“Warning: Kate Tempest will connect you with your emotions and the cold, callous world around you. You may cry.” Bob Boilen is right, and this NPR Tiny Desk performance by Kate Tempest is stunning. The first track is a spoken word piece about soldiers coming home form war fought for gold, and the two hiphop tracks …
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YouTube is starting to get me. Recommended: Short, concise Butler video explaining gender performance v. performativity. Wonderful Madisen Ward and The Mama Bear Tiny Desk Concert including the hit “Silent Movies.”
mlyrstte: inkchalk: aurevoir-mes-amis-deactivated20: Sam Pepper Exposed. Laci Green and many other young women have placed themselves in an extremely vulnerable position to shed some light on sexual abuse in the Youtube community and some extremely disturbing incidents directly involving Sam Pepper. Please share this video to support Laci and the victims. For fucks sake. This …
Too Fracking Good to Be True: “My Cat Saved My Son” Might Be A Marketing Tool
There are signs that the endearing video of a cat rescuing a small boy from the attack of a neighbor’s dog is created by a marketing firm. Apparently the video is too good to be true, in narrative structure, production value, and so on. That is what German journalist Gabriele Hooffacker claims to have found out. …
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YouTube to Become Useless
The New York Times reports that YouTube will block (and also delete?) videos from independent record labels who haven’t agreed to Google’s new licensing terms. For German users YouTube as a music video host has been fubar for quite some time, now the ridiculousness goes global, apparently. It’s an obvious move to strong-arm small labels …
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Game of Thrones spoiler, so proceed with caution if you care about spoilers and haven’t seen the last episode – but this video made me laugh out loud.
catagator: This teen girl’s response to the DFTBA sexual abuse scandal is out of this world and needs to be watched and thought about and discussed. This is a 16-year-old girl. Her video gave me CHILLS. It’s a great video. Some might find it tough but it’s a must-see. She – Ann/The Geeky Blonde – …