#lesbian video essay

[morosexualharrow]

I made a video about the lesbian masterdoc!!!! I've had big opinions about this for a long time. Check it out if you like Adrienne Rich lol

#video essay #lesbian masterdoc #lesbian doc #lesbian video essay #cyberlesbian masterdoc #Youtube

[rowanellis]

The Subversive Power of the Lesbian Cheerleader

A video essay deep dive into the sapphic cheerleader trope including Santana in Glee, Cheryl in Riverdale, Jennifer's Body, But I'm A Cheerleader and many more...

#santana lopez #brittana #but i'm a cheerleader #jennifer's body #cheryl blossom #santana glee #cheerleader #video essay #lesbian cheerleader #lesbian representation #Youtube

[invisible-pink-toast]

“The woman dies.

She dies to provide a plot twist. She dies to develop the narrative. She dies for cathartic effect. She dies because no one could think of what else to do with her. Dies because there weren’t any better story ideas around. Dies because her death was the very best idea that anyone could come up with.

‘I’ve got it! Let’s kill her off!’

‘Yes! Her death will solve everything!’

‘Okay! Let’s hit the pub!’

And so, the woman dies. The woman dies so the man can be sad about it. The woman dies so the man can suffer. She dies to give him a destiny. Dies so he can fall to the dark side. Dies so he can lament her death. As he stands there, brimming with grief, brimming with life, the woman lies there in silence. The woman dies for him. We watch it happen. We read about it happening. We come to know it well.”

- The Woman Dies by Aoko Matsuda (translated by Polly Barton)

#you ever read a quote and it's So Good you have to put everything down and immidiately work out an edit for it? #came across the quote watching Final Girl Studios video on Beautiful Dead Girls: The Romanticised Death of the Teenage Girl #a fantastic (although disturbing obviously) video essay on this trope #and there are so.many.examples #was hard to narrow it down to 20 #and that's just of the ones i know! let alone all the many others #plus there's the intersections?? like it's dangerous to be a female character - and a woman of colour (especially black and even more so #with dark skin) - and a queer woman (especially a lesbian) - and an abuse survivor #so based on that they obviously had to kill tara thornton 🙄 #tropes #cw death #women in refrigerators #dead lesbian #tw mysoginy #tw racism #tw homophobia #tw lesbophobia #they deserve better #Aoko Matsuda #the woman dies #quotes #dead girl trope #my post #my edit #lexa #gwen stacy #mako mori #gamora #cordelia chase #poussey washington

[nyxsealia]

When I was 17 and trying to figure out what the heck my sexuality was, the main, if not only, piece of advice I found online, even when I directly asked people, was to go out and experiment sexually with various people and see what gender I enjoyed sex with most. And years later, that still seems to be the advice most of us give when someone is trying to figure out their sexuality. And there's nothing wrong with doing that, and if that's what helped you, great. But I do think there's issues with this being the most prevalent advice.

There are a lot of reasons someone may not want to do this, various personal or religious reasons, comfort levels, a lack of interest in sex, not experiencing much or any sexual attraction, or simply being too young for this to be applicable.

I found the advice unhelpful for many of the reasons I just mentioned, and it left me feeling lost on how I was supposed to find out what my orientation was. It also left me with thoughts like how can I be a part of queer culture if I don't want to experiment sexually or be sexually active? Even looking at articles with advice on dating as a queer woman I saw bullet points like "It's okay to have sex on the first date!" there was so much emphasis on how it's okay to have very active sex lives that it left me feeling like if I didn't want that, I'd never be able to have relationships because there'd be an expectation of sex right off the bat. Don't get me wrong, sex positivity is important and we shouldn't shame people for their sex lives. But I feel like we don't don't talk about not being into that kind of thing enough.

I also didn't know at the time that I was asexual, and while I'm sex neutral and open to the idea of sex with a trusted partner, I don't have any desire to seek out sexual relationships. Not experiencing sexual attraction made figuring out my attraction a thousand times harder. I still don't know if I'm bi/pan or lesbian. I do refer to myself as gay or lesbian in some instances, but sometimes I say queer or just shrug and say "I like girls" or "I'm not straight" and some days I'm okay with the vagueness of that, but other days I feel the stress and pressure of having to pick an identity in order to have a community to belong to and be accepted. That stress and pressure doesn't get better when all the advice I can find on the subject just tells me to have sex and that'll clear everything up.

We put a lot of focus on finding out exactly "what" you are. And I don't think sex is the best way to do that. Lots of people have varying interest in sexual or physical intimacy, not just queers. My cishet friend told me she got a boyfriend but she wasn't entirely sure if what she was feeling was romantic, and that the idea of kissing made her uncomfortable. She doesn't identify as ace or aro, and she shouldn't have to. People can have a lack of interest in these things without a lack of attraction.

Another issue with this advice is that sexual and romantic attraction doesn't always line up for everyone. You may enjoy sex with all genders, but find you only have a desire to date one. So sexual experimenting wouldn't necessarily answer the question for you. Orientation is really complicated. I did mostly consider myself lesbian, but I occasionally find men aesthetically attractive, and I'm honestly starting to wonder if I'm actually bi but still feel uncomfortable using the term.

All this needlessly long and ramble-y text to say, this advice is simply useless to a lot of people. And while I can't speak personally for this part, I'd bet at least some people who enjoy sexual experimentation still weren't sure of their orientation at the end of it. This advice shouldn't be presented as the one size fits all solution.

If you're uncomfortable or uninterested in figuring out your identity this way, there's nothing wrong with that. There's also nothing wrong with not knowing. You don't have to know right now, or ever if you'd prefer that. It's okay to use vague terms. It's also okay to use whatever label feels closest even if it's not perfect. And remember, you're not locked into anything. You can always change labels.

There is no right way to determine your orientation. Everyone discovers themself in different ways and at different ages. It's not a race or a checklist. The most important thing is to be kind and patient with yourself and whatever you do to figure yourself out, be safe.

#I'm so sorry this is so long #I just watched roughly five hours of video essays blame that #queer #lgbt #lesbian #lgbtq #wlw #asexual #nonbinary #agender #gay #bisexual #pansexual #queer community #lgbtq community #queer positivity #lgbt positivity #transgender #genderfluid #queer dating advice #lgbt dating #aromantic #aroace

[rusalkaconcubine]

Do it's not my next essay (maybe two ahead of it?) But my partner got me a copy of Carmilla since I need to read it before writing my essay on the BellaDonna ship and... It's a vibe

#resident evil #resident evil 8 #resident evil village #donna beneviento #bela dimitrescu #lady dimitrescu #video essay #carmilla #vampire #lesbian #beladonna #bela dimitrescu x donna Beneviento #bela x donna

[bachelor-buttons]

so i watched elisabeth

#elisabeth das musical #elisabeth #der tod #der tod elisabeth #there’s a video essay on youtube that states my general feelings on the matter better than i ever could!! #personally the original version of the elisatod romance resonated with me more no hate to the people who enjoy later versions #and before you ask i am aware of the takarazuka production lmao i’m just having a silly time :) #elisabeth and der tod r in lesbian love in my heart but also the musical is so much more than their relationship #<- that’s the tldr

[mae-wont-stop-crying]

@ my ever after high mutuals and also anyone who's interested, you should definitely go check out this video essay by anamorphia on Youtube its so girly-teen-girl-from-far-awayville in the best way !!

#me when there's finally a video essay to point to when explaining what I'm doing on tumblr in 2023 #like I literally created this account when I had an essay to write my sophomore year about this very topic #needed fandom research to back it up #and here I am #3 years later ;') #ever after high #apple white #chloe bourgeois #clawdeen wolf #princess bubblegum #but i'm a cheerleader #femme lesbian #lesbian #video essay #Youtube

[fanboy-feminist]

Here are some of my favorite graphics from the new Contrapoints video

#the Jack Halberstam quote made me burst out laughing #maybe it’s just because it’s a shiny new video but I genuinely think this is Natalie’s best video essay yet #contrapoints #STRANGEAEONS MENTION! #lefttube #leftist #leftism #breadtube #natalie wynn #twilight #queer theory #lgbt studies #gay and lesbian studies #Jack halberstam #strange aeons #strangeaeons #camille paglia

[emuanon34]

TW: Possible Suicide

This is from James’ twitter and as of this writing we don’t know if he is still alive.

To anyone who has called him out on his past behavior, please don’t blame yourself, you guys did the right thing. I feel immensely guilty for making jokes about his behavior and I am considering deleting my meme I made out of frustration.

#James Somerton #HBomberGuy #Todd In The Shadows #ToddInTheShadows #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQ+ #Lesbian #Gay #Bi #Bisexual #Trans #Transgender #Video Essay

[morosexualharrow]

I really really hated that stupid Useless Lesbian meme and even though I don't feel sure I've even seen one since like 2019 I still wanted to make a video about how incredibly unfair I think it is to tell women who have been conditioned not to act on their desire that they're just Useless Stupid Gay Lesbian Sheep. Check it out if you've got 20 minutes to spend thinking about how much you like women lol

#video essay #video stuff #lesbian video essay #Youtube

[aroanthy]

revolutionising the world w my nanami video essay someday i promise you guys. in the meantime this is a playlist of daise approved utena video essays if you even care. i have um’d and ah’d about including the clear and sweet aou analysis series bc i think it’s wonderful in so many ways but do disagree with the fundamental read of the movie so. ehh. my general rule for including something on this playlist is ‘the analysis must be considered, somewhat original, something that i either agree with or think is valuable to keep in mind’. if there was less ‘the series isn’t as good’ and half-reaching at what my interpretation of aou is, then that aou series would probably be on here. i do recommend it but it just doesn’t feel right to have it on here sorryyy

#what else do i recommend. there are fun podcasts #i listened obsessively to the shadow play gays during my a levels. like literally that’s what i was thinking about going into my exams #absolute destiny a podcast has some great moments and some utterly baffling ones #ive not finished listening to the rgu and aou eps of wizards vs lesbians but enjoyed them so far #vrai kaiser’s guide is also wonderful #i hate the noralities videos and those la duellist videos are v lacking imho. but that’s just me!!!!! love and light #oh also just go peruse the empty movement essays. some of them are rubbish and some of them are fucking phenomenal #we view the palace perspectives as required reading in this house despite taking such fundamental issue with some of its arguments #dais.txt

[cameowradasofi]

From my priv twt account, felt like sharing my derangement with the world

#Armored Core For Answer #Old King #But he's a butch lesbian #Yes daddy kitten will fell the cradles #I only ever played ac6 but I watched some video essays about ac4a and loved it

[out-of-context-aro-ace]

"You know your set when an aspec is on deck" (lololol) but the video is about asexual rep in manga, I just like that line and have never heard of it before

Video by @kamenootblr

#asexual #aroace #manga #is love the answer? #mine kun #uta isaki #doughnuts under a crescent moon #ace lesbian #shio usui #i want to be a wall #honomi shirono #koisenu futari #erika yoshida #catherine kobaly #video essay

[thethinkingaurora]

I was just watching the video essay that Power Pak made on the game Signalis (here’s the link if you want it) and then bam, surprise lesbians, like I wasn’t expecting that but hell yeah

#The video is like actually amazing though #it’s 2 hours #but it’s very well made #also Power Pak has a great video essay on myhouse.wad which is also very well made #point is #I would definitely recommend that you watch the video essay #although do be viewer descretion is advised #so yeah do be wary of that #Signalis #lesbian

[voidworms]

voicesmith art dump :B I forgot my tumblr credentials so I am back with a direct attack to the sot art tag 

#sotfanart #sotart #Sea of Thieves #ask me why I believe theyre lesbians/hj #I could make a video essay about why warsmith is the perfect sapphic #SoT #Warsmith #myart #Voice of the Flame

[mossflower]

loki season two has me screaming crying throwing up trying not to get dragged back into the mcu trenches

#i am stronger than this. i am better than this!! #by the trenches i mean consuming fanfiction at an unhealthy rate. fourteen year old me was insane i think i was on ao3 more than i slept #that’s not exaggeration. i was getting four hours of sleep on school nights and frequently went to bed at 5am on weekends #it is ONE good story. one. literally not worth it. i don’t even care about ninety percent of the mcu characters #i will ignore the little voice in my head reminding of the sheer amount of fanfiction. this was my pre-tumblr days #so my fandom interaction was like. youtube and ao3. maybe instagram posts sometimes. it was so much fun like. zero drama zero discourse #i was honestly living my best life. got less interested when i joined tumblr and went full doctor who mode #and after endgame i watched i think wandavision and loki and that was it. just didnt care anymore lol #i know exactly why this is happening tho. currently the thing i am insane about is my own damn project. which i am in the process of writin #for obvious reasons no fandom there. bc it lives in my mind twenty four fucking seven #i do wonder if i’m kind of growing away from fandom anyway? the closest i’ve got since toh ended was homestuck tbh #i want to feel obsessed with something again!! everything i’m into now - tma tlt and the like - i love them #but it doesnt hit like it used to. i don’t know it’s hard to explain #like video essays that i would have loved a few years ago!! the hour long ones about representation and queer media #they just irritate me now! i got halfway through one last week and had to bail i just could not care less #how did 2020 social media have me convinced that x character being gay was super important politically economically socially etc #ofc the answer is that i was a baby lesbian getting even less social interaction than normal #like representation is important obviously but also. sometimes it was not that deep #i don’t know if i’m making sense tbh but you get my drift #morganposting