A Man Plagiarised My Work: Women, Money, and the Nation

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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - 01:41 Intro
01:41 - 19:48 Women & the Economy
19:48 - 33:03 Women & Society
33:03 - 43:31 Women & Fascism
43:32 - 49:14 OH GOD HE'S BACK
49:14 - 56:32 Conclusions
56:32 - 1:03:10 A HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT!
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Alexander Avila, “Did Feminism FAIL Men?”
Zoe Belinsky, “Transgender and Disabled Bodies: Between Pain and the Imaginary,” in Transgender Marxism
Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France
Melinda Cooper, Family Values
Kevin Duong, “Gender Trouble in France,” in Jacobin
Silvia Federici, Caliban and the Witch
Silvia Federici, Wages Against Housework
Chanelle Gallant, “The Future is Indigiqueer,” in Xtra
Julie Gottlieb, Feminine Fascism: Women in Britain’s Fascist Movement
Virginia Guitzel, “Notes from Brazil,” in Transgender Marxism
Fredrick Hayek, Law, Legislation, and Liberty
Eleanor Janega, The Once and Future Sex
Barbara Laslett and Johanna Brenner, “Gender and Social Reproduction: Historical Perspectives,” in Annual Review of Sociology
Yasmin Nair, “How to Make Prisons Disappear,” in Captive Genders
Lola Olufemi, Feminism, Interrupted
Carole Pateman, The Sexual Contract
Joni Pitt (Cohen) & Sophie Monk, “We Build A Wall Around Our Sanctuaries,” in Novara
Nat Raha, “A Queer Marxist Transfeminism: Queer and Trans Social Reproduction,” in Transgender Marxism
Roger Scruton, How To Be A Conservative
Roger Scruton, “Identity, Family, Marriage: Our Core Conservative Values have Been Betrayed,” in The Guardian
Fulvia Serra, “Reproducing the Struggle,” in Viewpoint Magazine
Kim Tallbear, “Yes, Your Pleasure! Yes, Self-Love! And Don't Forget, Settler Sex is a Structure”
Jessica Valenti, “American Moms are Being Gaslit”
Kara Voght, “Inside a conservative confab for young women, where feminism is a lie,” in The Washington Post
Trashfuture, Anarchy, State, and Scrutopia
#feminism #philosophy #women #history

[@PhilosophyTube]

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[@stoodmuffinpersonal3144]

The thing you said about Oba in the Caribbean is interesting. Cause "Foreign man in a foreign Land," talked about that, too. He's actually from the Bahamas!

[@Ancusohm]

Can't wait. It sounds great!

[@stoodmuffinpersonal3144]

Also feel guilty. Cause. I have adhd and chronic pain. I know I don't make enough, or do enough around the house. I know my parents do way more. But. I also struggle to get my shit together so It isn't all falling to them. My mom told me house work isn't "women's work," ages ago. And yet. I know my mom is still working "the double shift," in part cause of me. Like. It makes me mad. It makes things hard.

[@danielblair5970]

I'M SO EXCITED FOR THIS OMG

[@lady8jane]

Ok, that finally got me to sign up for Nebula. Wow, so excited for your movie!!!

[@Egg_thing]

if I had a nickel for every great video essay about plagiarism released this week I'd have... prolly like a dollar actually

[@StraveTube]

With the speed that the internet works at, you might have enough for a coffee. Maybe even a sandwich or bagel to go along with it.

[@gwenc1371]

Seriously, though, what's with all these KZbinrs making plagiarism videos? I swear, it's like it's been coordinated or something. Weird.

[@ffawn]

some of them were talking with the bomber guy himself, behind the scenes. others are just farming the content for views, as it's a hyped topic right now.

[@apersonwhomayormaynotexist9868]

@@gwenc1371 It's because Hbomberguy released a 4 hour VE on it and since his videos are cultural landmarks on breadtube now, everybody made their own videos about it

[@bobob9969]

--which isn't a lot (well, maybe it is a lot), but it's weird that it happened 20 times

[@fanboyistransboy5089]

50:10 when the Arsonist says “They’re not even calling it a women’s shelter!” while holding up the paper with the headline “WOMEN’S SHELTER BURNS” is quite funny and extremely relevant to the rest of the essay

[@ninab.4540]

It's almost like he was lying

[@koboldcatgirl]

@@ninab.4540 starting to think this Arsonist guy isn't quite on the level But I hesitate to jump to any conclusions, of course. We must always assume good faith! Perhaps someone could debate him in the free marketplace of ideas?

[@undeterminedalius]

@@koboldcatgirl You don't want to jump to conclusions?! You all just assumed that innocent traveling petrol salesmen was the arsonist! The mere implication betrays your intent!

[@FlareStorms]

​@@koboldcatgirl Debate???? Let me contact my good friend Bencil Sharpener

[@Optimusstab]

Honestly, just hearing The Arsonist speak after all this time caught me off-guard. Seems like every time this fellow shows up, he says something rather objectionable!

[@truffeltroll6668]

For someone so critical of gender roles, you can't stop cooking fr fr

[@ThePoodle]

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[@PhilosophyTube]

lmaoo

[@MagickP00dle]

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[@realname4430]

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[@Emma-Maze]

Let her cook let her cook 😆

[@sterrenkijker]

I had a professor who loved roger scruton when I was getting my bachelor's in philosophy. everyone hated this class. as part of our grade we had to do presentations, and half of us chose to present on scruton and why he sucked - on the day we had to present, he died. we fully believed our collective hatred of this man gathered in one building had killed him

[@ari638]

That's an incredible story

[@daisy3869]

wow lmao

[@pentilex4338]

Holy shit

[@inkuii]

I’d like to imagine you guys had a massive group chat delegating who used what sources so nobody could get axed for plagiarism, and in effect it was just one massive teardown on why he sucked

[@thatguyinthecorner4648]

Haters so dedicated you spawned a fuckin jjk cursed spirit

[@Cuix]

I can't believe Tommy Talerico wrote this absolutely incredible video essay! His mom must be so proud

[@sunnywunny]

took him a lot of time because that 7 foot waterfall kept making him pee at night! really got in the way of his work

[@be_ninja_pancake]

So glad he found some spare time to work on this while he was working on Tony Hawk Pro Skater and shaking hands with Shigeru Miyamoto!

[@TheVeeBeaT]

I find it harder to believe that he found time in between running non-stop symphony concerts.

[@JuniperHatesTwitterlikeHandles]

He actually plagiarized it from james somerton

[@euansmith3699]

Ooph! 😣 (😄😄😄😄😄😄👍)

[@7ennifer]

I'm a woman in the tech industry. Because I'm a women, I was the only one who was ever asked to make the powerpoint presentations "pretty" which, along with the actual design, meant doing all the data analysis and charts and stats. They would go off to the board and look good and I got no credit. I finally embedded "created by (name)" into the theme in the background. My bosses aren't technical so they couldn't get rid of it. And they didn't dare ask me to delete it or risk admitting they were passing the work off as their own. 😂

[@juhiazha9600]

literally the same thing happened to me. i'm in STEM and i had to assemble a pegboard (fucking ridiculous) for the floor. i got it done and everyone was happy at how "pretty" and organized it looked. and my supervisor (male douchebag) took credit for it, because of course he did. ridiculous all around.

[@lif6737]

It's both funny and sad that women are often said to be disinterested in STEM fields, that it's male-dominated because men just have more of a natural affinity for it, when the men in these fields seem to do anything possible to keep women out of it and to hand off all the work to women that they believe is more suited to them.

[@tarrotpatch]

I do that too!!! I've had so many awful experiences with group projects or working in teams where I've done 90% of the work or the entire thing and had other team members (usually male!) claim that they conceived of the idea/writing/etc. that I've ended up putting credits in literally everything.

[@MaximumTheMokona]

Good move! I just make my slides deliberately ugly so no one will ask me again. XD

[@AegixDrakan]

Well played OP! Although I wish you didn't have to resort to that to get the credit that's due to you.

[@AlyssaCPA]

"what is the feminist equivalent of blowing up a pipeline?" REMEMBER! blowing up a pipeline is NOT a gendered act! we'll just call it a girls night out

[@crystaleidson6042]

just like eyeliner and fishnets - gender neutral and makes literally everyone hotter

[@srinikhavijay43]

​@@crystaleidson6042yas queen.

[@OpalLeigh]

Right? Like don’t be sexist, we can blow up pipelines as good as any man! Yes we can 🙌🏻

[@BuckeyeNationRailroader]

That should go on a T-Shirt

[@clare5688]

Remember! Feminism is NOT a gendered act either 😋

[@UrsusCanis]

Thinking about the "queerness is seen as foreign" line as a 2-spirit Indigenous American that's been told countless times that my identity is a new fad. Even though there's a word for it in my tribe's language that, y'know, predates colonialism :^)

[@Thiefnuker]

That's like when indigenous people are categorized as "foreigners" and "migrants" and I'm like btch do you know what the word indigenous means?!??

[@OldLadyMapleSeed]

They’re mad cause they only have the one spirit and it’s rotted and balding

[@dontasklongstory2164]

I'm trans masc, and my boyfriend (who is native) was the first person I've ever met who just understood immediately and even introduced me to the term two-spirit, which was amazing to me because I had spent most of my highschool experience trying to do research on historical proof of trans people, which even when I showed that to people they still wouldn't believe me

[@bassetts1899]

It's plagiarism month on KZbin! I'm so here for it.

[@reflectingPastChoices]

It seems some youtubers (well, at least one, but probably more) were aware of the video drop and prepared stuff by themselves to add on it. I wonder if this is the case.

[@bassetts1899]

@@reflectingPastChoices I'd love to see this happen more. Several KZbinrs actively working together to shine light on an issue in their own way, adding something new each time

[@KattReen]

@@reflectingPastChoices That's a good idea. It's algorithmically beneficial when many people cover the same topic at the same time. Most of the time it happens on accident, but there's no reason to not use that advantage intentionally.

[@cericat]

@@reflectingPastChoices pretty much guaranteed they knew it was coming because some level of discussion about their schedules helps avoid duplicating effort but approaching the same issue from different angles is definitely viable too, I don't watch Harris for philosophical discourse after all.

[@btarczy5067]

Considering what I learned it may have been plagiarism month for a while now ;)

[@christianvalente3376]

MR PRESIDENT A THIRD VIDEO ESSAY HAS HIT THE PLAGIARISTS

[@stillhere4165]

Underrated comment

[@Rynax-]

Genuine question - what was the second one?

[@dharusiokay9426]

​@@Rynax-First was HBomber, second was Todd in the shadows (also on JKSomerton) and now...this. Gloriously this.

[@Rynax-]

@@dharusiokay9426 thanks for the info! I knew about Hbomer but wasn't aware of Todd's video. I'll go check it out!

[@AndroJonny95]

​@dharusiokay9426 tbf Todd's was more about James' misinformation rather than plagiarism. still, iconic comment tho.

[@NightFlowerLuv]

So despite being non-binary I genuinely heard the joke about the nonexistent uterus and my first thought was “oh she got it removed” because this is my first time watching the channel lmao

[@qwart22]

😭

[@link77779]

Same on both accounts, lol

[@rubywest5166]

When most people do it, they’re doing it recklessly and it stinks?

[@niauropsaka]

Yeah, this time she held back on saying she was trans long enough I was a little surprised at how matter-of-factly she said it later.

[@OldLadyMapleSeed]

I love the inclusive optional British English “u” 😭

[@jacsickels7597]

As someone who's got auditory processing issues I LOVE your captions. Just wanted to say that little extra you put in to your content is appreciated!

[@PhilosophyTube]

I’m glad!

[@wahoodotwav]

​@@MikeRotch-zs9xd i hope you eventually find the happiness you very clearly lost at some point seeing as losing it led you to such a low as being transphobic in youtube comment sections of all places

[@roselover411]

The captions regarding the music during transitions are hysterical, I wish I knew what they said when I can only listen while I'm at work

[@noobynoob138]

THERE'S CAPTIONS??? omg they're so amazing i love the captions

[@DudeWithTheNose]

Man, hbomberguy made sure everyone had a companion video ready for when he dropped his video.

[@mooo_cow]

Such a queen

[@aerialdive]

its moreso that theres a certain level of respect amongst peers within the space of those who are on nebula, so everyone waited until his video was out in order to post their own

[@Radiodragonofdoom]

I mean considering the sheer size of Hbomberguys' topic? I have a feeling each essayist could pick their own niche and not have to worry about overlap.

[@pflasterstrips7254]

i wonder how much they spoke before hand to not cover the same topic twice

[@endel12]

Todd in the Shadows said he was working on his companion video fact checking Somerton way back in August. So Harris probably talked with creator friends well before that

[@idab9958]

The absolute genius of the Arsonist saying "we need women who can stay cool when the heat is on" when _he's the one who's setting things on fire in the first place._ Perfectly encapsulates how oppressors gaslight the oppressed into doing their dirty work for them.

[@heatherlee2967]

+

[@lawrencium2626]

He doesn't do the setting, he sells to the people who do. Darling, do you have a match?

[@sbraypaynt]

“Oh god’s he’s back” section was so incredible it made my heart sink at the amount of people who are going to fall for this rhetoric in the coming years.

[@mirabelleotuoze827]

they're falling for the rhetoric right now, they always always are

[@sbraypaynt]

@@mirabelleotuoze827 true, I’m just naively perceiving it as prophecy instead of looking at the constant noise of hate

[@jeffbezef]

Wait I don't get it, what do you mean?

[@fleurmeijer5969]

​@@jeffbezef It's the name of the chapter of the arsonist. They should appear by name if you lightly tap on the vid, or you can find them in the description of the video.

[@lawrencium2626]

read the wiki for crystal palace. edit: oh, it doesn't mention the culpret

[@SP3CTR0L1T3]

The way the camera moves during the Arsonist's monologue, so even as he "flatters" the woman he's talking to by calling her beautiful, intelligent, creative, etc; he's looking DOWN on her. Fucking brilliant.

[@jaduspeaks4754]

Was just coming into the comments to say this. The camera work is very clever.

[@lilpetz500]

​​@@jaduspeaks4754 I don't know if it might be a partly neurodivergent thing for me, but the moving camera also perfectly captured this dizzying effect that I feel in confronting conversations where I feel overly fixated on irl, like this feeling that the room is falling away, or that the subject is still yet moving unpredictably to me. Just such an amazing Arsonist face reveal. I love too the little hits on the newspaper, how the Arsonist says "we can't even call them women's shelters!" meanwhile, the newspaper confirms the character is a liar.

[@jaduspeaks4754]

​@@lilpetz500I think you hit on something there, too! I've experienced a similar sensation when I've been in intense confrontations/arguments. Funny thing, you don't process the Arsonist as arguing with you or confronting you...not until the end anyway.

[@innitheotaku3883]

The arsonist is such a good segment everytime because for the whole video up till that point we’ve been learning how to recognize these peoples rhetoric and now essentially get practice on how to notice the dog whistles as they’re happening

[@thequietpart_]

The poison is so potent [that for me personally], it takes the whole video up until that point to make it through the viewing

[@Reed5016]

@@thequietpart_What are you talking about?

[@Joe-jq5wr]

Certainly very well acted. Gripping.

[@FitzIsBetterThanYou]

i didnt get anything in that segment at all it's just washed right over my head lol

[@jaydenlavaman]

Your comment helped me understand the point of that bit, thanks

[@rebeccacollis1846]

The arsonist could be the slimiest most hated caricature character ever but they way you act it out is legit terrifying because it makes him into a charming person who utilises skillful manipulation tactics to the extreme.

[@Bildgesmythe]

Just like so many politicians and culture icons.

[@JackSears95]

It feels so weird to hear Abigail use his voice now, like my brain is okay with her old, pre-transition videos but something about her speaking in a male voice while still giving off girl boss vibes just… gives me the weirdest secondhand dysphoria. Maybe I’m overthinking things.

[@Arrakiz666]

@@Bildgesmythe Honestly? I wish actual psychopaths in the real world were like the arsonist. He’s hot, composed, clever. In comparison, real life villains have the combined charisma and intelligence of a leaf blower.

[@SeisoYabai]

Abigail's ability to make me as nauseous as genuine far-right psychos is genuinely astonishing.

[@hetzel3606]

i didn't even notice the change of camera angle until it was... too late

[@oswaldobetarelli4776]

Holy shit the petrol salesman acting bit was TERRIFYING!! It was SO well done!! It absolutely stinks of someone whose entire talking points are conservative, but phrases them in such a way that they sound anything but such. I had chills running down my spine throughout the entire bit

[@quinn.iamdefinitelycisgend2542]

the arsonist is a long running character, i recommend the video on steve bannon or climate grief for more of this character

[@TheHadMatters]

@@quinn.iamdefinitelycisgend2542 For anyone who doesn't know, it's inspired by Artur Berger and/or Max Frisch's plays. It's a very insightful commentary from the early-to-mid 20th century.

[@lilpetz500]

​@@quinn.iamdefinitelycisgend2542 she portrayed the character in such a chilling way, like exactly the last guy I want to meet; polite yet threatening, and misogynist in just covert enough of ways that I can see people defending the points and calling me unfair and against male feminists for critiquing them. She writes the character with the graceful nuance of someone who has both been very familiarised with toxic masculinity teachings (see, the Ur Dad concept in past videos), along with how it feels like to be one of the women horrified and harmed by it. I say, she should be in the running as the President of Women, idk she seems to be a strong candidate.

[@lazo9972]

I've seen a lot of straight women talking about their relationships and how they deserve to be cared for by their male partners on tiktok and I've started seeing this play out in real life. I was at a work party and I could see that my coworker's wife had started challenging him and openly called him out for not doing the bare minimum (talking to her) in a public space where decorum is important. I'm so proud of her.

[@mikkelens]

To me those tiktoks have always screamed of divine femininity (‘I am okay with doing all the housekeeping, I just want to feel like a female icon for it’), but this makes me reconsider that notion, thank you

[@lazo9972]

@@mikkelens there are definitely those types of videos, the ones I've been seeing are really at the barest level of "does your partner care about you?" One video that I'm thinking of is posing to the viewer the question of if they asked their partner to bring them an orange as a snack, would they peal it? While I think that there's some neurodivergent complexity here that we're going to excuse, the idea is that the average partner, that when their partner would ask that of them, would think that "oh hey, my partner wants this is a snack, that means it would be easier for them/more preferential for the orange to be peeled, I'll do that." In the same vein, I've seen a lot of cis couples "modelling" healthy relationships. There was a guy that posted a "story" about going to the store for his wife to get pumpkin pie ingredients, realized she forgot the pumpkin in the list of items, and decided not to get it because it wasn't on the list even though he didn't think there was any at home. I've seen a lot of women posing a similar situation to their husbands/boyfriends and asking them to walk through the thought process of the decision they'd make. The theme is generally "if you forgot [key ingredient] on the list and I didn't know if we had any at home, I'd just buy it because what's the worst that's gonna happen if we have an extra of [key ingredient]??" And showing that it's just basic care and thought for your partner and that it's possible to have that in a relationship. That women are giving this to their male partners and it's totally okay to expect the same from them.

[@Twisterfoot]

@@lazo9972 i’m not on tiktok so i haven’t seen the tone of those videos, but that baffles me a little bit, i’ll admit. it seems like a lot of mind game expectations on both parties rather than just… communicating? in those scenarios, my first instinct would be to poke my head into my loved one’s room and go “hey, want me to peel that orange?” or give them a call or text and go “hey, no pumpkin on the list, do we have some at home already?” like, yeah, i agree that partners no matter the gender should be thoughtful and take care of each other. but having unspoken expectations of your partner, even in small things like the orange problem, is a recipe for resentment in my experience.

[@caseytennent7302]

Calling your partner out in public isn't exactly respectful. There are simply better ways of getting your point across without belittling your partner.

[@amberburch152]

​@@caseytennent7302 Unless you've had the conversation multiple times in the past and seen no changes as a result. Think of it like copying someone's boss on an email after you've sent multiple professional follow ups with no response.

[@KlutzerBomb]

Imagine saying "a shared identity is what holds us together!" And then recommending a shared identity that leaves most people feeling isolated, ignored, and mistreated

[@enesutkuozdemir7335]

Why do you think two things are not compatible?

[@litterbox2010]

Because they aren't.@@enesutkuozdemir7335

[@SkywardShoe]

The "us" was always a smaller group than expected.

[@HappilyTearful]

I find this absolutely fascinating, because in my college classes, we discussed how the 'American identity' tends to be especially artificial and therefore especially emphasized within America because of all the varied places Americans come from requiring that we can only truly find unity in the shared idea of being American, and loving America and other Americans. Where 'shared identity' is a clear dogwhistle in one country (talking about people who were there for multiple generations rather than folks who were there only for one or two), it's a call to unity in another country. I'll be interested to contemplate it further.

[@jennifer7685]

@@enesutkuozdemir7335 because it pressured the majority of people to fit an unattainable standard that caused them to be unhealthy?

[@EbinDesu]

Abigail plays the Arsonist very well she is an extremely skilled actress. I love how charismatic the Arsonist is, how the character talks, flirts, pretends to care about your thoughts and then how the conversation is steered in such subtle ways. Masterful manipulation, a terrifying character. Brilliant work Abigail!

[@chestermightbeafrog]

I really liked the little 'call to action' with the asking for a match at the end. It really tied the whole scene tegoether

[@0ptimuscrime]

Easily her most terrifying character

[@GrahamChapman]

I've kinda missed the arsonist. I had made peace with the fact that Abi had retired him following her transition, but seeing his return both makes me happy and absolutely terrified; he chills my blood more than any other fictional villain... Partly because I feel like I wouldn't be able to notice the strings he's pulling if I ever met him myself... It's an amazingly well-written villain she's created, and I'm apprehensively here for it...

[@marko112kg]

Next movie?

[@MrBobthened]

@@GrahamChapmanI’m pretty sure I’ve seen the arsonist in several post-transition videos.

[@theamaries.7747]

As a trans woman -- who has hours on hours of content on KZbin both before and after transitioning -- the sudden appearance of the Arsonist was shocking to me. What a bold creative choice that leaves me awed.

[@maxmichalik4938]

Huh. Did you delete all your content or am I reading your comment completely wrong?

[@zakka4real]

I don't think anything more sums up conservative views as "Step one ignore reality". This was such a great video.

[@ari638]

Trouble is, they would and do say the same thing about leftists

[@Bussy_Destroyer]

@@ari638 Yes, and that's why you then compare whose view on reality coheres more with demonstrable evidence. Fun fact! 'Colonialism and the ways it has shaped class and wealth dynamics' is demonstrable and studiable, whereas 'Jewish conspiracy to emasculate the white race through degenerate art' very much isn't (to use two examples loosely derived from the video). Going beyond surface-level hot takes and studying the historical record and material dynamics should shed light on whose understanding of reality is, in fact, an understanding of reality

[@MischievousCassowary]

@@ari638 And? Because by itself, this is a complete meaningless statement. And considering the insane amounts of projection that have been shown by conservatives, it is pretty much just a defence for them. Two sides saying the same thing about each other, doesn't cancel each other statements out. They have to both be inspected and it can turn out that either: A Both groups are right B One group is right C None of the statements are right The result of this has no bearing on any other statements made by the groups about each other, though may after several revealed lies of a group put the truthfulness/reliability of other statements into question, but doesn't remove the need for their inspection. So, which side is "Ignoring reality"? Most likely the anti-science one, that sometimes tries to accuse the other side of being anti-science, though through either using pseudo-science or completely made up stuff. And if you are up to date on your news and fact checking it shouldn't be too hard to figure out which it is ;) (Answer: conservatives, just in case this wasn't clear to anyone who doesn't keep up with the news)

[@MischievousCassowary]

@@tliltocatlalbopilosa1513 Anything else you would like to add? I would actually like it, if you elaborated a bit more on your statement. Otherwise we are facing the same issue again. A bias is not inherently bad. You must first look at what the bias is towards and evaluate based on that. Though you will most likely not find an objective answer. For example: I am biased towards food safety regulation. I value the wellbeing of consumers over the freedoms of corporations. My preference is towards preventing harm being done in the first place. Some would agree with me. Others would see the potential deaths as a fair trade off for corporate freedoms, and prefer a reactive handling of problems. Crack some eggs to make an omelette approach. Both of these positions are only objective in relation to certain frameworks. And their both objectively bad or good within those frameworks. Food regulation is objectively good when considering preventative harm reduction, while bad if you value unrestricted market dynamics. If two people don't value the same things and think in different frameworks, then bias becomes meaningless.

[@marion0613_private]

@@MischievousCassowary I'd like to add , that you are putting the blame on party prospectively without looking to your own . I can agree that conservatives aren't exempt from spreading misinformation , but i believe it is foolish to think every conservative is deluded and doesn't understand a thing about human biology and the mind .

[@sarahsmith7548]

“Nonbinary people, you’re gorgeous- take five” I actually did laugh out loud alone in my car waiting in line for coffee

[@spudsbuchlaw]

Glad the Enbys are getting the respect they deserve 🥰

[@rainbowrotcod]

I don't think being called gorgeous counts as respect.

[@user-jn8wi3vf8q]

​@@rainbowrotcodfair point

[@OscarLangleySoryu]

Oh?@@rainbowrotcod

[@OscarLangleySoryu]

@@cladoxylopsida568 LOL

[@thejoebo4t]

"but because I'm a woman I'm not allowed to feel angry, so I just say I'm feeling sad" damn if this isn't the realest depiction of the female experience I stg

[@quinsutton7097]

People can cite the underlying ideas of toxic masculinity, but I wonder what constitutes toxic femininity. The need to be seen as attractive comes to mind-things like body image, but also the tight policing of sexual desire. You must look attractive, but you must not look like you're trying to be attractive. This balancing act of almost contradicting ideals seems to be a common theme.

[@lavenderisdedagain4554]

@quinsutton7097 Oh exactly. Another big one I’d say is we must be empathetic and in tune to emotions but we ourselves are not allowed to be too emotional- we must be weepy but we must never wail or whine- we can only cry so long as we look pretty doing it. We must always know exactly what the men in our lives are thinking or feeling and act accordingly, but our own emotions must be hidden and dealt with privately so that we don’t bother the men around us with our female hysteria. We are never allowed to complain or bring attention to a problem, and we must always fix the problems of everyone else. We’re expected to be motherly and nurturing but we can’t be too coddling to our sons for fear of making them too soft- and we must scold and shame our daughters until they are exactly like us. The experience of womanhood is just one giant impossible balancing act where we must BE but must never be too much.

[@eloiseharrison8574]

​@@lavenderisdedagain4554this was written like absolute Poetry and I just want to say it's beautiful how you've written such heartbreaking truth ❤️

[@NightRogue77]

oh my God don’t y’all just love it when bots talk to each other

[@NightRogue77]

Also, now having reached the middle age, let me assure the average reader that the quote in the op is nonsense. Women are allowed to, and do in fact, feel angry, all of the damn time. it is they who choose to display that anger in the most passive aggressive manner possible. but let’s make no mistake, whether you are a male acting outwardly on your anger, or whether you are a female and dragging that anger out over extended periods of time, drip feeding your rage passive aggressively - there's no difference. Both examples are not in control of themselves. but I am just utterly sick of this nonsense - I have watched countless, untold numbers of females release their rage PUBLICLY, begging anyone within 50 ft.² to swing on them. it’s 2023 - i’ve been hearing that refrain for over 30 years now and I guarantee you it is no longer as applicable as it may have been three decades ago.

[@imdoneplus]

I’ve gotta say @18:31, as a person with a disability, who has a girlfriend who is “completely disabled,” our lives are infinitely more difficult than they need to be. We are both used frequently and paid less, or nothing, for the work we do. We also have significant difficulty with financial matters overall as we need financial help, but that financial help also keeps us from being able to be married. All I want, literally all I want, is a safety net to catch me if and when my disability becomes an issue. I want to work! In fact I desperately need to work, but sometimes my multiple disabilities threaten my ability to work consistently, and I don’t think I should be threatened with total collapse because of something I can’t control. Great video, thank you so much, you’re one of the greatest KZbinrs ever. You’re one of the coolest women alive, we appreciate you so much.

[@jatomisstevenson141]

I love how you set up the arsonist as never starting the fires. It’s never “his fault” that something burned down. He just happened to put all the propellant in place for some “careless passerby” to light a match.

[@AntiCensorshipProKindness]

Okay but the amount of fear being felt by anyone who plagiarised her work after seeing what Hbomberguy did to Somerton just brings me a certain amount of joy as an academic who busts my ass doing my own research (this whole thing has felt extra personal since Somerton was a jerk to me directly on Twitter and also makes videos on similar topics to what I cover in academia). As always though, I can't wait to see Abigail's video! Her work is consistently some of, if not the, best content on this site!

[@oc4025]

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[@onyx2794]

i find it astounding that those who plagiarize weren't already terrified of an outcome like James's. like when you so lazily copy past info that you found from a public source that anyone could easily point out not only says alot of those people's egos but how little they think of the audience they're presenting the information too. you're not going to fact check me you're too lazy yourselves. it is and can be daunting to spent some hours searching and finding multiple sources or accounts on a particular topic but now after all this i think everyone's a bit more enclined to do their due diligence.

[@beckstheimpatient4135]

@@onyx2794 They're not terrified because they know there are almost zero consequences. Illumi's plagiarism came out ages ago, as well as her (in my opinion) more egregious and frequent factual errors (see examples in Hbomberguy's video). And she's still been pumping out content, she still makes money, and is actively trying to ruin the lives of multiple people currently. That Filip guy from IGN lost his job and... that's it. What's James going to do? Wait a couple of months/ a year, sleeping on a pile of Patreon money, and try to make a comeback.

[@izuela7677]

I follow several youtubers who sometimes read/watch others content. Sometimes most or all of one video/essay. Probably without permission. BUT they are open about that is what they are doing AND they provide their own opinions and thoughts, throughout. Basically reviewing the original creators work in an often rambly unscripted way. Original creator is named several times, throughout the video, and links are provided. "Here's what it says that means on wikipedia" happens a lot when big words are used. If the reviewer is mostly just humming and yeahing and not having much to say on their own I don't follow them and may ask KZbin not to suggest their channel again. Because they are boring and crappy reviewers. It's a bit of a lazy freeride on other peoples hard work but they don't play it off as anything other then an amateur review/reaction video. What the people HBomber exposed did was worse. Not only using other peoples work but HIDING that was what they were doing. Even their opinions were word for word OTHER PEOPLES opinions.

[@Bizarro69]

"fear being felt" you don't know that.

[@miichael_163]

"Ignorance is a bit like CO2, it gets pumped out because powerful people benifit from it." I love this line and am absolutely going to steal it. Which given the premise of the video I find extremely ironic.

[@vxicepickxv]

Credit and expand on it. Then, it goes from plagiarism to citing a source.

[@bigvince4672]

My wife had her script stolen and turned into a movie by a teacher while in film school at The Academy of Art in SF.

[@romayi7983]

Name and shame.

[@lawrencium2626]

you can't name and shame; unless you've got a signed, sealed and posted (to yourself) unopened copy of the original of it, you're not going to get much luck defending yourself for making such accusations.

[@yorgivon-schmourgeussborgi]

@@lawrencium2626 that's not how it works in the court of public opinion.

[@lawrencium2626]

@@yorgivon-schmourgeussborgi I meant to be safe from getting sued because unless you can definitively prove it's your work, that your draft came first, with email trail and with a lot of money to do drag it through court, you can't easily fight that kind of a fight - but then if you had that kind of proof and energy you could cut to the chase and start with that

[@flootzavut30daychallenge]

"Non-binary people, you're gorgeous, take five" it's stupid how happy this made me, thank you for explicitly including us 🤩

[@flootzavut30daychallenge]

"I'm only like 50% joking about that" mood

[@AT-ez5hr]

I got disowned when I was 19 and couldn't get government assistance despite briefly being homeless and living below the poverty line. This is because, untill you're 22, you're considered a dependent to your parents. The only way to claim benifits is either prove that your parents are a significant immediate threat to your safety (not just violent or abusive), or have them fill out income report paper work. When tried to file for independence based on abuse, I was told I was only in teir 2 and I needed to be in teir 4 risk. My parent used words to kick me out. They weren't 'violent'. But at the same time, I couldn't get them to fill out the income paperwork nessecary because they didn't want anything to do with me. This also impacted my access to affordable health care. I've since turned 22 and gotten benifits and it is life changing. Prior I could not attend University in full time as I had to work 25hrs a week minimum. Now I can! My benifits take care of my rent!!! Ya girls getting an education!!!

[@dianamerchant1026]

Congrats! Good luck with school.

[@kurootsuki3326]

Australian? Or is this UK as well? I hate that we have this welfare system that allows young people 18-22 to be vulnerable to abuse

[@darknightmare7281]

Congratulations and hope everything turns out fine with you in the end 🙂

[@idontwantahandlethough]

hell yeah, that's so dope! I'm proud of you and i hope you have a nice weekend 🤗

[@thiccrat]

thats the most unnecessary evil shit wtf

[@iloivar]

Several years ago, I started using a mood tracker and quickly got upset because “anger” was not one of the options. And I was angry. Almost every day.

[@hyouka4567]

this almost reads like a short fable with a moral at the end hm

[@CynthiaMcG]

They're trying to get rid of anger, it seems. The app might be based on Dialectical Behavior Therapy, which views anger as a secondary emotion. That's messed up.

[@diskgrinder]

Maybe the mood tracker was angry? Sorry, shit ‘joke’. Your comment (and the two replies so far) has taught me a lesson I didn’t know needed teaching. Thanks

[@melusine826]

Please share the app/ tracker name so we can flame them (nicely of course, because we wouldnt/ couldn't possible be angry.... that's only for men)

[@vintediana1252]

“Fascism replaces politics with aesthetics” 🤯 that’s a brilliant way to put it!

[@jennifermunro4374]

14:51 This line hits so close to home. My mother is unable to work due to disability and relies on my father to provide for the family and her disability benefits. Now in Canada (at least in Ontario) you collect benefits as an individual, but that money has to go somewhere, and in our case, it's the shared bank account my parents set up when they got married. This made me realize that if my father was abusive (he is not at all and I love him dearly) my mother would be financially unable to leave and live anywhere but the street. Power inequality is a scary thing to live with.

[@Masanumi]

She has access to the bank account, so she could transfer all the money to a private bank account in one day. No law forbids that but yes it is still dangerous.

[@Brc-kg1mg]

So let me get this straight. You are complaining that there is inequality that your mother doesnt have the chance to transfer all the money that he has made on his own to her bank account while his wife did not contribute financially? What about the inequality that your father faces, where hes the only one forced to work, rain or shine? F@#$ him right.

[@dstigers6140]

​@@Masanumi Or open an account. Incredibly enough, sometimes individuals lack the required skills and aptitudes to manage something you or I might take for granted.

[@Niffoni]

Spectacular moment in the Arsonist's monologue at 46:00 where he gestures invitingly towards the listener and says "I'm interested to hear your thoughts" before the hand immediately turns around into a silencing gesture, and he begins aggressively explaining *to* her what her thoughts *ought* to be, and driving the camera lower and lower as he steamrolls her and heaps on narratives meant to engender envy of other marginalized groups. I can't. It's so good.

[@stiegmusic]

Best Arsonist scene to date for sure. A lot of people are talking about how charming and manipulative a character he is, and I do like that as well, but what I enjoyed the most in this scene is that, no matter how much he tries to hide or sugarcoat it, the fascism still shines through, both in the talking points and the mannerisms. Fascists can try to portray themselves as reasonable people who “just have a few concerns”, but if you know what to look for, they always give themselves away.

[@sreyarthakrishna6195]

It's a tactic so many people like this do in conversation. Ask to hear what you think and then IMMEDIATELY, without pausing for breath launch into what *they* think. Not giving you a moment to get a word in edgewise about your thoughts, after inviting you to share them. It's a way to make themselves look like they're listening to you, while not giving you any opportunity to voice your opinions. By the time they're done talking, they would have made their position so abundantly clear that you'll either agree with them to avoid conflict or even if you want to challenge them on it they would have said so many outrageous things that you don't even know where to start.

[@Joe-vm6ds]

I really enjoy rewatching the monologues of the arsonist to see all the little details I may have not picked up on at first. There are so many dogwhistles throughout, it’s wild how well they can blend in with other talking points

[@WhyseWytch]

It's insane to me that "deny reality" is a "valid" political argument. Escapism belongs in fiction, not as a foundation for an entire society.

[@timothymclean]

It's also wild that they gladly ally with other conservatives who accuse liberals of being a bunch of reality-denying utopian hippies. Or more precisely, that those people ally with people who say that history should be rewritten to support their narrative. Are they willfully ignorant, or just straight hypocrites? Is there a difference?

[@devinfaux6987]

The key is the power differential. Ordinarily, denying reality carries consequences; potentially dire ones depending on exactly what parts you deny. But if one person is in a position of power over another, they can make the other person shoulder all those consequences instead of them.

[@Fenriswaffle]

@@devinfaux6987 It honestly puts it in to perspective when you think of it that way. Rejection of reality as a show of power is so insidious. Demonstrating that you have the *privilege* to reject common sense in favor of complete and utter nonsense. It makes SO much sense when you look at it that way...

[@poogle9368]

Its hilarious coming from the “moral objectivists” on the same level as “well you have to understand the time period of the people in the bible…” oh so does that make morality relative to time then? Ben Shapiro got caught with this recently and broke like toilet paper in a hurricane.

[@Alalea17]

I think of it more like a: reality itself is always defined by people in power. Yes those scientist had also fight for power when the church said: no don't do research on THAT. Also maybe the idea that the church was always against science is maybe too a historical reality defined by people in power.

[@lindseyhoughton1194]

You're getting it girl, keep making it happen. This was a privilege to watch and learn from. Thanks xoxo

[@PhilosophyTube]

Thank you so much!!

[@slanciante]

the little lord fuckboy monologue had me experiencing the most intense emotions between incandescent rage and absolute hysterics.

[@karmicguzzler]

I'm proud to see Abby living as her authentic self: an almost-uncomfortably excited theater girl waving her arms because she got The Part™... _again!_

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

She really had that intensity that makes you a pariah in high school, huh 😂😂😂

[@AoriDracius]

"Ignorance is a bit like CO2, it's pumped out because powerful people benefit from it." as someone with a degree in an environment and natural resources area, that hits me so hard. I think I need to take a look at the book sourced at that line, too.

[@HansLemurson]

Or just claim the line for yourself if it turns out to have been written by a woman.

[@winonahdrake6931]

Thank you for explaining the appeal of feelings over rights to women. You've explained many of the women I grew up around. Also, I appreciate your describing an American accent as "gorgeous." I've never heard that before.

[@ArachCobra]

The whole part about the suffragettes joined up with the fascist really helped me understand why some people sign up with groups that absolutely do not have their best interests in mind.

[@LaVidaImperfecta]

I am a queer woman with a physical disability (I use a wheelchair), my fiancé is a trans woman and we have 3 children. Our experiences with employment and what it means to be a “family” are.. unfair. And isolating.

[@w0033944]

Do you have OI?

[@piccalillipit9211]

That sounds - complicated. But I wish you the very best... 😀

[@fakeAtlas6080]

aint no rest for the wicked

[@wetango]

Your fiancée!!!!

[@abduktedtemplar]

I previously worked at a trillion dollar company and there were so many women who had this experience. Picture a meeting full of men and few women, a women presents an idea, it’s ignored, then 10 minutes later a man spouts the same suggestion and suddenly it’s groundbreaking and must be acted on. I was ashamed for my then employer. I had the opportunity to talk to so many women from different parts of that business and this was an experience that was universally shared by them.

[@PropheticShadeZ]

I remember my brother would mention to the male boss when the idea he brought up came from the women sitting next to him and the silence was deafening

[@morgannyan2738]

how do you know they identified as men?

[@-nika-4958]

@@morgannyan2738 GOTTEM take that libs

[@sakurafan771]

I'm working for a passion project for free and this still rings quite true, it's just men taking credit of all my ideas all the way and passing it off as theirs.

[@johnsamson9680]

Every woman I’ve worked for has been an exploitative bully. Where does that fit in to your man hating narrative?

[@brennanalleyne8895]

The arsonist’s return was absolutely chilling. Camera work was fantastic

[@kesorangutan6170]

I don't watch this channel that much but I love how she became the arsonist and not his sister. It really puts into perspective who's in charge actually. Also I thought I would never see him again. His sister is cool though :D Thank you for bringing back your iconic character Abby! I hope it was not painful for you.

[@DrewDesign]

The portrayal of the arsonist.... WOW Kudos to Abi for feeling able to bring him back - it was utterly compelling. I think it's possible the heightened state around doing this character again may have pushed her to even greater heights (depths?) because I think it's one of the best acting performances I've seen her give. (the unnerving camera work was great as well) The selling of fascism to women was a fascinating subject to delve into, as it echos how we are seeing so many people buying in to narratives and groups that are actively hurting them right now. Also, the parallel of suffragettes adopting fascism with TERFs adopting hard right rhetoric was BRILLIANT. The subtitles did not lie, this one was indeed a banger.

[@sopranophantomista]

"My Uterus wandered off so far it's absent" MADAM, PLS. This essay is meta enough, there's no need to pummel what wall there is left. 😆I'm also very excited to see your new Arsonist look. I'm really happy to see you dip your toes back into the character post transition, and how you've reconciled that you, in fact, still dip down into your low voice and be incredibly effective with it. In a way, it's almost healing to see you play the character again, as many who transition don't ever want to be seen as their 'former' selves, in acting roles or not. So again, thank you for being vulnerable in a way only you can in this world. Never stop.

[@fionafiona1146]

I best like reading Aristotle, if he contradicts him self in the same sentence.

[@chloewebb5526]

Amazing work as usual! I love the way you frame everything as a journey of gaining knowledge and reading books with phrases like, "but then and read", "I was relieved when I remembered", "and I read those too!", etc. As someone who always wants to share what I've learned to people lose to me, I can wholly and fully appreciate the perspective/framing of the material!

[@PhilosophyTube]

I'm glad you liked that - it was a new thing for this video, I think I'll keep doing it!

[@Jackalandhare]

Abigail, I was listening to your latest video while working on my latest art piece (as I often do), and when you changed to your """""gentlemen"""""" persona I didn't even know it was you for a good three minutes until I looked over and nearly did a double take. Holy crap my girl he was so vile you did an amazing job at displaying that character but I was very glad to have YOU back for the conclusion. I just wanted to commend you for your acting and how far you've come. Also, fuck the guy who ripped your work off, Karma will come for him :\

[@hazelsmith1120]

As a trans woman who is also a drag king, the return of the Arsonist was absolutely spectacular and just used so perfectly. Also it’s absolutely one of the hardest things in the acting profession to make a morally reprehensible person ooze that much charisma - it’s like if Iago nearly got you on side.

[@manwhoismissingtwotoenails4811]

We love a drag king queen. ❤️

[@maschaorsomething]

@@manwhoismissingtwotoenails4811 We love DRAG ROYALTY

[@Bussy_Destroyer]

wait in what universe was the Arsonist charismatic lmao Morality aside, I just wanted to punch the smarmy bastard and tell him to leave me alone lol

[@somedudeok1451]

That arsonist is haunting. Everytime I see him, I dislike him more. Abigail is great.

[@RosalindPeters]

Right? I almost felt like I was leaning in to get closer. Blahhhhhhh 😵‍💫

[@TruCat]

As someone currently being victimized by my husband of 32 years - who has left me to choose between food and medicine - what is the equivalent of blowing up a pipeline? Stop having their children. Stop doing their laundry. Stop running errands for them. Stop living with them, all that, yes - but blowing up the pipeline means stop having their children. (Hard fact: having children means you will need to be both a mother and a professional in order to remain financially safe, and it's exhausting and draining and probably going to shorten your lifespan - if it even works. Stop having their babies and within a generation they'll have no choice but to reckon with what they've built. Now do you see why reproductive freedom is so frightening to them?)

[@maschaorsomething]

This. Notice just how vile and irrationally hateful incels get when a woman calmly says she does not want to have children. It's like their insecurity is oozing off their fingertips as they project every single fear onto you.

[@natoliver3588]

Woman, you are a genius. Even with all the anti reproduction rights PR happenning all over the world, I never thought about the power we collectively carry as potential “birthers”. That’s a HELL of a bargaining chip and it only makes sense we use it.

[@bekkoko]

I think you're on to something!!

[@dskarma-jt1nb]

@@maschaorsomething No need for self-victimization. There's plenty of fish in the sea.

[@deckleberry]

Lol

[@pinkestpeaches6302]

That you for mentioning the one thing I’ve been saying for years. The crossover of identity and experiences of being queer and being disabled are almost identical and not enough people know it unless you are both. These two communities have so much shared experience and yet we seem to forget about each other.

[@sweetsour4375]

Yes! Intersectionality is so fascinating!! Personally, I have found that my identity as an autistic person is very much intertwined with my gender and sexual identity. In some ways, my queerness is defined by my autism.

[@PhantasmalFilms]

The arsonist segment in this video is one of my favorite segments you've done. The look, the performance, the dialogue, the camerawork, it's all SO good and genuinely haunting.

[@naminova]

I'm really glad you brought back The Arsonist for this video. It was chilling, unsettling, and unexpected. It captured that feeling when a man in power speaks down to you and you can't say anything about it. That feeling of real danger even though on the surface it seems he's just saying a few kind words. I hope people who haven't experienced that feeling IRL can maybe understand it a bit more from this video.

[@mariannacross2538]

every time i see The Arsonist it feels like i'm on the worst date ever

[@miracat12]

this is so true - I find the Arsonist one of the most frightening characters I've ever seen, and just watching that section I felt unsafe and unnerved :/

[@rottenisee2751]

Its instant alarm bells

[@3333amira]

Seeing a chapter titles "OH GOD HE'S BACK" made me unreasonably happy. It's really fascinating how you manage to capture the ability of some people to be scarily likable/charismatic while spouting extremely dangerous ideas

[@AceBobcat]

I only learned about Abigail when she came out. Who is this character,

[@3333amira]

@@AceBobcat I believe the arsonist first appeared in her video on Bannon? I know someone's made a playlist with all the video he/his sister appears in!

[@theprofessorfeather]

Well - As a middle aged, cis-het white male in America, this provides a framework for a lot of the social disparities I've seen in my life time. It's a hell of a lot to think about.

[@Nocturnalux]

Speaking of women bandying together to warn others about predators, I had a teacher in Catholic school who was just know as "The Pedophile". This tells you how well known he was for, well, being just that. He had been teaching for decades on end, 5th and 6th graders; the only "safeguard" the school put into place was to have another teacher, his actual wife, teach alongside him. This being an elevator school, it covered grades 5-12. A lot of times this caused terrible problems (including boys about to enter college preying on girls shortly out of elementary class, and at one point, a scheme to extort money and sell switchblades to the youngest boys: the school, incidentally, did not solve any of these problems- it never did) but in this one case, it was actually helpful. 9th grade girls would find 5th graders in The Pedophile's classes and warn them. I received one such warning. They told me, and others, to never be alone with him. If need be, run. Ignore him if he hails you on hallway. And once you are done with him as a teacher, ignore him altogether. I still remember one of the 9th graders. She was livid, telling her peers that the man should be held accountable, that all this advice could only go so far. The other girls sympathized but as one said, "You know we've tried all that before. This is all we can do." Things did not change: once I got to 9th grade, I, too, warned 5th graders about this monster. And in case anyone was wondering, this was not the only teacher with this kind of proclivity. I had another one who stalked a friend of mine (10th grade), one who told a classmate to remove her shirt- even when told she had nothing under it- (7th grade, I think? Maybe 8th), and a priest who asked me on a date during confession (11th grade).

[@that-guy-pearce]

I absolutely LOVE how the Arsonist points to the headline reading "Women's Shelter Burns" and says that you can't call it that anymore as if it ISN'T STILL BEING PUBLISHED LIKE THAT. Bang-up job as always, Abby.

[@wazywatermelon8598]

I listened to that segment without looking at the video so I didn’t get that part. Goes to show that visual information is just as important as audio. (I just need to pay attention more lol)

[@amberburch152]

​@@wazywatermelon8598 Especially in her videos! The styling of each shot is 🤌

[@saragranado3471]

It's a great touch to have the Petrol Salesman literally talk down to us as the camera moves lower and lower. Great to have him back! I hope it wasn't too hard for Abi to return to that character.

[@MaddieM4]

I had the same thoughts. I will say, it's fascinating and strangely heartening to see how much drag king energy this edition of the salesman has. There can - depending on the person - be something very bittersweet but satisfying about discovering that you can't present as your AGAB without looking like you're crossdressing. That was certainly my experience.

[@timothymclean]

I think this is his most chilling appearance yet. Part of it was just my surprise at seeing Abby play him again, but I don't think it's _just_ that. You can _feel_ what the...two, three years? of experience has done for her skills.

[@reis5011]

if it was hard it did not show in the performance, she kicked ass

[@curseyoujordanshow]

If I recall, I think she once said she occasionally likes to bust the voice out in public just because it's funny to see the looks people give her.

[@zephyr1181]

I remember that other video she said "It's my FLAWLESS MATT BERRY IMPRESSION!" or something @@curseyoujordanshow

[@user-tt2cm5od2p]

I' m a girl about to go down an insanely male-dominated career path, but people like you give me hope that it will be alright. You are insanely empowering, thank you for every video!

[@Reed5016]

22:11 Well, that certainly seems like a really toxic family situation, in my opinion. Also, it definitely seems like it could become abuse very fast. In fact, I’ve heard many people be gaslit by their abusive families to stay in the toxic family system, because “family sticks together, no matter what.” I’m of the opinion now that the “traditional” view of family is beyond f*cked, and is built on hierarchy.

[@mxt3k]

Heyak: "society is a spontaneous order that grows organically" Scruton: "yea exactly and it's bad to impose a top-down order on a spontaneous order" Queer People: [are queer as a result of a natural and spontaneous sense of identity] Scruton: "not like that"

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

Ok, in defense of his obviously incorrect ideas. It's more like suggesting that law and order exists to enforce certain ideals of justice and fairness. Those who decide those ideals are meaningless choose to kill and steal and nobody cares how they developed their moral identity, they must be stopped. His idea is that the majority is all that matters and minorities are to be subjugated at all costs. Obviously stupid and incorrect. But not contradictory

[@Shrooblord]

+

[@Unfunny_Username_389]

good ol Heyak

[@RaunienTheFirst]

I'm surprised she didn't make the point that *the vast majority of society* is imposed top-down. But I suppose she didn't need to drive home the point that conservatives ignore reality any harder.

[@paradoxerror3969]

When I was in my twenties, I was living in a small town in my mom's house with my husband (who had recently been laid off) and my sister with her kids. I was the only one with a job, my father had died the year before and my sister had been abandoned by her common law husband. One day I needed to stop at the grocery store to get food for the house. I had been followed from my place of work to the store, and when I left, a woman came up to me, Angry I had the "Good office job" and stolen it from a man who had a family to feed. She knew where I worked and was angry enough to follow me around. I naturally took my food and left, taking a weird way home and increased my drive time quite a lot. That woman felt that it was more important that some theoretical man and his imaginary family have my job instead of my actual family having food, and I should be ashamed of myself. I knew right then and there, I was a feminist. My very real needs would Never be secondary to some construct of what someone else thought should be happening. That construct will see me actually starving, homeless and dead under a bridge because an imaginary man and his made up family was more important than real live people.

[@tzagear]

YIKES.

[@imaginieiota6298]

That's tough, that women has a problem. Stay strong out there.

[@freedahlogic8368]

❤🌈☀I’m glad you had that realisation and shared it! Much love; you’re obviously a real person.

[@strawberrysangria1474]

They hired the person they thought was best for the role and it happened to be you. That woman was completely irrational and out of line.

[@Fishpizza1212]

You tell that you work to feed YOUR family and she can go mess with somebody who gives a shit. It's your job, your money, your family. Don't let other assholes win. You stay winning

[@nepoleon92]

I thought she was joking when she said as a woman she needs to pretend to be single or men online will get threatened but then I realized that not only does that happen but I recall doing it at least once.

[@fawn2911]

🤨📸

[@nepoleon92]

@@fawn2911 hey I was a teenager once, not proud of everything I have ever done lol

[@plusone801]

Ali Abdaal recommended this video in this weekly email newsletter!!! It was really nice, as a relatively long term viewer, to see you get that recognition :DD This was an amazingly researched video essay and hopefully more people will give it the watch it deserves

[@thecakecraft7724]

That entire "fire" recruiter scene was just ART. The camera slowly descending below him to make him look larger and more dominant as he spoke about making you the viewer dominant. The camera shaking more and more to reflect that cognitive dissonance and cue you into realizing it's all a sales pitchy grift into f@scism. That spine chilling line "Do you have a match?" having the classic philosophytube fire metaphor but also serving as an invitation to the viewer to become "the match" and start the next fire. AUGH. Your film is going to be so good if this is the stuff you put out for free.

[@Astra7525]

The cinematography of that scene was exquisite.

[@ondenbern]

I became homeless after I disowned my parents. Ran away from an abusive household, only to run into an abusive system. The way I see it, the government are playing exactly the same role as my family did. They don't believe I'm disabled, or constantly check to see if I'm not anymore, they reluctantly give me housing, but discriminate, and exploit. (My rent at the homeless shelter, in Bristol is 900 quid a month. For an 8.6 meter squared ensuite, in a house with 11 people). My last room in a house was 450 and only 380 was covered by the government.

[@Mag_ladroth]

You pay rent in a homeless shelter?

[@pisssoakedbombas]

@@Mag_ladrothin some housing structures yeah. You don't have to pay at like massive shelters with 10-30 beds in one shared space (Although you have strict curfew and you have to do chores if you use the faculties) But if you move into a shared house or an apartment at the shelters expense you still have to pay (Speaking from my experiences)

[@finariumtv8740]

900 quid a month... 11 people... for 8.5m² That's just shy of 100m² total if each one has that. you are telling me you are paying literal 10k for 100m² per month... No wonder you guys are homeless... Just think what 1800 for just rent would get you if you and one other rent a place together. Assuming you are talking Bristol UK since you use meters.

[@ondenbern]

@@Mag_ladroth yep, I'm also surprised 🙃

[@yahkimicki236]

@@finariumtv8740 that's how the full economy is formed I'm afraid. The lower you are, the harder it is to rise at all.

[@TheLostMedici]

You breaking character to educate the audience about Scrutin was such an important decision - and one of the reasons I love Philosophy Tube.

[@Ruby-pi4jm]

The arsonist is always played so perfectly. The strange flattery but still so obiously bigoted, the creepy look, asserting that you can't say "women's shelter" while holding one of the most popular newspapers with is front and centre. Truly amazing

[@vixvoxx]

It's worth noting a similar connection to the experience mentioned at 27:43. In her autobiography (paraphrasing from memory), Angela Davis went to a clothing store that typically did not serve black people in her adolescence. However, she and the girl she was with chose to speak French instead of English when they entered, and instead of being kicked out they were treated with decency and even intrigue. The store clerk perceived them as foreign, and in that perception their blackness posed less of an inherent threat. Thought that'd be interesting to mention, especially considering the insersection of race and gender mentioned earlier in the video. Apologies if I got any details wrong!

[@Clau-chauNicol]

I remember maya angelou saying a similar thing in one of her autobiographies

[@MattRichards711]

I was thinking of this story while watching the video, but couldn't remember where I read it! Thanks for bringing it up.

[@destituteanddecadent9106]

Reminds me of this idea we have in Japan called the "gaijin (foreigner) card". It refers to how when people recognize that someone is a foreigner, they won't enforce domestic rules and expectations. Despite being Japanese, I've used it more than once to get out of bs situations. For me it was never as serious as racial segregation, but I just wanted to point out a parallel. It's very sad and telling how sometimes the only way to duck systemic injustice is to pretend you're not part of their system. To "otherize" yourself from your own community.

[@metalsocke]

I almost screamed when *that character who hasn't appeared in a long time* appeared on screen. It must have taken a lot of courage to do that, you have my utmost respect👏❤

[@melowlw8638]

im not familiar to the channel's habitual jokes, who is he 👁👁

[@krautreport202]

​@@melowlw8638The arsonist

[@costonwilloughby5328]

​@@melowlw8638 He is the Arsonist, a character who sells gas door to door. I believe the first video the character was in was the O'Bannon Video.

[@fightvale57]

Thanks for not spoiling In the comments. You're a sweet and thoughtful person

[@feepona5400]

Same! He is my favorite character I really loved seeing him, thought it would never happen again. It makes me so happy that she feels comfortable to throw in a gender bender. Would also like to add that the camara work in the bit was also really good having him littarely talk down on you.

[@marlihaddeill7246]

Absolutely love Abigail’s ongoing references to The Arsonists by Max Frisch, highly recommended reading it for the philosophy tube lore + it’s an incredible script

[@therainbowwillow4453]

Your point about fascism, patriarchy, and power is wonderful! I recently acted in my first-ever stage play as Hotspur in Yvette Nolan’s PlayOn! translation of Henry IV Part 1. A major theme we explored in our production was patriarchy and how it intersects with violence. We made the violence in the show quite graphic, but I discovered that, as an AFAB person, being suddenly allowed to participate in “masculine” violence made me feel oddly good. I felt powerful and capable and genuinely exhilarated by the fictional war I helped lead. It felt good to face no social consequences as a result of being publicly violent and angry. As you said: finally, people would have to listen to me! I had to rethink my whole moral compass for a moment after those first movement workshops, having realized that if I were given patriarchal power over violence without consequence, within my own existing moral boundaries, I might’ve taken it without question. I might have been willing to do harm because society had made it simply feel natural for someone masculine to be violent. I drew lines for myself and chose to follow a harm reduction-based philosophy rather than simply defaulting to it because pacifism is the “feminine” choice appropriate for someone of my sex.

[@crusty2o662]

I think the reason why people may be attracted to fascism is that it allows them to feel emotions and ideas that society considers taboo like anger and violence. So for you violence and anger are considered taboo because they do not align with society's idea of femininity due to patriarchy gendering violence even though violence has no gender.

[@TheOneLostkin]

The desire of some humans to have other humans to look down on, to feel superior to, never ceases to astound me. How insecure they must be.

[@ThumpingThromnambular]

You mean what you're doing right now?

[@jed6040]

most self aware youtube commenter

[@dontthrow6064]

@@ThumpingThromnambular otherwise, how can you critique someone/something without being arrogant?

[@seinquant]

Are You An Alien

[@gljames24]

Because people want to reduce the number of people they have to consider in their peer group so they have a larger amount of pie. Artificial scarcity feeds into this.

[@RedAmerican-qq6cc]

I’m amazed that Tommy Tallarico was able to make 2 whole videos about plagiarism in the span of a week. What an amazing man!

[@Cariboux83]

You wouldn't believe how proud his mother is 🥰

[@assassino1480]

What do you mean? James Somerton wrote both of these.

[@aidanphr1446]

All while appearing on MTV cribs too

[@steveharrison76]

Especially considering how disrupted his sleep cycle is, what with needing to pee so much.

[@Drambrarcer]

"I’m amazed that Tommy Tallarico was able to make 2 whole videos about plague risk in the span of a week. What an amazing man!" - Illuminaughty

[@TopcastShow]

Getting to two thirds of this video and thinking its already excellent and then not expecting the Arsonist return and absolutely loosing my mind. You should be so extremely proud of this Abigail, phenomenal! And solidarity forever in the fight for just treatment x

[@desireecoelhodemendonca3001]

The details in your work leave me in awe every single time. The subtitles including the witty jokes and descriptions, the naming of sections, the costumes, acting, sets and most obviously the incredible research, storylines, and accessibility - you are truly incredible - thank you!!!

[@TheVeeBeaT]

I felt absolutely transfixed during the entire Arsonist monologue. The camera movement and positioning, the use of dogwhistles, the flattery, the sense of menace... just absolutely perfect.

[@somethingandapie]

My time as a young woman studying a heavily male-nerd-dominated field in university was heavily impacted by the awful internet nightmare remembered as gamergate and hearing Anita Sarkeesian narrating the bit about witch hunts just now really hit me. It was the right person reading that. Holy shit.

[@Konform2zoidberg]

Sarkeesian was a cry bullying scold with rubbish work that perfunctory research often discredited. She was an outsider pretending to be a member of a tribe, criticizing that tribe. And she walked away with multiple media interviews, a sultans ransom. For a project she never finished. She was an IDPOL grifter, no lord no less

[@no-lifenoah7861]

That was Anita Sarkeesian?

[@ninakircher2599]

Should I be glad that I don't remember that?

[@spirithawk6580]

I didn't catch that but it's such a clever casting choice!

[@user-nv7uq3zj5e]

oh god… how was your experience, exactly? i simply can’t imagine what that must’ve been like, it’s awful. i’m suffering on my STEM course too, because of the teachers rewarding redditor-like behaviour.

[@ZhTra]

“To be a part of a family” by Scruton can be translated as “solidarise with your ruling class and do not ask any questions”

[@Felice_Enellen]

Abigail, I have to thank you for finding and using that song in your outro. I looked up the artist and found the video and listened to it over and over. It's been going through my head for nearly two months now and I don't mind in the slightest. I don't think I've been into a song this hard since I was a teenager. What a great track! ❤️

[@dakotacampbell9936]

"Ignorance is like CO2, its pumped out because powerful people benefit from it" is suuuuuch a good line. It gave me chills

[@Vancouverpillmuncher666]

you must have the IQ of a carrot

[@spaceangel6945]

Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it; but they do open themselves up to a downward slide into deeper ignorance and further manipulation by the corrupt who use them as fodder.

[@strategghost1270]

It's itself an ignorant statement: nearly everyone benefits from CO² pollution. Indeed it's majorly driven by consumers. If consumers didn't want to pollute, they'd force the companies to reduce their pollution. Convenience and price is more important, which is why companies keep polluting.

[@bramvanduijn8086]

@@strategghost1270 You think we have a choice in this? What do we wear? Food is doable but that's about it. For a simple example, there are no locally grown fibers to locally produce clothes available. If we didn't consume mass produced goods we would be naked in the street and die from exposure. We have no choice.

[@strategghost1270]

@@bramvanduijn8086 why do you presume "local" Is less polluting? Transport is near negligible. Pressure and criticism and voting with your money is absolutely possible. More important is voting and pressuring politicians to promote policies that disincentiveise pollution, and incentivices reduction of pollution. Your naive perspective is an attack on change or any attempt at change.

[@RodrigoCastroAngelo]

'people will call you homophobe, because thats what it is', loved this part, directly to the point

[@harpyharpharp]

Watching your glow up over the years has made me so happy. I'm so excited for you about the film!!

[@natalieshark]

This might be one of my favourite videos you’ve ever done. I needed to hear this today.

[@kristenconley9003]

Can I just say how absolutely haunting it is to hear The Arsonist’s voice again? In general it feels absolutely jarring to hear you put on a masculine voice in one your post-transition era videos. It just feels like “…That’s not Abby….Oh, God, that’s NOT Abby…!” Goes to show your acting chops know no bounds, and all and all this is turning out to be one of my favorite episodes you’ve put out lately. Almost feels like a sequel to your old “Gender, Marxism, and Witchcraft” video too. ❤ Edit: literally typing this as I watch but I also loved the fact that during the entire monologue The Arsonist gives, the camera is angled up so that he’s always looking down at the viewer, the “woman” in question that he’s trying to rally. It shows the truth that whatever pretty words he’s using to persuade the woman, he still sees her as beneath him, a pawn in his quest for power.

[@sonjaquan5775]

a truly chilling section

[@alicealysia]

She has gotten so much better at acting holy fuckkkkk

[@7ennifer]

Abby's transition was so seamless that as an audience member I'm like. Yes, Abby before...Abby now. It's just all Abby. Same soul. Same person. Don't know why some ppl get all hung up on gender.

[@budgetgitarr5351]

Is theatrical dynamite

[@beckstheimpatient4135]

@@budgetgitarr5351 Now if only we had a match...

[@GwenFleetfoot]

Feels good to have my first ever patreon credit scroll with this song and the name that I feel most comfortable with instead of my current legal name. Much love to you and the rest of the team Abigail, fantastic job as always

[@PhilosophyTube]

Aww, yay!

[@ErikUden]

[@anarchomando7707]

​@@PhilosophyTubeAbigail can I ask are you the person from the I want to fuck a priest viral tick toc short?

[@AnimusBehemoth]

This made my day. I hope you have a good weekend!

[@TheNocturnalpheonix]

We're never as alone as we may feel. Legally, it may be different, but living in our sincerity, our authenticity, we finally feel we matchthe same.🤘😘🔥

[@donmasters9601]

Absolutely one of your best episodes! You are truly talented, quick witted and engaging. Thank you for your work!

[@-bm1ir]

Seeing how excited you are about your movie is so incredibly motivating. A great video as always!

[@theagingmillennialvarietyh7751]

So this is my first PhilosophyTube video… and I’m in love with everything - this woman’s whole vibe and look is amazing, and the content is s-tier. This is what I needed after discovering what a giant ass Somerton was.

[@PhilosophyTube]

Heyyyy, welcome! :)

[@theagingmillennialvarietyh7751]

@@PhilosophyTubeHi! Again, the video was awesome! 🌸🌸🌸

[@GrahamChapman]

Welcome! And, honestly, check as much as you can and want of Abi's older content. Even her pre-transition stuff, because she covered A LOT of really important stuff back then, too... Among her older works, I personally recommend the "What Was Liberalism?" 5 episode special, "The Philosophy of Antifa", "Elon Musk", "Why Does Britain Still Have a Queen", "Steve Bannon", "Jordan Peterson & The Meaning of Life", "Ben Shapiro & Abortion", "Climate Grief", "Data" "Antisemitism: An Analysis" and "Identity: A Trans Coming Out Story" (basically the grand finale of Abi's older content)... But, honestly, check all of her stuff that catches your eye, because Abi is absolutely magical and I do so hope you'll enjoy the ride. ^^

[@theagingmillennialvarietyh7751]

@@GrahamChapmanthanks! And I totally will - I’m subscribed too, so I’ll definitely check her stuff out as they come out 😊

[@roryokane5907]

@@theagingmillennialvarietyh7751the back catalogue is EPIC. The Steve Bannon video (which is one of the videos the arsonist also appears in - potentially where the character was introduced) is INCREDIBLE. Also there’s an incredible DBZ joke in there.

[@KimdraStBiryukova]

I was just cast as Dracula in a huge play. I'm a cis woman, so getting the part was... amazing and *shocking*. My director was scared that the anti-trans people would come out of the woodwork but everyone was extremely supportive and we never faced any issues, not even on social media. I'll definitely watch your movie. It sounds awesome (plus you wrote it, so that's a given).

[@melusine826]

Bloody (pun intended) brilliant!! Centuries where women weren't even allowed on stage to play women's roles are forgotten by so many conservative! Please share any recordings, that would be a cool watch ❤

[@RuneDrageon]

Like your comment, for the pun alone, then read it and agree. @@melusine826

[@Butterflier00]

i mean....a few years ago a black woman was hamlet on stage... anyone mad at this isn't in theater.

[@killerlork]

@@Butterflier00 ooh, what production was this?

[@FeedsNoSliesMusic]

Isn't there a long tradition of genderswapped casting in theatre? I don't know much about it like but I thought it was common knowledge. Not that I'm downplaying the idea that the anti-trans crowd would be up in arms.

[@miggs3374]

I absolutely LOVE your captions, they improve on the video by a lot. Thank you for putting so much thought into them. Also, congrats on your green-lit movie!

[@SebasDaviid]

Every video is an amazing learning experience. Thank you so much for making them!

[@kindoflame]

The way the camera gets lower and closer during the petrol salesman section is just genius! The character stays seated and doesn't move, but they go from eye-level to looming over the viewer in this really creepy way. These character sections are always the highlights of your videos.

[@HolyMothman]

As a trans minister who had a white gay man take credit for the entirety of my ministry at general synod, this whole week of plagiarism content has given me life. Too many insecure men build their careers and reputations on the backs of marginalized people with more talent than them.

[@AammaK]

No way😳 feels pretty self evident Queer people should have each others backs in these matters, not stab them instead. Grifters will never stop amazing me. I'm sorry that happened to you! Were there consequences?

[@HolyMothman]

@@AammaK No. I just left that church and started my own.

[@SarahWildsmith]

Rev PopPop, what are you doing in my falafel!?

[@Assywalker]

what is a "trans minister"?

[@HolyMothman]

@@Assywalker I am trans. And a minister.

[@JadeStone00]

The very first video I ever saw on this channel was about witches, feminism, and power. So glad to see that topic getting an update/revisit (and I see you using the same background props, Abby!)