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May production diary: who has two thumbs and no bugs?

IT'S ME, BABY!

A few days ago, our neighbours texted us to let us know they thought they had bedbugs. I've dealt with my share of household pests before (#renterlife), but this seemed really bad, I've...

April production diary

Welcome back to my ~tw1st3d m1nd~...

My new video came out a week ago, and what a week it's been! It seems to be doing really well. It feels weird to celebrate the success of something so dark – I don't exactly like that it's resonating with...

EARLY ACCESS: The Feminist to Far-Right Pipeline

At times like this, I guess all you can do is laugh.

Here's the new video, gang! Woohoo!! I wanted to make sure I could stand behind the first version anyone would see, so I'd say the video is 95% complete – all I've got left is colour grading, and adding music + some minor graphics.

I'd love to kn...

Lily Alexandre BINGO CARD from "The Feminist to Far-Right Pipeline"

Will I be on my regular bullshit? Follow along with this trusty card to find out!!

"The Feminist to Far-Right Pipeline" comes out for Patrons later today, with a public premiere on March 25th :)

(Bonus: a meme I made about Janice Raymond)

What do you want to see from me this year?

Hey, folks! I'm contemplating where to turn my attention after wrapping up this current video. At any given point, I have several pages of notes on videos I'd like to make. Most of them will never see the light of day, but here are a handful from the list that I think could be worth exploring.

I'd love to know - 2024-02-15 16:45:52 +0000 UTC View Post

February production diary: the fascist creep, and some absolute bangers

Over the past few months, "the gender identity debate" has broken into the Canadian mainstream for the first time. Canada's nascent gender-critical movement is not purely a pseudo-feminist one or a Christian one – instead, it's a bewildering coalition of feminists, edgy populists, the Christian right, Muslim organizations, ...

January production diary: we called it and it came

Hey gang! I hope you've had some rest over the holiday season, and your year's gotten off to a good start. I have to admit, I've been living the dream this past week, mostly just... hangin' out. Playing some games, watching new stuff (read on for recommendations), and tending to friendships I struggle to find enough time for!...

Final version out now: “Is AI Making Us Less Human?”

“From police robots to AI avatars, the tech industry uses human empathy as a tool for evil.”

We did it gang!! No clue how I turned this around in 5 weeks, but I’m so glad to have it out before the holidays. Truly hope you enjoy. 💜

EARLY ACCESS: Is AI Making Us Less Human?

My new video is about how the tech industry uses our empathy against us, and creates a less trusting society. It needs some polish, and you'll notice a few missing graphics, but this is basically it! Hope you enjoy :)

Early look at the next video: I deepfaked myself & it broke me

My next video is called "Is AI Making Us Less Human?" and it's about the erosion of trust that's started since AI-generated speech/images have become convincing. I deepfaked myself, it took an hour and cost $30, and I can't stop thinking about it. Messed up, dude.

Enjoy!!! Full video out later this month :)

Final version out now: Transition Regret & the Fascism of Endings

Polished it up, added a bit of new stuff! Good time to check it out if you missed the early access.

I have an agreement with a sponsor to release one more video before the end of the year, and… I’m kinda stumped. I have a few ideas, but nothing that can be completed in 6 weeks! So I guess this is me soliciting theme...

EARLY ACCESS: Transition Regret & the Fascism of Endings

I made this video to process my feelings about some health complications I’ve had since getting a gender-affirming surgery in 2021. I noticed most discussions of trans regret are simple tragedies, which don’t pave a path forward for the people experiencing it. That isn’t true to my experience, and I wanted to figure out...

October production diary: In order to hear the birds...

I cannot lie to you, gang, I’ve tried to write a poetic prod diary twice this month, and each time, by the time I’ve neared the end, the things I said no longer felt true. This iteration is less cohesive than the others, but I don't think I'm pretending to know everything, which I take as a good sign. Everything is in flu...

Where do I put this thing?

Look what just came in the mail!! Pretty funky that it’s a mirror in there.

The idea of displaying this thing has me a little embarrassed, like it feels showy and I know my friends will poke fun at me every time they see it? 😅 But I think putting it somewhere really goofy will help.

Drop a comment with where ...

LIVE in 1 hour: 100K subscriber celebration stream!

Hey gang, it's been a while! An hour from now (at 7PM EST), my partner Vic & I will be going live to celebrate the channel reaching the absolutely wild 100 000 subscriber threshold. We'll be baking a celebratory coffee cake, chatting about whatever people want to chat about, and hopefully raising some money to help my dea...

EARLY ACCESS: 2010s Pop Feminism: A Painful Look Back

The longest, most ambitious video I've ever made – a pretty comprehensive look back at a mass movement that promised to change the world, and then, well, didn't. I gave this one my all. I hope you get something out of it.

I'll be editing right down to the wire, so this version isn't final. Main thing is that it's miss...

September production diary: my #bossbabe era

Hey folks!! I'm writing to you from one of the busiest months of my life, but one that's been completely invigorating so far. I'll start with the most imminent project:

2010s Pop Feminism: A Painful Look Back

July production diary: Live! From the rummage heap

This weird place I found

After a rough morning last week, I found myself wandering down Montreal's longest street, Gouin boulevard. It's a pretty boring walk – car-centric and residential – but taking aimless walks in not-especially-walkable places has been my main mental health strategy since I was like...

NEW ARTICLE: Salt, Fat, Neon Hell (or, "Why open a cyberpunk-themed restaurant?")

I'm thrilled to share this article I wrote for the new issue of Maisonneuve Magazine. It's a review of NEOTOKYO, a self-described "cyberpunk noodle bar" that just opened in downtown Montreal. The restaurant is mediocre – it's basically one big Instagram backdrop, with the food a secondary concern – so I used my visit...

EARLY ACCESS: Why Are People Trans?

Happy to get this video to you a full week ahead of YouTube! Everything is finished, except the music – that'll help with the pacing and make things more emotionally resonant, if you'd rather wait for the full release.

For 30 years, scientists have searched for a biological cause of trans identity... an...

2023-06-16 13:56:16 +0000 UTC View Post

Quick update for May

Hey everyone, I hope you’re well. I want to update you on how my new projects are coming – and also, reading this back, I guess I wanted to vent a little? Lol, whoops:

My next video is tentatively titled “Why People Are Trans (& why we’ll never know)”. It’s in the vein of 2023-05-24 15:27:44 +0000 UTC View Post

The Aesthetics Wiki masterlist – my notes on 683 internet aesthetics

You asked (2 months ago), we answered (just today, because I forgot)!

Here's the document I used to work through the Aesthetics Wiki while producing my video "Millions of Dead Vibes". I sorted nearly all 683 of the aesthetics into a handful of categori...

April production diary: I want to interview you!

Hey gang! I was going to hold off until May for an update post, but there's actually a lot to get you up to speed on.

At the start of the month, a huge ice storm tore through Quebec and Ontario. Hundreds of thousand...

EARLY ACCESS: Everything Is Sludge: Art in the Post-Human Era

My new video is about content sludge, the surreal TikTok genre where several unrelated videos are played side-by-side. 

"These videos have gained a reputation for being creatively bankrupt, incredibly overwhelming, and Almost impossible to look away from. Sludge videos flood people’s feeds and ra...

March production diary: ZOOMER EDITION

⚠️ Oh no! This month's production diary has been Zoomer-ized! Watch at your own risk. ⚠️

(A text-only version can be found here... but th...