Interesting YouTube channels

Here are some of mine:

Jenna Phipps: she's got a lot of creative content, currently focusing on completely rebuilding an abandoned home, but her older content features lots of crochet and sewing (plus her two cute dogs!). I like her for her positive attitude and silly/goofy personality.

Jordan Theresa: she does long-form video essays about pop culture through a feminist lens. I love how she deconstructs issues; she's got a lot of thought-provoking takes. Her editing style can sometimes be a bit too frenetic for my taste, but I might be a bit older than her target audience.

Kidology: another feminist video essayist. She covers similar topics to Jordan Theresa, but with a way less bubbly presentation. She also shares a lot of interesting thoughts about her experiences as an interracial adoptee, and the difficulty in fitting into a culture different to your own.

State of Kait: she does mostly beauty and pop culture commentary videos (which to be fair, I skip a lot of the ones about celebrities), but has started pivoting into analysis of influencer trends and how these can affect viewers. She also talks about being neurodivergent and having a chronic illness, which I find interesting.

Fitness KayKay: great workouts and a positive attitude!

The Fairy Voice Mother: she's a vocal coach who analyzes live vocal performances, talking about technique and music theory. Plus she's super charming!

Angelica Nyqvist: she's a former makeup artist who creates really colorful makeup looks, and shares what new makeup products are coming out. I'm mostly interested in her videos with indie makeup. She gives me a lot of great ideas to try with my own makeup!

Hannah the Horrible, The Internet Investigator

I'm not a YouTube watcher but I loooove this thread. Love showcasing female talent!

Alice Cappelle - Sort of general/mixed topic video essays

Anna Hazelnutt - Rock climbing, focused more on outdoor climbing lately, but has good variety in the backlog

AnRel - Very few uploads, but has an amazing video on "Semantics"

Ayliean - Fun math tidbits and info dumps

Bernadette Banner - Period accurate sewing and fashion

Colleen's Manga Recs - Anime, manga, and comic discussion, analysis, and recommendations

DamiLee - Architecture, urban planning, and design, might use some AI to make graphics, but still very well researched vids

eggybricks - LEGOs!!! Two women that make wonderful LEGO builds

elle literacy - Video essays, often about lit/film, but also just current trends

Freya Holmer - High level programming concepts, presented in a language agnostic way, also great for big autistic (projecting maybe?) info dumps/rants

Gab Smolders - Cozy gaming

GET HANDS DIRTY - Somewhat general maker, but has far more character than just a middle aged man in a basement with 10 free from sponsors 3D printers

Ginny Di - Medium form DnD content, some skits and shorts

Hannah Morris Bouldering - Rock climbing, ranging from training to theory to documentary

Honey Bat - Video game analysis video essays

ICKY - Trans creator covering a lot of general transition info with some more humor based vids as well

Kathleen Illustrated - Thrifting, some diy and sewing

Lacrymastory - Homemade cosplay fashion, focused on latex, with some fetish and kink wear design too

Laura Kampf - Another maker with great character and a focus on simple, build-able projects

Maggie Mae Fish - Film/cinema analysis video essays

Make It Fit - Homemade intimates

MallBat - Short animated art films

Meeka le Fay - Medium form video essays on many topics, largely socio-political

Naomi Brockwell TV - Tech and open source news/info

parkenharbor - Souls games and sort of general game streamer mostly Vods from live content

Philosophy Tube - Video essays about all sorts of stuff! Sort of my standard rec for the type of content

Sarah Spaceman - Cosplay, both making and sometimes drama in the community

Simone Giertz - Sort of "the" femme maker. Always makes great projects and has some nice products available too

SnappyDragon - Period fashion with some video essays and film/tv fashion reaction content

Squiiji - V-Tuber discussing mostly vtubing and some general digital art

STRANGE AEONS - Internet lore dumps, very funny

TAEETIMEE - Short animated art vids

TechWorld with Nana - Various dev topics, I mostly cherry pick if I need a tutorial

The Art Assignment - Not currently uploading, but great videos on art and art history

The Book Leo - Relatively in depth book reviews, discussions, and recommendations

tokaku - Rhythm games

unajoy - Variety video essay channel, decent amount of socio-political discussion, but sometimes more "artsy" for lack of a better term

Veronica Explains - Open Source/Linux/Unix tutorials and explanation vids

Vihart - Huh, used to have lots of fun math vids, now only has a single vid. Maybe moved platforms?

withwendy - Thrifting, sewing, and fashion

Xyla Foxlin - Maker, aviation, model rockets (the big ones), and more recently some pilot mental health advocacy

There's a few I'm missing because I was using my subscription list from FreeTube, and I've subbed to a few channels on my TV since last I synced them.

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Honorable mentions for either not femme bipoc folks or creators I'm not sure the identity of but give great energy, sometimes both!

Accented Cinema - film analysis and review

Andrewism - Video essays, mostly socio-political, but often with an urbanist lens and some solar punks vibes throughout

D'Angelo Wallace - Video essays, mostly internet drama

Elliot Sang - Video essays, also very socio-political minded

Garrison Hayes - Medium form video essays, socio-political for the most part

Glory Allan - More modern sewing basics and fashion

goblish - Art and drawing theory with a bit of history

Jonathan Sin - climbing, bit more travel and interview based

jvscholz - Tech, sort of? Basically got me into linux, but is technically a study channel

Novaspirit Tech - Tech, linux, selfhosting, I've used many of his tutorials

Oh The Urbanity - Urbanism

OzTalksHW - Great channel for budget tech suggestions and builds

Rinoa's Auspicious Travails - Variety? It's all loosely tech related, but will also sometimes talk about something sort of out of nowhere

Toonarii - Anime and animation break downs, mostly fight scenes. Very funny imo

Simone Giertz, also known as the queen of shitty robots. https://youtube.com/@simonegiertz

Ohhh!! I love this! I went through all my interests and replaced generic white men that made content on them with femme and poc folks. I’ve got a lot of subscriptions, so I’ll add a full list once I’m at a full size keyboard and screen.

Susan Winters