00:38:16
    up. We going to have to have a
  • 00:38:18
    discussion if y'all doing that. Do you
  • 00:38:20
    listen to K-pop? Sometimes. I'm not like
  • 00:38:21
    a hardcore hip- hop fan, but if I like a
  • 00:38:23
    song, I'll listen to it. If you could go
  • 00:38:25
    back and tell your younger self
  • 00:38:26
    something, what would you
  • 00:38:28
    say? You going to be okay, girl. Girl,
  • 00:38:31
    you going to be okay. You You going to
  • 00:38:33
    get through this. That's really what I
  • 00:38:35
    would say. That's really what I would
  • 00:38:36
    just tell her cuz she younger me, she
  • 00:38:40
    she needed help. I know the girl needed
  • 00:38:42
    help. Girl, making choices. You're going
  • 00:38:46
    to be okay. Things are going to get
  • 00:38:47
    better. What has been your favorite
  • 00:38:48
    college class thus far? Dang. What has
  • 00:38:51
    been my favorite college course that
  • 00:38:53
    I've taken? Not this semester. No, this
  • 00:38:55
    seme This semester, the courses I took
  • 00:38:56
    this semester stress the hell out of me.
  • 00:38:58
    So, none of the ones I currently took.
  • 00:39:00
    Um, I always usually enjoy my
  • 00:39:02
    African-American studies courses. I'm
  • 00:39:04
    not going to lie, I had a lot of fun
  • 00:39:06
    with my sociology course. I did like
  • 00:39:09
    intro to sociology. I really did like
  • 00:39:11
    that one. I will say that. Hey Harry,
  • 00:39:13
    what is your favorite girl group of all
  • 00:39:15
    time? I don't really know if I can think
  • 00:39:17
    of one I love like of all time, but I
  • 00:39:19
    really love Miss Teague. And Miss Teague
  • 00:39:21
    is this early 2000s black British girl
  • 00:39:25
    group. They didn't really last long, but
  • 00:39:27
    a lot of people are kind of familiar
  • 00:39:28
    with them with their song called All I
  • 00:39:30
    Want because it was featured with like
  • 00:39:32
    the Powerpuff Girls Power Puff Power
  • 00:39:34
    Pop. Yeah, it's called Powerpuff. Power
  • 00:39:36
    Pop soundtrack. So, I'd say Misty. Who's
  • 00:39:39
    your favorite YouTuber? I need some
  • 00:39:41
    recommendations. I can give you like a
  • 00:39:42
    few Rexs of the moment. like people are
  • 00:39:44
    really been loving. Um, Lisa Ferrell,
  • 00:39:47
    y'all know I love Lisa's videos. Her
  • 00:39:49
    videos are just so well put together and
  • 00:39:51
    she is always just very respectful when
  • 00:39:53
    she's talking and she has an amazing
  • 00:39:55
    sense of fashion, very articulate woman.
  • 00:39:58
    Lisa Farbal, really love her videos.
  • 00:40:00
    I've also really been loving um, Little
  • 00:40:03
    Shop of
  • 00:40:04
    Eye. Oh my gosh, I really enjoy like her
  • 00:40:08
    channel. I really enjoy her energy. I
  • 00:40:11
    really, really like her. Um her the
  • 00:40:14
    video of hers that really caught my
  • 00:40:15
    attention was the one she made talking
  • 00:40:17
    about how she couldn't stand anybody but
  • 00:40:19
    you. Anyone but you that Sy Sweeney
  • 00:40:21
    movie cuz I hated that movie too. But I
  • 00:40:24
    will have Lisa's channel and Ali's
  • 00:40:26
    channel linked down below because I
  • 00:40:28
    really I really do enjoy both of their
  • 00:40:31
    content. But Little Shop of Ali is more
  • 00:40:34
    of a newer channel that I've been
  • 00:40:35
    watching more. I will have her linked
  • 00:40:38
    down below. Who else have I been really
  • 00:40:39
    loving? Those are the only two that
  • 00:40:41
    really came to mind. If you need like a
  • 00:40:44
    good video essayist that like talks
  • 00:40:47
    about film, um I will recommend Broly
  • 00:40:49
    Day
  • 00:40:50
    Chanel. Really love Broly Day Chanel and
  • 00:40:53
    another YouTuber that makes videos about
  • 00:40:55
    film. Um Yara Zade, like I feel like if
  • 00:40:59
    you watch my channel, you probably know
  • 00:41:01
    who Yara Zade is. A lot of y'all
  • 00:41:02
    mentioned that y'all really like to
  • 00:41:04
    watch her. But yeah, highly recommend
  • 00:41:06
    her videos. I don't know. I just I
  • 00:41:08
    really love the takes that she usually
  • 00:41:10
    has when it comes to not just like
  • 00:41:13
    critically acclaimed film but like
  • 00:41:14
    Disney Channel movies too just as well.
  • 00:41:16
    I really do enjoy her content. Um
  • 00:41:18
    Princess Weeks always amazing. Always
  • 00:41:20
    amazing. If you want like fandom
  • 00:41:22
    content, I know a lot of y'all watch me
  • 00:41:24
    for like my fandom videos. Her and also
  • 00:41:27
    um my Pooky Ella Pastoral makes a lot of
  • 00:41:31
    other fandom videos too. Love her. But I
  • 00:41:34
    will have all of these amazing people
  • 00:41:36
    linked down below for y'all to check
  • 00:41:38
    out. How do you feel about the show
  • 00:41:40
    Ianu? I really like it. I really like
  • 00:41:42
    Ianu. What are some of your favorite
  • 00:41:44
    games? Um favorite games. Um there's
  • 00:41:47
    only one coming to my mind at the
  • 00:41:48
    moment, but I love A Date with Death.
  • 00:41:50
    Y'all know I won't shut the [ __ ] up
  • 00:41:52
    about that game. I love A Date with
  • 00:41:53
    Death. I actually do plan to make a
  • 00:41:55
    video about that in May, so stay tuned.
  • 00:41:58
    But I'm going to make a video about A
  • 00:42:00
    Date with Deb. I don't necessarily know
  • 00:42:02
    how I want to go about it yet because I
  • 00:42:04
    don't even know if I'm really want to do
  • 00:42:05
    a deep dive or do I just want to talk
  • 00:42:07
    about how I think the game really did a
  • 00:42:10
    good job of handling romance. But yeah,
  • 00:42:11
    I say my favorite game at the moment
  • 00:42:13
    would had to be Aate with Death. In your
  • 00:42:15
    opinion, what animated shows have the
  • 00:42:17
    best dialogue? MTV Downtown. And that
  • 00:42:21
    has to do with the fact that real people
  • 00:42:22
    talk like that. But yeah, I love MTV
  • 00:42:24
    Downtown. It's literally on YouTube. I
  • 00:42:26
    think it's only like 10 or 12 episodes
  • 00:42:28
    long. It's been a minute. But u
  • 00:42:31
    Downtown, I really do like the dialogue
  • 00:42:33
    of that show. I think the way the
  • 00:42:34
    characters talk is one of my favorite
  • 00:42:37
    aspects of it. What are some new shows
  • 00:42:40
    that you've been watching that you would
  • 00:42:41
    recommend? The newest thing that I
  • 00:42:43
    really been watching lately, I say, is
  • 00:42:45
    Abbott Elementary. And I do recommend
  • 00:42:47
    Abbott. How do you deal with virtual
  • 00:42:49
    bullies? I'm going be honest. Block and
  • 00:42:51
    ignore. Block and ignore. That's just
  • 00:42:53
    pretty much all I can really say. Block
  • 00:42:56
    and ignore. Block and ignore. Do you
  • 00:42:59
    like any of the Nick shows that came
  • 00:43:01
    after the era of IC Carly, Victorious,
  • 00:43:03
    etc.?
  • 00:43:06
    Um, I'mma be honest. I was a fan of
  • 00:43:09
    Henry Danger. I'm not even going to lie.
  • 00:43:12
    But like Henry Danger is trash, but like
  • 00:43:14
    it was my trash at the time. That's the
  • 00:43:16
    only one I can really think of that came
  • 00:43:18
    out after. I was not a fan of the
  • 00:43:20
    Thunderman's. It I just didn't really
  • 00:43:22
    like it all that much. I could not stand
  • 00:43:24
    Night Squad. No, it wasn't for me. The
  • 00:43:27
    only one I can really think of was Henry
  • 00:43:28
    Danger, though. I did like Instant Mom,
  • 00:43:32
    but like that was technically Nick at
  • 00:43:33
    Night. My mommy really used to like
  • 00:43:35
    Instant Mom. That's pretty much all I
  • 00:43:37
    have to say for today's video. Thank you
  • 00:43:38
    guys so much for watching. I deeply
  • 00:43:40
    appreciated it. Appreciate it. That's
  • 00:43:42
    how I know I'm tired. I need to go eat.
  • 00:43:44
    I need to go eat. My stomach's screaming
  • 00:43:46
    at me right now. But thank you guys for
  • 00:43:48
    watching. I deeply do appreciate you
  • 00:43:50
    all. Have a great day, night, or
  • 00:43:52
    whatever time of the day you chose to
  • 00:43:53
    watch this video. So, I'm just thankful
  • 00:43:55
    that you watch with ads on. All right.
  • 00:43:57
    Thank you. Goodbye.
  • 00:44:03
    The power of three. They come to fight
  • 00:44:05
    as fast as they can. They're dangerous
  • 00:44:08
    yet fabulous. There's a utonia made you.
  • 00:44:11
    They are the colors of pink, green, and
  • 00:44:13
    blue. They'll catch you in the blink of
  • 00:44:15
    an eye and do it all before bedtime.
  • 00:44:18
    They coming through and fighting and
  • 00:44:21
    everyone they shing you know no one can
  • 00:44:24
    stop them all because of the chemical
  • 00:44:27
    assay coming through and coming and
  • 00:44:30
    everyone they shing you know no one can
  • 00:44:33
    stop them all because of the
  • 00:44:37
    [Music]
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    chemical ooh
  • 00:44:44
    ooh the power puff girls will just blow
  • 00:44:46
    your mind butter cup I Feeling three at
  • 00:44:49
    a time. Bubbles will smile while kicking
  • 00:44:51
    your butt and blossoming will lead them
  • 00:44:53
    out of their rut. Cherishing Powerpuff,
  • 00:44:55
    two of a kind. Both want to save the
  • 00:44:57
    world before bedtimes. From Townsville,
  • 00:44:59
    Memphis, New York to LA, the Powerpuff
  • 00:45:01
    Girls are just here to stay. They coming
  • 00:45:04
    through and fighting and everyone they
  • 00:45:07
    shocking. You know, no one can stop them
  • 00:45:10
    all because of the chemical acts. They
  • 00:45:13
    coming through and fighting every and
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