Three days after getting top surgery and im back to being able to consume trans content without crying. So glad i can get back into your content, I missed it.
the advice on how to live an anarchist lifestyle is very good! but, a lot of the advice feels a bit either urban centric or US centric. A lot of the places to find fellow anarchist dont exist around everyone, especially in remote/rural areas or small cities. the general advice is still good, however I would expand on this to say that for some it is better to start by forming community online (even though that has a lot of problems/potential problems), or expose existing friends to anarchist ideas and build community that way. Again not trying to say that what is said in the video is bad, more to add the perspective of "what if the closest of those groups are 9 hours away?" another important element of this is if you are queer in a very remote/rural area you should prioritize your own safety first. if you know that people in your area are open and accepting then go for it no problem, however if you live in a rural area with a lot of phobes you need to make sure that you are safe before you try to organize people around you.
It makes me cringe, thinking of Bookchins derisive term "lifestyle anarchism". It really seems like most Anarchists are more intrested in performative cultural signifiers of Anarchism than a social political principle of anarchism. I hate to pick on Ashton, but he kind of gave the perfect example. They said, "Join a Food Not Bombs group." Assuming that we would all just know what that is, because that is what Anarchists do. It doesn't even occur to them that anyone would have an interest in serving food to the public in any other capacity, or even advocate for it in general. And I've worked with Keith, I don't think that kind of promotion is what he would consider most important.
@@JebeckyGranjola I feel like too many American white queers have this issue, I feel like the only way to make a good impact with this subject is making effort to venture out and collaborate with people who have a different perspective than you. I'm latino and anything I would write will never have black perspective since I'm not black and having that makes a completely different impact because we struggle with completely different issues.
totally fair and i super appreciate all these points from both the original comment & you all's replies ! i've only ever lived in/near cities so that's the inevitably privileged perspective i come from, obviously there is rly valuable work to be done in other environments as well and i rly appreciate everything you all brought up. i like bringing up more widespread things like FNB and prison letter-writing etc bc i think it helps budding anarchists to know there /are/ other people out there, and often for those who do live near a group like that, it is an accessible place to start & meet likeminded ppl. i feel like i can't give all the advice i would like to on a public platform just for safety reasons, but i can give people a place to start. i hope that makes sense. regardless, i do genuinely value these critiques. thank you all :)
Pertaining to the adjustable mask bit, I tie slipknots into my ordinary medical masks! Makes it so you can make the ear holes smaller or bigger whenever you want since my medical masks don't come adjustable, and you can untie the knot whenever. I searched "slip knot" and the first tutorial that came up looked good so there's that if you don't know how to tie one. They're pretty easy to pick up. hope this helps someone :)
OMG i would definitely appreciate a video with resources for autistic people who are still covid-conscious, as someone who also has heat-related sensory issues and has a really hard time wearing masks (it is always hot where i live and i have to wear a mask every day when i am in class) that would genuinely be super helpful!!
Thank you for being so outspoken about masking. I’m an autistic person who still masks as well and the rampant Covid denialism is really disheartening. I’m glad to see other people still talking about it
So excited for this! I did go buy some of your pins, can't wait to wear them and put them on things! I love listening to you talk about all sorts of things, your channel was what kickstarted me learning about abolition and you've recommended lots of great books and resources about other topics as well, I always love hearing your opinions and thoughts on everything. Also I love your bat tattoo!
Im happy to see an upload from you. I really like the way you think. Also im friends with the members of Dog Park Dissidents and i found out well after i had been obsessively listening to their music during 2020. I freaked out when i found out that they were local to New Orleans..then i did some research to find out i had been going to their puppy parties. 🤣😅😅😅 Anyways i can definitely agree with your opinion because i fixated on the olf stuff but im also pop trash so i can appreciate the new stuff too. :P
It's great to see you on my fyp again! I used to watch you a lot during my questioning phase, specifically with my gender identity. I have now recently came out to my mom as nonbinary/masc genderfluid (it went well and I use xenogenders too, but I haven't told her yet only bc she's still getting the hang of what nonbinary is). Thank you for helping past me with his journey!
Incredible video as usual. I’ve made 2 zines but I desperately need to make more!! I would literally watch any video you put out, all the ones you suggested sound awesome. Hope you’re doing okay. - Fellow COVID cautious autistic queer
also I really like how you present yourself and the fact that you have the opportunity to do that!!! i would really like to dress and do makeup and ect somewhat like you but i live in russia..... i probably would be expelled from college and hatecrimed against, probably beaten up :") I want to be as open as you someday
Loved the video. I'm working on a zine at the moment. It's basically ideas for how I would run a country. I'm planning on posting a copy to Parliament in the UK to give them a few ideas (High five for autistic audacity). Thanks for the captions again. It shouldn't be a luxury, but it is. I'd love to see a tour of your bookshelf. Also, I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions for repelling racists and homophobes when my incredibly boring fashion sense and general vibes seem to just attract them.
So our community tell cisgender people all the time that they should use the term transgender and not transsexual and now you are wanting to confuse them by using the term transsexual again? So what are they supposed to do? 😅 /gen I'm sorry if this comment sounds a bit rude, but I was just so surprised.
I went to look at your shop because I'm really interested in that Denny zine, but I don't see it there, am I too late?Too early? I've wanted to understand that song better for a little while now
I did a preorder run already, yeah. I’m planning on doing another run of them and will announce it here & on instagram & probably tumblr, i just have other things i need to do first!
not sure how having to do safety maths on whether to come out/correct someone or not and constantly recloseting yourself is "not that important" when the suicide rate on trans people is 40%. not being seen for who we are is so often a death sentence. but for some reason lots of people still think it's only about medical stuff and medical stuff is always more important or smth.
im also autistic and i never stopped wearing masks, although i dont really know how to bring it up with others that it would be good if they wore masks in closed public rooms as well, I kind of get scared of being pushy or something and only driving them further away from considering it. Either way i loved the video, i recently got really into the magnus archives and i didnt really wanna go to bed right after listening to a scary story so it was a pleasant surprise to see this video in my recommendations. also i would be interested in the bookshelf tour! i think ill go to sleep now. byeee!
Btw I love your outfit, so many cool necklaces and I absolutely love the spikey hairband, and the t-shirt is cool too Edit: I just want to add that every time I watch your videos I want to look more goth with some punky vibes and want to do more diy clothes stuff and that’s pretty awesome. I also end up wanting body mods especially piercings even more, and I want to do queer anarchist art in general. It makes me very happy to see a fellow genderqueer anarchist goth Edit 2: yesss I would love a bookshelf tour kind of video Edit 3: I just want to add that it’s pretty sad how anarchist spaces of all things have mostly abandoned masking when everyone else did, I feel like I expected anarchists to be better and I kind of feel bitter and sad and alone about it. It just feels like I can’t trust these people to stay true to the beliefs they say they have any more, if wearing a mask inside to not be super ableist and make spaces accessible and not spread a dangerous disease and not violate the bodily autonomy of everyone who wants to not breathe air that has such a high risk of being infectious (while also not completely withdrawing from all social interaction), then are they really to be trusted to not throw others under the bus whenever it’s comfortable for them? They speak of fighting hierarchies as they choose to reinforce those hierarchies. The most absurd example of this I’ve seen is people talking proudly about having during the early pandemic years occupied the place the covid denialists usually gathered to spread their fashy bullshit by putting a table there where they handed out free masks and information about Covid… while I, the newcomer, was the only person in the room wearing a mask. Anyways, on a more positive note, I’ve been thinking about getting some black ffp2 masks and making them look more awesome, perhaps getting a silver marker and drawing and writing stuff on them or sth. I feel like that would be a very cool thing to do. (Pronoun masks? Queer anarchist symbols and slogans? Just some random stuff I think looks good?)
Yeah to add the Barbie movie had a joke comparing how smallpox devastated Indigenous communities to patriarchy which is....a choice (especially since they feature a Barbie Mount Rushmore and no Indigenous rep so...yeah)
New to your community so this may be totally out of field but.. What are your thoughts on DMT and psychedelics? I feel like DMT can get a bad rep from Joe rogan etc but I absolutely refuse to accept the red pill culture… psychedelics are radically anarchist by their very nature, I’d love to see some conversations about that in left spaces and really enjoy your discussions
Kinda forgot about the covid thing. I've stopped wearing masks and thought even though it still technically exists at the point where we wear fine. Maybe I'll have to look into the stats. Idk how I'd get into wearing a mask because I'm in trade school and work in trades like hvac and construction, so I'm souranded by conservatives. Even at home, my family evangelical Christians.
I thought d-ke was a slur used against black lesbians why are we using it. also want some insight from people who use transsexual because its very confusing why everyone is using it now
As for the first one I cannot say, as for the other one, I am a trans guy who defines myself as both transgender and transexual. Being transexual is modifying your body to alter your sex characteristics :) many transgender pople are also transexual or aspire to be it. Not all transgender pople like the term transexual but I personally feel okay with it
ty!! I was always told or saw people talking about how they didn't like the term. I would like to know if there is a resurgence or if I've just been under a rock.
Transsexual is desiring to change your body Transgender doesn’t necessarily desire to change your body. It can just be your pronouns or presentation You can be both or just either one.
Three days after getting top surgery and im back to being able to consume trans content without crying. So glad i can get back into your content, I missed it.
congrats on the top surgery!! and of course welcome back :)
Gothy, punky DIYs? Yes please
I second this !!!
third !!!
YESS!!
Fourth!
the advice on how to live an anarchist lifestyle is very good! but, a lot of the advice feels a bit either urban centric or US centric. A lot of the places to find fellow anarchist dont exist around everyone, especially in remote/rural areas or small cities. the general advice is still good, however I would expand on this to say that for some it is better to start by forming community online (even though that has a lot of problems/potential problems), or expose existing friends to anarchist ideas and build community that way.
Again not trying to say that what is said in the video is bad, more to add the perspective of "what if the closest of those groups are 9 hours away?" another important element of this is if you are queer in a very remote/rural area you should prioritize your own safety first. if you know that people in your area are open and accepting then go for it no problem, however if you live in a rural area with a lot of phobes you need to make sure that you are safe before you try to organize people around you.
It makes me cringe, thinking of Bookchins derisive term "lifestyle anarchism". It really seems like most Anarchists are more intrested in performative cultural signifiers of Anarchism than a social political principle of anarchism. I hate to pick on Ashton, but he kind of gave the perfect example. They said, "Join a Food Not Bombs group." Assuming that we would all just know what that is, because that is what Anarchists do. It doesn't even occur to them that anyone would have an interest in serving food to the public in any other capacity, or even advocate for it in general. And I've worked with Keith, I don't think that kind of promotion is what he would consider most important.
@@JebeckyGranjola I feel like too many American white queers have this issue, I feel like the only way to make a good impact with this subject is making effort to venture out and collaborate with people who have a different perspective than you. I'm latino and anything I would write will never have black perspective since I'm not black and having that makes a completely different impact because we struggle with completely different issues.
totally fair and i super appreciate all these points from both the original comment & you all's replies ! i've only ever lived in/near cities so that's the inevitably privileged perspective i come from, obviously there is rly valuable work to be done in other environments as well and i rly appreciate everything you all brought up.
i like bringing up more widespread things like FNB and prison letter-writing etc bc i think it helps budding anarchists to know there /are/ other people out there, and often for those who do live near a group like that, it is an accessible place to start & meet likeminded ppl. i feel like i can't give all the advice i would like to on a public platform just for safety reasons, but i can give people a place to start. i hope that makes sense. regardless, i do genuinely value these critiques. thank you all :)
Pertaining to the adjustable mask bit, I tie slipknots into my ordinary medical masks! Makes it so you can make the ear holes smaller or bigger whenever you want since my medical masks don't come adjustable, and you can untie the knot whenever. I searched "slip knot" and the first tutorial that came up looked good so there's that if you don't know how to tie one. They're pretty easy to pick up. hope this helps someone :)
"there's something artistic about imagining a different world... being an abolitionist" i like this phrasing
im strawberry gender! cisgenders fear me
I would love to see a tour of your bookshelves 🥰
It feels illegal to be this early, Im a big fan and its nice ro se u pist more again
OMG i would definitely appreciate a video with resources for autistic people who are still covid-conscious, as someone who also has heat-related sensory issues and has a really hard time wearing masks (it is always hot where i live and i have to wear a mask every day when i am in class) that would genuinely be super helpful!!
Thank you for being so outspoken about masking. I’m an autistic person who still masks as well and the rampant Covid denialism is really disheartening. I’m glad to see other people still talking about it
THE DIY TOUR PLEASE!!! i love the way you talk about things
love the red look with the bleached fringe
also, def down for a booktour / diy tour!
I’d definitely be interested in the punk/goth DIY stuff tour
just wanna say that i would LOVE a bookshelf and a favourite diy projects tour!! absolutely here for that
yes pls bookshelf tour!
Please do a bookshelf tour!! I always enjoy watching them and your taste in books is amazing
Yes absolutely to the bookshelf tour and fav diys!
also, really appreciated all the anarchist community involvement tips
Thank you for masking and talking about it ♡♡♡
thank you for noticing & appreciating it!! it's rough out here
BAT TATTOO !!! IT LOOKS SO GOOD
i love book shelf tours!!
So excited for this! I did go buy some of your pins, can't wait to wear them and put them on things! I love listening to you talk about all sorts of things, your channel was what kickstarted me learning about abolition and you've recommended lots of great books and resources about other topics as well, I always love hearing your opinions and thoughts on everything. Also I love your bat tattoo!
Can't wait for the bookshelf tour, great q&a!
Would love a bookshelf tour !!!
Your make up and outfit look sooo good
omfg yesss tongue split is superb cool i want that too
yes to goth/ punk themed stuff
Love your eyeliner…..need a tutorial on that. Fierce!!!
Do the bookshelf tour please!
My question was first! Thank you for your insight, I really appreciate your take.
Im happy to see an upload from you. I really like the way you think.
Also im friends with the members of Dog Park Dissidents and i found out well after i had been obsessively listening to their music during 2020. I freaked out when i found out that they were local to New Orleans..then i did some research to find out i had been going to their puppy parties. 🤣😅😅😅 Anyways i can definitely agree with your opinion because i fixated on the olf stuff but im also pop trash so i can appreciate the new stuff too. :P
that is such a funny coincidence i'm obsessed w that... queer kink communities for the win i guess !!
Would absolutely love to see more diy videos!!
I’d love to see the bookshelf tour! Also what’s your thoughts on Heartstopper?
It's great to see you on my fyp again! I used to watch you a lot during my questioning phase, specifically with my gender identity. I have now recently came out to my mom as nonbinary/masc genderfluid (it went well and I use xenogenders too, but I haven't told her yet only bc she's still getting the hang of what nonbinary is). Thank you for helping past me with his journey!
I would love to see your book tour :)
i loved this video!! would totally love to see a booktour as well :)
Thanks for the video! Your makeup is extremely rad, btw :)
You know it's a good day when we get an Ashton Daniel video:D also what is a zine?
Hii I really really like your makeup. I was wondering what eyeliner you used? :3c
I like your heart earring, it's cute!
I also love the word Pansy 😭
Your hairs so cute!!!!
Incredible video as usual. I’ve made 2 zines but I desperately need to make more!!
I would literally watch any video you put out, all the ones you suggested sound awesome.
Hope you’re doing okay.
- Fellow COVID cautious autistic queer
i will watch your bookshelf tour but that's partially because i will watch anything you make probably
please do a bookshelf tour :))))
also I really like how you present yourself and the fact that you have the opportunity to do that!!! i would really like to dress and do makeup and ect somewhat like you but i live in russia..... i probably would be expelled from college and hatecrimed against, probably beaten up :") I want to be as open as you someday
Loved the video. I'm working on a zine at the moment. It's basically ideas for how I would run a country. I'm planning on posting a copy to Parliament in the UK to give them a few ideas (High five for autistic audacity).
Thanks for the captions again. It shouldn't be a luxury, but it is. I'd love to see a tour of your bookshelf.
Also, I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions for repelling racists and homophobes when my incredibly boring fashion sense and general vibes seem to just attract them.
genderqueer is one of my fav words
Vampire book ranking video
I would LOVE a diy video
So our community tell cisgender people all the time that they should use the term transgender and not transsexual and now you are wanting to confuse them by using the term transsexual again? So what are they supposed to do? 😅 /gen
I'm sorry if this comment sounds a bit rude, but I was just so surprised.
I went to look at your shop because I'm really interested in that Denny zine, but I don't see it there, am I too late?Too early?
I've wanted to understand that song better for a little while now
I did a preorder run already, yeah. I’m planning on doing another run of them and will announce it here & on instagram & probably tumblr, i just have other things i need to do first!
Good to know, thanks!
not sure how having to do safety maths on whether to come out/correct someone or not and constantly recloseting yourself is "not that important" when the suicide rate on trans people is 40%. not being seen for who we are is so often a death sentence. but for some reason lots of people still think it's only about medical stuff and medical stuff is always more important or smth.
im also autistic and i never stopped wearing masks, although i dont really know how to bring it up with others that it would be good if they wore masks in closed public rooms as well, I kind of get scared of being pushy or something and only driving them further away from considering it. Either way i loved the video, i recently got really into the magnus archives and i didnt really wanna go to bed right after listening to a scary story so it was a pleasant surprise to see this video in my recommendations. also i would be interested in the bookshelf tour! i think ill go to sleep now. byeee!
Btw I love your outfit, so many cool necklaces and I absolutely love the spikey hairband, and the t-shirt is cool too
Edit: I just want to add that every time I watch your videos I want to look more goth with some punky vibes and want to do more diy clothes stuff and that’s pretty awesome. I also end up wanting body mods especially piercings even more, and I want to do queer anarchist art in general. It makes me very happy to see a fellow genderqueer anarchist goth
Edit 2: yesss I would love a bookshelf tour kind of video
Edit 3: I just want to add that it’s pretty sad how anarchist spaces of all things have mostly abandoned masking when everyone else did, I feel like I expected anarchists to be better and I kind of feel bitter and sad and alone about it. It just feels like I can’t trust these people to stay true to the beliefs they say they have any more, if wearing a mask inside to not be super ableist and make spaces accessible and not spread a dangerous disease and not violate the bodily autonomy of everyone who wants to not breathe air that has such a high risk of being infectious (while also not completely withdrawing from all social interaction), then are they really to be trusted to not throw others under the bus whenever it’s comfortable for them? They speak of fighting hierarchies as they choose to reinforce those hierarchies. The most absurd example of this I’ve seen is people talking proudly about having during the early pandemic years occupied the place the covid denialists usually gathered to spread their fashy bullshit by putting a table there where they handed out free masks and information about Covid… while I, the newcomer, was the only person in the room wearing a mask.
Anyways, on a more positive note, I’ve been thinking about getting some black ffp2 masks and making them look more awesome, perhaps getting a silver marker and drawing and writing stuff on them or sth. I feel like that would be a very cool thing to do. (Pronoun masks? Queer anarchist symbols and slogans? Just some random stuff I think looks good?)
And yes, that are a lot of edits. So many that now it’s bugged and I can’t edit any more since that would delete the last few edits.
autistic person here! good n95s have head straps instead of ear loops- they have a better seal and won't touch your ears.
Love this look 😍😍
Yeah to add the Barbie movie had a joke comparing how smallpox devastated Indigenous communities to patriarchy which is....a choice (especially since they feature a Barbie Mount Rushmore and no Indigenous rep so...yeah)
New to your community so this may be totally out of field but.. What are your thoughts on DMT and psychedelics? I feel like DMT can get a bad rep from Joe rogan etc but I absolutely refuse to accept the red pill culture… psychedelics are radically anarchist by their very nature, I’d love to see some conversations about that in left spaces and really enjoy your discussions
Watching in school, hiiii
im curious how people will have time to make art in both capitalist and communist societies
Kinda forgot about the covid thing. I've stopped wearing masks and thought even though it still technically exists at the point where we wear fine. Maybe I'll have to look into the stats. Idk how I'd get into wearing a mask because I'm in trade school and work in trades like hvac and construction, so I'm souranded by conservatives. Even at home, my family evangelical Christians.
How difficult was it for you to get a prescription for testosterone?
Unrelated but I clicked on this video when it had 999 views xD
I thought d-ke was a slur used against black lesbians why are we using it. also want some insight from people who use transsexual because its very confusing why everyone is using it now
As for the first one I cannot say, as for the other one, I am a trans guy who defines myself as both transgender and transexual. Being transexual is modifying your body to alter your sex characteristics :) many transgender pople are also transexual or aspire to be it. Not all transgender pople like the term transexual but I personally feel okay with it
ty!! I was always told or saw people talking about how they didn't like the term. I would like to know if there is a resurgence or if I've just been under a rock.
Transsexual is desiring to change your body
Transgender doesn’t necessarily desire to change your body. It can just be your pronouns or presentation
You can be both or just either one.
Do trans actually believe that it's an act of violence to misgender someone, by accident or on purpose?
I wouldn’t say it’s violence. But it’s rude and I would lose respect for you.
My friend who can't wear a mask wears a face sheld.