Dr. Anne Kalgesch
@annekalgesch.bsky.social
Making video essays about female characters. #savewillow
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For no particular reason, let's talk about how good Moana 2016 is, how it plays with the princess formula in a great way, and how Moana's character arc is so fantastic it heals the world
#Moana #disneyprincess
youtu.be/1_PppnkhhzE?...
#Moana #disneyprincess
youtu.be/1_PppnkhhzE?...
Reconsidering Disney Princess, Part XII: Moana
YouTube video by Anne Kalgesch
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November 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
For no particular reason, let's talk about how good Moana 2016 is, how it plays with the princess formula in a great way, and how Moana's character arc is so fantastic it heals the world
#Moana #disneyprincess
youtu.be/1_PppnkhhzE?...
#Moana #disneyprincess
youtu.be/1_PppnkhhzE?...
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Misogyny is when a female character has to somehow “earn” her power, but a male character doesn’t…
November 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Misogyny is when a female character has to somehow “earn” her power, but a male character doesn’t…
My absolute favorite aspect of the recent frankenstein movies has been making the brides redheads
Not only bc I, too, am a redhead, but because it amends almost a century of incorrect pop culture references by getting back to the correct hair color of the original
Not only bc I, too, am a redhead, but because it amends almost a century of incorrect pop culture references by getting back to the correct hair color of the original
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
My absolute favorite aspect of the recent frankenstein movies has been making the brides redheads
Not only bc I, too, am a redhead, but because it amends almost a century of incorrect pop culture references by getting back to the correct hair color of the original
Not only bc I, too, am a redhead, but because it amends almost a century of incorrect pop culture references by getting back to the correct hair color of the original
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The main reason this is a problem is because being "good at math" has often meant being good at following esoteric directions without question instead of developing creative problem solving skills
Which makes the subject seem in opposition to creativity and something only a select few can do
Which makes the subject seem in opposition to creativity and something only a select few can do
obviously there’s nothing wrong with being good at math, and I also don’t believe that studying the humanities is some sort of magic anti-evil antidote, but our society has become truly pathologically unbalanced with how much Good At Math is valued over everything else
terminal Math Brain truly is a cancer that is eating the world
November 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The main reason this is a problem is because being "good at math" has often meant being good at following esoteric directions without question instead of developing creative problem solving skills
Which makes the subject seem in opposition to creativity and something only a select few can do
Which makes the subject seem in opposition to creativity and something only a select few can do
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Why is female joy so terrifying to weirdos and losers?
November 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Why is female joy so terrifying to weirdos and losers?
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what are you searching for? 🦋 #thehuntforbensolo
November 5, 2025 at 2:14 AM
what are you searching for? 🦋 #thehuntforbensolo
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paul, this is a tweet about silicon valley failing to recognize scifi as being social critique and assuming they were prescriptions for what future society should look like rather than amplifications of social issues present at time of writing.
hope this helps!
hope this helps!
"Torment Nexus" comes from this tweet and is often used now to describe the kind of negative experiences you can have with social networks, like getting dogpiled or harassed or being pushed into conflict
November 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
paul, this is a tweet about silicon valley failing to recognize scifi as being social critique and assuming they were prescriptions for what future society should look like rather than amplifications of social issues present at time of writing.
hope this helps!
hope this helps!
Nothing like sharing the best Halloween movie ever made with someone who hasn't seen it
a black and white photo of a man and a woman with the words insanity runs in my family
ALT: a black and white photo of a man and a woman with the words insanity runs in my family
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October 31, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Nothing like sharing the best Halloween movie ever made with someone who hasn't seen it
Super thrilled to see all the new lists about the best adaptations of Frankenstein coming out
But why is Lisa Frankenstein 💋 never mentioned? It's easily one of the best adaptations of the original story ❤️🩹 and its themes, as I dig into in this video
youtu.be/WMTLLqPz4gE
But why is Lisa Frankenstein 💋 never mentioned? It's easily one of the best adaptations of the original story ❤️🩹 and its themes, as I dig into in this video
youtu.be/WMTLLqPz4gE
Lisa Frankenstein - Reimagining A Monster
YouTube video by Anne Kalgesch
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October 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Super thrilled to see all the new lists about the best adaptations of Frankenstein coming out
But why is Lisa Frankenstein 💋 never mentioned? It's easily one of the best adaptations of the original story ❤️🩹 and its themes, as I dig into in this video
youtu.be/WMTLLqPz4gE
But why is Lisa Frankenstein 💋 never mentioned? It's easily one of the best adaptations of the original story ❤️🩹 and its themes, as I dig into in this video
youtu.be/WMTLLqPz4gE
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“Disney turned down a movie about Han & Leia’s son, but they’re about to release a movie about Jabba the Hutt’s son instead”
has got to be the most ludicrous way you can phrase it
has got to be the most ludicrous way you can phrase it
October 29, 2025 at 9:22 PM
“Disney turned down a movie about Han & Leia’s son, but they’re about to release a movie about Jabba the Hutt’s son instead”
has got to be the most ludicrous way you can phrase it
has got to be the most ludicrous way you can phrase it
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Remember when Reylos wrote a whole exposé on far-right infiltration in fandoms, got literally doxxed over it (private info leaked into an extremist forum that was linked to a real mass shooting), and the wider fandom left them to fend for themselves? Good times
October 27, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Remember when Reylos wrote a whole exposé on far-right infiltration in fandoms, got literally doxxed over it (private info leaked into an extremist forum that was linked to a real mass shooting), and the wider fandom left them to fend for themselves? Good times
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[whispers] and if I said this is bc that side of the fandom at large infantilizes Rey, what then
To quote @palesspareshirt.bsky.social
"People fundamentally don't understand Rey is a freak"
Because a lot of discourse comes from this. Much like how everyone ran with emo Kylo post TFA, she became uwu cinnamon roll. But she's not. She's a goblin that hungers for bread and Ben.
#reylo
"People fundamentally don't understand Rey is a freak"
Because a lot of discourse comes from this. Much like how everyone ran with emo Kylo post TFA, she became uwu cinnamon roll. But she's not. She's a goblin that hungers for bread and Ben.
#reylo
October 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
[whispers] and if I said this is bc that side of the fandom at large infantilizes Rey, what then
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Oh hey! I got a really cool opportunity to do some cover art for the Criterion Collection release of Captain Blood!
October 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Oh hey! I got a really cool opportunity to do some cover art for the Criterion Collection release of Captain Blood!
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October 25, 2025 at 12:56 AM
No one's ever really gone - join me as we go through how redemption has ALWAYS been part of Star Wars, how Ben Solo follows the most famous redemption arc ever written, and why his death is the worst possible outcome
youtu.be/1NP6xwaAatg?...
#TheHuntForBenSolo #SaveTheHuntForBenSolo
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#TheHuntForBenSolo #SaveTheHuntForBenSolo
A Christmas Kylo: What Even Are Redemption Arcs?
YouTube video by Anne Kalgesch
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October 25, 2025 at 1:08 AM
No one's ever really gone - join me as we go through how redemption has ALWAYS been part of Star Wars, how Ben Solo follows the most famous redemption arc ever written, and why his death is the worst possible outcome
youtu.be/1NP6xwaAatg?...
#TheHuntForBenSolo #SaveTheHuntForBenSolo
youtu.be/1NP6xwaAatg?...
#TheHuntForBenSolo #SaveTheHuntForBenSolo
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It’s literally been ten years, I’m sorry but I just do not remotely care what anyone still salty about Kylo/Ben has to say at this point.
October 24, 2025 at 1:02 AM
It’s literally been ten years, I’m sorry but I just do not remotely care what anyone still salty about Kylo/Ben has to say at this point.
💯 this
I'm so sick of the "woke" accusations of 'how you could you like THAT character when another from a more marginalized group exists??'
Like, first of all, it's called the hunt FOR Ben - someone else has to be the main characters hunting him, aka Finn and Rey ideally
I'm so sick of the "woke" accusations of 'how you could you like THAT character when another from a more marginalized group exists??'
Like, first of all, it's called the hunt FOR Ben - someone else has to be the main characters hunting him, aka Finn and Rey ideally
This is such a weird framing when A LOT of the same people who think The Hunt For Ben Solo sounds cool have been in trenches BEGGING for Finn's return for years now.
Wild how fans that like Ben Solo also like other ST characters cause we want more projects with those characters. Shocking, I know.
Wild how fans that like Ben Solo also like other ST characters cause we want more projects with those characters. Shocking, I know.
So, people really want a “somehow Kylo Ren returned” movie before a Finn movie. JFC….
October 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
💯 this
I'm so sick of the "woke" accusations of 'how you could you like THAT character when another from a more marginalized group exists??'
Like, first of all, it's called the hunt FOR Ben - someone else has to be the main characters hunting him, aka Finn and Rey ideally
I'm so sick of the "woke" accusations of 'how you could you like THAT character when another from a more marginalized group exists??'
Like, first of all, it's called the hunt FOR Ben - someone else has to be the main characters hunting him, aka Finn and Rey ideally
I say this as a video essayist - you need to develop your own perspective
Both bc experiencing art is kinda the point but also so you know when those videos are full of shit
Both bc experiencing art is kinda the point but also so you know when those videos are full of shit
please watch movies and read books and play games and look at art, please view it with your own eyes through a lens you made yourself and not just through video essayists and ending explained videos please im begging you
October 22, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I say this as a video essayist - you need to develop your own perspective
Both bc experiencing art is kinda the point but also so you know when those videos are full of shit
Both bc experiencing art is kinda the point but also so you know when those videos are full of shit
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October 21, 2025 at 12:19 AM
A new medium for a new Catwoman - but how will being in a kids' show affect her plots? Her schemes? Her relationship with Batman??
Let's dig our claws into it and discuss the infatuated feline
#Catwoman #SelinaKyle #BTAS
youtu.be/o45G1g6k_xc?...
Let's dig our claws into it and discuss the infatuated feline
#Catwoman #SelinaKyle #BTAS
youtu.be/o45G1g6k_xc?...
A Cat of Nine Tails, Episode 5: Adrienne Barbeau in Batman the Animated Series
YouTube video by Anne Kalgesch
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October 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
A new medium for a new Catwoman - but how will being in a kids' show affect her plots? Her schemes? Her relationship with Batman??
Let's dig our claws into it and discuss the infatuated feline
#Catwoman #SelinaKyle #BTAS
youtu.be/o45G1g6k_xc?...
Let's dig our claws into it and discuss the infatuated feline
#Catwoman #SelinaKyle #BTAS
youtu.be/o45G1g6k_xc?...
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This is Ada Lovelace, daughter of Lord Byron and considered to be the first person to write a computer programme which was for Babbage's Analytical Machine. She died in 1842
In her honour, today is Ada Lovelace Day and is all about encouraging women and girls in mathematics, science and engineering.
In her honour, today is Ada Lovelace Day and is all about encouraging women and girls in mathematics, science and engineering.
October 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
This is Ada Lovelace, daughter of Lord Byron and considered to be the first person to write a computer programme which was for Babbage's Analytical Machine. She died in 1842
In her honour, today is Ada Lovelace Day and is all about encouraging women and girls in mathematics, science and engineering.
In her honour, today is Ada Lovelace Day and is all about encouraging women and girls in mathematics, science and engineering.
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This movie is so good and also you can watch the Comanche dub on Hulu.
October 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This movie is so good and also you can watch the Comanche dub on Hulu.
Soooo funny that they have the banner with the elevation clearly visible
When my brother visited from sea level, he'd always pick up some oxygen in a can (which you can find in most stores in the front range) to help adjust
When my brother visited from sea level, he'd always pick up some oxygen in a can (which you can find in most stores in the front range) to help adjust
October 5, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Soooo funny that they have the banner with the elevation clearly visible
When my brother visited from sea level, he'd always pick up some oxygen in a can (which you can find in most stores in the front range) to help adjust
When my brother visited from sea level, he'd always pick up some oxygen in a can (which you can find in most stores in the front range) to help adjust