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Titanic Hot Take

The long-awaited Titanic content that got pre-empted for Billy Joe Armstrong has arrived.

It's Lit: The Byronic Hero

Lindsay's co-host Princess Weekes presents an in depth look on the classically sexy literary trope!

Protest Music of the Bush Era

Sometimes the world is in chaos and you might want to make an art about it. Lindsay discusses protest music that emerged upon the world in the early 2000s. 

It's Lit Little Women

Join Lindsay on PBS's Storied channel for her video about the literary phenomenon of Little Women.

Remember to subscribe to PBS's channel for updates on Lindsay's videos there!

It's Lit: Pandemic Fiction

Join Lindsay for a joyful carefree romp through some of the most horrifyingly topical literature of the moment. 

why is cats

Hal.... it's about cats

It's Lit Afrofuturism

Lindsay presents the latest episode of It's Lit via PBS Digital Studios. Her co-host Princess Weekes is here to talk to you all about the Afrofuturism literary movement. Be sure to subscribe to the Storied YouTube channel to receive updates when new It's Lit episodes are released every three weeks!

Requisite COVID-19 Update

Hey fam, 

I'm sure you're sick to death of e-mails informing you of the Coronavirus impact on things, so here is one more. Owing to the nature of the work we produce we aren't going to be as impacted as some (film productions or, ahem, THEATER) but there will likely be some shifting around in both the short and long term, so I wanted to keep you all updated.

First, for our main YouTube channel, we are working on Cats content, as well as a tie-in Nebula Original, both of which...

Axiom's End - Goodreads Giveaway

Just received this - tfw you hear about your own giveaway via e-mail blast. 

So I'd been talking with SMP about how we can do Patreon exclusive stuff leading up to the release, but owing to Patreon's rules, I can't really do giveaways on Patreon, and here's why: Anything that might resemble gambling (in this case, effectively, paying a Patreon fee to enter a raffle) is against Patreon's rules. So even though I wanted to do a Patreon-based giveaway, I... can't.

Keeping within ...

The Return of It's Lit!

Lindsay is back with new co-host Princess Weekes for a fresh season of It's Lit via PBS Digital Studios! The first episode is all about fan fiction. We'll be sharing a new episode with you every 3 weeks while we also continue to work on the videos for Lindsay's main channel. Thank you for your support here on Patreon for making all these projects possible! 

STORIED

 Lindsay is launching the new season of "It's Lit!" on PBS Digital Studio's Youtube Channel "Storied" next week with her new co-host Princess Weekes! You can look forward to watching the first episode (all about  fan fiction!) on Wednesday and a new episode every 3 weeks. We'll post the episodes here for you on Patreon, but you can also subscribe to the Storied channel for updates:  2020-02-19 23:06:30 +0000 UTC View Post

Musicalsplaining, the Podcast

Lindsay has launched a brand new podcast all about musicals! And the first episode is about CATS (are you surprised?)

Subscribe and listen to it on your preferred podcast app now. You can find it everywhere under the title "Musicalsplaining," but here are some links to get you started:

Apple:  2020-02-07 22:16:08 +0000 UTC View Post

The Most Whitewashed Character Ever

A tribute to the most ubiquitous character you've never heard of.

Why We Love Rich, Terrible Men on TFD

In Lindsay's fourth (and last, for now!) video collaboration with The Financial Diet, she discusses the tropes and trends of male wealth in media. 

Sex & the City on TFD

In Lindsay's new video this week, she discusses the character of Carrie Bradshaw as The Original Influencer.

#Girlboss on The Financial Diet

This month, Lindsay and team are pleased to share the fruits of the big project we've been working on for the past couple months! The Financial Diet's YouTube channel is hosting four of Lindsay's videos all about money and media. The videos are coming out every Tuesday in January. 

"The Dangerous Myth of the #Girlboss" was the first, and you can find the second one, "What TV Gets Right (And Wrong) About the Working Class" here:   2020-01-19 20:14:05 +0000 UTC View Post

Preview - A Dramatic Reading of Select Scenes from Susan Kay's 1990 Novel, ~ *~ Phantom ~ * ~

This video is late because the subject matter (which largely concerns 19th century Iran) went and had to get all #topical, so here's a preview.

Posting this version because I can't use the music in the final video as it is the "Love Theme from Cold Mountain" and is therefore under copyright, but I am emotionally attached to it all the same.

How To Get a Book Deal in Ten Years or Less

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http://bit.ly/AxiomsEnd 

Fall updates

Hey gang,

So ignoring hiatuses, the goal in general for my channel is to release at least one fully produced video per month. Obviously that has not been the case of late, and I figured I at least owed it to people an explanation of what's going on behind the scenes, since at the face the answer appears to be "nothing" when in fact it's "lots."

So the first ~ exclusive ~ that hasn't been announced publicly is It's Lit! is coming back to PBS Digital Studios in 2020, and this time f...

Woke Disney is woke.

The wokest.

If you are in the Las Vegas area, come out and see Lindsay TOMORROW for her speaker event at the Sahara West Library, "Universal Language: How Sci-Fi Imagines Alien Languages":  https://lvccld.bibliocommons.com/events/5d0923b65447a82400297a7d 

Game of Throne Part 2 update

Hi friends! This is Elisa, Lindsay's assistant. She is winging her way to Ireland for WorldCon and the Hugo Awards as we speak, but we need to correct something with the Game of Thrones video. She's asked me to reupload it, which I am going to do right now, but that means deleting the existing one. So if you have any trouble watching the video in the meantime, we beg you to be patient while we experience technical difficulties. I'll drop a note on this post to let you know as soon as it's all...

The Last of the Game of Thrones Hot Takes

Fundraiser for Emilia Clarke's charity, SameYou: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/justicefordaenerys 

#ThankYouEmilia #JusticeForDaenerys 

Whinging About Game of Thrones for 45 Minutes

Thank gods for Bessie. And her tits.

How Aladdin Changed Animation (by F*cking over Robin Williams)

IT'S BEEN A MINUTE HASN'T IT?

This is not  the final file - planning to release it to the public on Monday. We had a little ish with the Patreon credit font, so if you're wondering why it's Courier New... that's why. Will fix that this weekend.

If there are any corrections necessary for the credits, send us a message.

April Showers bring May... updates!

Hello! Angelina chiming in with some exciting news from Lindsay and the rest of the team! Just wanted to keep you looped in on what is going to be a very busy and exciting summer:

• BIGGEST McLARGE NEWS: The Hobbit Duology is nominated for a Hugo Award in the category of Best Related Work! We’re up against some really stacked competition (Ursula K. LeGuin and David Naimon! An Archive of Our Own! Jo Walton! The Mexicanx Initiative! Alec Nevala-Lee!), but it’s an honor just to be ...
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Pre-announcement and other things

This is a challenging post to write, as at its crux it is effectively "this is an announcement that there will soon be an announcement", but I want to get this in place now as we aren't producing anything this month, and possibly next month, and want to give Patrons (especially at the $10+ level since your main reward is video production-related) the option to pause or lower .

So the first announcement, is, well, that - after some consideration, I've decided that after going pretty much...

The Existential Terror of War of the Worlds

This is a draft - and also in terms of credits, only includes people who pledged before Jan 19th. 

I wanted to title it The Existential Terror of Independence Day but that would just be false advertising.

Rejected Ad Copy Read

The sponsor was Not Amused.

password: ilistenenough

DRAFT - Death of the Author

Almost the final version - still has some errors (and needs certain approvals).

Draft - Product Placement and Fair Use

I seem not to have the ability to do sponsored videos that are not themselves about the very concept of sponsorship.

This one blows through a LOT of facts and concepts, and we're still working on the sourcing but even then it's possible some things slipped through the cracks. As always, I encourage you to give feedback to things that may not work (or may be wrong), provided that they are changeable within a timely fashion. Also, don't be a jerk - I know I said "incidences" instead of "instance...