back in 2014 I used to be really mad about anita sarkeesian and feminism in general. Would religiously watch new atheist youtube channels like the amazing atheist and thunderfoot, who were all on the anti-feminism train back then. Wouldn’t describe it as a “pipeline” - I was just a dumb kid who thought being an atheist made him a genius
What made me change is, ironically, watching a few sargon of akkad videos. The guy was consistantly dishonest about what feminists actually believed which was clear to me even back then. Also he was an obvius right-winger despite claiming to be a “left-wing liberal”. I always thought of myself as a left-wing person and the prevalence of right wing grifters in the new atheism space made me question everything I previously believed about feminism
This was also when “breadtube” started to take shape and these people helped me understand why I was wrong about things I thought. To anyone who still remembers Libertarian Socialist Rants, Kevin Logal, Kristi Winters - you are my people
This was also when “breadtube” started to take shape and these people helped me understand why I was wrong about things I thought. To anyone who still remembers Libertarian Socialist Rants, Kevin Logal, Kristi Winters - you are my people
Shaun, too. The only breadtuber who has not posted cringe (so far)
Shaun was probably the “second wave” of breadtube. I still remember when breadtube was just a network of tiny channels - most of which were around 1000 subs. But yeah, Shaun is really good still
I was kinda on the same train. What pulled me off was touching grass and growing up. It’s hard to hold those positions when you have people you know and love that directly disprove them.
back in 2014 I used to be really mad about anita sarkeesian and feminism in general. Would religiously watch new atheist youtube channels like the amazing atheist and thunderfoot, who were all on the anti-feminism train back then. Wouldn’t describe it as a “pipeline” - I was just a dumb kid who thought being an atheist made him a genius
What made me change is, ironically, watching a few sargon of akkad videos. The guy was consistantly dishonest about what feminists actually believed which was clear to me even back then. Also he was an obvius right-winger despite claiming to be a “left-wing liberal”. I always thought of myself as a left-wing person and the prevalence of right wing grifters in the new atheism space made me question everything I previously believed about feminism
This was also when “breadtube” started to take shape and these people helped me understand why I was wrong about things I thought. To anyone who still remembers Libertarian Socialist Rants, Kevin Logal, Kristi Winters - you are my people
Shaun, too. The only breadtuber who has not posted cringe (so far)
Shaun was probably the “second wave” of breadtube. I still remember when breadtube was just a network of tiny channels - most of which were around 1000 subs. But yeah, Shaun is really good still
I’ll take your word for it, i really wasn’t plugged into video essay youtube back then. Too busy getting worked up about DotA 2 stuff or something.
I was kinda on the same train. What pulled me off was touching grass and growing up. It’s hard to hold those positions when you have people you know and love that directly disprove them.