I will try to do better.". Real Name. Well if you watch my stuff youll see that its a bit less how to put it? Edit to the edit: Never mind. According to internal documents, Valent plans to design a mass appeal social media campaign fronted and owned by prominent social media figure Abigail Thorn, the founder of Philosophy Tube. In 2019, Thorn hosted a livestream on Twitch in which she read plays from the Complete Works of Shakespeare for the mental health charity Samaritans. on the UK governments behalf throughout the Syrian crisis. This is compounded by the fact that it is even easier than ever to forget someone's humanity and only see them as a personality or a profile page. There are no cuts or editing,[25] and a single costume change is facilitated by a slow camera pan across the room;[26] Thorn used the second of two takes. For example, Foreign Office contractor Zinc Network maintains a clandestine nexus of Russian-speaking social media influencers throughout the former Soviet Union, to promote media integrity, democratic values [and] complex social issues, a campaign so intensive its relationship with these individuals necessitates daily management. This squadron of undercover psy-ops warriors are supported by an expert in-house team of Russian speaking producers, researchers and digital growth strategists in London, helping them create, edit and promote their output. Abigail Thorn at present is possibly single. In the video, Thorn criticises some right-wing and left-wing arguments and highlights indigenous philosophy. Leaked files obtained by The Grayzone indicate that the Royal Institution has enlisted the services of Valent Projects, a social change communications firm founded by a public relations operative previously involved in the UK Foreign Offices campaign for violent regime change in Syria. The former philosophy student has become a popular provocateur . By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Private Policy and Terms of Use. Valent has also been sponsored by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), a US intelligence cut-out, for a project aimed at investigating disinformation.. The authors note fan crowdfunding, production value, criticism of the alt-right, use of citation and videos about broad topics as common BreadTube attributes that are employed by Philosophy Tube. She was born on Friday, October 21, 1988. Because it's me, my coming out video is a musical about the philosophy of language lol youtube.com/watch?v=5Hi6j2UXEZM&feature=youtu.be ", "Abigail Thorn Of 'Philosophy Tube' Comes Out As Transgender", "YouTube star Abigail Thorn comes out as trans in new video", "Protesters stage 'die in' outside NHS HQ in powerful demonstration against trans healthcare crisis", "A huge step forward for trans protest in Britain", "Abigail Thorn: "Trans folks have unique perspectives on the world and much to contribute", "Inside the bootcamps where YouTube grows its next generation of stars", "Meet Abigail Thorn, the trans philosopher who wants to kill James Bond", "YouTuber Olly Thorn Raises $100,000+ By Livestreaming Shakespeare Readings Around The Clock For 4 Days", "Let Philosophy Tube Restore Your Faith in Humanity", "YouTuber Philosophy Tube Live-Streaming Reading of Entire Works of Shakespeare for Charity", "This brilliant YouTube video is one of the best TV episodes of the year", "YouTube as Praxis? She has not disclosed details of her current boyfriend or affair. During the Trump era, as the Google-owned YouTube implemented a . Why are people who seem so unfamiliar with basic elements of socialist ideology suddenly elevated to the position of respected experts by the algorithms? The education details are not available at this time. Natalie Wynn, (1988-) better known as ContraPoints, is an American trans woman identifying as a "pessimistic socialist". Last month I reached a quarter of a million subscribers! The truth is, Academic Philosophy, the underground philosophy scene thats going on out here is doing gangbusters. Jessie "Gender" Earl identifies as nonbinary and is a transgender activist and writer. to rent out its grand central London headquarters for conferences, corporate bashes and weddings. Russian info ops arent what they used to be. Back in April 2020, Khan appeared on a panel discussion convened by the organization, Countering Disinformation in a Time of COVID19.. At this point, almost all have responded, including transgender activist Kat Blaque, who points out that she herself appeared in a video with Buck Angel five years ago and stated that"everyones criticisms of Buck are valid. An ex-philosopher with a penchant for elaborate sets and costumes, Natalie got her start making response videos to right-wing YouTubers after finding herself alarmed at the increa Counter-terror is not a stated Foreign Office purview, but just, three core areas of focus for the UK foreign intelligence service MI6. I gave my university a whole bunch of free advertising and they turned around and washed their hands of me! Its honestly a great time for philosophy outside the academy right now. Trauma., which was released in late July 2019. Trauma. [28] The statement discussed issues in access to healthcare, journalist fearmongering about transgender people and a lack of elected transgender representatives. St. James praised that Thorn "undercuts [Bannon's] entire shtick". Yet asking someone to disown a person that they love is a form of emotional abuse. Queen Elizabeth IIs cousin, Field Marshal Prince Edward, the Duke of Kent, has served as, The files indicate that the Royal Institution enlisted the services of, , a communications firm [working] with clients in the UK and all over the world to counter disinformation and strengthen the bonds between people., Valent was founded by Amil Khan, a former Reuters and BBC reporter, left journalism to help good causes navigate the new information landscape., Valent indicated its intent to exploit Philosophy Tubes sizable platform to achieve a, [emphasis added] in the target audience., The firm felt the best topic to address this issue is probably along the lines of the thing about expertise [sic]. Fittingly, in August 2020 Thorn, Featuring comedian Adam Conover of the popular show, Adam Ruins Everything, the 45 minute-long defense of the scientific consensus on the HIV/AIDS debate is the. [33], The Prince has themes of transgender identity, political radicalisation and unhealthy romantic, platonic and familial relationships. The negative does not outweigh or erase the positive, but neither does the positive outweigh or erase the negative. Trauma. It would be entirely unsurprising if this deluge was a coordinated effort. Abigail Thorn of Philosophy Tube participating in the Royal Institution's "Vaccines: Warriors and Worriers" event Also on the event's panel were an immunologist named Zania Stamataki and. So far, so yawn. Hamish is the son of Charlie Falconer, a longtime friend and former roommate of former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair. In May, Thorn published a characteristically ornate video, Ignorance & Censorship, which touched on the topic of disinformation and vaccines. To be clear, ContraPoints giving a platform to Buck was wrong, and there is a reasonable argument to be had that her response to the criticism of that was bad. The cash injection would increase the number of livestreamed science talks hosted by the organization, and help it develop new digital content.. ", "(btw if you're wondering why that's less than the on-screen amount it's because the cash was donated in dozens of currencies, displayed roughly in dollars, and has been converted to , for which Paypal charged currency conversion fees)", "Noomi Rapace, Nicholas Pinnock Join Matthias Schoenaerts in 'Django,' From Sky and Canal Plus (Exclusive)", "With sword fighting, lesbianism and a magical doorway, Shakesqueer lovers have a lot to look forward to", "Shakespeare-inspired play 'The Prince' to open at Southwark Playhouse", "The Prince - Southwark Playhouse | Theatre and Bar", "Trans representation in theatre is slowly but surely changing for the better", "The Prince Southwark Playhouse, London", "YouTuber and playwright Abigail Thorn explains why Shakespeare has 'so much trans potential', "The Prince review playful romp through Shakespearean roles", "Review: The Prince, Southwark Playhouse", "7 podcast recommendations if you love movies and movie trivia", "Kill James Bond! Maurice R. Greenberg World Fellows Program, , named for the AIG founder who nearly became CIA director. The ex is later revealed to have been abusive, with the implication that the wardrobe story was an unconscious example of this. [21], In July 2019, Thorn discussed her channel on the BBC radio show World Business Report. [54] Gwendolyn Ann Smith, writing for the Bay Area Reporter, praised Identity: A Trans Coming Out Story as "delving deeply into the very nature of being trans in ways [she has] not typically seen", in relation to the perspective that gender transitioning is about "revealing the truth within" rather than "becoming something that we weren't". [19] Her first video titled "I think therefore I am" about Ren Descartes was uploaded in May 2013. 1 film-review podcast. Yes, from the looks of it, Wynn has displayed a consistent lack of proper understanding and support of the non-binary community. But evidence of the secret projects existence was hiding in plain sight. Transmedicalists believe that being transgender is contingent upon suffering and/or medical treatment. Further, it is impossible to know if the next slick viral video countering grassroots dissent of an official narrative is state or quasi-state propaganda, cleverly crafted to induce a cognitive shift in viewers, in which the star of the online show is effectively an intelligence asset rattling off a script drawn up by full-time spooks. To be honest, you didnt answer the emails I sent after we broke up so I just assumed you didnt want to be in touch anymore! They will also let you know how pleased they are. (If you dont know what hentai is ask your undergrads but dont Google it on university computers.) Many of us transsexuals are also appalled and upset at the hate and anger coming from the transgender agenda. abigail is fine from what i know, what turned me off of contrapoints was that she kept making stupid takes on twitter and barely apologizing then doing it again, and a video she made a few years ago where a character of hers thinks she is non binary but comes to the realization she is actually just gay (which has since been apologized for, but it As in Syria, where communications firms like Valent created, trained and instrumentalized media organizations to further regime change objectives, they have covertly recruited a famed British YouTube influencer to lend their carefully calculated messaging campaign an authentic flavor. [19] The channel's style progressed over a period of years from a direct style of talking to the camera about the works of philosophers such as Ren Descartes and Immanuel Kant, to more theatrical productions. 150K views 1 year ago Abigail Thorn - aka Philosophy Tube - is a YouTube superstar, actor and much else. The next month, Challenging Pseudoscience convened a similarly named panel discussion, Misinformation or Censorship.. The New York Times, for example, published a lengthy 2019 profile of a young man named Caleb Cain who supposedly fell down the alt-right rabbit hole on YouTube. As this whole situation demonstrates, there are still many who are even less understood, heard, or stood up for. I feel as well that youve got enough privileged white guys in your life right now without adding another. In the years leading up to the outbreak of Covid-19, Daszak worked extensively on bat coronaviruses and gain of function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. She used to be a philosophy graduate student and instructor at Northwestern University, and has used philosophy, sociology, and personal experience in her videos to explain, and often counter, common alt-right, classical liberal, and conservative talking points. either a man or a woman), and is also what some would consider to be "passing," (someone possessing physical traits that are culturally associated with their gender that cause someone to not be read as transgender) Wynn often faces less likelihood of being misgendered then a nonbinary or non-passing transgender person would. Leaked files obtained by The Grayzone indicate that the Royal Institution has enlisted the services of, , a social change communications firm founded by a public relations operative previously involved in the UK Foreign Offices campaign for violent regime change in Syria. her work helped me realize i was trans.\n\nwhich is why it really fucking kills me that she decided to work with a notable transphobe and consistently dismisses her nonbinary critics.\u201d, \u201c@kilo_riley I'm taking my time. No detail is offered either on where Falconer has been posted, or what his role entailed at any point. For more content, follow their blog and check out their YouTube channel, TimeCapsule. Lets take a look at Natalie Wynn past relationships, ex-boyfriends and previous hookups. Abigail ThornAmil KhanARKBreadTubecovid-19Hamish FalconerInCoStratPhilosophy TubepsyopsRoyal InstitutionSyriaUKVaushZinc Network. The covert relationship between BreadTubes Abigail Thorn, Valent Projects, and the Royal Institute appears to validate Maupins thesis. The stream lasted five days, featured a number of guests, and raised over 100,000 for Samaritans. Thorn publicly came out as a transgender woman in January 2021, with the video Coming Out As Trans A Little Public Statement and the more theatrical Identity: A Trans Coming Out Story. After Abigail's coming out, I actually started binge-watching a bunch of her videos. Natalie Wynn, the creator of the comico-philosophical YouTube channel ContraPoints, wanted to make a video that was both more trenchant and entertaining than the others. For example, Foreign Office contractor Zinc Network. Through the channel, she provides free lessons in philosophy which also often makes Gossip Gist Wyver found that the plot mechanics brought "frustrating confusion", but that the audience would "see these characters anew" through a queer lens, and that "glee oozes from Thorn's playful juggling of Shakespearean language around identity and performance". [21], Thorn narrated the audiobook for Axiom's End (2020) by Lindsay Ellis, alongside Stephanie Willis. sheds little light on his professional history, noting only a spell at the UK governments Department for International Development, followed by a seven-month gap, before he joined the Foreign Office as a Diplomat until August 2020. [22] Many internet personalities joined Thorn to voice roles in the plays, such as Mara Wilson as Lady Macbeth[22] and Dominique "SonicFox" McLean as Troilus and Cressida's Hector. [50], The Stage's Frey Kwa Hawking praised the multiple trans characters and the ambition of the play, with its "tantalising ideas about the performance of gender and duty". Natalie Wynns biography and horoscope. RELATIONSHIP DETAILS BELOW . The rare second book in a series that improves the first in hindsight, alternately thrilling and gut-wrenching, Truth of the Divine will put your expectations in its crosshairs and then nuke them from orbit. , as Alex Rubinstein documented for The Grayzone, Soros partnered with tech oligarch Reid Hoffmann to found Good Information Inc, a social media censorship operation marketed under the aegis of countering disinformation.. I made the videos but when I sent my invoice they told me they had no memory of ever making a deal like that and that it was never going to happen. Bookmark this page and come back for updates. FMSPPL Personas Natalie Wynns birth sign is Libra and she has a ruling planet of Venus. Released fortnightly, each episode sees the hosts review one of the James Bond films. Just to put my tuppence in, I agree that Abigail didn't deserve the backlash she got for her allegedly Transphobic joke. She came out as a trans woman in January and will star in a remake of the classic Western " Django ." Thorn is part of the trio that hosts "Kill James Bond!" - now the UK's No. Countering Disinformation in a Time of COVID19, At the start of December, the Institute released a, Between conspiracy and extremism: A long COVID threat?. That he [provided] political and media support to opposition political and military groups in Syria has been, of the Foreign Offices information warfare operations in the country concluded they were poorly planned, probably illegal, and cost lives., It wasnt the first time Khan been in such murderous company. 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