Her videos just keep getting longer and longer!
I reference her thoughts in "Opulence" so often that I made my mom watch it (with me) and she sat through the whole 2 hours. Can't believe it came out FOUR years ago.
The final chapter regarding our era being a Gothic one (and the decay of malls) is the best part.
its soooo good. especially the section on desire. if you have three hours to spare I highly recommend.
on a side note: love a good video essay. a lot are kinda half assed, but the good ones are so good and help with my atrocious attention span!
This girl is so interesting to watch, she puts so much effort into her videos. visuals: stunning, topics: relevant, analysis: original.
Got so much of my recommended reading from her videos too, sources are there.
I like her cohesion in saying things. What pisses me off about these long videos, is sometimes they say buzz words like "deep dive" when really it's a recap. She knows the difference and uses these terms wisely, which I appreciate as she doesn't waste my time, making me more prone to actually watch her recaps.
When I was 19-20 I worked on Haight Street at a retro revival/rockabilly dress shop. The company had expanded too fast and blew all their money, so my store was closing and what was usually very expensive clothing was on super sale.
One day I arrived to work and everyone called out except me. My manager told me to run the (large) store all by myself. At some point the landlord for the building showed up to tell me the company hadn't paid rent in months. The store was so busy due to the sale that I couldn't take a break for hours due to the constant stream of people. The landlord decided she wanted to be "helpful" and was taking customers to the stock room to find clothes that weren't on the floor. It was chaos.
When finally there was a moment of the store being empty I locked the door, had a panic attack, and angrily scribbled the "closed early because overworked and underpaid" sign and left.
I was fired haha.
A friendly gentleman at the cafe recommended I get my thai iced tea with an espresso shot. It is so good and now I'm now sharing this recommedation with you.
Changed my life. If I had it together enough I would sometimes put my pills in those weekly pill boxes but never stuck to it.
Now if i ask myself "have i taken my meds today?" i can look at the bottle and KNOW! 23 hours ago! Time to take meds. 30 hours ago! oops forgot. 6 hours ago! lol already took em today and have no memory of it but the cap does!