As a filipino (from the province), finding out about rich people in the USA managing to get away with turning a public beach into private property was the wildest part of this vid
@crazyowlgirlcncowner
6 ай бұрын
There's a whole bunch of wild stuff rich people are allowed to get away with here 😔
@sabrinusglaucomys
6 ай бұрын
This isn't even rare, my ex-boyfriend inherited a house in the mountains where the wealthy neighbors did the same thing to the public hiking trails
@alylopez3721
6 ай бұрын
Im a Californian, I know and see how rich people get away with stuff but what kills me the most is that they destroyed their own beaches, they eroded them on purpose so they wouldn’t have to share!!! Like wtfffffff
@sparklefairykitten
4 ай бұрын
In my experience as an American, I'd say that you can get away with literally anything if you have enough money. It's really gross.
@p0Rp
4 ай бұрын
Wait till you hear about what happened to the Boeing whistleblowers
@CrazyRandomLord
7 ай бұрын
Made me realize Hannah Montana was the closest thing to a real life Truman show that existed before twitch
@bijoubaybee
6 ай бұрын
she has said herself she feels that her life was like the Truman show and made tributes to it in her performances
@katrijndekeersmaecker1904
5 ай бұрын
And family vlog channels. Don't forget family vlog channels.
@louiserossiter4310
4 ай бұрын
Her and the royal family
@morganh3179
7 ай бұрын
I really admire how you use pop culture to explore sociological and philosophical concepts and make them more accessible. It’s awesome that you can bridge the gap between academia and a general audience. Also the home video near the end is iconic. I apparently can’t make this comment not sound like a thesis statement lol
@cinnamonhope1
7 ай бұрын
Can you stop with the cinematography wtf dude its becoming too good 👁️👄👁️
@cinnamonhope1
7 ай бұрын
(but really, incredible job!! Cant wait to watch the whole thing, when first shot is already so impressive, and i KNOW your essays are also just exceptionally written)
@ABoxOfCartonJuice
7 ай бұрын
I wanna know where he got his camera from because it is crisp af
@silverandexact
7 ай бұрын
Is this a KZitem video or an A24 movie? The lines are beginning to blur.
@verraque
7 ай бұрын
-__-
@DenGleason
7 ай бұрын
The fact that this whole video is artfully 4:3 is killing me. It's exactly what a gay little video essay about Hannah Montana should be.
@thisisntallowed9560
6 ай бұрын
Society failed me, it left me in an abusive home with no help. Society has given itself permission to fail me, and millions of children in america.
@RogueError617
6 ай бұрын
Same here
@Rinthony1
6 ай бұрын
I was NOT prepared for such an legitimately amazing cover at the end
@doublemaycare7171
7 ай бұрын
Seriously, holy shit? This is a terrific video. Identity has always been so WEIRD for me. Insomuch as I consider my deadname "dead," I still perk up a little when I hear it. Some of my favorite people have it. It too is part of me. I am a cipher and I am nothing and I am multitudes and more, and that's beautiful.
@ismolatham4393
6 ай бұрын
I find I perk up in the same way now to my deadname like I do to the names of old school friends, like part of me hopes it is them and I'll see them again. My deadname, the person I was then has become an old friend I don't know anymore, but might see again, that identity is outside of me now, its strange
@silverandexact
7 ай бұрын
This title got me to click on the push notification despite the fact that I was already watching (and very interested in) Rowan Ellis's new video on autistic representation in media.
@aphroditescomet
7 ай бұрын
wait… this is me rn
@viktorj.948
7 ай бұрын
This is also me
@nicolasnamed
7 ай бұрын
Brb gonna put that video in my watch later
@BarkRuffalo
7 ай бұрын
Literally 😂
@quinn855
7 ай бұрын
LMAO SAME
@rosyopal
7 ай бұрын
my brother in christ the video alone is award-deserving, but your rendition of the climb?? life changing, chill inducing, spectacular 🧍
@Nichrysalis
7 ай бұрын
Damn you got some pipes. Mad respect and killer video as always.
@c-bass2777
6 ай бұрын
Zamn I to high for this rn 37 mins in and my brain is mush
@c-bass2777
6 ай бұрын
Gotta come back tho
@anny8005
6 ай бұрын
This video really got me thinking about my relationship to the characters i've created and performed through out the years in my fiction writing and roleplaying. I always describe them to others as having a life of their own, and when I play them I feel like they make desicions with just as much autonomy as "I" do. They evolve and change and often change drastically from the limited set of character traits that I give them in their conception, and that's what make me love them so, and yearn for them to grow and change. They are the many parts of me and not me at the same time, and I love the moments when I can just blend with them and learn things about myself through their actions. I roleplay every day, and I find it liberating to get to exeriment with different types of roles, gender expressions, goals, and dreams through the characters I create. Through having continued with roleplaying into my adult self, I feel like I've keept my sense of self and identity more fluid. I often find myself saying that "I don't know what my authetic self is, because I used to so often escape and hide from reality through my roleplay and characters that felt so real to me." But hearing about the excess and the concept that there is no true authentic self makes me rethink this in a way where maybe I am able to understand more of the excess through my personas/characters. Dunno if any of it makes sense, but it's nice to let the mind wander
@aiden.e.f
7 ай бұрын
i cant get over the set design and how good your singing is at the end, oh my god 🫡🙃🫨😫
@sylviatoamst1316
6 ай бұрын
god your flower covered desk set piece is amazing
@benjamingreer2308
3 ай бұрын
Covering no self and concepts in the same video absolutely wild best content I’ve seen in a while
@Necrapocalypse
6 ай бұрын
That's so cool that you got Obama to read quotes for you
@blurocketeer
7 ай бұрын
Woof this was what I needed today, thank you Alex for this wonderful essay, the song sent me, was NOT expecting it at ALL. Informative, revelatory and incredible overall. Thank you!
@MerlinsFiles
6 ай бұрын
1:19:13 YOUR SINGING VOICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've met or heard about people that worry going on HRT will make them unable to sing (plenty with decent reason, like one whose career is based on their ability to sing and their existing voice, and they can't risk it.) I've only ever sung to myself really, so for me it's hardly even a hobby to sing along to my playlists, but part of me did worry I'd lose that. It's just that for me it'd be worth it to deepen my voice. I'm about 10 months on T now and for a while there I couldn't even "Wooo!" at concerts because it would sound like I was boooing, but now I'm slowly regaining a vocal range. I definitely love singing along to my playlists more now that I still think I might write a song or two sometime.
@dastardly_dahlia
4 ай бұрын
I've watched this on repeat for two days, dude the ending is insane. this man's voice. holy shit man. the music that accompanies it too. my goodness gracious.
@dazey8706
6 ай бұрын
i love queer art more than anything with my entire being
@Yuvalgc
6 ай бұрын
This video is so great, thank you for the wisdom sharing! Love the singing in the end. Truly love this video
@GuagDiggly
6 ай бұрын
I almost didn't click this because I figured no one could say much about Hannah Montana. Here I am an hour into one of the deepest philosophical dives into self. Great job.
@ernie39
7 ай бұрын
This is beautiful!! I love the refusal to limit the "self" as a static/ridigly defined concept; to live is to grow and change! you are always yourself (as long as you want to be)! etc! Im so glad to hear these things discussed, i think about them a lot. Thank you so much! Also first time getting namedropped as a new Patron in a video, how exciting :-p
@anikalehr5181
6 ай бұрын
It took me four weeks to finally finish and first this but by the end I was actually in tears. I'm so happy to exist and perceived you at the same point in time. Thank you ❤️
@lenaeospeixinhos
6 ай бұрын
What a beautiful singing voice! What a great thought-provoking video! Your childhood videos already had more production value than many things on KZitem.
@nikkicarreon
6 ай бұрын
You’ve perfectly described the alienating feeling of watching this as a poor kid, I loved this show but always resented “Miley” and couldn’t understand why lol, it’s interesting how such trivial(?) aspects of media can effect your subconscious on a very deep level
@snickeysnack5000
6 ай бұрын
the cover at the end made me tear up ngl
@kwowka
7 ай бұрын
25:40 … wild that that’s what some people would do. I’d buy my safe foods, get my friends some stim toys, maybe. I’d probably just get cash so I can actually give it to people because cards make me anxious. Donate to 🇵🇸. Buy noise cancelling headphones because when I take the bus I have a meltdown. Buy a binder. That’s what I’d do if I had infinite money.
@marcuskeen729
6 ай бұрын
Man the direction your channel has been going is fucking awesome. Also, I remember you mentioning in a past video that you were in musical theater is hs, and you haven't lost your voice since then!
@cocombi
6 ай бұрын
amazing video, the amount of care and effort put into every single aspect of this is inspiring, i genuinely teared up during the song at the end 😿
@dimitra_k
6 ай бұрын
I love your channel so much aaah!! This video especially is so good! Like the power of using Hannah Montana to discuss theory in the most fun and yet nuanced way, showing that adorable and oddly deep childhood video and then the stunning delivery of the song at the end??? 10/10 thank you for your work
@fourcatsandagarden
6 ай бұрын
I haven't had an urge to listen to the climb in years. And yet now I am putting your cover on repeat tonight lol. It is a good vibe for the current times.
@lydiaelsewhere1504
4 ай бұрын
Im a trans musician. I recently had a bit of a menty B as the kids say, think scream-crying. Well, I screamed so much that I lost my voice... with a gig coming up in well, three days at the time but tomorrow now. Not sure what im going to do for my show tomorrow, but the themes of identity in this essay really spoke to me. If i cant sing, who am I? That feeling of breaking down, like theres nothing left of you. Might talk some about that at the show, not sure where im going with this excatly, but mainly I wanted to let you know this was a brilliant video and I feel like it's changed my life. Thank you, you are an amazing philosopher.
@Schneekardinal
5 ай бұрын
This guy is taking video essays as a genre to a new level. What a time to be alive.
@spade5410
7 ай бұрын
I found the use of AI voices distracting and the lack of disclosure that they were AI voices concerning. Great video otherwise
@Ayyke
6 ай бұрын
Never saw a single episode of this show (born too early and on the wrong continent), and yet I can see how it represents your discussions based on the clips and focal points you introduce, well done. Also, I let out a heartfelt f- yeah at your singing, love to see it.
@strawberriesandcandy
6 ай бұрын
Seeing your old Hannah Montana parody video was actually really moving
@kademcgill2599
6 ай бұрын
I was not ready for Joe Biden reading Zizek. And I was blindsided by what came next yet again.
@idownloadsydrus
6 ай бұрын
Amazing how you got all of those presidential cameos. And they all read their lines at the same pace, too! Astounding!
@88skulls
6 ай бұрын
stuff like this makes me happy to be alive honestly - the cover at the end just put it over the top. thank you for your work 👏👏👏👏
@char917
6 ай бұрын
Wow super well done video essay! I’m subscribed
@wyatt9739
6 ай бұрын
The most unhinged part of this video is Zizek without hard-coded subtitles
@ThemedNumber02
7 ай бұрын
This premise was genius and you knocked it out of the water in executing it! Another one for the books ❤
@EvanC881
6 ай бұрын
"Radical Necessity" is a concept that hits me Hard
@logo2462
7 ай бұрын
This vid feels like an hour long lesson in preparation for dropping Zizek’s bombshell at 1:10:37 🤯
@resonate72
7 ай бұрын
Hannah Montana was a big part of my childhood... she was the first singer I became a fan of so this essay really hits home for me. Like I can finally get closure for that chapter of my life, hahaha. Thank you and great work!! ❤❤❤❤ Also that Climb cover was AMAZING. Separate upload when???
@ttzebraunicorn
5 ай бұрын
"Miley fails her driver's test. I'm half gay on my mother's side, so it's a relatable enough mistake" has me on the FLOOR 😭
@isidoreaerys8745
6 ай бұрын
Your musical choices were very novel. The arrangement felt like the instrumentation of the classic country- early rock transition but reinterpreted through an 1980’s analog aesthetic. I guess I might be too old to hear the musical influences in your singing but for me there were so many bold and virtuosic surprises in your performance. I usually don’t like covers. But I must say I think your musical intelligence exceeds even your critical analysis. The tempo too. Such a radical departure from the original. It re-contextualizes the entire song. Sort of a Bolero, March feel. It made the song less Nostalgic and self congratulatory and more foreword oriented and dauntless, like a Revolutionary anthem. Well done.
@hafhdrn3984
7 ай бұрын
That song at the end was sooo good. When's your second album dropping??
@bleepbloop404
4 ай бұрын
Waiit.... you can sing?! What?! You have such a nice voice. Also so happy you included the Shanna videos; those were sooo cute lol
@BrianaLynn7
7 ай бұрын
It’s glaringly odd that basically any show on Disney or Nick with a white main character has almost zero characters of other races, especially black characters.
@lambs5258
6 ай бұрын
the singing at the end was WOW
@brooklynelise5767
7 ай бұрын
I love how you refer to them as redditors and tumblr users that really made me smile.
@shadowldrago
6 ай бұрын
A movie length video about a sitcom I haven’t watched in years? Don’t mind if I do!
@ghosts_5590
7 ай бұрын
Oh thank goodness!!! I was wondering how I was going to handle it :)
@neoshenlong
6 ай бұрын
Abso fucking lutely amazing content my dude. As a literature major with emphasis on sociocritic theory, and an educator obsessed with questioning every little piece of the current capitalist structure that's taken for granted... I'm only 1/4 in but I'm already loving it. Tbh you got me when you said "ask yourself why you know things". Also, the production value 👌👌
@xrubyxlightx
6 ай бұрын
Great singing voice, dude. Entertaining video as usual
@bequerelyonaka602
7 ай бұрын
i didn't have a tv when hannah montana was on but i did get a mixed cd of songs burned by my softball coach (?). so my one extremely transgender hannah montana moment was singing it's the climb in the elementary school talent show. i had forgotten that until you sang it at the end of the video. she really touched all of us
@lizzyizzywizzy
7 ай бұрын
new subscriber and loving it !! your cover of the climb needs to be on streaming now actually i think it might be my favorite song i’ve ever heard actually !
@connorallen1683
5 ай бұрын
i think you gotta make a hannah montana cover album and put it on spotify
@Frostyfalcon565
7 ай бұрын
Babe wake up, Alexander just dropped a new emotionally devastating sociological argument.
@eridejj
Ай бұрын
the quote reading voices are throwing me off so much😭
@re-becca
6 ай бұрын
Great video! Although I found the president voices reading to be distracting me from what they were actually saying lol
@dina_dD
6 ай бұрын
MAN THE SENTENCE “I was low key a girl back then💅” SEND ME TO MY EXTENDED FAMILIES FUNERAL⚰️⚰️💀
@thehamofficialart
6 ай бұрын
I always wait for the pee and poo joke, thanks for not disappointing
@RazMurillo
6 ай бұрын
How the hell did you put my brain?? into a fucking hannah montana documentary!??? You've made a piece of media that accurately describes... everything I think about. Amazing job :)
@perro_criollo
Ай бұрын
It is very strange to have another person reading and impersonating Zizek without the funny accent and the "and so on, and so on"
@Alexander-dw3jw
7 ай бұрын
OMG the desk is so cute
@charitystolarz4615
6 ай бұрын
This is the first time I've seen your channel. Must he my recent critical theory rabbit hole algorithm. Didn't expect it to be so compelling and DEFINITELY didn't expect to be to choked up and crying at the end. Your singing voice improved a lot ❤
@danikinnsqueen816
6 ай бұрын
Dude, you give me hope for humanity. Thanks man.
@roseclearwater9904
5 ай бұрын
"Unsymbolized incoherent excess" would be a great name for a band (1:07:01)
@mathildedlihtam382
6 ай бұрын
The use of politician's AI voices is a really ineffective gimmick. It makes it hard to actually understand the quotes they're reading when you're distracted by the voice reading it.
@thebillroku
7 ай бұрын
god I love your videos, they are more entertaining than a lot of full movies
@casscois5491
7 ай бұрын
this video is the most scholarly thing i've seen since college. i've never even watched hannah montana, but damn did i have identity problems.
@joesfeet5760
7 ай бұрын
2:30 I love your Jerma mugshot frame
@blackk_rose_
7 ай бұрын
ah hannah montana, what a time that was. sometimes my friends and i still listen along to the songs from the show. the nostalgia is real, but even as a kid i sometimes noticed how rich and privileged she was. i didn't think about it much back then though
@beththomas2417
5 ай бұрын
My heart absolutely melted for the kid you were. Ridiculously cute and hugely talented. And a lot has changed, yet you're still cute and talented so congratulations!
@keith720
6 ай бұрын
It's nice to see other people think about these things. I only really speak on these things with a very close friend of mine. But I see it everywhere. I wish for an escape from this "reality." I hope someday I can get there
@melindacraig115
6 ай бұрын
Thank you for making this. It's beautiful art and it moved me to tears.
@Clau-chauNicol
4 ай бұрын
The "its ok to make mistakes" section reminded me of what my school used to tell me about richard branson. It was all like "he was a school dropout but still managed to make millions"... and conveniently left out the fact that his family had wealth that stretched back to a millitary captain in colonial india. But sure. If you mess up you can always bounce back
@anacarolinamenezes8912
6 ай бұрын
There’s a citation in this video that perfectly fits my master’s degree thesis theme, and now I’m thinking I might have to put a video about Hannah Montana as a reference in a thesis about bio politics and state violence lol
@moderna73
7 ай бұрын
This video is amazing, from the well done and thorough analysis that made me think about so many things I had thought about to the killer rendition of The Climb. I hope you are doing well proud of your work bc you really should be. Subscribed!
@roblikesmusic9476
6 ай бұрын
I was 8 when I started watching, you don't know how it was to be the only boy in school with Hannah Montana Pencil box, in eastern Europe. I hear stories of guys that were 12-14 when they watched it.
@katwim9169
6 ай бұрын
Miley’s evil cousin reminds me of Adriens evil cousin from miraculous ladybug. Adrien has a secret life that he hides from everyone, he has a evil cousin named Felix who look exactly like him. Felix dresses up as adrien to do evil stuff idk I don’t remember. Is this a coincidence or was that inspired by Hannah Montana
@indigostreaks5522
2 ай бұрын
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL VOICE OMG
@indigostreaks5522
2 ай бұрын
bway star frfr
@aroomofmIOwn
7 ай бұрын
38:05 Actually, no! The concept of a core "self" is not a uniquely or even primarily western concept. See the concept of "Atman" in hinduism, for example, or the concept of "the Beloved" in Sufi muslim traditions.
@galacticmess7050
6 ай бұрын
Alex I need the purple homer hoodie in my life A A A A A where did you get it?? Also, incredible work as always, gonna rewatch it for sure, thanks for all your art!
@kiwwykeen5305
7 ай бұрын
your outfits are always so awesome, you look great in a tie
@RachelFinston
7 ай бұрын
Why is the top comment not talking about that insane performance!??? I want a full album of covers now, what a voice!
@GrandGobboBarb
6 ай бұрын
The best of cheapos is when you go to the asian market and realize you can get a 5lb bag of moong dal for $4 while the walmart was selling you 1lb bags of the less delicious brown lentils for $2.
@daanvancauwenberge9676
7 ай бұрын
Hey, I’m an academic philosopher from Belgium specialising in poststructuralism, hegemony and ideology. I really appreciate your content and I really enjoyed this video as well. However, I wanted to point out that there are some serious problems with Zizek’s theory of ideology that could potentially hurt emancipatory politics. First, there are some conceptual issues with the way Zizek uses the term ideology. Nowadays most social scientists would use ideology in the factionalist sense of the word, as a set of ideas and practices that underly a specific political faction: liberalism, conservatism, socialism, nationalism,… There are some serious issues with this factionalist interpretation. It assumes that ‘thinking’ always prescedes acting in the political arena. It assumes that this ‘thinking’ is always consistent, aims to be universal and stems from a long tradition. Finally, it often internalizes some aspects of horseshoe theory by seeing some positions as ‘more ideological’ than others (conservatism and liberalism as less ideological than feminism or socialism). Zizek uses the term in the classic marxist sense of the word as the totality of ideas, signs, symbols and narratives that naturalise the (economic) order. There are again various issue with this historical marxist interpretation. However, these criticisms are less important to my point. Marxists have struggled to clearly delineate their original concept from the new factionalist interpretation of the term. The most succesful approach, which I myself describe to, is a post-Gramscian tradition (exemplified by Mouffe and Laclau) which has started to use the word ‘hegemony’ instead of ‘ideology’ to refer to the original marxist interpretation of the term. Hegemony has a variety of theoretical advantages in relation to ideology. It emphasizes the structural, often contradictory, non-conscious nature of ideas that justify society. Furthermore it is not confused with the factionalist interpretation. Nevertheless, various marxists have chosen to use the term ideology as if the factionalist interpretation did not exist. Good examples of this are Zizek and Mark Fisher. Both in Zizek’s work or ‘Capitalist Realism’ it is clear that the definition they are using of ideology runs parallel to hegemony. However, they are unable to keep the factionalist definition completely at bay and often it slips through. For instance, whereas marx did not ‘name’ hegemony or ideology, Zizek and Fisher speak about a ‘liberal,’ ‘conservative’ or ‘neoliberal’ ideology. This is pretty confusing as it implies that the hegemony in some way has something to do with the factionalist interpretation of the term. The hegemony was constructed, is theoretical in nature, attempts to be consistent and although it should be ‘undetectable’ it is described in terms that are part of (and constructed by) the political status quo. This leads us to a second set of issues, which has to do with the way in which these ‘ideas’ are said to exist. Again, there is a Gramscian tradition which sees ideas as fundamentally ‘embodied.’ They exist in discourse, behaviour, institutions and so on. Marx, however, (and this is typical for his view of science) also seels to imply at times that ideas exist solely within the mind as axiomas of thought and action. Essentially if the body is the hardware, ideas are the software. This approach gets very metaphyisical very fast. Basically the study of ideology transforms into an occult practice in which we try to uncover the secret rules that underly what is actually happening. A good example of this is some forms of critical discourse analysis which tries to reduce every form of discourse to one of the accepted isms. (Notice the influence of the factionalist interpretation) In Zizek this tendency is amplified due to his psychoanalytic influences. He struggles to differentiate ideology from the symbolic order as a whole. In essence, every assumption we hold, every idea that is unarticulated, every unconscious assumption is turned into ideology. That most absurd example of this approach is his discussion of European toilets in which he calls the way in which toilets are constructed ideological by not differentiating between ideology, hegemony, faction, culture, language or culture the term has become meaningless. But even more problematic: it has become depoliticized. Finally, one final way in which the confusion between the meanings of the term can leak into theory is by creating a conspiratorial tendency in the marxist study of ideology. By linking the structural analysis of hegemony with the concrete analysis of factions, it often leads to the wrong assumption that hegemony is created and sustained by a small group of people. This is for instance clear in the way neoliberalism is sometimes discussed. There is a fine line between discussing a trend in geopolitics and the way we discuss the economy and believing there is an underground tradition of intellectuals who are the architects of this turn. This conspiratorial bend could fundamentally hurt emancipatory politics. Sorry for the long answer which you probably will not read. I will continue doing my dishes now. Keep up the good work.
@rumpys49thsubscriber
6 ай бұрын
bro i clicked on this video thinking "oh cool a new video essayist i havent found yet" then i check your channel and turns out i watched the whole "are they gay" series like 6 years just didny recognize you
@noobpro9759
6 ай бұрын
Everything is a fuzzy mess. Even the deconstruction of Hannah Montana is both really deep but also incredibly meaningless.
@felinebimbo
6 ай бұрын
Alex, I love you, amazing work, watched all of it. PLEASE GET A POP FILTER AND DON"T HOLD THE MIC LIKE THAT MY EARS ARE BLEEDING. thank you
@grimmm421
6 ай бұрын
every video you make is a masterpiece im in awe of you
@AlyriaLaserBitch
7 ай бұрын
I love this video essay and the questions and confrontation of reality. It's important to question our worldview and life experience
@jazzjensen
7 ай бұрын
I've avoided taking testosterone for years because I'm terrified of losing my singing voice - something I deeply value and brings me the most joy - but hearing you sing at the end of this video gives me hope that fear will not be manifested. 😭
@ernie39
7 ай бұрын
omg wait that describes my thoughts and feelings about it too!! I started taking T about a year ago, and the main thing holding me back before I made that decision was because of my singing voice. And, tbh I can't say I feel completely confident about the decision all the time; I spent my whole life up to that point becoming familiar with my voice, so to have my vocal chords thicken felt a bit like starting over -- like being reintroduced to my own voice. But despite my complicated feelings about the singing aspect (which I've been feeling more comfortable with as I've practiced by myself over the past year, usually while I'm driving lmao) personally I find it to ultimately be a choice I'm happy I made, bc I finally feel like *I'm* the person speaking. I am able to speak how I want and have more control over how I sound and present myself to others. I still have a somewhat wide range I can cover, I've mostly been finding that going higher is more difficult now and hurts my throat -- which is limited by the vocal chord thickening, but might be helped somewhat by regular practice. It was and still is scary to "lose" aspects of my voice that had been so familiar and easy to achieve though, and it's such an important factor to take into account! My experience is only mine, and it's possible that the same reasons that convinced me might do the opposite for you (the variety of the trans experience is so cool)! It's a big and potentially scary change, but it can also be a new state of being to grow into and explore! Another cool thing is that T takes a while to permanently thicken your vocal chords (from what I recall around 6 months) so it isn't necessarily an inescapable commitment right away either! Also idk if it helps, but one thing I do kind of wish I did before was take videos/recordings of myself singing some songs and harmonies that I thought sounded rly nice, just to have for later. Sorry for the ramble but I want to thank you for helping me feel less alone in my experiences. I hope you're well!
@jazzjensen
7 ай бұрын
@ernie39 You're certainly not alone in the concern. I've heard multiple trans friends and acquaintances, taking oestrogen or testosterone, express this worry.
@SoICanComment163
7 ай бұрын
That’s exactly how I felt before starting T. I’ve been on testosterone for about a year now, and it’s so so good! Singing with my new voice is definitely tricky at times, but I never lost it. Just keep singing through it consistently, and you’ll be totally fine! I also recommend recording one side of a duet so you can sing with yourself later! I’m a little upset I forgot to record myself singing Orpheus and Eurydice’s song from the Supergiant game Hades before I started my transition!
@Sky-bx9mn
7 ай бұрын
I was worried about that, too. My voice therapist looked into it for me. Statistically, what tends to happen is going through a rough period of a couple of years and then your voice smooths back out. I'm not sure why--because I completed voice therapy before ever starting T? Because my endo had me start at a low dose of gel for a while?--but my voice never roughened up, just got deeper and became easier to chest-resonate with. Still can sing. ^.^
@sailorplanetmars6103
7 ай бұрын
For what its worth, as an AMAB enby, I had the same fear about my endogenous testerone driven voice changes, and it was hard for me to let go of the voice I'd gotten used to as a kid. But now I love my post-T voice the same way I did my pre-T voice - it's not so much losing as it is changing. It's true there'll be things you could do that you can't anymore (although you'd be surprised how effectively you can still reach high ranges with practice!), but there'll also be new and equally beautiful things you can do with a post-T voice ❤❤
@Aleteos
7 ай бұрын
This video is truly the best of Cheapos.
@corysmith9975
6 ай бұрын
I aspire to be even an above average of Cheapos someday
@VinceWhitacre
7 ай бұрын
"Redditor Friedrich Nietzsche" 😂 Edit: and "tumblr user Judith Butler" goddammit Alex dont make me laugh at work
@Oonder22
7 ай бұрын
Theory Bro Michel Foucault The jokes are so simple, yet infinitely enjoyable
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