What do woke GenZ and bigoted conservatives have in common? They both hate white women ! And that's how you get to this point, where everything she does and says is picked apart from both sides, and Swifties are pushed further and further into the cult-like aspects everytime a hate storm comes from either side... So yeah, it must really suck to be a famous white woman.

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It is such a complex time when technology advance so much quicker than legislation and social awareness does. I hope this unconsented use of personal, specially identifyible, characteristics wouldn't keep happening. It's a problem on lots of levels, identity, security, reputation, misinformation, fair pay... People affected by this has all the reason to be very angry. I hope this problematic change soon. Very useful nounced video to reflect, as always. The calming part😅, is that you are not letting any of this take your peace. We definitely are our best and do the better being calm. Loved the poetry video bit ❤️‍🩹.

I live in Berlin, where absolutely everyone wears black all year round, but I'm originally from Spain, where colorful and bright clothes are commonplace. Over the years I've develop a style that is roughly 70% black and 30% saturated cold colors (cobalt, green lime, violet, teal), so I mostly wear black with one item that has a bold color. This combination certainly gets a lot of looks and comments in Germany, especially in the winter when I wear my bright red coat on top of all the black. Once I wore a bright lime dress to a meeting in February and people told me that the color was "interesting" and "not matching the weather", to which I said "dress for the weather you want, not for the weather you have". The funny thing is that when I don't want to stand out too much or not be seen, I just wear all black and fit in wonderfully. In Spain however, wearing only black clothes will draw all the attention to you! 😅 It's interesting to see how color is perceived across culture, how there's no such thing as "neutral" or "normal", and how our surroundings influence the way we dress.

Amazing dress and festival!!! Happy to know about it through your channel!

That poem is everything

Thank you for reminding me that people are generally just trying to make the best choices for themselves and doing the best that they can with what they know. Fox news is over here misinforming and rage manipulating so many people. It just makes me so angry. It should not be allowed.

I feel like literally everyone needs to watch this video at least once in their life!

Hello fellow plant killer. I see you.

I'll come back here when I have a more coherent mind space....but man. Thank you Leena. I really needed this right now. You managed to synthesize these fears and hopes I've been having throughout this process, but they've been so distorted by my own anxiety/polarized thinking that I haven't even been able to identify them specifically. Thank you.

Hahaha! Yup! I can’t even tell who is “ telling” the story. First it’s the new tenant and then it’s the maid. Heathcliff is so evil , I had to give up after a couple weeks

Thank you for this video! Although not the topic of the video, I felt really understood through your exploration about your traumatic experience in the car and how that (temporally) changed the way you looked, not only at the driver, but at the world as a whole, and that is/was not the right thing to do. I've experienced some very different trauma about two years back and it really changed my worldview. I am still trying to find my way back a bit, but I'm getting there. It was really comforting to know that there are other people around that also think and feel that way. That it's not just my weird brain making everything bigger. Appreciate it!

I'm sorry about the accident. Great video as always.

I have moved away from Hungary almost 2 years ago due to the political situation that has been happening for about 15 years in my country. Everything the US experienced during this election I have been experiencing almost every elecation cycle. Since i can vote, the result has NEVER turned out how I voted (and I don't think I have extremeist values which would indicate this as a reason). For a long time I thought if I leave, there will be noone to make a change. But my life is going by and I cannot sacrifice it anymore. I also thought i have just as much right to live there as anyone else, why would I leave, that is exactly what they want... All the steps in Project 2025 have basically already been done in my country. So when I read it, i was not shocked, just saddened about the tendency I see more and more in other countries. Before the last election (during COVID) I promised myself that if the result again is against me, I have to accept that this country does not want me in it anymore. That my values are totally different from those, who actually vote against me every single time. So I left. Do I feel better? Not really. Bcs I still keep checking the news. I still keep hoping that something will change at home, and I can return. I know the best I could do for myself is live a better and happier life than those, who stayed there and also suffer the consequences of their own votes (and don't even notice it). But I cannot be so cold hearted and not care anymore and just be selfish. Yes, I understand why people vote the way they do. I understand the beliefs, the fears, the effects of propaganda, the human psyche...I get it all. I have been analyzing it for years and years at this point. But when you are surrounded by this for more than a decade and no matter what you do, it does not seem to change, you give up after a while. You try to talk to people, or better yet, listen, you try to be a good example, you try to help and all that shit...but if nothing changes? And you cannot look at people the same way anymore, you cannot give them the benefit of the doubt, you cannot be patient with them anymore, bcs you get tired...very very tired. (With that being said seeing how AFD has been gaining power in Germany the last few years, I keep thinking it is me...I'm the problem...I am basically a curse on all countries I live in apparently, so I wouldn't be surprised if I won the green card next year and moved to the US, bcs apparently this is my cross to bear in life) So even though I see a lot of YT people telling Americans to keep fighting and what not, I am a much more pessimistic person than that (bcs I am Hungarian, duh, we are one of the most pessimistic nations out there :D). The tendency I see all over the world does not really make me feel hopeful in humanity, for a number of reasons.

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Brilliant video ❤️

I saw your long form video on this and I still thought it was you talking before I remembered. Quite frightening times

6:46 laughed so loud here. Leena, you’re such a funny person. Love it!

that last point you made about people voting right wing probably being the only political thing they're doing and us being able to also take all the other political action they're not is such a good point and a perspective I really needed right now. It's still hard to do those things but they are worth doing. Voting is maybe the equivalent of horrible people shouting on the internet and in parliaments and it feels like they're everywhere but really they are just a few very loud people that get a lot of reach because it's easier to shout when you don't concern yourself with nuance or concern for politeness and truth. so yeah, they can shout but we'll keep talking to everyone else with our inside voice and nuance and keep fighting the good fight for basic human rights and what not!

I am from the Netherlands and have unfortunately never visited the resistance museum. I should really visit it some time. Thank you so much for your video Leena❤

Damn the poet you wrote is the poem that hit me the most (I'm not a poem person, usually), I want it saved

Thank you 🙏🏻

I am actually in Amsterdam in May! Thank you ❤

Thank you leena, you inspire me to do more

I keep coming back to this as i waltz up to my thirties (to my delight! I am determined to be the sort of person that emphasises my age, be like im 31 *and a half* thankyou very much). Its such a breath of fresh air- bollocks to 'classic neutrals' im waltzing in with my bejewelled button ups and close neck frock tops in a variety of wild colours. I have genuinely bought a full purple suit and an embroidered corset (all second hand) because i refuse to do anything but live my joy now. Ive survived far to much NOT to wear purple.

this was so powerful and inspiring. you linked everything so well, thank you for sharing your story

Yes Leena!! Thank you ❤ Last year my country, Argentina, also elected a really weird against-all-things-good-&-progressive president, and I was heartbroken about it. But then, a couple months later, I joined my daughter's school's cooperative to give my time and talents locally, I went to my first pride parade, I began composting at home on top of recycling, I continued to reach out to friends and family who I knew voted for this president out of fear and anger and I just listened to them and gave my perspective whenever possible. And we've been educating our 3yo in the values we feel are necessary, and if I can't have hope about the future then why bother? But I do have hope, so much of it that it hurts.

I'd like to add, we are small in a chaotic system. those small acts could do anything. I have the dubious honour of 2 of my sewing projects making the news in the last 2 months, in wildly different contexts (background of BBC local news fluff piece, you'd have to really know what you're looking for//queer news website story directly focussed on said project). the bigger one didn't change the world, but it changed some conversations (and, for some people who were both there on the day and really at the sharp end of the issue, it changed the world for a weekend. which counts for something) you/I/we are both the butterfly and the gathering storm.

Thanks you Leena for acknowledging small acts of resistance! The election made me so sad on many levels but particularly the setbacks to environmental action when we need to be implementing solutions ASAP. Two days after the election I helped a neighbor plant a hedgerow of native plants on her property. It's a tiny thing but it is so healing to just work with your hands and know you can make even a small difference. 🌱

That red dress is screaming for accessories! haha. But I'm on your side here - wear what you love :)

I get the hype for their fun colours. But from behind, Lucy&Yak makes anyone look like a Teletubby

As soon as I heard the anecdote about the accident, I was reminded of another poem that summarized the election unintentionally. It was written by Ethan Coen of the Coen brothers. The title is "the drunken driver has the right of way".

From a sad and angry American, thank you. Your point about doing political things throughout the year vs. voting once is spot on. We will get through this. 🙏

So strange coming back to this video now!!

Thank you!!!

How am I feeling about the USA election results -- Depressed. I am not a good speaker or influencer, but I realize I need to up my struggle to get people to respect and enjoy nature. Make it something they love as much as their toys (or maybe more).

I never comment because I don't feel like I'm adding anything new, but I just wanted to say thank you ❤ Next to this election and the terrible election outcome in my own country (the Netherlands) I am struggeling with moving on from past negative experiences. Thank you for giving me this tool to keep going and to be more hopeful ❤❤

I actually thrifted several gifts this year! I was pretty proud of myself for that one.

Scarves are a nice way to break up the darkness of a black coat if one doesn't want to get a new one, or if there are only dark colours available as the reality often is. As an ex goth I prefer my muted and jewel coloured hues!

I use a toiletry bag for my watercolor, plein air kit, and another for sewing kit. I found a really pretty one for each and they are better. Yeah, the quilting rotary cutter and cutting mat are only needed for acrylic rulers, that’s what hold them steady. For hand cutting, I still use X-acto and scissors. I do quilt so I have 5 rotary cutters in duplicate and different sizes. Cutting mat I need, I use due to X-act knife and rotary cutter.

I was thinking about this exact thing about a year ago. When I started watching youtube 10 years ago I would subscribe to creators I liked and watch them regularly, it felt like we'd go through life together. Then at some point youtube's home page and algorithm got super good and I barely clicked the subscription tab. Post-covid and the tiktok explosion, this got even more intense. I found myself overwhelmed by the internet but it was really just too much algorithmic content. So about a year ago I promised myself I'd go back to curating and watching my subscriptions, and also actively trying to comment on things. I've kept it up and it has been incredible. I have had so many positive wholesome interactions with other people too. 100% recommend

There are so many conversations in my country, Hungary how people can resist the government in their everyday life and this video helped me a lot.❤

Many houseplants are unsuited to living indoors here in northern Europe and need supplemental light. Our light and heat ratio doesn't work for many plants at all. It was different back in victorian times when you had chilly homes and species suited to a semi dormant winter. Chose your species carefully and swap plants with friends. And don't buy fast fashion plants like poinsettias and squishy sensitive seasonal plants. To lessen the amount of plants killed do read up before buying to see if you can provide the correct environment for that species. And do protect your plants when travelling home or moving, we wouldn't like to be outdoors naked in winter, neither do tropical plants.

Thanks so much. As the American daughter of European expats now living in Europe and working for an NGO I had, until now, largely avoided thinking or talking about this and felt numb when I did. You pulled loose the feelings and reminded me that it's okay to be sad and mad while we keep doing what we're doing because what we do daily matters even when it feels like its so so small. Thank you

I always get my notebooks and mobiles second hand and I never had any problem. Highly recommend ❤

All those deleted chapters sound super interesting too.

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