Blair Waldorf & The Brutality of Beauty

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hi angels! here is the Blair Waldorf video!! I tried a different format for this video essay where I focused primarily on the issues at hand and used various films and TV shows that remind me of the subject matter, to help me tell the story! I hope you enjoy this journey through history and feminism as we explore the origins of Bulimia, why Gossip Girl is so impactful and what it means to be a young woman despite the time period you were born into! I hope you enjoy cause I'm super proud of this one!
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reign
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[@seabreeze4559]

It's probable Aphrodite was like this (barren) because she was technically a virgin, meaning she had no children, yet the object of every man's lust -- so could control them. Men didn't listen to the MOTHER of their children, a Madonna Wh*re Complex insight. They respected a woman less after breeding for them, something cheated on wives like Hera learnt too late. Medusa was punished despite being a virgin because the Temple and a woman's body are the same, now Biblical metaphor. Athene was respected BECAUSE she was a literal virgin born of her FATHER, not a woman and embodied military discipline, including a slender figure. There was a saying I read about ancient pagans once, they would say as a proverb "the embrace of a god is always fertile" in these male-focused societies so guys like Zeus attacking women weren't 'sleeping with them', the sexual modern understanding of degrading a woman (what he literally does) BUT impregnating them, a revenge pregnancy was the aim and object, banishment from her whole life in shame the intention, not just suffering and humiliation. Forcing her line to meld with his, robbing her of Darwinian gender role? Sexual selection. Men control natural selection and compete among one another so 'may the best man win'. But what if women don't want him? Sexual selection is the gatekeeper of genes and in archeology most men never reproduced. It emboldens that process to control fertility including the Roman plant they drove to extinction. Probably Patrician Rome along with it! A similar thing is happening now with calls to ban the Pill. A daughter is Daddy's Princess UNTIL she bleeds, then they stop loving us, frankly. We become a thing for other men to use - and dispose. So he disposes of us first in disgust. So it might extend paternal protection too. Fasting in the Church is common for nuns and those were powerful women, learned and respected in society. Their attacks by Vikings were the only of their kind men cared about. Widows were desired by men but ill-treated, since they had proof of fertility. Second wives were expected to take on children from the first dead wife. A barren woman by restriction proves purity AND reduces her burdens socially. Instead of suspicion stealing your husband, she's seen with pity by women and invisible to men. That's a superpower considering what was done to Medusa. The feminine rage in that story is great. Mula nakshatra energy if you watch Claire Nakti? Beast tamer. These women are lion tamers. Even kings respect nun-like women, in the absence of childbearing, they see themselves in her. She is untainted and unblemished by the evidence of sinful carnality. I think Melanie Hamlet has spoken on her channel about the perceived wrongness of the 'virtue' in seeing suffering women as good. The more pain we're in, the more giving we are. It's a status signal in a way. Misogynists hate virgins on the Pill because it isn't about carnality, it's about the idea of a woman 'evading' her 'due' allotment of pain. They believe it's our PURPOSE to be in PAIN for their benefit, however theoretical - including availability for attacks. The witch thing about bedding the Devil was actually a pagan ritual to technically make their first pregnancy considered divine, I lost the link for it but basically they 'break' a certain part of anatomy on a statue and it meant their baby was considered to have magical abilities and be fathered by that god. Weird right? Later on, men still got superstitious about this demon baby stuff, to this day in shows like Game of Thrones. Technically these guys thought women were cheating on them with magical Devil babies. They couldn't prove it but it's like hysteria for incubus stuff. Saints had magic but VIA them, from a MAN, not controlled by them so were 'safe'. Lilith is Jewish, not Christian, but explains Jewish misogyny against women. Similar demon baby narratives are used by bad faith Christians but Lilith is blasphemy to Christians. There is only honourable Eve. Like Pandora and the box. Eve's 'fault' was inability to contain which obviously has sexual connotations with Adam's seed. Eve's proof of failure is becoming fertile upon leaving the wilderness paradise of Eden (which was feminine, fertile and protective FOR her). Her punishment was pain. Original Sin. Prior to the fruit, she'd borne no children. The temptation of knowledge gave her misery, like Pandora. A learned woman understands the trial of her situation suddenly. There's a Claire Nakti video about Hasta nakshatra and the concept of women 'filled' with holy spirit - instead of food, I wonder? Piety, purity, power. By being 'full of faith' women evade the invasion of a man and his seed. She is ful-filled by HERSELF. I read that we have replaced the 'archaic' need for sexual purity as women with FOOD purity - non-GMO, vegan, gluten-free, carbon-neutral, zero sugar, low carb etc. The virtue signals acceptable when virginity is shamed. A virgin has a flat stomach, no babies in sight. A flat, toned, Pilates stomach.... yep, the exercise trends aimed at women. Emulating a virgin girl's gamine torso. Saints and angels have the same Hasta-type face. Ethereal and innocent. A Victorian doll is the same, utterly lacking in allure. She is admired - but virtuously. Attention usually degrades women like meat. All the potential of youth and none of the desire. Even our body parts are normally fetishised like siren eyes, bedroom hair, the insanity of nail varnish toxins as claws to dig into a man. A mind palace by Sherlock Holmes - genius. A mind palace by a woman - tragic? Fasting can induce anhedonia. Numbness. Ascetic? It's pronounced a-see-tic. These women don't want to be looked at, they want to be HEARD. p.s. the Austrian painter loved Neoclassical stuff and it had a resurgence in women's fashion during the Regency. Vestal virgin white gowns suppressing the flesh of a nubile figure. There are racial variances in BMI and actually a different equation is needed so pregnant women aren't overlooked. The African body fat percentage is higher by default so it's really an impossible ideal for ALL women, therefore only sold to some. Like an impossible ideal. The trend for Asians also makes sense because they have lower muscle mass on average, looking to White eyes (creepy guy eyes specifically) like white little girls. Yep, closet p3dos. Guys who love Thailand and never say why. A lot of non-white women pass preventably in childbirth because doctors often don't know BMI calculations vary. Victorian menarche for white women used to be around 18 I read, now is child age because of xenoestrogens, so creeps feel justified in peddling the if it bleeds>breeds nonsense false equivalences, yet men blame women for this Oestrogen Dominance condition for 'being fat'. It's POLLUTION. Supposedly, menarche is earlier in Africans but this might also be hormonal creams, meaning premature sexualisation was more common historically. Victorian ladies also ate mercury wafers and other sterilizing material so who knows. Terminal hair length and other data do vary racially and ladies showed off long hair which might be lost in fasting, leading to soup diets and broths. Bone broths are popular now and taking collagen. I don't know about pelvimetry, conflicting data. Victorian etiquette books TELL women to portion restrict to be considered ladies. Married off to an old creep? Paternal age causes baby loss, so the man would assume it was his fault, not her eating habits. The waist corset stuff is Ashlesha btw. Like a ch0king of the self, girdles and now Spanx can actually crush an early pregnancy. Some women don't know this. Herbal teas were also well known, including pennyroyal for the same purpose. What did ladies at lunch do? DRINK TEA. INCLUDING HERBAL TEA. And now??? The men bragged about their Pleasure Island pursuits of endless women thanks to the noxious Boomer cultural pollution - and no silly burdensome requirement to marry women, just use them like James Bond, pump n dump like stocks. Cash out like a failed Boomer marriage on a 'younger model' like speaking of a car. But no woman wants to be replaced and discarded. Now, women are refusing to sleep around.... and the birth rate is plummeting. The one assertion which is deafening. The one reaction of withdrawal they CANNOT ignore. Women never cared about genetic legacy, only safety. Men who refuse to respect the need for safety (Astromartine covers this) in women will lose any POTENTIAL of a legacy. Suddenly, after all the selection 'liberation' of men to exploit and demean and degrade generations of women, then gaslight us for it? Sexual selection is back - and men HATE it. See decentering men and the rage at it. They think we OWE them unpaid labour. Look at fetishwear, all caring professions: nurse, secretary, teacher. ....Maid's outfit, anyone? Feel free to use these ideas.

[@moeblackx]

this comment is going to live in my head rent free for months, i’ve re-read it like 5 times already this morning and there’s so much here it was like looking away from the shadows on the cave wall. holy shit you’re so smart and well spoken i could talk to you for hours.

[@GH-fb9dh]

This comment long af but it blowed my mind. Please make videos. Or write books. I need more of this

[@Katya_Lastochka]

I didnt read the whole essay. Im sure its fascinating. But I habe to atop you at "men no longer reapect the women they impregnate". Yeah, maybe if they never loved or married them. But you should not judge the world by western culture. And even in the west I have met more men that want to have a normal family life than not. More women cheat, more women get divorce, and men are more lonely and isolated than women. Women hold the power in the family and in society. The west for sure was hit by patriarchy, and I agree with the Zeus cult shifting the culture too. But the west today is more matriarchal than ever. Masculinity is all but dead. So if femininity. That was always the point, to create a genderless society stripped of all social groups, isolated from each other yet controlled by artificial identity. In essence, nominalism created Liberalism, which will lead to transhumanism.

[@paulaelbez1584]

this comment was so powerful

[@anan-aremere7950]

Omg this comment

[@suricato151]

My psychologist once told me that, in a loving home environment, refusing food as a baby is our first grasp of power. Makes sense: to be powerful we need to exerce our influence on other people, and to any other necessity, as babies, we don't need the assistance of others; we can sleep, pee and poo on our own. But to eat, we need others. And the moment we realise that by refusing food we find ourselves in a place where we can give our caretakers grievance of any kind, we understand the basics of power and manipulation. It's a way of expressing dissatisfaction, the food we're being given by those who love us is not good enough. Makes sense why we carry on this practice as adults when we are dissatisfacted with our families and loved ones, and specially as females in a world made precisely to dissatisfy us. Conversely, the lack of food of any kind, be it because of "unloving" environments or just poverty, binds us to the feeling of powerlessness throughout all of our lives.

[@moeblackx]

wow…..i never thought of that before but it makes so so much sense. especially when so many people who struggle with EDs have seemingly “normal” childhoods yet still present w the same exact symptoms as people with tumultuous ones

[@jjm8224]

Thank you for sharing this.

[@breathoffreshair7795]

I will say- it no longer binds us when we have the means of getting genuine- REAL- psychiatric help. After years of me being in and out of help it wasnt until a specific professional who was able to communicate what i needed to understand in a non biased way that i was able to understand what i needed to change of my raise in habits to get the lifestyle i wanted. Even the victims are intelligent enough to teach something better.

[@swathiammu2673]

Okay this just blew my mind!

[@moustik31]

Framing our eating disorders as a war we wage against ourselves is so on point. It breaks my heart, that I wasted so much time being angry at myself instead of being angry at the patriarchy (and my abuser(s). Time to refocus.

[@moeblackx]

when we refocus we center ourselves & then we truly start to live, you got this baby 😙🫶🏽

[@moustik31]

@@moeblackx Thank you so much for this video, it's educative and entertaining and thank you for your support!

[@esikazemese]

I hope you are okay! You deserve better!

[@moustik31]

@@esikazemese Thank you for your kindness. I do. I'm doing EMDR therapy and trying to heal from my ED with a ED-informed nutrician. Both helps a lot.

[@marib.364]

thank you for creating a much larger picture with Blair’s ED more than gossip girl did itself. Much of it is loosely implied in the show but you help string it together. As a recovering bulimic, I notice I relate a lot to Blair outside of her binging/purging. At any sign of stress or loneliness, she becomes impulsive, thinks in black and white, and acts out against the very people that cause her to lose the control she wants, even if they love her. She heavily relies on Nate’s love for control once Serena leaves, her dad leaves her mom for a male model, and she has no one to discuss her pain with. Eleanor even explains that Blair’s been deeply hurt by his leaving but has pretended it’s all been fine as to not be an inconvenience. Her only hope was that he’d be there for the holidays-hence the pie thanksgiving episode going awry. In “A Thin Line Between Chuck And Nate,” Blair angrily tells Serena that she can’t be like her and party all day because she’d be looked down upon for it. I don’t think Blair meant to insult her, but rather explain that Blair’s different family history full of established heirs to a lavish hotel made her forced to act perfect. Serena’s family is rich but mostly from her mother’s marriages and mom’s wealth, and those expectations Serena feels aren’t the same as Blair’s whose generational wealth expands much farther. They only relate enough to the fact of being high profile people, but Blair’s feeling of being a controlled pawn in wealth society is something she cant easily change. So she uses school and creating her minions to also have some sense of control-the way people see her. Anyone who Blair hid her bulimia from was someone she felt didn’t truly understand that this “perfect” act was a facade. It does feel like that-you only tell people you feel will understand. like a very unique and private faith with bizarre rituals, which you have to hide because most people will judge you for/why you do it.

[@moeblackx]

yes!!! so true and i think ultimately that’s why she ended up befriending jennie and lowkey forgiving her in the end because she understood jennie’s desire to be perfect and keep all the ugly parts hidden in order to make a name for yourself and it’s no coincidence that once jennie started to rebel against that culture, is when her and blair started to argueb

[@TayahPrice]

“But for the select few, like Little J, or you, they see Blair for who she is… another brave Icarus with a deep desire for freedom and autonomy. Who narrowly escaped b*****’s sun.” WHAT A SENTENCE. This was a brilliant video. I love anything related to Blair/Gossip Girl and this went so deep.

[@moeblackx]

:’) thank you sm!!! blair is literally my mother so i’m happy i did her justice 🫶🏽

[@GH-fb9dh]

I’m still trying to understand this sentence

[@ashleycooperpop]

Please create more pop-culture analysis like these in the future. This was SO well done. Feminine pain is ingrained in every facet of society, and this essay makes me wonder how it’s linked to the blatant ignorance of women’s suffering in healthcare. Maybe, since it’s expected for women to suffer, it is only fair this extends to our hospitals, and other medical institutions? Ugh, I’m going to be thinking of this essay for a long time.

[@ashleycooperpop]

Also I’m 24 minutes in, so if this is touched upon later in the essay, I’m sorry!

[@moeblackx]

100% makes sense!! especially when we consider the fact that black women were historically experimented on and still to this day are thought to be able to “withstand” more pain! i heard a saying once that said “systemic racism means, even if every person in the system is anti-racist, the system itself is racist” and i think the same can be said about misogyny!! even though a doctor may be empathetic or understanding, the system that taught them to be a doctor is inherently set up to oppress women

[@ashleycooperpop]

@@moeblackxyess those are such good points. I’m actually reading a book right now called “The Pain Gap: How Sexism and Racism in Healthcare Kills Women” by Anushay Hossain. It’s really good, but it’s just an introduction. If you have any recommendations for books/articles that go more in depth I’d love to hear them!

[@moeblackx]

@@ashleycooperpop have that one on my shelf!! still have to read it!

[@donnix1192]

@@ashleycooperpopMen suffer extreme pain and loneliness too. It’s rarely focused , ignored by our society but it’s true. When we turn 18, we have to sign up for selective service, the draft. Men can be sent to war by no choice of their own and are expected to perform the worst acts and witness awful things. My dad was drafted in Vietnam and saw unspeakable things , yet when he returned home he was called a murderer and baby killer, he just dealt with it.

[@fatimabegum1652]

i think another interesting thing to point out is that there is an inherent hierarchy within disordered eating, even though all eating disorders are objectively terrible for our health. I find that bulimia is seen as "second class" because it involves eating, whereas the more 'sacrificial' nature of not eating at all (anorexia) is glamorized, or in the context of this video, 'divine.' Bulimia feels like the 'cop out' after the being unable to achieve the highly sought after anorexia. (I got this from Janette McCurdy's autobiography). You can kinda see it in Gossip Girl wherein Serena chaotically goes about her day eating a single blueberry for breakfast; she is seen as the effortlessly chic and beautiful woman. In the show when they are describing Blair's self esteem issues of being in Serena's shadow, the fact that the writers gave her bulimia felt like another nod to the hierarchy within the disordered eating community. It doesn't seem explicit that Serena is anorexic, and I don't necessarily even think she is, but perhaps thinness is such an ingrained expectation that we don't even bat an eye. People's perception of Serena's 'effortlessness' stems from her rarely ever communicating directly and avoiding things with her infamous "I gotta go." Whereas Blair is more direct and brutally honest, much like bulimia being much more acutely uncomfortable than anorexia, Serena's potential anorexia mimics her more careless nature. I think that carelessness or the glamorization of an "it girl/cool girl that just doesn't care" can often lead young women into thinking that putting their needs aside is how to maintain power in society, while ironically never being free and always subjected to a man.

[@natm2443]

Omg. Catherine of Siena was the patron of my Catholic school. I knew she was literally known as the first anorexic in history (that there is a record of) but I had no idea of all the context behind her decisions (for example, her sister advising her to stop eating)… This was SO interesting. Thank you so much for your video!

[@moeblackx]

🫶🏽 thank you sm for being here!!

[@kiramungai2575]

Eating disorders as a hunger strike against patriarchy. I like your theory because in order to stay "pure" per patriarchal standards and the notion of menstrual blood as unclean, amenorrhea by passes the madonna-whore complex and provides the similar protection of girlhood, where femininity is theoretically at it's safest.

[@sophietessier8998]

This really made me look Blair character in a new light and also how much I hate chuck. She really should have ended single or with a new guy. 😂

[@moeblackx]

period!!!

[@moeblackx]

i wanted her to be alone too tbh

[@luckygirlsyndromeee]

What a perfect video! This was so thought provoking and insightful. As a women it is so important to understand our history with the patriarchy and how it is ingrained in every aspect of our lives. I hope you do more like this in the future :)

[@moeblackx]

:’’) thank you will do bestie

[@cherierose356]

As someone that’s been fighting multiple eating disorder for the past decade, this video made me feel so unapologetically joyous at the rolls and curves outside of a petite hour glass that I DO have. The parts of myself I’ve kept safe from the burning sun 🫶🏻

[@moeblackx]

so proud of you angel ❤️❤️❤️

[@moeblackx]

“the parts of myself i’ve kept safe from the burning sun” ok just make me cry why don’t you 🥲

[@juicyjny]

I cannot believe how undervalued your content is! This was so thorough I loved it

[@moeblackx]

:’))) 🫶🏽🫶🏽

[@lilyjones3876]

Wow. I don’t think I’ve ever commented on a KZbin video but this was so impactful. Gonna have to rewatch. Maybe cry a little. Thank you!

[@moeblackx]

thank you sm for being here

[@dean1111]

I was not expecting a video this well done, touching and influential. I would've been more than happy with a blair analysis, but this was much richer

[@cassidym2901]

this was amazing!!! your analysis and connection between history and media was beautiful and so well worded!! you did an amazing job and you should be so proud of yourself!!!! I loved it so much!!!!

[@moeblackx]

thank you 😭 means a lot!!! i’m glad you’re here n enjoyed the video

[@romijane]

Wow, this did not go anywhere I expected it to go, and I loved it ! Congrats! I'm always happy to find Gossip Girl analysis that show how the show, underneath it's glossy tean soap elements, had a lot of potential and really good characters/writting.

[@moeblackx]

omg absolutely!!! especially the first season, such a solid piece of teen media that dared to tackle not only the stupid shit we do but how we glamorize it and almost thrive in chaos. glad you enjoyed it babe 😙

[@romijane]

Yessss! Isn´t it? there's loads to disect. From female friendship, the Humphreys and class, the family dynamics, so much! I hope you do some more GG videos, cause I really enjoyed your take! and thanks for the reply 🤩 @@moeblackx

[@acbrand03]

I learned SOO much in this video. This was so much deeper than I thought it was going to be. My mind is still reeling from all this, Lord I need to lay down and think! 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@moeblackx]

glad to have you here bestie!!

[@evelynengugi70]

That was beautiful and poignant and I'm going to have to watch it several times to fully absorb all of the points you made

[@moeblackx]

:’)

[@kaykay8817]

this is literally INCREDIBLE

[@moeblackx]

:’) thank you it means the 🌍

[@serenamystic29]

This is so great. Thank you for this, honestly it made me think about myself and my relationship with food, control and anxiety. It's amazing how everything is correlated and not just "I just want to look like *insert celebrity*".

[@wrenbear]

loved loved this video essay! while watching it i was reminded of a term that i came across frequently in my own eating disorder treatment. behaviors around food and body image were often referred to as “rituals”. “food rituals” like chewing a certain number of times or “body rituals” like body checking. there is an inherent association with religion to the actions taken to control one’s own body.

[@movieglazer]

I think this video rewired my brain. I feel like I've just witnessed divine intervention *_*

[@moeblackx]

😭😭🫶🏽 ahhh thank you!!

[@devianazarov9566]

THE MIKES MIC REFERENCE WAS SO ON POINT GIRLIE. SUBSCRIBED.

[@Chloeissuperhot]

i clicked expecting something else but i’m sooo happy this video is so important. great work!!!🤞💖

[@moeblackx]

ahhh ty!! i know i wanted to do a light hearted blair video but i’m glad you liked what ended up happening instead :’)

[@_Alimm]

This video essay is EXCELLENT. Incredible, editing, research, speaking. You have the gift of insight.

[@moeblackx]

:’’’’) thank you so much angel made my day

[@_ariudite_]

You're an amazing storyteller and essayist! Instant sub when you started talking about pregnancy and control. Can't wait to watch you pop off. Glad to be here at the ground floor!

[@moeblackx]

🥲🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽 thank you sm

[@hazels9425]

What a brilliant video essay. I might have to watch it a couple times to really grasp it. Thank you

[@moeblackx]

thank you for watching love

[@naomimolina2600]

This was an awesome analysis. This is a topic I wish the show would’ve delved into way more than they did granted it was in the 200010s, so it was me to kind of glamorize it but this was an awesome analysis as somebody who struggles with this disorder.

[@moeblackx]

i deff think they could have done more on the show especially cause season one was really mature and set a precedent for the show that they didn’t really keep up as the seasons went on 💔

[@sheastardust5544]

This video is incredible. Blair Waldorf is one of my favorite characters. I love the connections to princess Diana and Saint Catherine of Siena.

[@BriannaVore]

This beautiful video tied so many women's struggles together: power, religion, racism, patriarchy, men, control, etc. You could write book after book on this, describing each struggle and intersection. There is something to be said that the main way women have gained control and power in their lives is through control of their and other women's bodies, as that is the only thing we've had near shared power over with men- destroying our bodies. I wonder where we would be if Princess Diana was alive and if eating disorders/disordered eating would be so glamorous still.

[@MakeupDeSarah]

This video is amazing! The work you've put in, the references, the edits ! Thank you

[@moeblackx]

thank you for watching love 🫶🏽

[@nurisha3501]

That was so captivating! I'll definitely read books that you referred too. Thank you so much for this piece of work❤

[@moeblackx]

tysm!!! definitely let me know how you like the books ❤

[@skygirl534]

love when I can get an insightful video essay and book recomendations!! ❤

[@moeblackx]

:’) hope you like the books!! definitely eye opening to say the least

[@glassofmyopinion]

i love everything about you, dear auther, thank you for existing

[@moeblackx]

thank you for being here 🥲

[@yelena86]

Really enjoyed this video, I’d love more content like this. I learned a lot and you’ve given me so much to think about 🙏❤️

[@moeblackx]

:’’’) thank you so much!!!

[@tika2glamorous]

Amazing video….I lost 95 lbs and as I listen to you I’m realizing I may have developed bulimia and it’s actually no surprise. What’s wild is that I have a masters in clinical psychology and I have great knowledge of bulimia nervosa however I never associated myself with it until I watched this video. Wow…..

[@puppyprincess333]

This is a gorgeous recount of history. Thank you

[@moeblackx]

🤭 no thank you for watching !!!

[@ivy2007]

I love your content! This was such a perfect video! I'd love to see your take on the women from Gillian Flynn's novels ☺

[@moeblackx]

would love to do a video on her work!! adding it to the list 😙

[@ivy2007]

Awesome! I've told all my friends about your channel I love your take on things and I'm a big fan of your The Secret History video. Have you considered doing one on Tartt's other two books?@@moeblackx

[@JediJuniper92]

I love this idea

[@ericajeffcott2089]

Excellent, well-researched take!!! Amazing video thanks!

[@AnABSOLUTEBarbarian]

23:23 I will add to, as a Catholic I totally agree with your point and logic but it has to be said for context, accuracy, and cultural humility; St. Catherine’s motivations should also be considered through the lens that Catholics view the call to religious life as the highest calling a human can receive. And a life a virtue and obedience, chastity, and poverty is the closest to divinity one can achieve on earth. Following The Morning Star, Mary’s involves commitment to her ten Evangelical virtues that include universal mortification, humility, being “most poor,” and so on. So I’m not sure we can remove the Divine from her narrative because it’s highly contextual to her motives and subsequent actions.

[@RT-dk7yv]

I have chills!!!!!! Girl do you know how to close an essay. Brb while I watch this three more times. It’s a like and subscribe from me xx.

[@moeblackx]

[@f.d.5173]

I was both educated and respectfully de-wigged with this video. a masterpiece.

[@moeblackx]

HOLLERING LMAOO love u sm for this

[@vegankibum5975]

I got this on my timeline a little while ago, and specifically bookmarked it to come back to after I’d finished the show!

[@lilnein]

that was such a good video thank you for making it!

[@jazzsimpson2928]

Loved this!! Made me think of the 2022 film The Wonder - definitely want to rewatch that (and gossip girl) now!

[@moeblackx]

i just realized it’s apple pie 🙄

[@ellasoriginalchannel9713]

You deserve a million times more subscribers. Literally.

[@jillians9921]

Food a language every Afab person is always well aware of. Thanks for being tender considerate and honest in your analysis I quite enjoyed this journey.

[@moeblackx]

[@adelaidemiller2069]

I’ve thought about this video essay every day since I first watched it

[@moeblackx]

:')

[@user-wp1dn7fd9w]

After this video I subscribed! Your storytelling and analysis were spot on. Thank you 💗

[@moeblackx]

welcome 2 the family :’)

[@mairennmancina4949]

This was so beautifully written and portrayed please never stop making videos like this

[@Brsbeach]

What an insightful, well thought out video! Thanks so much!! :-)

[@livelaughlovefood]

OMG I LOVE THIS. I need you to do something similar for jenny and serena im BEGGING you.

[@moeblackx]

working on it hehehe

[@astoldbybrandi]

yes yes yes. i’m writing my dissertation about fatphobia as experienced by black women in healthcare settings and so much of this resonates! fearing the black body is one of my major sources for my literature review. love this video!

[@rozhinas504]

holy shit what an amazing video essay!!! you should teach this in a class at college!!!!! liked and subscribed, cant wait to see more

[@msa5623]

This was so incredibly well done wow!

[@moeblackx]

:’) thank you angel

[@lilyrolyat6726]

This was absolutely breathtaking

[@moeblackx]

@@lilyrolyat6726 thank you so much angel

[@ruekaht]

THIS IS INCREDIBLE THANK YOU

[@moeblackx]

thank you for watching ❤❤❤

[@AnABSOLUTEBarbarian]

16:14 I’m Catholic and suffer from the affliction of scruples. I have been in recovery for almost ten years now. I struggle with Eucharist fasting as I rejoined the Church last year. In that time I made myself sick three times. I am avoiding Sunday mass until I figure out a healthy way to participate. Early mass has been a solution but with my mental illness I struggle.

[@MiaCosco]

When you talked about manna from Heaven, I started thinking about The Wonder. Such an amazing film.

[@moeblackx]

loved that film!!

[@maddu2278]

I cried watching this. This video is so good.

[@OOool]

To be fair the Christian practices of asceticism, in many ways worked out more seriously in the Christian East, in ancient christian practice (I'm not an expert) but seems to have been masculine practice that was made equally accessible to women as monasticism is a meta-gendered reality in Orthodoxy/Catholicism. I think you have a lot of interesting points in how these ideas have developed, and specifically bringing Blair into it is extremely interesting with her particularly interesting relationship with the Catholic Church throughout the series. A lot of food for thought, thank you!

[@anaisdebeaumont9571]

I recently watched a video about self-harm that really stuck with me because I would never self harm but actually I do and a lot of people do too. Sometimes it’s just in the ways we intentionally set ourselves up, we cross the road without looking, don’t put our seatbelts, choose not to eat, stress ourselves out by not preparing something, it’s just a sort of constant intentional negligence of the only person we have full responsibility for. It’s surprising because life is already rough on most people so why do we feel the need to add to that?

[@chikibongbongbong8475]

This makes the threat against women's reproductive rights even scarier to me, I can't believe that we are being forcefully regressed as a society

[@denizcakmak8800]

omg amazing analysis,yo should do that kind of contenets more, love you😍

[@s.d-k4164]

yes yes yes yes (i have no notes but i need to express how much i loved this video)

[@moeblackx]

🫶🏽🫶🏽

[@NoOneReallySpecial]

I think everyone has differences for their EDs. I just wanna put out there, as someone who has been disabled her whole life and is Asexual/a woman who never wanted kids, I had anorexia because of my hate for who I am physically; it was never about patriarchy or anything like that. But I can understand why women would use their EDs as power/control against patriarchy; having dealt with a lot of SA from men (and even women) over being Asexual.

[@moeblackx]

just because you’re asexual and don’t want kids doesn’t mean you don’t experience life under the patriarchy which influences your decisions, our society is extremely ableist because of patriarchal ideas of what society should be and who it should serve. but i agree wholeheartedly with the first sentence 100% 🫶🏽

[@halfwaytothehill2164]

I think this might be the best video i have ever come across here

[@alr49]

this was perfect and so enlightening.

[@sugarystrawberrybreeze6976]

I came here, interested because I related to that storyline (I went from Anorexia to Bullimia and now Anorexia again)... this was so very insightful and very eloquent. Also, the period thing: There were periods, literally, that I did not bleed, sometimes up to 6 or 7 months. I was so happy (I had no reason to be terrified, I had no boys around me). I could not be violated and I didn't feel the pressure to be a "full, real" woman. So sad in hindsight

[@immyc4483]

Really informative and original video! Please do more deep analysis of lol culture - thanks (from the UK) x

[@immyc4483]

*pop

[@moeblackx]

hi from detroit 😙🤞🏾

[@upsetstudios1819]

What an amazing essay!

[@moeblackx]

thank you sm

[@earth2lex]

here from insta 💌 luv ur takes

[@moeblackx]

hi bestie 🤭

[@joellerodriguez5772]

I would love if you did a process video sometime in the future! (if you're into it) I love your videos and am always wondering how you come up with the topics and their many possible pathways. I'm no longer in school but I like doing essays and would love to do something like this

[@HannHio-kv1ky]

Wow😬 I never knew this Thanks Moe!

[@moeblackx]

🫶🏽 you’re more than welcome darlin

[@Emwaroccoanastasia]

I LOVE THIS THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@moeblackx]

thank you for watching :’)

[@nectarineplum]

chills the entire time

[@moeblackx]

😭🫶🏽

[@ozportelanogueira6198]

rewatching this while eating grapes. great video!

[@moeblackx]

ugh now i want some crisp grapes 🥲

[@dim9753]

I have been blessed with a supportive family, awesome friends and a boyfriend who has made me feel noting but loved and appreciated. I still hate myself and wish I were thinner. In my case, it is the pressure of media that keeps reminding me that I am not thin or pretty enough, but I don’t necessarily link it to patriarchy. It is just a way to keep us constantly dissatisfied so we can buy our way into our “ideal” selves. If I dress this way, if I use this lotion, if I try this new product, THEN I will look the way I want and finally be happy. I try to remind myself that the media refuses to embrace a more common figure because by promoting the looks only a small % of the population can achieve as the thing to strive for, the more likely we are to engage in overconsumption. The aspirational is manufactured and yet I really struggle to feel confident in my naturally more mid-size figure.

[@badraster7909]

Not all the way through this yet but I have thoughts I don’t want to forget 🙈 First, instant subscribe - this is a fascinating take and I am so happy there is a ballsy, smart lady like you talking about this! Second, I am about 4 years recovered from bulimia and didn’t grow up with religion, so this feels a little removed from my experience on it’s face, but I think a lot of the themes still ring true for me and I’m so happy to have a new way of contextualizing my disorder thanks to this. Third, I have one potential correction: you should look into the 1940s Minnesota Starvation Experiment - I think it and later evidence may suggest that restriction of food intake (e.g., anorexic behaviors) actually can lead to bulimic behaviors. This epiphany was kind of a big part of my recovery, so maybe I’m a little biased - but I think you might find it interesting at least!

[@marinebarriere742]

Amazing and enlightning, it will stick to me forever 😱

[@moeblackx]

:’) made my day

[@minhkhanh6988]

Note: *DSM: the handbook used by health care professionals in the United States and much of the world as the authoritative guide to the diagnosis of mental disorders. DSM contains descriptions, symptoms and other criteria for diagnosing mental disorders. -discourse: spoken or written debate -candidly: truthfully, frankly -virtually: mostly -catalyst: a substance that makes the chemical reactions happing faster -aristocratic: high social class -deferential: respectful -hierarchy: a system that ranks pp recording to their status or authority -shrinking: become smaller or less ( her waist shrinking from 29 inches …) -turbulent: in which there is a lot of sudden change, confusion, disagreement, and sometimes violence ( it was during this turbulent time that her bulimia nervosa, which would take nearly a decade to overcome, began)

[@Jslshortielol3]

Great job! I loved this!

[@moeblackx]

tysm 😙🫶🏽

[@laurafletcher1060]

Great video. If you've not watched The Wonder with Florence Pugh, that touches a lot on the religious aspect.

[@moeblackx]

loved the wonder!! fasting girls are so fascinating and definitely a part of this whole sphere maybe i’ll do a video on them 🤭

[@fungirl0123456]

LOVED this analysis!

[@moeblackx]

thank you sm :’)

[@Demxnicisthebest]

Oh this video is goooood

[@moeblackx]

@@Demxnicisthebest thank you my love

[@Ithikajewel3]

Amazing. This is about so much more than gossip girl is about the deep underlying history of why women hate themselves and hate their bodies. what’s beautiful about it is that the self elation is our way of getting closer to God somehow trying to attain control in a world that doesn’t allow us any. It’s a beautiful way that you’ve shown us that we can see ourselves in this and end the pattern knowing that it’s not getting us anywhere our bodies, the way that they are and see our patterns of self punishment I have a long-standing curse upon women. We don’t have to submit anymore to the darkness within our mind within our souls. We can just choose love as a way out.

[@moeblackx]

@@Ithikajewel3 the last sentence genuinely made me cry. radical self love is the best form of defiance 🫂

[@evievi8453]

This was incredible ❤ i would love a similar video on self harm in woman

[@ciaxx]

This was great, it is always a nice surprise when cultural criticism goes beyond the obvious points about the white male patriarchy that many have heard a hundred times before, and takes a direction of actually exploring something deeper and more thought provoking, which is hard to do these days!

[@yf9230]

This is incredible!

[@leonor_lara]

oh my god you’re brilliant

[@nagon2328]

Loved this, but pleaseeee can someone list the movies used, such captivating cinematography!

[@moeblackx]

media i used in the edit: - the VVitch - last night in soho - queens gambit - girl interrupted - midsommar - the love witch - hereditary - thirteen - the craft - valerie and her week of wonders - romeo & juliet (1968) - don’t worry darling - little women - jennifer’s body - carrie (both versions) - breakfast at tiffany’s - lolita - waiting to exhale - pearl - fleabag - game of thrones - everything every where all at once - never have i ever - dead poets society - reign - virgin suicides - skins uk - the northman - to the bone - ginger snaps - suspiria - the nun - the help - gone girl - cruel intentions - labour by paris paloma music video - all too well short film ❤❤❤

[@nagon2328]

Thank you thank you thank you ❤

[@venelinasokolovaveni2721]

This changed my brainstorming chemistry

[@moeblackx]

same bestie same

[@massiecure8422]

i have recovered from my binge eating disorder, generally, and i thought now I'd be able to listen to these kind of discussion like a normal person but i still can't and I'm really sad

[@weloveit24]

It's okay. Being sad it's normal. Recovering it's a journey and it's not linear. Being sad doesn't mean you have not made progress or recovered. It's normal to be affected by this discussions and being affected by them doesn't make you less normal. In fact I would argue this topics impact a lot of people even the "normal" ones (if they even exist).

[@moeblackx]

take your time love!! this video is not worth triggering yourself for i promise you (i made it hehe) your mental health always comes first and even when we desire to do something that we can’t, we still can see that as a win as it’s a sign we are still striving for healing!!!

[@scoob1670]

Great video!!

[@ginao6810]

Wow. This is amazing 😻

[@karadoe1997]

This is so good

[@TheTbear103]

Brilliant! Well done, and impressive!

[@itchooses]

2:15 how did the like button glow rainbow when she said to give a thumbs up?

[@moeblackx]

🤭🤭🤭