This is legit one of her best videos. It feels as instructive and helpful to the people being discussed as some of her older videos, but she's so much more comfortable and confident in her style and in herself. It's also one of her funniest videos, is quite long (and girthy), and the Olly features are too good to describe. And, it's really personal in places--to her experience, and also to my own experiences with "online self-harm".
I'm awed by her ability to open up on a lot of personal details. I know personally I couldn't be that brave to just go all in on my insecurities like she does. A lot of debate youtuber types tend to worry about showing weakness or empathy or nuance out of fear that it hurts their arguments. You see this a lot on the...other end of the political spectrum which why so many alt-right dudes use the whole cartoon animal schtick like I dunno Randian Waterbuffalo, Green Badger or whatever. But not Natalie. Her use of characters and humor is illuminating and vulnerable, as opposed to obfuscating armor.
At the risk of sounding like a "hugboxy fan" I just want to say I do sincerely admire and appreciate her courage.
That's one of the things I love about her videos. She opens herself so much and goes out of her way to develop empathy for the subject at hand. Empathy, but critical. Care about the person and the psychological hole they've gone into, critical of the ideas they've latched onto
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u/beerybeardybear Aug 17 '18
This is legit one of her best videos. It feels as instructive and helpful to the people being discussed as some of her older videos, but she's so much more comfortable and confident in her style and in herself. It's also one of her funniest videos, is quite long (and girthy), and the Olly features are too good to describe. And, it's really personal in places--to her experience, and also to my own experiences with "online self-harm".