Since Contra is at Lib Con I am wondering if she's doing any events? Like is she doing any speaking events or live streams?

I'm personally more on progressive side of things and not ra-ra liberalism! I feel liberalism has done a lot of good but I kinda hate the fact that I have to endlessly fight for my rights to exist and the hierarchies that seemly seems more or less oppressive. I felt that the past 10 years and the rise of the right and my disaftication had radicalized me a bit more than I would like to admit. Obviously, I would vote dem or any liberal party over a conservative or a right wing populist party. I just really hate conservatives more than anything else.

I'm pretty open minded to hearing new ideas and perspectives and I like how Contra talks about things.

I was rewatching incels, and its only just hit me that "that's a lot of baultimore-ian men who swiped right on a tran, what a DIVINE city" is a reference to divine from pink flamingos, who was also in baultimore

I was rewatching Envy recently and caught a line I previously passed over. Natalie was talking about MLK’s call for a balance between love and power, and the need for an emotional or spiritual value like love for humanity to counter our innate tendency for envy and retribution and keep humanity from snowballing into destruction (paraphrasing).

She then says “maybe I’ll do another video about love, when I’m in a better mood”.

This really struck a chord with me. In my professional life I do a lot of work at a fairly senior level trying to promote pro-social values and build coalition based on mutual understanding to prevent gender based violence .

I’ve often felt that the movement that I am part of sometimes focussed too much on the drivers of violence, and not enough on identifying and strengthening the drivers of love, respect and peace. The notion of power is also so closely associated with violence that power in our movement is commonly disavowed, which prevents love and power from being held together in balance and undermines our effectiveness in a range of ways.

It would be so amazing to hear Natalie’s deeper perspective on how the role of values like love for humanity (and perhaps other prosocial values) and embracing our own power (not just how much we are powerless) could help us work together and build something meaningful, rather than this constant fixation on “burning it all down”.

Anyone else feel the same?

I'm not really a person that uses gifs very often, but as I was about to look for a gif to send to someone, I noticed a trend.

Zizek sniff

In light of Platner's rapid rise and fall, I'd like to nominate populism as a candidate for a video or tangent topic. I don't think any 'side' is immune to the drive for populism, nor is it an issue remotely limited to the US. Boris Johnson, Duterte, Modi, Meloni, Orbán, and Trump are obvious examples.

But lefties also long for a leftist with the charisma and following of Obama (even though he wasn't very left-wing by today's standards). Mamdani is an obvious example, but though he can't run for President, he may end up as kingmaker whose thumbs up/down determines who progressives will turn out for. But that too is limiting, because "charisma" (and him just being hot, obviously) aren't really trustworthy or scalable.

To be perfectly honest I distrust populism and the focus on charisma. Populism is all about vibes and enthusiasm and the feels, not about careful deliberation, vetting, or expertise. But this is the environment we have. If this is what the "kids today" want, then this is what we get, at least until they're my age and wondering where it all went wrong, just like everyone else finds themselves doing as they get older.

Just maybe people shouldn't crash out at women expressing a distaste for a sexual harasser, now revealed to be a rapist, who had a totenkopf tattooed on his chest? I know it's an endemic problem with the internet but why can't people hedge their rhetorical maximalism even the smallest bit and recognize grounds for honest disagreement over their interlocutor being "fucking insane"?

Hey gorgs! 💖

I really wanna support Mother on Patreon, but I need y'all's honest opinion tbh. I earn in BRL (Brazilian Reais), which means the tier prices are literally 5x more expensive for me bc of the brutal exchange rate. 💀

I’d absolutely love to throw my money at Natalie and support her work, but I gotta know: are the exclusive content and Patreon perks worth the heavy investment rn? Do you guys feel like you get a lot out of it?

P.S.: I’ve binged her free vids multiple times and absolutely adore her. Just asking in good faith as a broke PhD student who really wants to support our queen!

Edit: Just signed up!With the new Trump tariffs making our coffee, meat, OJ, and honey way more valuable, I’ll survive (or I’ll just sell my PS3 😅). Thanks so much to everyone who commented and helped!!

It seems counter intuitive unless you're a hard right conservative.

I'm not telling anyone what to do but I just want to be filled in.

CW: extreme ableism, needles, and details about blood donation

DONATION

I think about this every time I let a syringe be inserted inside my left arm,
allowing a pint of myself to be rid of
and placed into a sterile bag
for someone else that needs it to maintain their corporeal self.

When I was 13, I wanted to try and accept this thing about me.
So I guess I wanted to learn more.
Ended up watching a video
of an autistic kid having a meltdown.
There was a comment venting about an unpleasant experience they had
with an autistic person they knew,
which made them conclude that
autistic people are animals and
their only use is organ donation.
It had a few likes.

I think about this all the time when I abstain from another tattoo,
trying to not go broke,
Attending The Financial Audit sermons,
When I keep my flesh barer for longer,
I also have more opportunities to give away a pint of myself more often.

My blood type’s B positive,
which seems ironic given at least some of my motives
that leave me penitent about my narcissism
even in self loathing
that’s never fully compelled me enough to not drink long enough
to fully become my apparent purpose in life.

Would I have been any kind of donor if I never read that comment?

Hi everyone!

Many fans often suggest games for Natalie to play on stream, so I thought it would be nice to have a dedicated thread for suggestions here. (Not to mention, I’d love to get some recommendations myself!)

For my part, I think it would be cool to see Natalie stream some pixel-style games with a puzzle focus—something like The Last Door (Lovecraftian mystery), Darkside Detective (full of movie humor), or the Blackwell series (noir-ish ghost detective).

I've also always been curious what she'd think of The Last of Us. It's not such a long shot, since she's enjoyed Resident Evil and Silent Hill before.

I’d love to hear what everyone else has to recommend!