#lily alexandre

[yourdailyqueer]

Lily Alexandre

Gender: Transgender non binary (she/her)

Sexuality: Lesbian

DOB: N/A

Ethnicity: White - Canadian

Occupation: Youtuber

[fuddlyduddly]

[mothshrub]

Anyway, the latest hobby here is 'watching video essays by trans authors particularly but not exclusively if they have an essay on masculinity or gender and society'.

Recs:

Contrapoints

Jesse Gender

Lily Alexandre

Lady Emily

RickiHirsch

Alexander Avila

Oakwyrm

Shanspeare

KazRowe

Philosophy Tube

[beingharsh]

Mainstream feminist ideas needed to appeal to people whose interests were in direct conflict with each other and as it turns out, privilege theory is pretty appealing to the most privileged. It allows them to work through their guilt via charitable donations, personal reflection, and empathy with the oppressed... But oppression doesn't exist because some people are rude, so making them act more polite will only get us a fraction of the way there. Misogyny will not end if we stop calling periods gross, classism will not end if we stop thinking poor people are dirty. If anything, this line of thinking can make the oppressive structures in society more adaptable, more sustainable. It's like we positioned the guillotine wrong and instead of beheading the king, we gave him a nice new haircut. And now he's relatable to the Common Man and we can't remember why we were mad at him in the first place. I say all this because on that surface level where oppression is contained in occasional rudeness, we've won. Pop feminism achieved so much of what it set out to do in the 2010s. Many microaggressions are way less socially acceptable now. Like, it's been years since anyone asked me if I've had the surgery; Kristen Bell is bisexual on TV; RuPaul is bigger than Jesus; pronouns and email signatures are in, gendered language is out; with 'manned flights' giving way to 'crewed flights' and so on. Feminists advocated for these things and they happened. We've changed the culture by any measure conceivable. And yet, things are the worst they've been in my entire life, and they don't seem to be getting better.

[patricia-taxxon]

hallo you beautiful doggy, i have a question for you: what does "girls own the void" mean?

[macleod]

This is an incredible video essay, and the usage of sludge content to explain the situation is brilliant.

[monstermonstre]

Transition Regret & the Fascism of Endings by Lily Alexandre

[gaykarstaagforever]

Filmmaker Lily Alexandre discusses the rise, and inevitable sputtering out, of "4th wave feminism," the online pop-feminism of 10 years ago (assuming they are one and the same, it is complicated, don't at me).

She talks about how it was co-opted by cis white women who parlayed it into book deals and jobs in corporate finance, while the Black queer people who did most of the intellectual heavy-lifting had their work stolen by these women, and when they complained, were called angry, unhelpful, and deranged. And this is just the first 12 minutes of the hour and 12 minute video!

Those of you older than like 25 were here for all of this when it happened. You remember. Oh, do we all remember...

Trigger warning: Lena Dunham. And Emma Watson beatboxing.

[doomdoomofdoom]

my youtube recommended feed these days is mostly hour long video essays by transfems and i think thats beautiful

[thiscatgoesmoo]

At the bottom of every rabbit hole is an antisemitic fascist

[exissidere]

LILY ALEXANDRE NEW VIDEO WHERE SHE TALKS ABT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT LETS GOOOOOOO

[brightgnosis]

“Why Is Queer Discourse so Toxic?” by Lily Alexandre

This has such a great discussion on Discourse™ in general, Purity Culture, and other issues, and all their intersections, and it’s great; 200 / 10. Love it.

[beingharsh]

Trans people are active participants in our own aging. It doesn't just happen to us the way it happens to a lot of people. We have to face the next few decades of our life head-on and consider how we want to move through them. By traditional standards, it's not always pretty because aging isn't always pretty. Faced with these signs, cis people talk about us like we're more frail than they are somehow, like our lifestyle brings us closer to death...but it's all projection. We remind them, they too are aging, and that scares them.

[wakewithgiggli]

I don't know how to caption this, but if you want to know anything about the realities of trans life, watch this.

[legoyuri]

did she just. copy this 2 year old video

Havent seen her vid but like, she took the end even to the point of the capitalization???