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I'm What the Culture Feeling
I finally finished it
2024-08-01•3hr 22mins
I'm What the Culture Feeling
I finally finished it
2024-08-01•3hr 22mins
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F.D Signifier
ByNebula
•13 episodesPodcast Summary
Dive into "F.D Signifier," a thought-provoking podcast that explores the intricate tapestry of Black movies and media, offering listeners a fresh lens on cultural narratives. Each episode blends insightful analysis with engaging conversation, making it a unique space for those who appreciate the nuances of representation in film and beyond. Listeners are treated to compelling discussions on topics like the evolution of Kanye West’s public persona and the impact of Black cinema on societal perceptions. The podcast frequently features well-known guests, including influential filmmakers, cultural critics, and scholars, who share their perspectives on contemporary issues and the complexities of Black identity in media. With its blend of deep dives and personal anecdotes, "F.D Signifier" not only entertains but also educates, challenging listeners to think critically about the films they love and the stories that shape our world. Tune in for a captivating exploration of culture, identity, and artistry.
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Kanye was always bad
In this video i take a moment to re-evaluate Kanye's past based on current perceptions of him to see if what we have now was there all along
2024-07-04•40mins
Kanye was always bad
In this video i take a moment to re-evaluate Kanye's past based on current perceptions of him to see if what we have now was there all along
2024-07-04•40mins
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Barrack Obama and the Myth of Black Excellence
Watch all of my videos by signing up for Nebula at just $30/year or 2.50/month: Watch my Nebula Original on the Boondocks: Barrack Obama is a beloved and historical figure both in American history, but also in black culture. His sudden ascendency to the top of American politics took the world by storm and shocked a nation into rethinking race politics and what was possible and feasible for black people. However, as with all political figures, Obama has a complicatedlegacy that in many ways betrays his image as a pristine figure of progressive ideals and black excellence. In fact that concept of black excellence has insidious unintended consequences despite the beautiful image it presents to the world and to black people. In this first part of a 2 part series, F.D explores Obama's rise to power and the elements that endeared him to the country, but also examines the subtext of why people fell in love with Obama as a political figure and how that love affair may have been more one sided than we want to admit.
2024-06-04•48mins
Barrack Obama and the Myth of Black Excellence
Watch all of my videos by signing up for Nebula at just $30/year or 2.50/month: Watch my Nebula Original on the Boondocks: Barrack Obama is a beloved and historical figure both in American history, but also in black culture. His sudden ascendency to the top of American politics took the world by storm and shocked a nation into rethinking race politics and what was possible and feasible for black people. However, as with all political figures, Obama has a complicatedlegacy that in many ways betrays his image as a pristine figure of progressive ideals and black excellence. In fact that concept of black excellence has insidious unintended consequences despite the beautiful image it presents to the world and to black people. In this first part of a 2 part series, F.D explores Obama's rise to power and the elements that endeared him to the country, but also examines the subtext of why people fell in love with Obama as a political figure and how that love affair may have been more one sided than we want to admit.
2024-06-04•48mins
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#4
Black conservatism isn't what you think
Watch all of my videos by signing up for Nebula at just $30/year or 2.50/month: Watch my Nebula Original on the Boondocks: A deep dive into how the real history of black political thought has been invisibilized by conservative placeholders.
2024-06-04•1hr 7mins
Black conservatism isn't what you think
Watch all of my videos by signing up for Nebula at just $30/year or 2.50/month: Watch my Nebula Original on the Boondocks: A deep dive into how the real history of black political thought has been invisibilized by conservative placeholders.
2024-06-04•1hr 7mins
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#5
Connecting the Manosphere
Watch all of my videos by signing up for Nebula at just $30/year or 2.50/month: Watch my Nebula Original on the Boondocks: In this video F.D continues examining the modern online manosphere by looking at several figures that shape what the manosphere is and what it is capable of. In this video F.D argues that the problem in the manosphere isn't just it's misogyny, but how it presents masculinity as a whole, and this aspect makes it more damaging to everyone else.
2024-06-04•1hr 49mins
Connecting the Manosphere
Watch all of my videos by signing up for Nebula at just $30/year or 2.50/month: Watch my Nebula Original on the Boondocks: In this video F.D continues examining the modern online manosphere by looking at several figures that shape what the manosphere is and what it is capable of. In this video F.D argues that the problem in the manosphere isn't just it's misogyny, but how it presents masculinity as a whole, and this aspect makes it more damaging to everyone else.
2024-06-04•1hr 49mins
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#6
Dissecting the Manosphere
Watch all of my videos by signing up for Nebula at just $30/year or 2.50/month: Watch my Nebula Original on the Boondocks: In this video F.D re-engages the concept of Edgelords but this time brings a few friends with him in the form of WHITE GUYS (yaaaaay...) This exploration caused him rethink the place that edgelords have in modern manifestations of how men see the world and how the world sees men, which forced him to finally begin thinking on the Manosphere and trying to break down exactly what it is and why it exists.
2024-06-04•1hr 33mins
Dissecting the Manosphere
Watch all of my videos by signing up for Nebula at just $30/year or 2.50/month: Watch my Nebula Original on the Boondocks: In this video F.D re-engages the concept of Edgelords but this time brings a few friends with him in the form of WHITE GUYS (yaaaaay...) This exploration caused him rethink the place that edgelords have in modern manifestations of how men see the world and how the world sees men, which forced him to finally begin thinking on the Manosphere and trying to break down exactly what it is and why it exists.
2024-06-04•1hr 33mins
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#7
Drake and the Death of Hip Hop
Watch all of my videos by signing up for Nebula at just $30/year or 2.50/month: Watch my Nebula Original on the Boondocks: Drake is one of the biggest and most successful musicians of all time and within the last decade has made an indelible mark on hip hop as it's most recognizable, marketable, bankable, and influential figure... and F.D isn't too happy with that. In this video F.D tries to parse through the complex nature of Drake's presence in modern hip hop and pop music and explains why Drake's rise and dominance of the hip hop world is much worse than you think.
2024-06-04•1hr 14mins
Drake and the Death of Hip Hop
Watch all of my videos by signing up for Nebula at just $30/year or 2.50/month: Watch my Nebula Original on the Boondocks: Drake is one of the biggest and most successful musicians of all time and within the last decade has made an indelible mark on hip hop as it's most recognizable, marketable, bankable, and influential figure... and F.D isn't too happy with that. In this video F.D tries to parse through the complex nature of Drake's presence in modern hip hop and pop music and explains why Drake's rise and dominance of the hip hop world is much worse than you think.
2024-06-04•1hr 14mins
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#8
Obama and the Myth of Black Excellence Part 2
Watch all of my videos by signing up for Nebula at just $30/year or 2.50/month: Watch my Nebula Original on the Boondocks: After a nostalgic trip down memory lane in the last video, F.D takes Obama's legacy to task in this one. In the process he looks at the many glaring issues with Obama's legacy as a president that are often glossed over due to his sterling reputation and historical significance. In the process, F.D takes to task the lessons often taken from Obama and the impact he's had on the image of black success and whether that image is a good or bad thing.
2024-06-04•58mins
Obama and the Myth of Black Excellence Part 2
Watch all of my videos by signing up for Nebula at just $30/year or 2.50/month: Watch my Nebula Original on the Boondocks: After a nostalgic trip down memory lane in the last video, F.D takes Obama's legacy to task in this one. In the process he looks at the many glaring issues with Obama's legacy as a president that are often glossed over due to his sterling reputation and historical significance. In the process, F.D takes to task the lessons often taken from Obama and the impact he's had on the image of black success and whether that image is a good or bad thing.
2024-06-04•58mins
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#9
Swirlconomics
Watch all of my videos by signing up for Nebula at just $30/year or 2.50/month: Watch my Nebula Original on the Boondocks: This video breaks down the complexity of why interracial dating for black people is universally controversial. Edited by @TheZatzmanSpecial Appearances by @supereyepatchwolf3007 and @KhadijaMbowe Works cited Pew Study - intermarriage divorce – Reasons for Anti-Miscegenation laws- Interracial couples and poverty- Racist trends in medicine-
2024-06-04•1hr 17mins
Swirlconomics
Watch all of my videos by signing up for Nebula at just $30/year or 2.50/month: Watch my Nebula Original on the Boondocks: This video breaks down the complexity of why interracial dating for black people is universally controversial. Edited by @TheZatzmanSpecial Appearances by @supereyepatchwolf3007 and @KhadijaMbowe Works cited Pew Study - intermarriage divorce – Reasons for Anti-Miscegenation laws- Interracial couples and poverty- Racist trends in medicine-
2024-06-04•1hr 17mins
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The Commodification of Black Male Athletes
Watch all of my videos by signing up for Nebula at just $30/year or 2.50/month: Watch my Nebula Original on the Boondocks: The black athlete is an iconic image in America, and in many communities, black or otherwise, the men who find success at the highest levels of professional athletics are idolized forboys all over the country. However, the space that these athletes inhabit is much more complex and perilous than the celebrity atmosphere of pro sports lets on. From the time that they are children, many of these men have to build up a type of mindset that makes all the things they need to go through to get to the top of their sport possible. In this video F.D examines what that process looks like and dives into some of the uglier parts of prep, collegiate, and pro sports to unearth what is happening off the court and away from the field with black athletics.
2024-06-04•1hr 13mins
The Commodification of Black Male Athletes
Watch all of my videos by signing up for Nebula at just $30/year or 2.50/month: Watch my Nebula Original on the Boondocks: The black athlete is an iconic image in America, and in many communities, black or otherwise, the men who find success at the highest levels of professional athletics are idolized forboys all over the country. However, the space that these athletes inhabit is much more complex and perilous than the celebrity atmosphere of pro sports lets on. From the time that they are children, many of these men have to build up a type of mindset that makes all the things they need to go through to get to the top of their sport possible. In this video F.D examines what that process looks like and dives into some of the uglier parts of prep, collegiate, and pro sports to unearth what is happening off the court and away from the field with black athletics.
2024-06-04•1hr 13mins
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The REAL faces of Black Conservatism
Watch all of my videos by signing up for Nebula at just $30/year or 2.50/month: Watch my Nebula Original on the Boondocks: Following up from the last video, this video examines the true nature of black American conservatism and seeks to understand how/why it exists and differs from white conservatism.
2024-06-04•2hr 11mins
The REAL faces of Black Conservatism
Watch all of my videos by signing up for Nebula at just $30/year or 2.50/month: Watch my Nebula Original on the Boondocks: Following up from the last video, this video examines the true nature of black American conservatism and seeks to understand how/why it exists and differs from white conservatism.
2024-06-04•2hr 11mins
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#12
We need to talk about fetishizing black men
Watch all of my videos by signing up for Nebula at just $30/year or 2.50/month: Watch my Nebula Original on the Boondocks: Since forever, black men have either enthusiastically celebrated or quietly disregarded the rampant and unchecked fetishization of our bodies by... well pretty much everyone. In this video F.D tries to investigate how this came to be, how some black men have tried to avoid it in different ways, and the dark realities that we usually look past when it comes to black men and sex.
2024-06-04•1hr 48mins
We need to talk about fetishizing black men
Watch all of my videos by signing up for Nebula at just $30/year or 2.50/month: Watch my Nebula Original on the Boondocks: Since forever, black men have either enthusiastically celebrated or quietly disregarded the rampant and unchecked fetishization of our bodies by... well pretty much everyone. In this video F.D tries to investigate how this came to be, how some black men have tried to avoid it in different ways, and the dark realities that we usually look past when it comes to black men and sex.
2024-06-04•1hr 48mins
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#13
The Complex History of Mike Tyson
Watch all of my videos by signing up for Nebula at just $30/year or 2.50/month: Watch my Nebula Original on the Boondocks: CONTENT WARNING- DISCUSSIONS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE. Mike Tyson started a new chapter of his profound career as a boxer and media icon as he battled his way to a “draw” with fellow boxing legend Mr. “Yall Must Have Forgot” himself Roy Jones Jr. This return to the ring feels like the completion of a story arc worthy of 10 seasons of a Netflix drama. Tyson has gone from neglected and abused street urchin to world-famous prizefighter, to rock bottom and now back to relevance. But with his newfound relevance, Tyson seems to have tamed the heinous demons that plagued him and with that experience, he has shifted from sports icon to lifestyle and self-help icon. However, how did he get here? Moreover, what does it say about us and the world that he could make this journey considering the many ugly moments he’s had on his journey. Is Tyson just another example of poorly behaved men never facing justice, or is he a cautionary tale that provides insight on how to recover from your demons and better yourself? I’d have to say both. In this episode of the Black Media Breakdown Fiq signifies on the life and career of Mike Tyson. He looks at everything that made him the baddest man on the planet, as well as all the ways in which we learn more about ourselves and the world through his story. So take a seat, this is a long one but it’s worth it.
2024-06-03•54mins
The Complex History of Mike Tyson
Watch all of my videos by signing up for Nebula at just $30/year or 2.50/month: Watch my Nebula Original on the Boondocks: CONTENT WARNING- DISCUSSIONS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE. Mike Tyson started a new chapter of his profound career as a boxer and media icon as he battled his way to a “draw” with fellow boxing legend Mr. “Yall Must Have Forgot” himself Roy Jones Jr. This return to the ring feels like the completion of a story arc worthy of 10 seasons of a Netflix drama. Tyson has gone from neglected and abused street urchin to world-famous prizefighter, to rock bottom and now back to relevance. But with his newfound relevance, Tyson seems to have tamed the heinous demons that plagued him and with that experience, he has shifted from sports icon to lifestyle and self-help icon. However, how did he get here? Moreover, what does it say about us and the world that he could make this journey considering the many ugly moments he’s had on his journey. Is Tyson just another example of poorly behaved men never facing justice, or is he a cautionary tale that provides insight on how to recover from your demons and better yourself? I’d have to say both. In this episode of the Black Media Breakdown Fiq signifies on the life and career of Mike Tyson. He looks at everything that made him the baddest man on the planet, as well as all the ways in which we learn more about ourselves and the world through his story. So take a seat, this is a long one but it’s worth it.
2024-06-03•54mins
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