How has Israel/Palestine changed how we view the Met Gala, Eurovision, & celebrities?

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In 2024, we saw a shift in how people respond to pop culture events like the Met Gala and Eurovision. Surrounded by protesters and demands for action, discourse of the controversies surrounding events like Eurovision overshadowed news of the events themselves. How has this changed how we view celebrities and pop culture? Let's find out.
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00:00 intro
03:13 the met gala
16:27 celebrity activism // apathy
22:19 eurovision 2024
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Is the Met Gala Protest Proof? by Vanessa Friedman (quoted article)
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[@casterx2312]

What's super jarring is celebrities in the 70's-90's were very vocal about what is happening in the world that is very wrong and they stood up for what was right, and yet celebrities now are super silent, I pray for the downfall of celebrity worship

[@transsexual_computer_faery]

they did?

[@manicpepsicola3431]

​@LUCYDebDolly even aids

[@erinnadia0409]

Yes Jane Fonda is one that comes to mind for me

[@mynameisreallycool1]

I'd say more like 60s and 70s

[@MrsRimavelle]

All of them? Or were those just few examples that simply stuck in history books, and they stuck coz it was unusual and there were attempts to shut them up? And those people were usually ridiculed in their time, and only now we see them as standing up for the right thing? It's easy to glorify history

[@damilarewilliams6425]

The thing that strikes me about Jonathan Glazer's speech is how much his hands are shaking as he's speaking. He's clearly trembling as he speaks, he's powering through it to articulate himself well, but he's clearly very scared.

[@NB-lx6gz]

He's brave for speaking out.

[@yararivera2909]

I wanna listen to it

[@arwasaadawy3346]

@porter9494 There is a-lot of humankind ways of responding to such situation. One of which giving the safety of the hostages (at least the civilians) and try to negotiate rather than bombing Hospitals for example. And the other is fight only those who attacked you, have weapons and such rather than bombing kids and women to show the strength that you lack. But I guess we will not even agree of what truly happened in October 7th in the first place as I see. it. there is many people who believed that Hamas have beheaded 40 imaginary babies and had the time to rape the people who are supposed to be protected by the strongest army in the world before torturing them to death and some don’t think of the possibility of civilian being killed by a certain army cause they chose to use a tactic called Hanibal.

[@hameley12]

Mr Glazer and his team are wonderful, brave people who deserve better always. If I had known about that specific event. I would have shown up. A complete nobody, applauded as cheerfully and loudly as possible along with a few friends inspiring the rest of the stone-cold-hearted artists to give them a true standing ovation right then and there. We have seen other amazing films depicting real-life events that go through the heart and makes you want to be part of the change. It's crazy to me how nobody even had the heart to stand up and applaud him. As a "Thank you for being up there and making us aware. After this event I'm gonna go home and sell these expensive clothes and donate the whole check to the Palestinian movement".

[@zvanev]

​@porter9494im being so serious rn when i say you should Keep Yourself Safe

[@onyx_mango]

honestly as someone who lives in a third world country and even though my family is doing kind of okay (my parent's job lets them afford our education, food, medical treatments and sometimes a bit more), we constantly find ourselves doing the maths to see "so, can we afford this really?" for very little things, like, let's say nail polish, or olive oil. it takes some effort to actually spend money on things that are not a necessity. I can't donate directly to any cause, but ive been very advocate with helping boosting videos, watching ads, sharing, whatever i can do to help, and i still feel bad for not being able to donate. so to see people so, so, so wealthy, and people i admire, not say a single thing to help people who are dying really makes me disappointed, to say the least. the fact that they are too scared to speak and help makes me furious, because im trying to work hard so i can hopefully donate even 5$ and they're sitting in their thousands of dollars worth pf property, wearing clothes worth the safety of a family, and even beyond that, having the influence and the platform to actually reach those families' gofundme goals without donating a penny of their own is disgusting. the dystopia is not fiction anymore, it's here.

[@aariharoserose]

darling donations have really dirty business it's way tat was created to make people feel like they are doing something without any effort just donate to a donation company and done lol no they steal ur money and they divide it between themselves and put a show that they are helping and celebrities knows this game.

[@90AlmostFamous]

Understandable , but it’s funny people who can afford a new phone ever year condemning these celebrities when they haven’t spent a dime of their salayey on Gaza 😂

[@emese_p]

I live in Hungary, and I feel exactly the same. it makes me incredibly angry that people who could save whole countries by one week of salary or solve world hunger could not bother helping by even sharing a gofundme link, it is crazy... I hope we will be past idolizing celebrities soon and they will have to work harder to earn our love or respect or whatever

[@hameley12]

@@90AlmostFamous I have been in customer service and quality support for years. I've worked with non-profit organizations, too. It does feel off-putting. I have heard some customers complain about the lack of quality check-ups, customer servicing and understanding of maths; after they came to us months ago asking how to lease an iPhone, an iPad or even a computer. Then, as they wear their designer clothes, jewellery, and their child is holding onto a brand-new iPad and Apple headphones. They stand in our store saying "Nobody told me about the taxes, or about the interests that come with leasing and this... and this..." As you walk them outside they have the year's most recent car. They know about the taxation and the interests that come with leasing and buying and crediting to buy a house, a car and other items. They just wish to complain so that we the rest who are barely making it, have to return the "used item" back to the manufacturer and they get their money back. And they return in two weeks to lease another expensive item.

[@DFH4071]

I cant even donate 5 dollar. Its just too worthy in my currency yet the gofundme capped it to 5. I sometimes donate it to my local fund but how can you say no when the palestinian sends you the link?

[@Reiloni]

“Being apolitical is political” YES .. I’m tired of people using this as an excuse to not speak up.

[@AstorTrex]

And so I don't care I am apolitical i want peace on Israel and Palestinian that's why I am neutral

[@MargaretBurmingham-qm5dx]

@@AstorTrex Same. There is so much pressure to be either 100% on one side or the other. It´s in actuality a very complex issue that goes back millenea. I know I don´t have the sufficient knowledge to come to a "correct" conclusion on this so why should I?

[@damx9385]

you shouldn't publicly advocate for politics that you know nothing about

[@NazmusLabs]

@@AstorTrexNeutral? would you have a neutral in World War II? There’s no being neutral in one side is pure evil. Muslims, Christians, and Jews have been living peacefully together in Palestine for well over a thousand years! The Muslims have always protected the Jews. In fact, it was the Palestinian people who swore to protect the Jews after World War II; the Palestines invited the Jews into their homes. But the mainstream media will never tell you this. The narrative from the mainstream media is brainwashing people into blaming innocent Palestinians for the crimes of Germany! Do not believe their lies. Stand for justice! Be on the side of the oppressed, not the oppressors! Free Palestine!

[@lalalala7738]

Why didn't this discussion start with the Rohingya genocide or war in Colombia and Mexico (Both wars funded by drugs used by Americans)? Oh, I know, because it's all performative and the only reason people care about Palestine is because the other side has pale skin, that's why you now care about "apoliticals" not "speaking up".

[@beakyton]

The introduction with the hunger games capitol theme was chilling. This video has made me love your channel even more

[@greaneast]

this reminds me of this post I saw about how white people think that equating everything to the hunger games is activism when it’s not

[@m.leticia5500]

Omg I came here to comment exactly this! I loved this video already at first song

[@amycastro7411]

Just to let you know, ABSOLUTELY NO ADS played out during the entire video and I was waiting and willing to sit through them. Shame on KZbin.

[@summusmussum]

It’s reflexive for me at this point to skip through ads, I’ve hit the button before deciding. It wouldn’t occur to me to sit through an ad. So thank you for this comment - it reminds me to retrain

[@petrify4814]

The first thing I thought when I saw Zendaya's Met Gala look was "Effie Trinket"

[@-mxndxght-rxxn-]

omg that hostess with the floating white hair too 😭😭

[@yoonahkang7384]

Lol

[@yoonahkang7384]

Me too

[@mascara1777]

I worked in arts and culture fundraising for 15 years. Galas have been falling out of favor for some time now. Charities are changing and raising money in other ways. So this is not a new sentiment.

[@corpsefoot758]

@ville__ You do. Hence taking the time to comment :)

[@corpsefoot758]

@porter9494 Thank you for clarifying which side you’d be on when it came to Nelson Mandela LOL This cleansing was truly a “mask-off” revelation for many, many people

[@saige2975]

my problem with social media is how much people are focusing on celebrities during a g*nocide instead of putting pressure on their local politicians. celebrities do have reach, but they shouldn't be the main topic of conversation, which is something im seeing too much of online. of course they're scrambling to post about it, genuine or not, people are putting pressure on them to do so even though the same people are now saying its performative after the influencers give in and post like the public has been asking. it makes no sense to me to pressure someone to make an instagram statement and then be upset about it. you know what's dystopian to me? focusing more on celebrities who are or aren't making statements about a g*nocide rather than actually trying to engage in any activism off social media themselves. not to say there aren't hundreds of thousands of people doing everything they can to help Palestine or bring awareness to major media, but a lot of people's activism starts and ends online. I mean this very respectfully I don't know if this comment is coming off very rude, its just frustrating and upsetting to see where people are putting their energy. you can't expect celebrities to be empathetic to the average person, they haven't lived like the average Joe in years, and im not saying that's a good thing. id rather see this energy go somewhere that matters, a celebrities instagram post means absolutely nothing to me. also the block out is semi ridiculous. ive seen way too many people saying in comments "block Taylor for the block out but you can still stream her music" this goes without saying but if you're blocking a celebrity on instagram but still supporting their movies, music, and whatever else- then you're not actually impacting them and their finances. especially since some people blocking celebs weren't following them to begin with... that does nothing for their numbers.

[@elleliteracy]

oh for sure, completely agree. I think my focus is on seeing how little celebrities care about something like genocide is changing how we view them. they don’t have political power but they do have money- I think with so many people rallying around a single cause like Palestine, donating what they can, seeing the abhorrent wealth at the Met Gala also sours the notion of celebrity. I should have made it clearer in the vid but I’m not necessarily saying “celebs should be better” but rather highlighting the shift in our cultural perception of celebrity if that makes sense?

[@saige2975]

@@elleliteracy totally get you! my comment was also more so generally what i see online it’s very annoying to see what people are focusing on instead of what’s actually happening

[@ishathakor]

yeah it's kind of frustrating to go online and see a bunch of tiktokers spend all their time criticizing celebrities for not speaking out. like i understand the urge and those celebrities SHOULD be criticized but ultimately blocking zendaya isn't actually helping palestinian people. people are losing sight of the goal, and i think it's because a lot of people in this situation simply don't care about palestinians in the first place and are glad to have an excuse to dunk on celebrities. but like, dunking on celebrities isn't going to stop the genocide. so.

[@saige2975]

@@ishathakor yes!!! people love “call out culture” more than anything they band together for a reason to be a hater online idk why it makes them feel important. totally agree everyone is losing sight of the real problem or never cared in the first place and just wanted a reason to go on a power trip

[@saige2975]

@ville__ if YOU dont personally care u really don’t need to be apart of this conversation 🙏💓🤗

[@mollydonnery8480]

I didn’t even think about the sponsorship aspect for the Eurovision! Gosh there are just so many ties and its horrible that it really does all come down to money and social standing for these organisations and celebs - so frustrating every day, such a great video Ellen! xx

[@elleliteracy]

thank you my queen xxx

[@TeddyKrimsony]

it really isn't about money because the EU have lost more than $200 billions due to stopping trade with Russia

[@emese_p]

@@TeddyKrimsony everything is about money in the end :D

[@orangepencil7]

You made a lot of great points in this video. I agree that the Met Gala is a symbol of opulence in a time of financial and social strife. Celebrities who have the privilege of a public platform should be demonstrating that they're against this genocide. However, Camila Cabello's purse isn't worth $24k. The one of the creators of the bag came out and said the rose was originally $39, but was given for free. It was spray painted gold and the diamonds in bag are just air bubbles. The water in the bag was tap water. It apparently didn't cost more than $5 to make. There's probably a designer fee since the original designer Jade Wade helped produce this bag, but the cost is no where near $22k. This information was apparently made up by someone on Twitter and news articles just ran with it. Camila Cabello also confirmed it wasn't $22k on TikTok. Sorry. I went on a deep dive on this the other day. I thought the price sounded ridiculous and wanted to know the breakdown.

[@elleliteracy]

oh damn, thank you so much for pointing this out!!

[@elleliteracy]

pinning this as a correction

[@melowlw8638]

yeah they bought the rose on etsy i think??

[@manicpepsicola3431]

​@@melowlw8638 its still ridiculous and equivalent to how marie Antoinette didnt say let them eat cake yet the outrage was still there

[@melowlw8638]

@@manicpepsicola3431 i dont think i agree abt the marie antoinette example but yeah the outrage is definitely disproportionate and unwarranted!!

[@saint-and-sinner]

here are more things to add to the eurovision section • in the grand final iolanda (representing portugal) had palestinian symbols on her nails which led to the youtube upload of her performance being delayed. the ebu attributed this to "technical difficulties". whenever portugal recieved 12 points for the juries iolanda would also show her nails proudly • in the family show of the grand final slimane (representing france) made a speech calling for a peace in the usual a capella part of the song where he is supposed to be singing • in the second semi mustii (representing belgium) had a tattoo that said "peace" which was hidden when he removed his jacket in the outro of his song • in the first semi one of the dancers in australia's performance had pro-palestinian symbols in their body paint, but their performance was not delayed unlike portugal's, nor were they asked to change it like ireland's • apparently six countries threatened to pull out before the final (not confirmed) these countries were greece, ireland, norway, portugal, switzerland, and the united kingdom • the greek delegation had allegedely been getting harassed by the israeli delegation and during a press conference marina was pretending to sleep when israel was called (• also in a press conference when eden was asked if her presence was endangering the contest and refused to respond joost asked "why not?") • the irish, norwegian, and portuguese delegations among others were also calling on the ebu to investigate the incidents surrounding them and the israeli delegation (• switzerland won this year so imagining the swiss delegation pulling out would dramatically change the result) • olly alexander (representing the uk) was also pressured to withdraw by other uk artists boycotting eurovision. he ended up making a ceasefire statement with several other artists a few months before eurovision • apparently the spanish delegation called for freedom of press after israeli media attacked a spanish reporter for being pro-palestine israel has been using eurovision as a soft power for years but i do feel like after the shitshow this year they're probably going to withdraw. or at least countries might actually withdraw instead of threatening to do so. this is not uncommon with azerbaijan also exploiting eurovision while killing armenians, and while that should be paid attention to, i think people care more about israel and palestine because of more politicians and celebrities being outspoken about it, and people's taxes being used to fund support for israel. in a sense, it does affect them more since it is a part of the foreign policy in the country they live in and they want to know where their money goes into supporting. but i do think the other conflicts going on in sudan, myanmar, armenia, etc. also deserve an outspoken platform like palestine. one other fun fact: iceland got last place in the entire contest but if they sent bashar murad who was second place in söngvakeppnin they could have done better. however i don't think it would have ended well since bashar is palestinian. granted israel and iceland were in different semis but if bashar qualified i don't want to imagine the harassment he possibly would have recieved from the israeli delegation. bashar was also the artist who collaborated with hatari, the icelandic act that showed palestinian flags in 2019, right after the grand final

[@erinnadia0409]

The Israeli commentators also said really gross comments about Bambie, Nemo and advised fans on who they should vote for (Luxembourg) and who not to vote for, they also said this remark about Ukraine "we are all bored of their war now, so Ukraine now have to actually send something good" it's rule breaking for commentators to have opinions and bias yet of course they didn't get in trouble because Moroccan Oil 💶💶💶

[@MelissaJMassey]

Israel will never withdraw. There were some mumblings about potentially disqualifying them over the contents of their song, but then the Israeli president himself spoke with the EBU saying how important it is for Israel to be there. The fact is Eurovision is a big part of Israel's pinkwashing campaign to Europe and the world, they will never let it go. No matter how much everyone else wants them out

[@tapefiend]

That was what I heard was the real reason why Joost got kicked out; because of his comments about Eden Golan being told, on camera, that she didn't have to answer the journalist's question about the unrest her/Israel's presence was causing at the event (basically saying, if she's so proud to represent Israel, then she should be able to speak to it, rather than her non-answer about how they were all there for the love of music and the arts and she was getting along great with all the other performers).

[@yeehawtexasfanpage]

Let me try to correct some points, as this is not entirely accurate & a bit misleading😅 - Iolanda had her Palestinian inspired nails on, I believe, the turquoise carpet (look at the photos from the event) almost a week prior to the event. Why they only took issue with the nails afterwards, I don't understand, as in her performance recap they used the non-Keffiyeh nails - Slimane did do that, however I believe he also received permission to do it as the daily acapella was straining his voice and he wanted to preserve it. from what I understand, it was ok'ed by the producers beforehand. - Australia (my country)'s performance was probably overlooked because the watermelon was kinda unintelligible. No one picked up on it BEING a pro-Palestine symbol until he posted about it later, so how could they have dissuaded it? Bambi's ogham & Iolanda's nails on the other hand (amidst the EBU's discrepancy re. her nails) were all picked up on in advance/ whilst on stage. - A lot of those countries (definitely Portugal & Switzerland) have since said they had no plans of doing that. A lot of it however, could come from the fact that they were being actively harassed back stage, Israel's participation and then Joost's DQ. Were it Israel's participation alone, I don't know that they'd have competed given the strict monetary penalties they would've faced had they pulled out. - Israel/ KAN also confirmed their intentions to attend ESC 2025, so no I don;t see them withdrawing. Being able to push their propaganda on the international stage is likely a huge advantage for them, especially when they obliterated this years televote with the support they received. Not to mention, being able to victimise themselves and claim 'antisemitism' for being held accountable to their actions, is too easy an excuse if they are rejected/DQ'ed (look at how Russia did similarly), I don't see them bowing out on their own. following the SF and Eden's Qualification, KAN was proud of their having qualified 'amid antisemitism' and said that irrespective of politicised votes (of which you could argue they benefited most from), to have qualified amidst the rising antisemitism was an achievement. ALSO side point, I don't know if this is just me, but it looked like one of the Israeli delegation quickly held a 'free there hostages' pin to his chest when Israel received their tele-vote. --> They also gave their 12 points to Luxembourg (represented by an Israeli) which is not Entirely fishy as maybe they just appreciated the performance, however given her lower scores from other participating countries, seems a tad fishy. --> The Israeli ministry for foreign affairs also allegedly assisted in funding Israel's voting campaign on youtube (from what I understand, the government is supposed to be seperate from the broadcaster in ESC, hence why Russia was disqualified (and not for their invasion of Ukraine)) --> PRIOR to the competition when 'October rain' was repeatedly rejected for being 'too political', Israel's PM? stepped in to ensure the lyrics & song would be apolitical enough to enter. Were this not political, why would the PM step in? --> ALSO you forgot Eric Saade's performance not being posted following his wearing a Keffiyeh around his wrist during his SF1 performance of 'Popular' --> Not to mention all of the booing Golan received during all of her performances, and the subsequent anti-booing tech. --> Also that ESC's biggest sponsor (Moroccanoil) is an Israeli brand, and again, to me kinda confirms that Israel was never going anywhere. --> Not to mention Israel began their military offensive in Rafah whilst ESC was going on (aka using it as a cover). However overall, I think that Joost's DQ has overshadowed a lot of the political discourse behind the scenes, and perhaps that was the point. Now when you look online, no-one GAF about how heavily politicised this event was, nor Israel's performance. IMO he might've been used as a scapegoat to distract from Israel, but who knows. However, this isn't new. Russia continued to participate whilst having military offensives in Georgia and Ukraine (that I know of), and were only DQ'd because broadcasters banded together, not because they'd invaded Ukraine. ESC DGAF.

[@Thenoobestgirl]

Israel didn't start the war. They have every right to compete, and so they did.

[@martynabieniok9669]

I was very disappointed with Haley, I was never a devoted fan or anything, but I remembered her as a gal making fun of rich girl stereotypes. And now she's perfect to be made into a similar little skit :(

[@martynabieniok9669]

​@ville__ me, almost 100 people who liked this comment and, apparently, you enough to reply to it.

[@MrsRimavelle]

She was always the rich girl tho...

[@kismetsugarbeets]

I always viewed Haley’s “satire” as very thinly veiled bragging. She already had the money, privilege, and beauty. Not much to parody at that point.

[@nopenerp6862]

bro she was dressed as marie antoinette so she used a trending marie antoinette audio like its rlly not that deep

[@samf.s.7731]

Am I the only one who doesn't know who this girl is? 😅 Don't know, don't care!

[@EmixleaBlogspotmakeup]

As an Icelandic person, saying that eurovision, a competition made to unify countries, is not political is the most bullshit excuse ever. how is it not political to have an event to unify nations so that they keep up good relations and don't go to war???? human rights are in fact politics and allowing g-enosists to partake is nothing but a political statement that money is more important than lives.

[@berlineczka]

The Marie Antoinette quote was definitely not said by her. The "she apparently said brioche" is also incorrect because brioche is exactly what the French version says: "Qu'ils mangent de la brioche". There is no cake in the original language, it has always been brioche. As for the quote, it is at least 24 older than the French Revolution, and found in Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Confessions, in which he attributes this to a "great princess" (which was never identified and it is possible that JJR invented the anecdote and there was never a true person behind it). At the time of this publication, Marie Antoinette was nine years old and still living in Austria.

[@f1mbultyr]

She was still an anti-revolutionary aristocrat.

[@berlineczka]

@@f1mbultyr She was a pawn in this game, as most noble women were. Sure she was detached from the troubles of the common folk. Sure she believed in the divine order of classes - this is what has been taught to her her whole life - and when the revolution uprooted her livelihood and privileges, she was not happy. But it's not like she had any say in the way France was (mis)governed the last decades before the Revolution. She was a collateral.

[@f1mbultyr]

@@berlineczka You have some history to read up on

[@berlineczka]

@@f1mbultyr Which one? Please, provide sources you think I should read. Scientific sources, of course.

[@HamelinSong]

@@f1mbultyr He's right. Maybe you should read and stop seeing historical character as black/white, good/evil, like they can't be complex individual. Marie Antoinette was very involved in philantropy, she knew very well about the struggle people were facing. And please remember that history is told by the victors, in this case the revolutionary propagand

[@Kelps_K]

I have KZbin premium so I don't see ads but I pressed the like button and leaving this comment for the engagement so that the algorithm will push the video. I agree so much with everything that you spoke about and I'm so confused at the hypocrisy of being pro Ukraine but not pro Palestine. I'm Swedish and I'm not watching eurovision anymore since I don't agree with the board's "anti-political" hypocritical morals and choices.

[@elleliteracy]

thank you so much!!

[@elliwir]

fyi there is no hypocrisy in supporting Ukraine (being attacked by a terrorist state) and not supporting Palestine (terrorists attacking another country, obviously not the Palestinian civilians but Hamas which is using them as human shields and still holding 120 people hostage).

[@elsoyi]

Hey, you seem to forget that Russia was supposed to be expelled back in 2014 after invasion of Crimea and Donbass region, but due to corruption they weren't, and even in 2022 only after 9 countries threatened to withdraw they finally expelled Russia

[@BusinessGamesAI]

Except Russia didn’t invade Crimea or Donbass, Crimeans and Donbass people exercised a textbook example of self-determination right which is the core UN principle. And even so, Russia did everything possible to ignore Donbass for 8 years and try to diplomatically stick it back into Ukraine. All of which happen every after the illegal U.S.-backed coup in 2014. So don’t get it twisted. FYI I’m Ukrainian.

[@elsoyi]

@@BusinessGamesAI i'm ukrainian too, that doesn't validate the bs you write on here. I'm sorry you're in denial that the "green men" who seized areas in Donbass and Crimea were Russia-backed terrorists. Look at how many Crimean Tatars have been imprisoned after the russian coup and see what happened to Donbass after years of occupation. The "referendum" that Russia organised was not lawful by any international or Ukrainian law, I don't see the point in arguing it further. Maidan was obviously supported by the Western powers, it does not make it a right-wing coup - the majority of Ukrainians supported it. Neo-nazis in Ukraine, like in most countries, are marginal - in elections VO "Svoboda" only scored 1-2% - unlike Russia (for example, Dugin is extremely close to governing powers)

[@elsoyi]

@ville__ you care enough to write this comment, no?

[@lucindao]

@@BusinessGamesAI Yet you're repeating Russian propaganda

[@claudiamoutinho6479]

@@lucindao everything that doesnt fit the western propaganda is dismissed "russian propaganda" and never engaged with. Have you ever asked yourself if the mainstream media just lies about that war like they lie about palestine and israel? Or do you just believe what you're told until it's socially acceptable to disagree?

[@unlikableprotagonist]

eurovision has always been a sh1tshow. another example that people often forget was how russiа hosted eurovision 2009 (pretty much right after they invaded georgia/sakartvelo in 2008) and on top of that their interval was the army choir, with a fighter plane and a tank while t.a.t.u sang "not gonna get us", all this while the georgian entry (we don't wanna put in) was banned for being too political

[@loureedpipes]

​@ville__ bot

[@Freebiehuman]

Also having tatu was a duo who’s entire career hinged on them being “lesbians” as an interval act right after pride prosters where being attacked by the police is painfully ironic

[@Tito_michi]

I am not defending Russia/wars/invasions and such but Mishiko Saakashvili started first. And Georgia was very cruel to their ethnic minorities back in 1989-1992, oppressing and deporting Ossetians. Google about Zviad Gamsakhurdia.

[@zemasionxoxo]

amazing job on this. i’ve sort of grown use to celebrities disappointing me over the last 8 years or so but i’ve never felt quite so saddened by how so many of them are acting rn and just by them saying absolutely nothing, ironically enough. the silence from so many of them is fucking deafening. free palestine! 🇵🇸

[@areeba7045]

@ville__ npc response

[@SpoonG]

I hope this video doesn't get taken down. Thank you for sharing this great work.

[@Kermitt_thee_frog23]

33:13 this is something I've been thinking about since October. I'm part Palestinian & Syrian so I never really had that privilege to just "ignore" what's going on around the world. I've always felt sort of hyperawareness of my surroundings but I've started to question how common that feeling is. Too many people - especially rich people - live in a bubble & it doesn't help that certain societies promote that way of living (regardless of class). I hate to quote Kamala Harris but you exist in the context in which you live & what came before you. I think this sort of discontent with celebrities has been building up for so many years & Palestine became the final straw.

[@scarletm9091]

delulu

[@areeba7045]

@@scarletm9091 ?? Anyone reading this don't waste your time arguing with this person please

[@aariharoserose]

awwwi baby is jealous of others life

[@toqa6735]

Same as an iraqi 23yrs girl. We really don't have the privilege to ignore these issues sine we went through it since our primary school days.

[@cyreneB]

Gal Gadot was Miss Israel and also in the israelian army, so her standing with Israel shouldn't be a surprise. Not saying she is right. Just saying, that should not come as a surprise at all

[@EmoBearRights]

Doesn't everyone have to be in the Israeli army - they have national service and that extends to women. I'm not saying you don't have a point just saying.

[@cyreneB]

@@EmoBearRights you might have a point there.

[@bobi200samatar6]

It's driving me nuts because I've known she was an imperialist for years and had to listen to people call her likable and charming when she's publicly praised the mass murder of Palestinian children.

[@doit2810]

​@@bobi200samatar6how is it imperialist? For Israel to be imperialist, they should be having legitimate plans to conquer the entire Levant. They've been having this dispute with Palestine since their founding.

[@bobi200samatar6]

@@doit2810 Look up 'Greater Israel'. They've been trying to land grab half the middle east since their bloody founding.

[@kalikayy]

Ive been having the mindset of i dont need my celebreties to be activists because (past childhood) ive never really been illusioned by celebreties. Ive been realized that they are the ones we read about in history books and were the ones that have a paragraph at the end of the chapter about "daily life" or whatever All that to say this video is phenomenal and really made me push past my oversimplified view. It was hatd to not feel a type of way when the met gala was juxtaposed with Palestine. It helped to hear examples of how celbreties can do something simple by just passing the platform along. And at the end of the day no matter how much money you have, when empathy kicks in.... how can you not help however you can. This is an awakening and i hope celebrety culture forever changes after this

[@areeba7045]

thank you for thinking of other perspectives and seeing why people are so adamant on celebrities advocating for Palestine

[@sapphic.flower]

The met gala has been a guilty pleasure of mine but its such a gross performance of opulence that isn't appropriate ever and especially not now. I don't think every attendee was there maliciously but its still telling when they can show up to a charity event that is about protecting old clothes but won't say anything about protecting people dying NOW.

[@aariharoserose]

people are dying everywhere it's not something new and muslim people are really good at putting we are innocent show, they started it first and i m saying this who lives in third world country muslim country

[@sapphic.flower]

@@aariharoserose i know there are countries where muslims are the ones in power but Palestine is not one of them. What’s happening there isn’t just people dying, it’s a real time genocide that the US and other rich countries are funding.

[@victoriangm7774]

Dismissing it as just "protecting old clothes" shows that you don't view fashion as either a valid art or history that is worth preserving. I think people who think this should probably analyse why they think this, because that sentiment is often tied to misogny/internalised misogny that labels clothing and fashion as "just women's things" and therefore unimportant and frivolous, or just anti-inellectual sentiment that doesn't care for the arts or history. The MET is a charity and the Gala is ultimately a fundraiser. You can care about two things at the same time. Not only do you not have to feel guilty about liking the Met Gala, but you SHOULD care about the Met Gala because PRESERVATION OF HISTORICAL ARTEFACTS IS IMPORTANT.

[@sapphic.flower]

@@victoriangm7774 I'm not dismissing the importance of restoration and reserving historical artifacts like fashion, I love fashion and it's exactly why the met has been my guilty pleasure. However, it pales in comparison to what's happening in Palestine and frankly does end up feeling frivolous when the Met is treated with higher value than the lives of people in the middle east. Protecting art and fashion is valuable but it doesn't mean anything when the world is burning and genocide is happening before our eyes. I understand why you think my comment came off as misogynistic, I don't appreciate when fashion is belittled just because it's a feminine interest, but feminism isn't about enjoying nice clothes or stanley cups (because there are also some women saying it's sexist to criticize that). It's a pink-washed depiction of materialism and consumerism that obfuscates its lack of ethics. Fashion can be political and feminist but if our focus is actually on feminism and not just defending our love of fashion, then our priority should be on the war crimes and genocides of other countries.

[@h.y_123]

@@victoriangm7774 get over it, acting like a fashion show is more important than a whole genocide

[@emmy8526]

Yes, but I’d say it started with the pandemic and those doofuses singing Imagine from their mansions.

[@hb4080]

It also kind of paints a metaphorical picture of z*onist apartheid, that Gal Gadot was the one initiating it and those idiots just followed her without a second thought

[@TheIndogamer]

HAHAHAHAHAHHA I wish I can unsee that video

[@Isabelledttt]

Out of all people - macklemore put out music directly addressing this

[@Freebiehuman]

Rare macklemore w

[@DinaraTengri]

I'm from Malmö, and I can say this whole affair has been very invasive and oppressive for our city. They turned Folkets Park - the most beloved and frequented park in the city - into "Eurovision village" and had cops with semi-automatics patrol the park. Until now, I have only seen cops with semis when I was visiting the US. They banned all displays of Palestine solidarity and protests in the park, so people were camping outside the park instead. They removed Palestine graffiti from the street art wall but later said they "made a mistake." I'm not even going to talk about how inconvenient and intimidating all this extra security and police presence was elsewhere in the city, or how the contest screwed with the commuters. We have so many people of Palestinian descent living in Malmö, so this event felt almost like a punishment on our city. I'm so proud of our people for protesting though. Edit: forgot to mention that the Isr@eli singer is originally from RuZZia and that she is *allegedly* a Putler supporter.

[@aariharoserose]

hawww bro i don't think i can give u brain sorry i hope u understand one day.

[@nthmost]

Thanks for writing about this. Interesting to hear from a resident of Malmö.

[@xsarahelisa]

the way i INSTANTLY tapped on this video and am commenting before even watching to stop it from being hidden

[@aariharoserose]

awwww what a good person u are celebrities and rich people are so horrible u are so goood awww

[@itsdivyag]

eurovision pretending to be apolitical is such bs considering the voting is also every year politically influenced. great video ellen 💕 free palestine

[@itsdivyag]

also that intro !!!!

[@karamowad]

Yes! Thank you so much for making this video. This video touched on everything I have been talking about and thinking these past 8 months!

[@onioncrow]

thank you so much for making this video.

[@onioncrow]

i am so tired of the majority of creators and public figures not even acknowledging palestine. i don't have the mental capacity anymore to interact with people who don't care, you know? i don't understand how they can ignore it, or worse, misrepresent the genocide to their followers. i'm so grateful to you for posting this video and talking about the real shit.

[@onioncrow]

also a small relatively unimportant correction, i believe camilla cabello actually got her ice purse off etsy and i don't recall how much she paid for it but i know it was less than $20k, and she paid the person who gave her the idea $1k. maybe this is misinfo on my part, but i think i saw an interview with her where she talked about this in like a youtube short or smth. i did not seek out this information, idrc.

[@elleliteracy]

thank you so much for pointing this out, someone else flagged this as well, I appreciate it! sorry for the misinformation x

[@foreverluvingaara77]

I'm sick of hearing about the October 7th attacks as if they happened in a vacuum, as if Isreal hasn't violently occupied Palestine for decades, as if the Israeli response to the attacks isn't exponentially disproportionate. Thank you for this video, its inspiring to see how the general consensus has changed on not only the recognition of the Palestinian plight, but also on the disparity of wealth/ basic human rights that is perpetuated by our "higher ups." Don't stop fighting, don't stop yelling, things are changing

[@redbluebae4397]

As a woman you are a sex traitor…females are much safer under Israel than their Muslim communities practices of hijab, fgm and child brides. Rape is not resistance

[@elliwir]

Well October 7th happened and 120 people are still being held hostage if not dead already. That's fact, if you want to hear it or not.

[@NitsanDvsh]

And I don't like hearing people ignoring rape and massacre like they didn't happen. and seeing people all of a sudden "waking up" to see a war going on, not recognizing one, when genocides HAS BEEN HAPPENNING All Along in Sudan, Syria, Yemen, Armenia an so On! Stop Pretending you Care all of a sudden! People start to care ONLY When it's Israel involved. you Don't Care When Iran Kills Women Because They Don't Have Freedom to Not Wear Hijab. Stop Pretending!

[@ariaownsyou]

@@elliwirIf the Israelis didn’t forcefully occupy land that isn’t their’s, they wouldn’t be attacked for being on said land

[@NitsanDvsh]

@@ariaownsyou read some history of the middle east before saying nonsense. there were so many people living in this land that you can't say there are any indigenous people there.

[@miaomiaou_]

Wow I’m only a minute in and I must say, beautiful and intriguing editing!

[@majl7917]

'Offended by everything and ashamed of nothing.' - Israel in a nutshell -

[@quietopinion9637]

Palestine*

[@areeba7045]

thank you for taking the time to make this video. one thing that's been peeving me is the amount of videos i've seen show up on my recommended about the blockout but they won't address why it's happening other than the difference in wealth with celebrities and regular people. it's always refreshing to see people actually make videos about Palestine and not treat it like a forbidden topic

[@nina-cy5dd]

thank you for making this video, unfortunately many creators and celebrities lack the integrity and compassion to take a hard stance on the gen0cide and it truly sickens me. Free South Sudan, Congo, Palestine and West Papua ❤️

[@aariharoserose]

lemme translate what u say "i m such a good person hmm celebrities are so bad yeaas i m so good yeas"

[@nina-cy5dd]

@@aariharoserose I’m impressed by how someone can be so boldly illiterate and lack basic reading comprehension skills but go awf I guess

[@doit2810]

Yeah no one cares about the others

[@alittleblawg]

i love that you’re making a whole video to this, ty for using your platform in a positive way

[@messycrybaby]

ALL OF THIS. Thank you so much for making this video, Elle. Revolutionary activism is so much more than wearing a pin, and then so many of these highly influential people have the audacity to don their riches in such a dystopian manner. As always, Free Palestine, Free Congo, Free Sudan, Free Haiti!

[@weeaboobaby]

Joost Klein actually during the 2nd Semi Final press conference interview interrupted to criticize the way the press was coddling Eden Golan. They asked her whether "her presence in the competition supposed a danger" but then told her to not answer the question if she didn't want to, to which Joost immediately added "Why not? Why wouldn't she answer the question?", so there's a very solid basis that might've been one of the reasons of his disqualification. Eurofans are actually theorizing it. He got done so dirty, I'm angry :(

[@nopenerp6862]

dude she's a 20 year old barely-adult woman who just went to sing because she had the opportunity to sing at the eurovision which is a really big deal, and had to have a police escort of like 20 cars because of all the terrorist threats she was getting. she was being booed wherever she went, had rocks thrown at her police car escorts, and was being harassed, threatened and made to feel unsafe in every way. the fact that she even made it on that stage without collapsing is nothing short of a miracle. what do you want from her

[@gnostic268]

​​@@nopenerp6862She should've read the room and withdrawn since she was clearly causing controversy because she was representing her country. She can go on some other talent show. It was her choice.

[@nopenerp6862]

@@gnostic268 none of that excuses the way she was treated

[@Karolina-wp4sd]

@@nopenerp6862 if you’re talking about how badly Eden was treated (literally one question by Joost and the booing crowd, which were expected to be honest), then don’t forget to mention the Israelis harassing other contestants. Minimum 6 countries filed complaints against their delegation.

[@nopenerp6862]

@@Karolina-wp4sd it wasnt just the question and the crowd, it was the passive aggressive behavior from the other contestants, like the greek contestant pretending to be asleep when eden spoke, as well as massive security concerns. multiple threats were made towards eden, and she had to be followed around by massive police escorts, who were also harassed, and had rocks thrown at them. she literally feared for her safety and sometimes her life, and people were accusing her of all manner of disgusting things. ive heard about the israeli delegations alleged behavior towards other contestants, if this is true, it was rude, disrespectful and i resent that it happened, however, it does not compare to the magnitude of what eden went through on the entirety of this eurovision round.

[@thiccrat]

millionaires didnt earn it. billionaires didnt earn it. they dont deserve those designer clothes and overpriced homes and fancy meals. dont let them gaslight you into believing otherwise. we all deserve basic necessities of life. nobody deserves to die on the streets. empathy isn't annoying or cringe. its the BASELINE OF WHAT BEING HUMAN SHOULD MEAN. dont forget it. be someone you can be proud of.

[@pompitousoflove]

💯

[@oxoxyouu]

love you for this, Elle. will rewatch your videos without adblock

[@elleliteracy]

thank you!!

[@legendofayda]

Thank you for this 🤍🍉

[@slimymouse]

It has been so jarring to feel so gaslit by my contrasting feed. Thank you for calling attention to this.

[@izzy13belle]

Great video covering such an important topic! Thank you for using your platform to speak up about theses topics!

[@tessatea333]

i was snapping & clapping while watching cuz you put words to so many things i've been thinking & feeling - great video and thank you for being a part of creators for palestine, i hope yall reach 1 mil

[@L.G.127]

It breaks my heart how we progressive becoming worse. Watching Bisan video made me in so much pain. I really hope this end very soon, but I doubt it

[@juul_rmbt]

Thank you so much for making this and for speaking up, donating etc. Love!

[@fandomdomination3071]

Glazer’s speech is probably one of greatest modern Oscar speeches.

[@quietopinion9637]

NOPE glad people blacklisted his ass!!!

[@Naranylla]

Seeing the Met Gala right now really reminds me of District 1 from the hunger games. It's kind of satirical, but in a really sad and soul crushing kind of way.

[@aariharoserose]

hunger games is fictional story move on🤣

[@Naranylla]

@@aariharoserose You lack critical thinking skills and it's sad. My point was that they look eerily similar. It was a way to emphasize how dystopian the Met Gala looks. Think a little harder next time, or at all.

[@em499]

You mean the capitole ? Honestly I like the Met Gala but I'm sad to see everybody focusing on targeting random celebrities and not politicians who allows everything going on right now. Celebrities are not politicians they are here for entertaining. They have less power than politicians and anonymous billionairs who own every media, every company, every brand, every place and 50 pourcent of the world wealth

[@Naranylla]

@@em499 I think those are fair points. I agree.

[@miidnxghts]

idk it reminded me more of the capitol. zendaya's dress was giving effie trinket

[@PokhrajRoy.]

New subscriber here! You have a great back catalogue and also great choice of topic for today.

[@Ellen-sj4cd]

Hi fellow Ellen! Loved the video. I was literally just thinking about how hollow everything about the metgala felt this year. It’s like you knew exactly what kind of video I needed. I’m sure it’s going to resonate with a lot of people.

[@mariedelosh7509]

Completely agree with the excellent points you made in this video. Can we also talk about how events like the Met Gala, the Oscars and Eurovision are typically (not always) seen as feminine and queer events. Let’s direct this exact same energy towards events stereotypically aimed at straight men…the Superbowl and the Olympics jump to mind.

[@jackieroberts2625]

You do know pro Palestine protesters are trying to get Israel ousted from Olympics and the World Cup. And football players (soccer as you ppl call them) have been protesting all over the world right from the beginning. Let's not make this current protest about sexism because it's clearly not

[@areeba7045]

Especially this. I hate having to dunk on Palestine supporters in any way but I've noticed this glaring issue of people jumping on hate bandwagons for female celebrities and ignoring the amount of male celebrities who are openly zionist and have shown support for israel. Keanu Reeves is still lauded as the perfect man he's always been viewed as with very little clapback. Jack Black is still portrayed as the loveable guy everyone thinks he is despite his stance on israel and his past associations with autism speaks. I still see so many male zionists on my social media feeds with people responding to them normally, whilst female celebrities with ties to israel get their comments absolutely flooded. There are some exceptions, like Noah Schnapp, but they're far and few in between. The majority of (deserved) hate is geared at female celebrities while the male ones have been let off scott free.

[@areeba7045]

@ville__ no one waste ur time on this filth please

[@thesealky6445]

No because that issue kinda pales in comparison to the literal genocide happening. Women in Sudan, Ukraine and Palestine are going through much worst stuff. Including rape from armies. Also no other event costs 75,000 dollars. Plus the Oscars aren't a feminine event at all. Women barely win

[@melodi_bunniez]

​@@areeba7045 This! I know I'm late but I always saw people (rightfully) dunking on celebs like Lana del Rey for being Zionists, but not celebs like Dwayne Johnson Also Jack Black has associations with Autism Speaks? Can I learn more about that?

[@barislovescats]

English is my third language, so although I could not express myself as I wanted, I wanted to thank you as a Middle Eastern Kurd. Supporting Middle Eastern people from the other side of the world is not always "advantageous" for the supporter. Talking about racism and zionism in popular culture is what we always need

[@nevermind9835]

Thank you for the video and spreading an important message! I pray that invasions of Ukraine and Palestine will end 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 25:44 yes! It was right that they banned Russia from participating and showed such support for Ukraine during the broadcast, it was what they should’ve done. I’m Russian myself (genuinely trying to move out of the country, but it is hard due to young age and how expensive it is…) and was glad that Russia was excluded. Never was a fan of Eurovision, but it is so disappointing that Israel was not excluded, and, in fact, any Palestine support was punished… what a broken world and broken we live in…

[@melodi_bunniez]

Someone else in the comments section also pointed this out but when Russia invaded Crimea and the Donbass in 2014, the EBU did nothing and still let them compete in that year's compeition. They only disqualified them in 2022 when 9 countries threatened to withdraw. It's also ironic that they made Isntreal change it's song lyrics for being "too political" when in 2009, just a year after the invasion of Georgia, Russia (Who also hosted the contest that year) conducted a performance that was straight up militay propaganda complete with army uniforms and tanks, while Georgia was banned from participating for being "too political" So yeah, I'm not a Eurovision fan, but it seems to be that they only disquality countries the moment it treathens their contest Also I hope you're doing well

[@picahudsoniaunflocked5426]

Do people even remember the Met Gala is not a red carpet but a charity event? I'm doubting they even raise money for their collections anymore, rich people get so much free shit just being there when they are supposedly there to benefit that. The gift bags are apparently WILD. People really missed that important context with KimK destroying Marilyn Munroe's historic dress, it made it so much worse. I've worked in the arts & between the Sacklers + the Met Gala I'm even more disgusted by how art plays out on the global/pop culture stage today.

[@zahraraza8211]

The first time I watched the hunger games, I must've been 12 and completely unaware of the deeper meanings the movies carried. The one thing that I had internalized from it, though, was that something akin to the hunger games, with the rich playing dress-up and sensationalizing everything and another group of people in inconceivable suffering, could never happen. Things are so much more different now. You can watch the dystopias from all these movies play out in real time now.

[@alexilupin]

The European Broadcasting Union area encompasses several countries that are outside Europe (some in the Middle East and some in North Africa), so the idea that Eurovision is only for Europe is not true. But I believe one reason people aren't aware that actually such a wide geographic area is eligible to participate is that many countries have simply never participated. Some have never shown interest but some such as Lebanon expressed interest in joining but then withdrew. I suspect part of the reason some of these countries do not participate is that the rules would require them to recognise Israel in their broadcast.

[@devianiandrea1963]

It’s funny how this is the first time that I watch a 30 min KZbin video and NO ADS showed up. I don’t have ad blocker so I wonder what’s going on. Usually these videos start with 2 ads plus two or three ads combo throughout

[@JulyzaUy]

I also do think that these celebrities are just “entry level” rich rich and the ultra mega rich people have the privilege to stay anonymous while enjoying their extravagance. For me, this celebrity are just punching bag for us to throw our hate on while the real people that can actually make changes with the current situation can just exploit easily without the public putting their energy to them.

[@albertlassiter8608]

4:17 it is fascinating to hear you talk about a switch in your view of the Met gala, that it used to be a positive, notable thing for you as someone who, even now as an adult, barely knows what the met gala is, it is so unimportant to my life, it is easy to forget that some regular people see it as anything more than an example of rich celebrities doing opulent rich-celebrity thing

[@Freakingcurly]

It’s so refreshing to see this video pop up in my feed. I’ve been feeling not only disappointment, but rage towards celebrities and content creators, so the fact that someone I’m following is directly addressing these issues gives me a little bit of hope. Thank you.

[@quinteni.g.9117]

bummer that your video got demonetized but holy hell this is a masterful video!

[@airinion]

What a great video ❤️💚🖤🤍❤️💚🖤🤍

[@Casualphilosopher-db9gy]

One of the things that everyone forgets is that celebrities don’t actually pay themselves for the tickets. Brands do. Brands buy out tables and then they choose a designer to represent them. The designer then chooses guests (usually celebrities). The MET costume department doesn’t have funding from the MET, so some fundraiser is necessary. I don’t know if the Met Costume department needs these many millions of dollars for their work. I don’t work in costume preservation, so I don’t know. But it would be nice if brands which purchased the tickets to the Met also donated to Palestine humanitarian aid.

[@Gtfohrnis]

Yeah donate it to people who absolutely despise these costumes and would shame these people that wear it. 👏🏽

[@ianmichaelt640]

Love to see your support. But also also glad you posted again 😊

[@f1mbultyr]

What I don't understand about this years met gala, the theme was particularly tone deaf, but it also provided the option of showing up in a peasants outfit with a pitchfork. And not a single celebrity thought of that? It would've been so easy to win (at least part of) the public's opinion with that. Why was EVERYONE cosplaying as the aristocrats or the flowers (their tool of escaping the peasant revolt)?

[@loureedpipes]

I agree with the general sentiment of this, but to show up, at an event where a single ticket costs $75,000, as a peasant somehow seems even more weirdly hypocritical

[@f1mbultyr]

@@loureedpipes Hypocritical? Sure. More hypocritical? Definitely not.

[@jumalAnni]

FYI, most of Russia's population lives on the European side of the country.

[@redblaquegolden]

It's wild how proximity to whiteness blatantly has impacted the perception of Israel and the perception of Palestine, and the Ukraine... Etc My one thing about Marie Antoinette was literally just that she didn't say either permutation of those phrases as the phrase itself was published in a satire before she was on the throne (or even born). The sentiment is important, but so is historical accuracy and attribution. With proper historical accuracy and attribution we would be able to note how immensely long Israel has been occupying and committing attrocities against Palestine. The length of time of it all... It is horrendous. I do feel, as a creator with no virtual audience that there is almost nothing i can do to contribute, which is why I rarely post about it. But when I'm given a chance to speak about anything, I will and I do.

[@doit2810]

It's not whiteness. It's about the western world. Ukraine is at Europe's borders. Europe is a pillar of the West and an ally of the US so the US gives it more importance. Compared to that, Muslims and Arab countries have specifically rebuked American and European alliances. To say why the US doesn't care about that part of the world makes sense because the US isn't invested there, not about whiteness. If China invaded Taiwan, it would've more focus than even Ukraine. Now tell me, are Taiwanese white now?

[@TeddyKrimsony]

22:55 "non-European countries that compete include: Australia, Russia......" what version of geography do they teach in the US? Russia is *IN* Europe

[@phorgottenpast]

The most part of Russia is located in Asia

[@TeddyKrimsony]

@@phorgottenpast 77% of their population lives in the European part and they're mostly culturally European.

[@mariamart_0]

@@TeddyKrimsonyexactly but there is lesser known ethnic Russian groups such as Tatars, Circassians, Targaryen, Siberian, and other non-Germanic ethnic groups. Do yall know that there is some Asian Russians but they will barely show it in Russian media and Russian social media channels. I’ve been to Russian media and Russian social media. They only show the European-looking Russians instead of the Asiatic Russians who live in Eastern Russia instead of Western Russia 😕 This is Vladimir’s propaganda to make Russia turn out to be a ethnostate and ethnocentric country without ethnic diversity. He is supporting ethnic cleansing of Uyghur Chinese Muslims in Southern China because they are seen as an inferior race and ethnicity. It is so gross and disgusting that Russian media is promoting this racism towards their own ethnic minorities 😔

[@runningcommentary2125]

A lot of people don't consider them a European country because they aren't especially popular in Europe and most of their landmass being in Asia is a good enough excuse to not count them. Some people also like to argue that they don't count as culturally European either, which is something that has historically given a lot of Russian intellectuals an identity crisis.

[@akaLaBrujaRoja]

This may have already been mentioned, but the median US wage is only $48,060/year, not $60k. It can be confusing when you look it up, because the “average” given is skewed high since the mega earnings of the rich cancels out billions of people earning the federal minimum wage of $15k/yr, but the median is a better indicator of what more people actually make.

[@uhhhh_bo]

thank you for using your platform to speak about this!!

[@vitaminv1224]

for me “let them eat cake” always was an example of propaganda that still lives, no matter that everyone who at least googled it knew it was just a lie. was quite amused by how many people still tie it to the persona of marie antoinette, not to the fact that some lies lived through centuries (yep, she is still detached, but facts are better than symbols). as a ukrainian, verbal support from the world was awesome, but most of the people here prefer g*ns, military vehicles, ammo, planes, and other more “material” things that well, could make some difference on a battlefield, sorry if it's harsh. in our country we now have a common joke about a “huge support/great concerns” - it's like when you don't care at all, but try to look like you do for the bare minimum.

[@zoeinthewild]

I was also reminded of the biographies I've read about Marie Antoinette that pointed out how a great deal of the country's economic struggles came from the king sending money to the States to fund the American Revolution against the British. But the frivolous queen made an easy scapegoat. It's not that it was right for the wealthy to be living in excess while others struggled to feed themselves, just like it's not right to be spending 75,000 on a met gala ticket while people can't pay their rent, however, the bigger impact would come from change at a government level. The people in charge of how the country is actually run are the more important figures, and focusing so much on celebrities making statements seems like misplaced effort to me. A functional healthcare system, taxing corporations and the super wealthy, standing up to lobbyists regardless of them funding your campaigns, sending real aid to the countries that need it, THESE are the things that matter. Not how Zendaya feels about current events.

[@runningcommentary2125]

I've learned to hate the phrase 'we have grave concerns'. It's just politician speak for 'we're just going to let this atrocity unfold'. Another one is 'there can't be a military solution', which thankfully they seem to have stopped saying about Ukraine.

[@latansa5606]

Thanks for your support for Palestine. I am Indonesian, now we also do on strike to free Palestine.

[@nuruida.sharif6970]

Free palestine till palestine is free🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

[@doit2810]

But what is free?

[@LajosnéCzeffer]

You are making great points in this video

[@monaaburmishan32879]

Wonderful pirate! We here in palestine 🇵🇸feel so grateful for your perspective and production 🙌👏👏👏

[@katvelyte]

hell yeah im early to the video! excited to hear your banger take on the current anti-celeb sentiments!

[@whatsmoothbeast5177]

It's been supremely depressing watching left-wing and left-adjacent creators continue to post about KZbin drama and video game culture war shit and fucking Bitcoin without a word about Palestine.

[@areeba7045]

this is what i've been saying. some of the youtubers that fit this criteria have joined the recent Palestine fundraiser but considering how the blockout started trending shortly before that it makes the timing very convenient... youtubers who carry on with no mention of Palestine at all are absolutely atrocious people. many of them talk about issues connected to Palestine (celebrity blockout, met gala, the US tiktok ban) while avoiding the topic of Palestine like the plague.

[@PosiWritesStories]

@@areeba7045 Creators for Palestine was being organized for months in advance tbf so I don't think many of them are opportunists.

[@areeba7045]

@@PosiWritesStories yeah youre right, i was rethinking what i said because theres no way they couldve organised something this big in just a couple of days lmfao

[@sophianuman5395]

This video was much needed on youtube

[@graceelizabeth130]

IVE BEEN THINKING SO MUCH ABOUT THIS

[@thislilfishinthesea]

this is such a great video! thank you

[@PoppyOxymoron]

Thank you for this

[@pocketsnacks]

I am glad you are talking about this!

[@keepitprofessional2296]

to all the people who think that focusing on celebs is bad: ariana grande posted a link on her insta and raised more than 40k in a few hours. Unfortunately, us normal folk do not have the power or reach to do that. And celebs speaking out about topics can make them less taboo and actually encourage more people to seek out info on a topic they're on the fence about. And im sorry, if you still think that emailing your local politicians or voting is going to help when the entire colonialist, imperialist, zionist machinery is working to make sure that they win, you're delusional. The only thing that will help is the people. And to reach people, we need those with influence.

[@roshnipatel2000]

6:30 seeing American weapons in Palestine reminds me of the first Iron Man movie, when Iron Man is kidnapped by terrorists who use his weapons 😢

[@pi3.1415-y]

this video is so well made!!! i wish everyone would watch it❤

[@LynshereeEastman]

Fantastic video. Thankyou for saying what alot of people won't.

[@alexandreley5105]

this is a phenomenal video. thank you ❤

[@gaiachild1461]

Thanks for the rich Analysis, subscribed

[@banquetoftheleviathan1404]

isn't this just boycotting? You can still pirate whatever shows or movies they worked on that way you aren't supporting them.

[@elliotsangestevez]

look at us, dropping unintentional companion pieces on the same day!

[@black_forest_]

The mantra of "Eurovision was created to heal Europe after WW2" isnt really true, that idea was created much later as a marketing ploy. Really, it was about money. At the start, it was about making a show that would be simple enough to produce (just put some people on a stage to sing), have shared funding and a large viewership. They later rewrote their own history to seem more virtuous.

[@SadieReadsAgain]

Thank you for talking about this when so many wont.

[@yamanshashaa]

Free free free. Palestine 🇵🇸

[@Piliana18]

love this, thanks for sharing

[@jasmineshelton759]

Pluto leaves the Captialistic house of Capricorn and enters the ever resistant and revolutionizing Aquarius. This is literally a revolutionary time to be alive. We the people got the ✊🏾

[@bridget9920]

Thank you for making this video!!

[@vivivalley]

i hope people keep talking about this however long it takes

[@sharorviktor]

Great to see creators like yourself speaking on this 🇵🇸

[@emb3863]

Ok so im subscribed to you and this video didnt even show in my subscriptions feed, like... i found this video just now, a month after you released it, and for a moment i was like "oh did i unsubscribe by mistake or something?" Nope, still suscribed. Also no ads to be seen