Hey friends.
So I posted a video the other day saying that I wanted to do a Q&A and I asked you guys for questions
and on top of receiving a lot of questions I also got a lot of comments on the dress I was wearing
so thanks for the ego boost, I guess?
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How to be in a functional relationship when you struggle with depression/anxiety?
I don't know if I have a great advice for this
because I personally don't struggle being in a relationship, uh, with depression and anxiety.
My partner used to suffer from depression and occasionally deals with anxiety
so he's pretty good about understanding where I'm coming from.
I think the biggest thing is communication
because I know when I personally am anxious I get super overwhelmed, a little bit, like, irritable
and I feel like I don't communicate as well when I'm anxious because there's so much going on in my head.
So I find that when I am in that state of anxiety
that I have to work a little bit harder to communicate my feelings and explain where I'm coming from
because not everyone's gonna understand, like, what's making you anxious
or what to do in that situation
because everyone's different, everyone handles anxiety different, everyone gets anxious over different things.
But I find that, like, my outcomes and my interactions with my boyfriend are better
when I go out of my way to almost over explain where I'm coming from, I guess?
So I think communicating how you're feeling
and what you need in whatever particular moment is super important.
But also that's super important even if you don't have depression anxiety.
I think it's just overall good advice.
I don't know if that answered the question, but that's my answer.
Do you think fully sentient AI, if they are created, should have the same legal standing that people enjoy?
I'm just gonna say maybe we should work on getting all humans the same social and legal standing.
Maybe?
Maybe that would be good?
What's your favorite vegan meal to make when you give fifteen percent fucks about cooking?
One of my favorite things to eat right now, and I've been eating it, like, every day, is Dave's Killer Bread.
They make, uh, everything bagels that are really good and I like those more
like, I feel better about eating those 'cause they're whole-grain or multigrain.
They're a little bit healthier than, like, a traditional bagel.
And then I'll do avocado on top of that
and Trader Joe's makes this seasoning that I just discovered called Everything but the Bagel
so it's basically everything bagels seasoning and I'll just put that on top of the avocado
and it's just like this double whammy of everything bagel flavor, and I love it.
It's seriously amazing.
What do you think of women who decide not to identify as feminists but still believe in gender equality?
I actually already made a video about this so I'll link it below if you're interested
but short answer is I think it's--like, if we have the same...
the same goal I don't really think the label you use matters as much.
My reasoning for this is that there are lots of people who call themselves feminists, who I don't agree with.
Uh, I don't always, like, love their opinions on things or the things that they say and advocate for.
So I think on the reverse end of that if someone has ideas that I think are good
and we're on the same page about stuff
like, I don't really care if they don't call themselves a feminist, to be honest.
I just feel like people can use whatever words they want to describe themselves
and what they say and do is more important to me now
than a label that I personally find empowering for myself
but I understand that other people don't always find it empowering and that's cool, too.
Can you weigh in on the asparagus gay controversy?
What is the asparagus gay controversy?
I have no idea what this person's talking about, but I love it and I'm living for it.
My question is when coming out as bi how did or how do you deal with currently your family figuring out?
I feel like I always end up talking about this video
but my coming out video I say surprise Mom and Dad and, like, literally it was surprise Mom and Dad
because I--that's how I came out to most people.
'Cause I felt, like, really weird and uncomfortable about it.
It just felt like super serious, and I didn't know how to bring it up
so I just, in a traditional YouTube fashion, made a coming out video and that was that.
But some of the issues I have is, like, one of my parents doesn't believe that bisexuality is a thing
and then my other parent is a little bit more understanding of it.
You know, they would probably consider themselves pro LGBTQ
but they also have some, like, kind of stereotypical and harmful opinions about it.
So I don't really love talking to either of my parents about it, I guess.
And that's fine, like, I just--I really don't want it to turn into an argument about my sexuality
so I kinda stay away from those conversation sometimes.
Do you still like Chicken McNuggets?
This is referencing a really old video of mine
where I say that I like Chicken McNuggets more than I like most people.
And I do like Chicken McNuggets, but trying to be a, like, vegetarian person
so I haven't bought them in a really long time.
But I still think they're delicious so...
Why did you choose your women's and gender studies major?
So when I did my associate's degree at community college, I was technically, like, an English major
I mean, I don't know if you can really major in things in community college
but all of the classes that I took were pretty--other than the main requirements
were English literature and English writing.
And I think a lot of the things that I learned in those courses were really helpful
it helped me become a better writer, it helped me be better able to critique media.
But by the time I was ready to transfer to a state school it just wasn't my passion anymore
and a lot of the classes that they had at the school that I transferred to, the English classes
weren't as interesting as the ones that I was taking at my community college.
So I had this whole, like, internal struggle where I was like
"Should I be an English writing major because that's what I know?"
I was, like, thinking about being a sociology major for a little bit because I really like sociology.
But there were several math classes that I would've had to take for it and I hate math.
I really--I really hate math.
I was good in math at high school up until, like, Algebra 2
and then that's where me and math stopped getting along.
I also just find it really hard to take classes I'm not interested in.
It makes--makes me sad, but then I saw all of the listings for the women's studies courses
I really liked that the program was interdisciplinary
so you could take classes from, like, various different subjects.
Everything from English to sociology to psychology to history etc etc.
So I liked that it was a good variety of classes
and pretty much every class that I saw on the list that was offered at my school really fuckin interested of me.
I'm kind of a big believer in studying what you want to study
because I think it's really important to be interested in what you're learning
because I saw so many kids in other classes where it was a requirement
and they're just like hated their lives and they hated the class.
And I could tell they weren't getting much out of it because they were forced to be there.
Also I minored in communications as well just, just sayin.
Alt right SJW or somewhere in between?
You must be new here.
Ha.
If you could date one of Ramona's evil exes who would it be?
None of them 'cause they're all pretty terrible.
Maybe Ramona?
I don't know.
Maybe Kim?
Um, not that that's an ex but I would just date Kim probably.
Favorite feminist graphic novel/comic?
I made a video about this so I'm gonna link it.
Kind of a shallow question but how do you do your eyebrows?
I just used the NYX, like, uh, micro--micro brow I think is what it's called and I use the darkest color.
Then I kinda, like, outline the bottom and then draw upward, like, the direction that my hair goes
and yeah it doesn't--it doesn't always work.
I feel like fifty percent of the days that I do it, uh, my eyebrows are just real jacked up
but the other fifty percent of the time they look pretty good so that's all I can really ask for in life.
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Have you ever watched Lindsay Ellis's video essays?
I love with Lindsay Ellis's content.
She is one of the smartest people on the Internet, I think.
She does really great reviews and, like, breakdowns of media
and she just generally has super, like, intelligent and insightful things to say.
So definitely check out her channel 'cause it's awesome.
Will you ever shut up?
Uh, no.
No, I won't.
Probably.
So, too bad for you.
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