Join Abigail Thorn, actress, writer, and creator of Philosophy Tube, as she takes us on a tour around Wellcome Collection, a museum in London covering health and human experience.
The focus? A free temporary exhibition called “The Cult of Beauty”, which delves into the meaning of beauty and its evolution throughout history.
While highlighting some of the historical objects and artworks that resonate with her, Abigail reflects on beauty ideals past and present, positive and negative – how society is moulded by them, and how they have given shape to her own personal feelings about beauty.
Surprised he hasn't yet shared this on socials — it's a good look for him, BBC presenter vibes (well, more like Vogue 73 Questions, but close enough). Bernadette Banner collaborated with Wellcome Collection for a video on corsetry last month, and they've co-authored a few posts on Instagram to promote it. Maybe Olly's promo posts are scheduled for later. Doesn't make much sense to hire an influencer without gaining access to their following in the deal.
Apparently PT's Patreon posts have been uploaded to
kemono.su. It's an organized repository of links to his old material, some privated, some unlisted.
One thing that raised my eyebrows was the language used in his preview posts for the Cosmonaut videos (the suicide one, the abuse one, and the coming out one). He's so stuck on the idea of doing something that’s never been done before —
- "I'm very nervous - again, you'll understand why when you see it - but also excited because as far as I know nobody has ever made anything quite like this on YouTube before."
- "I'm currently editing the next episode: technically, emotionally, and thematically nothing like this has ever been attempted before on YouTube."
- "I honestly think we filmed something amazing and special today, and also a little bit disturbing. It's going to be like nothing else you've ever seen..."
In full, the abuse post is especially bizarre. No "this means a lot to me," no "this was a tough one to make," just "technically, emotionally, and thematically nothing like this has ever been attempted before on YouTube." The most charitable interpretation I can construct is that he's trying to metabolize the darkest experiences of his life into Art, and he's under the impression — mistaken, I'd say — that Art is made Good by newness, by doing something never done. But it's still a weird fucking way to introduce your confession that your ex has abused you. It's also the classic PT attitude toward art: depressingly shallow and instrumentalized.
It makes me wonder if transition appealed to him in part because it was Something New to Do. There's irony, of course, in the fact that it wasn't really new — Contra already did the big YouTuber transition — just as everything he does and claims to be new isn't half as groundbreaking as advertised.
>a lot of people are running around trying to master TikTok
>I barely ever look at sub or view counts or my analytics
>I don't have a five year plan so much as a desire to keep creating good art
>I'm not especially fussed whether the channel is growing or not!
lol. How times have changed.
