This is an odd post, I suppose. Shouldn't I be promoting my new book left, right and centre? Well, yes technically, but I'm determined not to be that really pushy author. Plus I've been properly busy with other things. Instead, I've decided to give my readers a taste of the YouTube channels I've come to really enjoy. YouTube is both a source of entertainment, maybe something I'll use in the future, and a fascinating place to find new stuff. Here in begins a selected list of channels that I enjoy for one reason or another.
NOTE: For information videos, there is a strong temptation to take them with pinches of salt and cross-check. The channels I've mentioned below check out as very sound when I've done source cross-referencing. Also, I have stuff being uploaded on my own YouTube channel, so enjoy.
Proper Bird/Jinzee: A woman who got her start summarizing lore from The Witcher franchise, but has branched out into other areas. A channel with a criminally-low level of views and subscriptions, she's created really entertaining retrospective and analysis videos. Her side channel "Jinzee" covers her game twitch compilations, which are entertaining to say the least.
J Draper: A newer find, a London-based historian who covers...a lot of stuff. The two videos that caught my attention was her look at Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and how they influenced modern language through their preservation, and two videos on Shakespeare, one discussing his potential sexuality and one about how his plays were produced in their day. It is definitely something to enjoy.
Bernadette Banner: A dress historian who specialises in original practise reconstruction, Bernadette Banner has been going for some little time, and I found her in 2021 through her early analysis of costumes in period movies. Some of my favourites from her include her hair and beauty product experiments, her creation of a Worth-style 1890s gown, her illustrated corrections of terrible Halloween costumes and book covers, and some other random stuff.
Caitlin Doughty: Formerly known under the title "Ask a Mortician", Caitlin Doughty is a real-life mortician, green death advocate, and co-founder of the Order of the Good Death, and organization promoting green burial options and death awareness. Her video format has shifted over the years from answering direct death questions, to long-form videos on death-related subjects from disastrous events to personal stories. This isn't clickbait sensationalism, this is a real and personal look into death. Also has some truly incredible stories for authors such as myself to use with due care and respect for their origins. (Also fun fact, the WordPress encyclopedia doesn't have 'mortician' in its lexicon.)
Overly Sarcastic Productions: A find from 2018/2019, this channel is run by two friends, 'Red' and 'Blue', who respectively do mythology/folklore/story-based videos, and history videos. Their work is relatively sound, though sometimes they fall into common traps (JEEZ, WHY CAN'T ANYONE GET ANNE BOLEYN RIGHT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!!!!!! *deep breath*). Recommended if you want stuff like Norse sagas, common story tropes, history, influential figures, and some general shenanigans.
Lindsay Ellis: Someone I found by accident, who was sadly forced off YouTube by a despicable harassment campaign due to speaking her mind. She uploads her content primarily on Nebula, but her YouTube channel is still up and still has great stuff. From analysis videos of specific characters/films to general history, it's a great time. She's also now a published science fiction author.
There are other channels I might mention, but these are the biggies. These are the ones I really enjoy, and can imbue knowledge. Here's to the future, my own and everyone else pursuing creative and/or educational endeavours, and a year that is perhaps slightly...less...stressful.
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