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10. Suits

Models Kendall Jenner and Emily Ratajkowski styling two different kinds of suits. 

Internet videos: certainly the dominant kind of content I currently consume, and it’s one which allows for very diverse voices on different issues. So I wanted to showcase some YouTube channels which I watch, all of which are relatively unknown (all of them are below 200k subs, and only six of which are above 100k subs). Now please note that I can’t watch everything, so keep that in mind please. Anyways, I’m gonna sort them based on the subscriber count in ascending order. Enjoy!

#1: Laura Kate (aka Laura K Buzz)

Laura Kate’s channel isn’t super popular, but this video game journalist isn’t a complete unknown. She’s host or co-host on several podcasts, including The jimquisition Podcast, and has written for both gaming and general outlets such as Destructoid, Kotaku UK, and The Guardian. Her channel consists mainly of gameplay, though my favorites are her opinion pieces and news coverage. Oh and she recently started a podcast with the two girls from Geek Remix (you’ll hear more about them later; spoilers) talking about videogame-inspired pornography, which is super unique, tasteful, and fun. Bonus point: she’s an very out and proud transwoman in a cismale dominated landscape, so her presence is doubly welcome. And to be honest this is really just a big shout-out to her work overall and not only her YouTube channel, so... Check out her stuff.

#2: Jackson Bird (jackisnotabird)

Jackson Bird is a YouTube icon, despite his criminally low subscription count. He’s been active on YouTube over six years, mostly as a vlogger and both in front and behind the camera at the Harry Potter Alliance, but he has two other claims to fame: first of all there is his Grade A “why isn’t this a trend?” show Will it Waffle, where he tests if certain food items (and occasionally non-toxic non-food items) work if put into a waffle iron, and secondly he is an LGBTQ rights and education advocate for as long as he’s been on YouTube... Which makes a lot of sense for a bisexual transguy who’s been very open about his gender identity and transition. Overall his content (outside of his vlogs on his side channel) are a bit sporadic but definitely worth a look.

#3: rantasmo Three words: Needs. More. Gay. Rantasmo has been creating his little show on LGBT culture for over seven years now and it’s delightful and educational. In his videos, where he for instance covers topics like Game of Thrones, beards, Undertale, and The Wizard of Oz, he examines how LGBT people are portrayed and treated, what queerbating is, and lots more stuff. None of his videos are super long, like rarely do his videos last longer than 9 minutes, but they are still very entertaining and educational, so I highly recommend binging on a few of his more recent episodes to get you started.

#4: No Small Parts Productions I love watching movies and I presume you do, too. And occasionally you just notice either certain actors who you swear you’ve seen before but don’t know their name, or they just stand out in general but you have never heard of them. No Small Parts is a YouTube video essay series which covers exactly that. Run by bit-part actor Brandon Hardesty, No Small Parts provides lovingly crafted retrospectives on the lives and works on character actors. Thus far Hardesty has covered people like Crispin Glover, André the Giant, Darlene Cates, Scatman Crothers, and several others. It’s super fascinating, and all episodes are over 20 minutes long. He also has started to expand the channel to talk more about underrated movies and other related stuff, so it’s gonna be interesting to see how this channel develops. 

#5: rewboss

Andrew Bossom is a British man living in Germany... And as a German who is very much entrenched in the culture of the “traditional anglosphere”, that alone makes his videos appealing to me. Rewboss is a culture guy, and it shows. The German language, customs, travel destinations... He talks about it all and has been doing so for years. He originally even did half of his videos in German, but eventually dropped the habit because his German viewership didn’t really need it anymore. But anyways, Rewboss has been a YouTube educator for ages now, and he has even dabbled in helping other YouTubers, so a bunch of his older stuff might be of interest to you if you wanna get some basics in regarding the topic of online video. I’ve been a fan of his work for years and I think he deserves your attention, too.

#6: KyleKallgrenBHH (Brows Held High) My love for cinema is shining through again, this time with professional movie critic Kyle Kallgren, host of Brows Held High. Brows Held High looks primarily at arthaus movies, the avantgarde, the artistically noteworthy entries into the cinematic canon, though occasionally you also get William Shakespeare (basically every June), as well as yearly retrospectives and thematic analysis of both movies and occasionally other media like video games or theater. So if you are looking for very “high brow” stuff, Kyle is your man. Just be warned that some of the material he covers can be a bit NSFW visually and audibly, so keep that in mind once you tune into his work.

#7: Innuendo Studios

And we’re back at video games again, at least for the most part. Innuendo Studios, run by Ian Danskin, is definitely part of the more intellectual portion of this list but his videos are still very much approachable. Theories on authorship, genre death, the nature of coolness, and narrative are all explored here in a bunch of wonderful video essays ranging from short-ish to over an hour long, with that particular example being a series of videos about the psychology and history of Gamergate from a feminist point of view. The videos might be scarce but they are super smart and well-sourced. Dive in, you’ll definitely enjoy Ian’s work.

#8: Stop Skeletons From Fighting (formerly The Happy Video Game Nerd)

We all need positivity in our lives and SSFF is definitely the kind of positivity I think the video game crowd should try to emulate. SSFF is an examination of videos from a very critical but also loving point of view, looking at forgotten or maligned games and looking for what they can teach and what they did right and wrong; looking at certain aspects of video gaming history, including behind the scenes information... All that and more has been part of Derek Alexander’s work for several years now. If you wanna learn more about what makes good video games good and you do already watch Extra Credits, then do yourself a favor and check out Derek’s videos. I can also recommend his pre-SSFF stuff, back when he called himself the Happy Video Game Nerd, a character he created as a response to the negativity-focused reviewer culture during YouTube’s early days as exemplified by the Angry Video Game Nerd and the Nostalgia Critic, though of course those videos are relatively ancient. #9: Jenny Nicholson Confession time: about seven years or so ago I was quite into My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. It was a good show back then and I was always a sucker for fun musical numbers, so it was a nice fit (plus I didn’t know how toxic the brony subculture was becoming so that didn’t hamper my enjoyment of it). But anyways, I actually stumbled across Nicholson for the first time during that time period because she was making an abridged series of MLP: FIM called Friendship is Witchcraft, which was and IMO still is hilarious. She voiced all of the female characters (except Celestia), and when Hasbro was putting an end to it via copyright strikes, I lost sight of Nicholson... But earlier this year I rediscovered her and her wonderful, wonderful snark. If you enjoy nitpicking apart blockbusters, especially Star Wars, then Jenny is your gal. She could give screenwriting classes, her stuff is that good and funny. She’s also recently been hired by ScreenJunkies to host the Star Wars-centered Millenial Falcon, which I also recommend if you love the old SW like myself. Also we have officially passed the 100k subscriber threshold, so we’re talking about the popular kids now! #10: hbomberguy British people are inherently funny- and smart-sounding, even though most aren’t (I’m sorry British people; feel free to make as many Germany-bashing jokes as you’d like). But hbomberguy definitely is both smart and funny. Whether he is talking about (British) politics, responding to YouTube “skeptics” or MRAs, or ranting about media for hours, he’s always a joy to watch and hear. Probably one of my favorite videos of his is his almost two hour long masterpiece “Sherlock is Garbage, And Here’s Why”, in which he finally managed to put into words why Sherlock’s fourth season was the worst and why Moffat is just a horrible, horrible showrunner including on Doctor Who, which is something that has hampered by enjoyment of Doctor Who and I was’t even fully aware of it and can finally express myself on this topic the way I’ve been wanting to for ages, and that should be enough of an endorsement from my end.

#11: Folding Ideas Dan, the Foldable Human, is an expert on editing, working behind the scenes in the movie industry, how YouTube works, and how culture shapes media. I honestly can’t even summarize this channel even further because I’ve hit the nail on the head and just want to you watch this Canadian guy and hear him talk about mostly movies. “The Art of Editing and Suicide Squad” is a very good starting point in his videography, close to 1 million views, and it is everything you need to know about this channel in a 35 minute long package. Just check out at least that video and if you like what you’ve seen, dig deeper. You most likely won’t regret it.

#12: Lindsay Ellis (The Nostalgia Chick) We have reached “the big ones”! Lindsay Ellis has been in online video for almost a decade now and she has mastered the art of the video essay. She’s been looking at media from a feminist perspective for ages now and her body of work speaks for herself. 90-ish episodes of The Nostalgia Chick, 23 episodes and counting for Loose Canon, where she examines how different characters have been portrayed throughout the years, thus far nine long-form video essays, and her recent series The Whole Plate, where she covers the basics of film studies by looking at Michael Bay’s Transformers. Check out her stuff, I implore you. You will spend hours watching her content and learn so, so much!

#13: Geek Remix (Mari and Stacy)

Selling Sunset the Netflix series is a big hit, it is a glossy real estate show. The show is all about a girl gang drama with flawless makeup and hair. Christine Quinn's beef with Chrishell Stause attracted the audience and kickstarted the show. Check the official trailer of the show below!

Aaaaand it' Elimination Night!

The Brothers gathered at the living room once more.

Ninja showed up on screen again.

"Good evening, Brothers! How are you feeling tonight? So many changes happen between weeks, huh?"

"Hi, Ninja. What's good?"

"Hello, Kayla! I have a message from your family all the way from Isla Paradiso. Your mom Roxana and your little brother left some supporting words. Wanna check it out?"

"Oh my Watcher, I sure want to... It's been a while!"

"What's up, K? It's Theo and Mom!"

Kayla's younger brother was all smiles on the video.

"You know I would've never showed people who I truly am if it wasn't for you. You're my hero! Love wins"

"I know your papa would be really proud of how far you've come. I love you, baby girl!"

"And how about you, Lilith? Feeling confident?"

"Hell yes I feel confident! I have the whole community of TS2 on my side. They know who I am!"

"I also happen to have your family on studio tonight. They came to support you. Wanna see them?"

"Sure I do! I can’t wait to see my sister's face now I'm famous and she's not!"

The whole Plasant family came for her!

Even her grandparents came all the way from Newcrest!

"It's Angela, Diane, Jeff, Coral, Herb, Daniel and Mary-Sue!"

"Guys, stop doing rock'n'roll hand signs, it's so cringy! I love you all!"

"The suspense is KILLING ME!", Ninja said.

"It's time for the results. Is everyone ready? So, the next Eliminated, 13rd place on the first edition of Big Brother Sims is..."

"... with 58% of the votes on Twitter, Kayla Flemming! You're the one going home tonight, sweetie!" 

"Holy woohoocking mother of Simsus! I thought I was toast!", Lilith yelled.

"Do you have any words to the ones in the audience who helped keeping you this week?"

"I'm so happy you guys see my strong personality and aren't pushed by it. Help me show these people who's BOSS!"

And that's a wrap for our dear and sweet Kayla Flemming.

She hugged a couple of her besties in the house, and then she couldn't leave any faster.

"Heeeeeey sweeetiiiies! It's your girl Baby Ariel here again, for another kicked-off Brother's departing interview! Are y'all happy with the results?"

Kayla didn't seem that excited for the exit interview, it looked.

"Do you have any final words? What do you take of your early departure?"

"Maybe I was too naive thinking I could enter the house and make a lot of friends. Apart from a few true ones, they can all kiss my whole... "

“Okay guys, this was our exit interview, back to you, Ninja!"

"Wasn't this one a SHOCKER? Even I though Lilith would go, and I don't even watch the show! I mean, I can't express my opinions... What do you think will happen next? Will alliances grow? Will friendships break? See you next week for another Voting Night!" 

Who could imagine that the nicest and the meanest in the House would be facing each other on the Chopping Block?

It seems Lilith isn't the only one pranking people by the pool! Caught redhanded! 

At the gym, Kayla was being encouraged by Michael and Diego.

Michael apologized. "I'm sorry I didn't give you Immunity, I would if I knew. I like you a lot"

"Don't worry, you're up against Rude Bushy-Browed Girl. There's no way Twitter would Eliminate you! I think you'll be safe.", said Diego.

And it's VOTING NIGHT! The contestants are all reunited in the living room waiting for the time they'll set up a new Chopping Block!

Ninja showed up on the screen, as usual.

"Good evening, Brothers! Let's start? A lot of voting to be done tonight! Let's start with our Guardian Angel. Michael, which Brother is Immune to the Voting?"

"I've had a real close bond to Diego, so I'm gonna keep him safe for now!"

"Alright, so Diego can't be voted! Nina, my Leader, who do you pick as the first one to be in the Chopping Block?"

"I think it's not a secret here in the House or even to Twitter that I can't stand the bitch, so I'm voting Rude Goth Girl. Please Twitter, send her ass packing!"

"Alright, everyone, let's start with the House Voting. Lilith, since you were voted, you're first!"

Lilith entered the Confessional Room with her blood simmering.

"I hate half of these plumholes, but I'll vote this girl Kayla. She's so NICE! That's it. She smells fake to me."

MICHAEL: "I'm gonna vote for Cameron again. We barely talked this week and he came for me before the party started as if I bullied him! He has some issues to work on with therapy. He's clearly projecting. I vote him." 

VENESSA: "Dirk has got to go. I don't know why, but we haven't clicked AT ALL. He gets on my last nerve. It seems like since Dustin left the only thing he exists for is giving Eva a story arc." 

DIRK: "This Venessa girl is so fake! I saw her talking shit about Penny and Kayla, but after that she was all buddy-buddy with them. Let her go back to acting in her B movies!" 

KAYLA: "My vote is for Dirk Dreamer. It's not that I hate him or anything, but Rude Crazy Girl is already at the bottom and I pretty much like everyone else. So, him."

JOHNNY: "I like most of the people here, they're really cool! My personal bottom two, one is the Leader and the other is already at the bottom, so I'm picking Michael for a matter of affinity." 

CAMERON: "You can call me paranoid or anything you want, but this Michael doesn't like me. And now he got close to Diego! I'm sure he's trying to break us up. I want him out." 

EVA: "That young man Cameron, he's not good vibes, not even a little bit. If he isn't tense sulking around, he's talking only to Diego all the time. This is a group relationship game. He can't win like that. I vote for him."

DIEGO: "I'm voting for Penny. It seems more that she's here networking for her Social Media Channels than trying to win. She's just brown-nosing people left and right. No one is that lovely, gal! Pass." 

PENNY: "I'm gonna vote for Summer Holiday again. We haven't bonded this week and I still think she's too green for reality TV. Maybe her Elimination becomes the viral that takes her channel off obscurity?" 

JOAQUIN: "My pick this week is Kayla Flemming. She seems cool and all, but we haven't vibed and I'd rather keep people I'm have a nice time with. No hard feelings!" 

Last but not least, Summer goes to the Confessional Room.

"I'm sad to say I'm choosing Kayla for the Chopping Block. We all had a great time at the first party, but she spent three days crying because Penny kissed Johnny... This is not The Bachelorette! It's best for her."

Back to the living room, Ninja came back with the next Chopping Block formation.

"Results are in! The Brother who faces the Chopping Block this week, along with Lilith Pleasant, with a total of three votes, is KAYLA FLEMMING!"

This hasn't been the easiest week for her. And now this! People hated her? She was really shocked.

Before anyone could react to the Voting, Ninja started talking again.

"And that closes the show for the night! Total polar opposites on the Chopping Block this time! Who do YOU, TWITTER, want to see go home? Don't forget to vote! Good night and see you soon!"

They started discussing their options for the voting later that day.

Who do you guys think Michael Bachelor will give the Immunity to?