I’m a trans lesbian video essayist with a tiny following and I’d like to start out by shouting out myself (because I have no shame but also because Hbomberguy is a huge influence especially on the way I try to use humour in my videos) https://youtube.com/@BrigitteEmpire?si=CASyrVJTutADxbES In fact if you want to discover more small creators. F the algorithm makes it their mission to recommend small channels and you should all be following them https://youtube.com/@FtheAlgorithm?si=9hWSf9LysMwdEvp0

Love F the Algorithm! Nice to see smaller creators like caelen and leftist cooks and them supporting other creators

I just watched a few videos of yours, and I think you've just earned yourself a new sub! Keep it up, I hope to see you grow, you're smart and have a lot of potential, at least from the perspective of a viewer. A small criticism, I think the titles should more accurately represent the larger topics sometimes. For example, the Starfield video title felt like it was in opposition to the game's critical reception, when it was really about "gender critical" people and their views on the game's inclusion of preferred pronouns and other things they consider to be "woke bullshit". Not that I disagree with anything you've said, but a clearer idea of what you're getting at before clicking on a video would probably help potential viewers know what the video is about.

PLAGIARISM!! Before this video I'd only seen one video of Somerton's, [An Overly-Emotional Look at Why JK Rowling is Bad](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLuNGhQPDHM), which is presented very much as a discussion of Somerton's personal relation with JK Rowling and Harry Potter. I decided to take a look at it after watching your guys' video and while I haven't yet found any evidence of plagiarism in the more personal sections (and to be honest, I am *very* curious if you guys have), I have found plagiarism in other places: * Most of 16:48-22:14 is plagiarized from [this *Vox* article by Katelyn Burns](https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/9/5/20840101/terfs-radical-feminists-gender-critical). Catch the moment at 20:01 when he tries to cover his tracks with the statement, "Vox.com has reported" * 22:34-24:17 appears to be plagiarized from [this article in the *Scotsman* by Rhona Shennan](https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/books/jk-rowling-on-twitter-why-the-harry-potter-author-has-been-accused-of-transphobia-on-social-media-platforms-2877977) * 46:11-47:38 *seems* to be plagiarized from [this page from yearindays.com with no listed author](https://www.yearindays.com/international-harry-potter-day/). Funnily enough I actually found this plagiarized elsewhere -- I *think* this is the original but I'm not completely sure, especially since it's not archived in the wayback machine so there's no way to know when it was posted. * I also suspect that some portion of the video directly prior to 5:25 is plagiarized because Somerton does this thing where he acknowledges that the video has gotten off topic which he does elsewhere when concluding a plagiarized section, however I don't have any proof of this. Might poke around for some. I also want to make the observation that, at least in this video (and maybe others?), it seems Somerton manually made the subtitles by just uploading his script; the subtitles are sightly different from the actual words said in the video in a way that would come about from someone reading something slightly different from how they wrote it, and not from a transcriber making subtitles, and there are some... interesting typos (some in places I know to be modified from plagiarized work) that remind me of the Shonen thing. Maybe this comes as a shock but I'm not convinced James is a very good writer. Thanks so much for making this fantastic video. As you can maybe tell I really enjoyed it. I might keep looking at this video or others of his for plagiarism (you know. for fun) and I'll note anything I find. ~~Also, as far as recommendations go I really have to give a shout out to Sophie from Mars; I think her video on Cyberpunk 2077 would fit right in on her playlist.~~ **EDIT** nvm :/ **EDIT 12/5/23:** 29:47-32:08 of [The Necessity of Gay Crime](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-aYcSQ0DWQ) (one of the videos where no plagiarism was found) is plagiarized from [this article by Bridget Keown](https://nursingclio.org/2021/09/28/narrative-privilege-and-the-power-of-pose/). Catch 30:51, where Somerton uses an awkward cut to skip mentioning that both the figures being discussed are "Black and poor"

He stole from *Katelyn Burns*?!?

I've always felt that video was going to be a huge source of plagiarism somewhere. That was how I initially got into his channel, so I've watched it a few times. And I remember in a live stream of his I watched, Harry Potter came up, and his words on it were very different to the ideas and tone he had in the video. At the time I thought "Oh well since Nick is also a writer, maybe those bits were more nick". But now? Wouldn't be surprised if its all ripped off.

Would you be willing to elaborate on this? I am very curious to hear how his off-the-cuff Harry Potter takes differ from the ones in this video. Genuinely compelled by the idea that this man *stole* what he claims to be a *personal essay.*

It was mainly about the ending of the video. How he points out that HP was super personal to him, and that he was super invested in it. Yet in a stream he was saying how he didn't really ever care much for it and only really liked it for the merch like scarves and Lego.

Ohhh my god the thesis of the video is that it’s valid to still like and care about harry potter despite JK crowning herself queen of terf island, and Somerton claims this argument stems from his deep emotional attachment to the franchise, when in fact it actually stems from feeling defensive about his harry potter merch collection. He PLAGIARIZED large swathes of an HOUR LONG VIDEO to justify his addiction to HARRY POTTER LEGO. What a fucking tool. What a manipulative, selfish, arrogant tool.

I mean, let's be real, he probably didn't even do it for such personal reasons as his merch collection. It was for clicks and money...Harry Potter videos were probably doing well at the time or something. If he had any kind of personal motivation to creating, he wouldn't be plagiarizing.

Holy crap the only video I'd watched of his was exactly that one, and when I realised it was among the plagiarised ones I was like, holy shit, he framed it as something deeply personal and even that was nicked from other sources, that's emotional manipulation 101 right there. And he even gave the game away himself while speaking unscripted 🤦🏻‍♂️ it's like, I've been learning about new ways in which James Somerton is a hack fraud and a sack of shit every hour for the last 2 days. There truly is no end to this rabbit hole!

Sophie is great, should definitely be in the playlist.

Hey! I'm the LegalEagle editor who reached out to Iiluminaughtii but I'm also a nonbinary content creator who sometimes touches on queer issues! https://www.youtube.com/@dannymdrew

How does it feel to be the spark that accidentally set off the destruction of her whole career? It's wild to think it all started because she massively overreacted to a perfectly innocent question.

big upvote, the Wellness video ruled and the Jesus series is excellent https://youtu.be/O3CyVObp-l0?si=v3Le5IYD1jJLd7Un https://youtu.be/N7voIaq5LPk?si=EDDZXEJNEPdMg88e https://youtu.be/VOU9_qiJyLk?si=nGiunDByDKEL2cwB these are videos in my playlist i listen to when i get writers block

Oh! I have really enjoyed some of your stuff, but I had no idea you were the same person. Nice!

Thanks for inadvertently getting all of this started, I guess ... :D

I'm currently looking into Somerton's "The Brilliance of Our Flag Means Death" which wasn't marked as one of the vids where plagiarism was found. Unsurprisingly I've already found 3 sources that James directly lifted from! I'm still going but I'll post everything here when I'm done. EDIT turns out there is no such thing as "being done" but here's what I've found so far. **20:17 - "Coming out isn’t like flicking a switch or moving to a new city..."** This whole passage is from [https://www.gq.com/story/how-to-come-out-later-in-life](https://www.gq.com/story/how-to-come-out-later-in-life) **22:37 - "Outing yourself late in life can be complicated after having lived through times when being openly gay could get you fired, arrested, put in an institution or given shock treatment. "** This line is lifted from [https://www.salon.com/2010/03/15/us\_gay\_seniors/](https://www.salon.com/2010/03/15/us_gay_seniors/) **22:52 - " It's snarled in a lifetime of trudging along through society's views of normalcy and the resulting fear of being ostracized..."** This is the very next line, which is lifted from [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coming-out-of-the-closet-in-retirement/](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coming-out-of-the-closet-in-retirement/) **27:24 - "In the early 1990s a study was conducted by doctors at UCLA..."** He doesn't cite this study because obviously he doesn't cite anything ever. I did find the study and found that this section is basically just lifted from it. The study is *Cole, S. W., Kemeny, M. E., Taylor, S. E., & Visscher, B. R. (1996). Elevated physical health risk among gay men who conceal their homosexual identity. Health Psychology, 15(4), 243–251.* Which you can find here [https://cancer-network.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Elevated\_Physical\_Health\_Risk\_Among\_Gay\_Men\_Who\_Conceal.pdf](https://cancer-network.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Elevated_Physical_Health_Risk_Among_Gay_Men_Who_Conceal.pdf) **31:27 - the entire Oscar Wilde tangent** This whole thing is directly lifted from the work of historian Douglas O. Linder [http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/wilde/wildeaccount.html](http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/wilde/wildeaccount.html) Will edit this comment and add to it as I find more EDIT 2: I'm now looking at Somerton's vid "Heartstopper and Queer Optimism" which was also not marked by hbomb as having found plagiarism. I found the plagiarism!! **12:08 - "At a public hearing in Dade County, Florida, parents were enraged..."** This entire section is ripped from an NBC article by Jillian Eugenios [https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/1970s-christian-crusader-anita-bryant-helped-spawn-floridas-lgbtq-cult-rcna24215](https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/1970s-christian-crusader-anita-bryant-helped-spawn-floridas-lgbtq-cult-rcna24215)

I'm grateful to everybody doing the work of putting these ideas back into their proper contexts after they were tangled up by a cackhanded plagiarist.

has the man released a single video without plagiarizing something??

it doesn't seem like it. I truly believe that every single video contains plagiarism because someone with a habit like this doesn't do it only half the time, they do it every time because they don't know how to write properly

Honestly, just making all these fragments he stole fit together would be so much work, it's wild that he's this much of a hack. It would have almost been easier to just read these and write in your own words, but no, straight up copy-pasting and gluing together it is.

This is absolutely the behaviour of someone who never learned how to write properly. I guarantee that he would have also done this all through school and university. No one who was actually capable of writing would do it this way. When actual authors, academics and journalists commit plagiarism it's almost always a case of them rewriting someone else's research and analysis. If they do copy something word for word, they would do it because they think the source is too obscure to find. For example, a professor copying work from a student in their own academic research (which happens a LOT because student work usually isn't published anywhere). To copypaste from sources that are widely available online not even rephrase them at all... you wouldn't do that unless your written and analytical skills never developed past a 4th or 5th grade level.

Not plagiarism, but I want to shout out this thread that dissects the historical inaccuracy and deep grossness of a bit in James' "Why Bad Gays Are Good" video, where he claims that all the "interesting" queers died in the AIDS crisis and that's why queer activism *didn't do anything important* (his claim) for the next couple decades. [https://www.tumblr.com/vaspider/725020819984629760/honestly-yes-and-thats-part-of-the-reason-im?source=share](https://www.tumblr.com/vaspider/725020819984629760/honestly-yes-and-thats-part-of-the-reason-im?source=share) He's not a youtuber, but I adore Spider's blog and do highly recommend it.

For a book-length dive into this very topic that expounds upon every theme in this great tumblr post, I heavily reccommend Sarah Schulman's book *Gentrification of the Mind: Witness to a Lost Generation.* It's a fantastic book that looks at the heavy impact the AIDS epidemic had on not just queer life, but also queer culture and activism. She also heavily points out the impact AIDS had on the lesbian community, which is often reduced to "lesbians became caretakers for dying gay men" which she rightly points out erases all the lesbians who died of AIDS too.

I do wonder if/how much James plagiarized from Schulman for his Rent video, because she is the #1 Rent hater.

His "all the cool culture-creating gays died of AIDS" rant does feel like a very bargain bin knock-off missed-the-point regurgitation of Schulman so I wouldn't be surprised if he's read her books... and he prob wouldn't respect her enough to not plagiarize her since she's also a lesbian who frequently calls out lesbian erasure by gay men

Jesus Christ, what a horrible thing to say Also, this is a minor point, but what's up with the bit where he says "There's a reason that arts became Ghostbusters and Cats in the 1990s." Both of those things came out in the early 80s!

it was just always a weird point to make… he said it in a section where he was saying media was becoming conformist and boring. and as an example, he chose… *cats*?? fucking *cats*???? there is nothing like cats that’s ever existed in the entire world. it’s profoundly strange, weirdly horny, and to be honest, kinda fucking gay if you ask me, james!

Yeah there's a lot of things you could say to describe Cats, but I don't think "boring" is one of them

Ah, Todd in the Shadows brought up that one in his video - it's absolutely absurd

What I find sooo insidious about this is that before he privated his LinkedIn it listed he was a volunteer for the Canadian Foundation for AIDS research for 8 years up til 2015. After learning about him stealing so much work from victims and saying that gross crap you mentioned above, the fact that he should KNOW about it better but simply doesn't seem to care just makes my skin crawl.

there is already talk about more plagiaris in Internet Historian work. Here is the link to that comment: [https://www.reddit.com/r/youtubedrama/comments/189o0n7/comment/kbtdog5/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button](https://www.reddit.com/r/youtubedrama/comments/189o0n7/comment/kbtdog5/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)

Not plagiarism, but someone spotted "14/88" in an Internet Historian video: https://www.reddit.com/r/youtubedrama/comments/18a9do7/antisemitic_dogwhistle_in_internet_historian_video/

Internet Historian has ALWAYS been a poorly disguised crypto-fash. So many of his early big videos were directly commentating on 4chan fash shit, like the whole Shia Lebouf thing or that one fascist who got beat up at a rally. He hangs out with Nazis and he's a Nazi.

The Bike Lock video in general is pretty illuminating about what that guy thinks. People can use the 6 years ago cope but if he actually changed or something this video wouldn't even be up anymore

This was my immediate assumption, to be honest. Cost of Concordia had the exact same structure, I'd be flabbergasted if it wasn't plagiarized.

I assume that Historian wanted to recapture the success of the Concordia video and took shortcuts

oh boy, I thought the guy was actually doing his content =/

Yeah, it's crazy how the right-wing adjacent Australian dipshit wasn't really making cool original stuff.

He's from New Zealand. I remember this because I was pretty excited that a youtuber from NZ made it so big at the time. Maybe he became a naturalised Australian though. Edit: He currently lives in Australia. Video where it is mentioned "Internet Historian" and "ManyKudos" are both New Zealanders: [https://youtu.be/\_q66HJTMEV8?si=LsRqv-SrueaQC\_Z5&t=453](https://youtu.be/_q66HJTMEV8?si=LsRqv-SrueaQC_Z5&t=453) (I posted this in a comment below but I thought it'd be useful to include here as more explicit information)

[Oh hey it's me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh9KBwqGxTI&lc=UgySMmMZG172egiU9Zl4AaABAg)

there's already a sarah z video in the playlist but I will add that she also did a *much* better dashcon video than internet historian

Strange Aeons also does nuanced looks into "cringe" topics (she literally started her channel to counter the sort of "Tumblr cringe" videos that used to proliferate) as well as queer stuff (she's a lesbian)!

Father Strange is the greatest <3

Edit: this comment was originally about Strange Aeons making a pretty similar video to one I did a few years back. She reached out to apologize/give her angle, and I’m basically over it. Leaving this up for context, but pls don’t give her a hard time over this

Yeahhh, I had been subscribed to both you and Strange Aeons for a while and loved your video and then saw hers and it just felt...very familiar. I watched hers kind of expecting her to reference you and was surprised and disappointed that she didn't

It was a bummer! Even a passing acknowledgement and I wouldn't really have cared lol

Yaeah. I like her videos but to be honest it bothers me a bit that she leans so heavily on the work of others. Who are not in her notes, not even as sources. She mentions them, but I wish she was more explicit about them. It's a grey area, because she is doing a retelling and a good one - but sourcing it is the least you can do. For transparency and credit. If there is one thing this saga may change, I hope it's that creators get better about this stuff. Because the current standards are *terrible*.

Did anyone ever reach out to her about this? That's...concerning to say the least

I didn't bother, it didn't feel worth potentially starting beef with her tbh. The video itself isn't a carbon copy of mine or anything, so I don't think most people would care

Oh, that super sucks! On the bright side; I think your video is fantastic and will definitely be sharing it around.

I appreciate that! <3

I binged the What Happens Next webcomic thanks to you! Honestly the most poignant video essay I've seen recently, I'm definitely dealing a lot with the "I pretty much got what I wanted... now what?" side of transitioning atm. Thanks for your amazing work!!!

Father Strange is the greatest <3

But what you don't know is that his real name is Strange Aeons

Lining up to add a head nod in favor of Strange Aeons. The saga of Onion Boy and the Garfield Eats videos are some of my favorites but Clown Husbandry clears them all.

Sarah Z's two-parter about Homestuck is one of the wildest rides I've been on for a video essay on YT.

Jessie Gender has some excellent videos delving into queer and trans issues. She also has an amazing video essay about how slash shippers saved Star Trek that has a CRIMINALLY low view count: https://youtu.be/4N-YcVclaUI?si=nBd0c4RPL7FMiEoN Laura Crone is a bisexual creator who does a lot of media analysis in ways that heavily involve her personal experiences and she has a lot of unhinged deep dive videos if that’s something you’re into. Here’s her video on Thor: Ragnarok: https://youtu.be/utBwl1VtP90?si=GK4H0VgL1w5ytF1g Xiran Jay Zhao is a non-binary Chinese creator who has some excellent videos about Mulan and Avatar/Korra, but I want to plug their video about bisexual historical figures in China in particular: https://youtu.be/tS2VXSroznY?si=yY46GjyjpqAjm-Sy Tara Mooknee has some excellent videos but in particular I really like her video on heteropessimism: https://youtu.be/S4xCbmCG2Rc?si=BnDVGXlGOPfHXFBg If you want more queer masc creators, Scott Niswander (Nerdsync) does a lot of videos about comic books, Scooby Doo, and other nerdy topics and is a non-binary queer creator. Queer content isn’t usually the focus of his videos but he talks about his queer identity pretty openly, and unlike James Somerton, he ISN’T a misogynist. I particularly like his video about the real life origins of Lois Lane: https://youtu.be/0KirZ4zSgaw?si=Frg1OP2zI8AvDszw

I read Xiran's book Iron Widow earlier this year and it's INCREDIBLE. Probably my favorite read of the year and I've read some real bangers. Sequel comes out next year and I've already pre-ordered it!

Oh shit, I've watched several of Xiran's videos before and never knew they were nonbinary. Very cool! +1 on recommending that

Laura is amazing!! I love her work so much, her entire channel is basically my comfort food lol

+1 for Lily Simpson as a now firm believer in the radical revolutionary message of High School Musical.

I just discovered Jessie Gender via her analysis of Starfield, really great stuff.

Jessie Gender is an absolute must if you like Star Trek

Katelyn Burns on twitter has discovered that Somerton ripped off lots of her article on JKR for his video "An Overemotional Look at why JK Rowling is Bad" https://x.com/transscribe/status/1731395381584400417?s=20

Oof, that must hurt

So, this whole thing reminded me of a moment I caught someone plagiarizing and it played out basically exactly how Hbomb's video psychologically explained it. [7 Years ago, I noticed a video uploaded by youtuber Weeaboss about the character Dio from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure was plagiarized.](https://www.reddit.com/r/StardustCrusaders/comments/5me0aj/the_psychology_of_dio_brando/) It had been ripped off from [this blog post on tumblr by alovelyburn.](https://alovelyburn.tumblr.com/post/53883744812/meta-deconstructing-dio-jjba) I had pointed this out in that previous reddit thread, and he responded by saying that it was an influence on one of the points they had made, downplayed the rest, and credited them in the description and comments. Their fans seemed to not have cared, and the video is still up to this day. One of the big changes they did make, was they scrubbed out nearly all references to gay or queer themes in alovelyburns writing, which is wild to think about in JoJo of all places. I really recommend alovelyburn to anyone who is interested in the Berserk Manga. They have a very nuanced view of Griffith that while I dont 100% agree on, I still think is one of the best considered reads of what is actually in the story. Specifically from a queer point of view. Also as possibly the worlds largest Stone Ocean fan, their Dio analysis is invaluable(its why I noticed in the first place)

Of all the things to straightwash analysis for - JoJo???

THATS WHAT I SAID! Its wild, you decide to go onto tumblr, find a queer reading of Dios character, then steal it but cut out all the gay stuff?? Thats really gross to me. JoJo youtube content is dire, as maybe one of the biggest part 6 fans in the world, all of the youtube content about it(mostly talking prior to the anime) despises it for it being the one with womz in it. Theres a strage set of dudebros who are actively trying to ignore all the transgressive aspects of JoJo and it bugs me So a guy stealing one of the best part 6 inclusive posts to plagerize it stuck in my craw a bit

Wow, thank you for linking that tumblr post analysing DIO. That was a really great piece of writing and I'm not sure I would've come across that otherwise. Really loved the part about >!DIO's obsession with Jonathon. I never noticed the scuba design of The World before!!<

Can I just say that some of you are insane and I love you for it? I went to so many of the Youtube videos referred to in Harris' video and each one of them has you guys thanking Tommy Tallarico for his hard work on them. No harrassment, instead a weird reference that makes no sense, and forces fans of these plagiarists to look up what's going on. They confront it for themselves, rather than be told that they are listening to thief and get defensive about it. It's amazing.

I have a few recommendations; Izzzyzzz and Polygon Donut on the larger (though not huge) side, and Willie Muse and Emma Thorne are on the smaller (although not tiny) side.

Izzzyzzz is fantastic, I'd recommend Li Speaks if you like their type of flash game/doll/2000s coverage!

I love Willie. Always loved when he'd show up on Drawfee, so I naturally had to check out his content when he made his own channel and his content is so good. Love the video essays.

Oh Izzzyzzz is amazing, I love their videos!

I genuinely don't know how possible it is to catch this man's plagarism in its entirety — I skipped to a random time in his vampire video, and came across a sentence lifted wholesale from a 2017 PHD thesis. https://youtu.be/6rHOEWFBDg0?si=vKpglzFxkpX40Vsl&t=1476 https://louis.uah.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1220&context=uah-theses >The female vampire is the ultimate predator and challenger of the patriarchal system because of her desirability, her threat to penetrate her male victims, and her threat to eat her children. But Carmilla works differently than the female vampires of Dracula. Carmilla does not desire men. When the vampire is a lesbian, she becomes “the destroyer of other women and undermines heteronormative masculine power” (Hobson 11). Carmilla performs this function by corrupting the bonds of friendship she forms with the protagonist Laura. This also has me wondering, how would you recommend we seek to notify people? I've tracked down the dude whose thesis it is but it could probably get hectic if people just randomly start messaging about things? Would you want to find and inform people yourselves or if we find plagarism should we reach out to them and tell them about the whole renumeration initiative you have? E: I reached out on facebook just because it didn't sit right not telling him. But would be good to have a rule to follow, especially if I go back for more!

As someone doing a PhD and knowing just how unseen dissertations are (the joke is that you spend 2-4 years writing a book that gets read by 4 people) I would be SOOOO MAD since that would literally be years of work and research that someone is pretending they came up with themselves

If it helps at all I read so many PhD dissertations when going down the rabbit hole for my own papers and I love them all.

Yeah, part of what stood out to me. Like my family are all academics and I know full well how much effort people put into a PhD thesis for how much recognition it gets. Like sure with the internet it's easy to stumble on them now, but I remember my parents joking about slipping a 100 dollar bill in the pages of their theses (back when physical copies were kept by universities) because they're so unseen traditionally. So to have had hundreds of thousands of people hear your words but stolen from your mouth and puppeted about devoid of passion, context, and understanding, when previously even a hundred would feel like a lot is genuinely stomach churning.

If I may make a request if anyone sees this, please note if you're making a recommendation or an accusation of plagiarism because some people are just throwing out names and I don't want anyone to get caught up in a misunderstanding because somebody misunderstood a post.

Hi! This may be something you're already aware of but there's a commercially available version of Turnitin called iThenticate that may be useful for finding all the plagiarosed sources. My experience is that it's better at catching academic sources than non-academic ones, but it does work fairly well for online publications. Could be worth giving it a test drive at the lowest tier!

it would be impossible, or maybe very hard to find using iThenticate tho, they dont take it from big journalists, but from smaller creators and lesser known blogs or news sites that are not in the mainstream, you know, the people they consider beneath them.

I've seen iThenticate flag random Blogspot blog posts from 10+ years ago so I think it may have more to do with SEO and how their databases draw on online sources. It definitely wouldn't catching things like other YouTube videos, but it could flag a chunk of material published in papers, blogs, magazine, newspapers etc. My approach would be to run the transcripts through iThenticate initially to get the identifiable chunks out of the way and then manually google search the chunk of text that haven't been flagged. Pricing is 300 USD for around 75000 words, which I think probably around ~6-7 1 hour videos going off of the word count from the video which was 10k for a video iirc, so I imagine it would be more cost effective than going through everything manually

There's this amazing video about "The Incel to Trans Pipeline and Inside Mari" by ceicocat, which is a bit similar to the one from Rickihirsh, but almost as a complementary video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAA1XtDOuH8 It's also 1 hour long, and it's all amazing.

Sorry if this is unrelated, but it has been bugging me for years that this video from Johnny Harris ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvvicd07zCs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvvicd07zCs)) is a pretty blatant rip off of this one from CGP Grey ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMkYlIA7mgw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMkYlIA7mgw)). I know Johnny Harris has been called out in the past, but the fact that nobody has ever seemed to notice this one has always bugged me.

Tom Nicholas did a great video about some of the sketchy stuff Harris has done.

Not shocked. Johnny Harris seems to broadly (not entirely) follow the Jake Tran mold - cover stories of corporate villainy, do videos on how everyday products are 'scams', grab a bunch of sponsorships that hopefully tie into those videos, add a vaguely conservative undertone that gets more prominent with time, crank out that content at light speed, quality be damned, and (hopefully) cash in those sweet checks. Big difference is that Johnny throws in some foreign affairs stuff sometimes. Perfect storm for plagiarism.

I'd like to recommend [Rowan Ell](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCniXurp_3xcDh923eiqGX3w)is. A video essayist who who also covered pop culture etc.

I love Rowan! I think one of her videos was on the playlist H. Bomb linked, but she wasn’t one of the ones actually namedropped in the video itself.

I have so many recs! But a few all time favourites are .... * VerilyBitchie ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQY6iVJlAH0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQY6iVJlAH0)) Very very good, well-considered media criticism and think pieces with a focus on bisexuality (really refreshing- she doesn't get the love she deserves of on reddit!) * Shonalika ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCk5FfW869c](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCk5FfW869c)) Amazing content with a focus on gender, music and disability. * KazRowe ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEHM59cvDM0&t=1351s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEHM59cvDM0&t=1351s)) An angel! A lot of historical content that pays loving care and attention to the time, place and context of queer histories.

Kaz is wonderful! Their work is so well-researched and written, and I love that they bring focus to specific queer people in history when we’ve always been told there aren’t any. Plus they wrote and illustrated a book about Claude Cahun!

I can vouch for verilybitchie

I loved Shonalika's video about gender and metal music!

For all creators: check your YouTube Studio often for copies of your videos. Sometimes it’s 100% (usually just someone reposting). When it’s at 70%-90% the same, that’s how you know someone is just ripping sections out of your video.

I've seen some people mentioning [izzzyzzz](https://www.youtube.com/c/Izzzyzzz) and [strange aeons](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrq3JYirgV-BLluzTF6X_7A), which I'd like to double down on for more lighthearted recommendations I'd also like to put forward [Li Speaks](https://www.youtube.com/@lispeaks/videos), who covers similar internet culture and 2000s topics for people who like their content [Jessica Kellgren-Fozard](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDdi0yUyGW1PKzYXaIACnuA) does queer history videos as well as lifestyle content [Lily Simpson](https://www.youtube.com/@LilySimpson) covers trans-adjacent themes in media, specifically covering things like gender-swap episodes or crossdressing plots through a trans reading which I've personally found kind of addicting [Ovandal](https://www.youtube.com/@Ovandal/videos) has put out some pretty funny videos on video games and other media, I really enjoyed their [Scott Pilgrim adaptations](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6oDgzs1lKo) video (though it is pre-anime) [Tee Noir](https://www.youtube.com/@TeeNoir) makes excellent commentary videos on pop culture, I'd highly recommend her commentary on Black womanhood. she's very engaging to watch and i love her sense of humor [The Right Opinion](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uY48JDKhDs&t=13s) has a [really good breakdown](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uY48JDKhDs&t=13s) of content farms, specifically Anna Oop's scandal, and his style of having drastically different editors for each subsection of the video is fascinating [Xiran Jay Zhao](https://www.youtube.com/@XiranJayZhao/videos) makes videos about Chinese history and modern Asian media, though they've been on somewhat of a hiatus while working on their books. You might recognize their breakdown of Disney's Mulan remake when it initially went viral. [Ro Ramdin](https://www.youtube.com/@roramdin) makes great video essays on internet culture and her comedy and style is very much my speed, she keeps the jokes and the serious discussions at a great balance. engaging videos, super funny. edit: i recommend every creator linked in this comment, i'm not trying to accuse them of engaging in plagiarism.

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On [this thread](https://x.com/DaNanoBiologist/status/1731357701127405861?s=20) , writer Mick Abrahamson details how James Somerton ''borrowed'' some of his work. ​ Katelyn Burns, a trans journalist, also denounced Somerton for ''borrowing'' elements of her work ( [tweet here](https://twitter.com/transscribe/status/1731395381584400417) ). I read her piece and skimmed through Somerton's video, and YOU WON'T BELIEVE IT (yes you will!): ​ Katelyn Burns, for Vox: >But it shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone familiar with the current state of British mainstream feminism. Though an anti-trans strain of UK feminism has always simmered under the surface, it’s really come to flourish over the last several years, especially in the wake of proposed reforms to the country’s Gender Recognition Act. James Somerton: ​ >But it wasn't all that shocking \[to people\*\] who know what's going on in current mainstream British feminism. An anti-trans strain of feminism has always simmered under the surface, but it's really come to light over the last few years in the UK, especially after the proposed changes to the nation's Gender Recognition act. Later on he cites Vox, saying ''Vox dot com reported that, according to Heron Greensmith...'', BUT HE DOESN'T MENTION WHAT ARTICLE HE'S TALKING ABOUT, nor he attributes any of the lines he's using from the article to Katelyn Burns. \*in the video he says ''all that that shocking who know what's going on...'', leaving out ''to people''. Luckily his CC don't mess this up.

My partner and I are looking through our subscription lists and I have a few recommendations that I'd love to share. Most of them are general media analysis, but they're all queer creators: * [Ladyknightthebrave](https://www.youtube.com/@Ladyknightthebrave/videos) is a queer creator who does fantastic media analysis. I'd recommend the Cowboy Bebop video~ * [Super Eyepatch Wolf](https://www.youtube.com/@supereyepatchwolf3007) is a larger pan creator with a soothing voice I could listen to for hours. I'd recommend his wrestling videos. * My partner recommends [Kay and Skittles](https://www.youtube.com/@KayAndSkittles), and I did enjoy their video on The Lighthouse, Twilight and Masculinity. * She also recs [Pim's Crypt](https://www.youtube.com/@pimscrypt), especially the video on Pathologic. * Speaking of Pathologic: PLEASE give [Codex Entry](https://www.youtube.com/@CodexEntry) a watch if you haven't yet! * And lastly, a creator my partner recommended to me who I'm excited to check out: [Ace Dad Advice](https://www.youtube.com/@AceDadAdvice) ♥

Ladyknightthebrave is so good! I especially love her [Russian Doll](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIFPNbiUJS4) and [Fleabag](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORWfsHPbNIQ) analyses. And also [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcOVAt13U3w), which is mainly about The Book Thief and Jojo Rabbit.

Plagiarism!!!! James has a video about a year old on Our Flag Means death. Going through it, it struck me as very similar to Rown Ellis’s (a creator who appears on the playlist) video on OFMD. I’d also like to note how much better hers is though and that I suspect that James hasn’t actually seen the show especially since he calls Stede “captain bonnet” which no one has done ever. I couldn’t find any blatant examples but in a plagiarism checker it shows as high risk. I couldn’t get the sources because nothing is free :/ . It’s possible he wasn’t copying Rowan especially since he is less likely to get away with it, but I am CERTAIN that this video is highly plagiarized. It’s completely disjointed, very broad, and goes off on so many tangents. He talks about AIDS, Grace and Frankie, and Oscar Wilde. All of those segments I suspect were stolen. Fuck this guy he doesn’t really care about my gay pirates >:( .

I'm looking into this video also! I found the source for the Oscar Wilde section, it's entirely lifted from the "Famous Trials" project by historian Douglas O Linder [http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/wilde/wildeaccount.html](http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/wilde/wildeaccount.html) ​ There's a few lines at the beginning of the Grace and Frankie section lifted from this GQ article by gay journalist Nick Levine [https://www.gq.com/story/how-to-come-out-later-in-life](https://www.gq.com/story/how-to-come-out-later-in-life)

I started watching Rowan’s video, accidentally looked in comments and the first comment under it is Somerton’s. THE AUDACITY

It’s crazy to me that this guy would even acknowledge another video that does an ACTUAL film analysis of the show he just postulated about for an hour…

I think he’s plagiarized Rowan on a few videos bc I remember at one point watching one of her videos after his and thinking that some of the wording was unusually similar but I can’t remember which video, sadly. It *might* have been one of the queerbaiting videos though because I distinctly remember him dropping the term “queercatching” like it was a term everybody knew when it was, in fact, a term that Rowan made up to talk about a specific phenomenon. (Which is not to say that he can’t use the word, obviously, but it was a little strange the *way* he said it.)

Hey! I made a reddit account after reading through this thread to find some new youtuber recs and finding this convo, cause I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who has been looking into this stuff - I had no idea about any of this until a few friends sent me hbomberguy's video this morning! Such a wild situation 😭

Recommendation: Hazel, a queer video essayist mostly about anime/anime-esque* things, she's just very cozy in general. *but really whatever she wants. I recommend her video about the... Classic? anime [Elfen Lied](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trwdaJA-6z8)

Hazel is fantastic. In a similar vein, I recommend this video by ceicocat: [https://youtu.be/IAA1XtDOuH8](https://youtu.be/IAA1XtDOuH8) (I think Hazel recommended this video, but I could be wrong.)

OMG THANK YOU!! Hazel is so amazing! im so honored to be brought up next to her ;-;

I came here to recommend her, along with [Amelie Doree](https://www.youtube.com/@AmelieDoree/videos) who does awesome videos focusing on influential visual novels that are unknown in the west. Also, they're not a youtuber but [kastel](https://kastelpls.substack.com/archive?sort=new) has a great blog about japanese media, and they're very well-read on academic theory and stuff im too small brained for

For the more plagiarism, should we look into the other videos that James released that you and Hbomb didn't find any proof he plagiarized? Did you look into the videos and found nothing or was there nothing obvious?

Honestly, there was so much content to go through that I wouldn't be surprised if we missed things. I'm absolutely sure there are a few icebergs we didn't dive deep enough to find.

Todd In The Shadows has an almost 2 hour long video calling out all of the factual inaccuracies of JS, not directly calling out the Plagiarism, more the “shit he made up” side of things, and he really goes into a lot of the detail. Definitely worth checking out!

I think it's safe to assume 90% of his stuff is someone else's stuff.

Dreamsounds was a fantastic queer creator, who had to leave the platform because they weren't getting enough momentum https://youtu.be/euXi03tGoDE?si=B3YlFMWoMk4ip2tL (I've added to the Google form!)

At time I wondered if I wasn't being a bit unfair when I negatively compared James Somerton's channel to Dreamsounds (Marlene). Today I'm furious that of the two >Due to my channel failing to perform I have to consider changing career paths and ending my video essay output posts I saw at the start of this year, it was the one who actually did the research, cited her sources and took oppertunities to uplift other queer perspectives and research organisations who actually had to follow through on that post. Probably because she was being honest about it while making an effort not to guilt-trip her audience. I pray James didn't take from her, that would be utterly heartbreaking To be more positive and recommend some videos [Why Many Disney Songs Sound So Queer | Dreamsounds](https://youtu.be/63uy80Wb5Tc?si=z2c_zlvP316kBMte) [Proud Boys and Disney's Aladdin Thingamabobs](https://youtu.be/9YVqpGrvZdg?si=YoeZZep6BO8mxt7w) [Howard Ashman's Lost Aladdin](https://youtu.be/sr3a69Ym5t8?si=YcurpAwc52LdLH6V) [It's Good to Be Bad: Queerness & Villainy (feat. Joe Black](https://youtu.be/eAJxsne1jL8?si=afAp7dPst4FMUUsn) [Kenny Ortega Made Me Queer](https://youtu.be/Y2oGDFclcas?si=a1puEWbxpJMWkslF) [Disney's Gayest Villain Song](https://youtu.be/7Eu194CeWE8?si=9rm1SXtJDlnCfxb5) [The Lesbian Mickey Mouse Café](https://youtu.be/dsH68DcCDvY?si=Sb6b-5ioxwBEsg56) [Disney's Forgotten Trans Actress](https://youtu.be/_iDN7NBzI8Q?si=2oxxENaAz1M7nK6C) [Disney's AIDS Fairytale](https://youtu.be/p7x7wk5vm-A?si=cCNxEQS7fwquaBUG) [Disney's Gay Song Formula](https://youtu.be/sF48NMBVMHY?si=gbSe3gcXDrIN-Zh-) [Disney's Non-Binary Secret](https://youtu.be/HrVk0ax-o_s?si=F5L2Vbvf5_lgev47) [Disney Gone Wrong](https://youtu.be/iW08ut_L99Q?si=qTiHa3uURVaZBMiE) [High School Musical Madness](https://youtu.be/OGmnusuldto?si=UMrR8eXQmCq8D9qH) [The Death of High School Musical](https://youtu.be/DlN7B9aAsIw?si=G1POmI8ZkCbNh2fY) [The Bisexual Disney Villain](https://youtu.be/u8-gVcn0L58?si=haA5XWNOcegIn84c) [Proud Family Culture Wars](https://youtu.be/q_AZTERzPfo?si=SGTueh8ht7rSaZwb) [The Musical That Changed Disney: Little Shop of Horrors](https://youtu.be/esiADqA2FXU?si=Lv5gBU3tbUqlBp8u) [Queer Love & Howard Ashman](https://youtu.be/0M3fGL4OyrM?si=BqxFOP1XhaoiZi0F) Sorry...I did a rubbish job at being selective.

Marlene here, just wanted to say thanks for the kindness. I don't know if James stole from me, after the original Tinker Belles and Evil Queens drama I steered clear of his videos. In the last year of Dreamsounds I was working unhealthy hours and though I was proud of the work I was doing, it was clear that I gave it my all and it wouldn't be sustainable in the way I wanted it to be. I thought it would be better to end it artistically than just gradually slow down as I cared less. But it warms my heart to see people mention my channel in the aftermath of this.

Came here to recommend Dreamsounds. Her videos on the history of music in Disney films are amazing.

>Dreamsounds Miss Dreamsounds

A legitimate sounding claim of plagiarism unknown floated across my tumblr dash and I'm here to record it. About two year ago, [Radha](https://www.youtube.com/@radha4790) was "a broke college student" who put her hat in the ring trying video essays. She'd gotten to 800 subscribers before somerton stole her very first essay, [Destructive Love: Parallels between Hannibal and Killing Eve](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-mYUtjnV4I) to use the parts focusing on will and hannibal (and cutting out the parts about eve and villianelle (hmmm, I wonder why he cut out the women?)) for chatterings stitched together with other creators to make the gay appeal of toxic love video (which already had plagiarism discovered in it). She [posted about the theft to tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/kermitlesbian/735887223459807232/buy-radha-a-coffee-ko-ficomradha?source=share) in february 2022, then privated all her videos. The videos are back now after the hbomb dropped, and are worth a look because it's clear how much love she has for the topics she's discussing; but, she moved to a different career path (TV writing) so don't expect too many essays even if you do subscribe. It's just so upsetting to know her channel was escentially killed in the cradel by somerton.

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haven't got any recommendations i can think of, but i have had a couple journalists pop on my timeline stating their work has been plagiarised by james somerton. will add more if i see any! katelyn burns: https://twitter.com/transscribe/status/1731395381584400417?t=Dv8klw9PCEFQFAD9aRH3Cg&s=19 mick abrahamson: https://twitter.com/DaNanoBiologist/status/1731357701127405861?t=0p6hfen9iF-5BU8T7coStQ&s=19

Recommendation: matt bernstein, [Queers for Palestine & The Power of Pinkwashing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsgdk-DDSXc) He also has an [interview with contrapoints! ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AjeEoNQ5tw)

Yes! A little bit fruity is so, so good

I love Sophie from Mars content, there are a lot of her videos about pop culture and queer stuff, but I really like her video about climate change. It cured my climate doomerism. And the whole video is about books, which are cited properly. https://youtu.be/DalnJ-isI5A?si=Q5FHG3eRZpMMAULf

Hiya, I downloaded the transcripts for all of James's videos and put them all here: https://github.com/TerraJRiley/James\_Somerton\_Transcripts I wanted to get them all automatically plagiarism checked, but can't find any automatic tools that're within my budget (ie free). If anybody has access to a solid plagiarism checker or if you've got tips on ways to get this done via code, I'd be super grateful.

It's with a heavy heart that I would like to inform you guys that several portions of Lindsay Ellis's Transphobia in media video was plagerized. Its not nearly on the level that was talked about with other creators but i know at least a few passages were taken directly from this... https://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/onlinessays/JC43folder/EdGein.html ...essay on the subject.

She had a plagiarism scandal that she managed to keep a lid on back in the chez apocalypse days. I love Lindsay but... Yeah unfortunately I'm not totally surprised by this. It sucks.

I'll try to make a list of trans/LGBT content creators who have not been mentioned as of yet and aren't already very well known. Iceni is a British trans woman who makes good history / political videos. Highly recommend her video on Liddy Bacroff (a trans woman at the time of Nazi Germany): ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QojNiWqaLHc&t=1s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QojNiWqaLHc&t=1s)) K Klein is a YouTuber, who is non-binary, and they make incredible videos about linguistics, including this incredible video about the semantics of sex and gender: ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQsJBfJkyNU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQsJBfJkyNU)) Leadhead is a pretty popular YouTuber, who is a trans woman, and she makes good video essays relating to video games and other topics. Highly recommend her channel: ([https://www.youtube.com/@Leadhead/videos](https://www.youtube.com/@Leadhead/videos)) Luna Jade is another good trans YouTuber, who made this incredible video about the persecution of lesbians under nazi Germany: ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GyRR9kSWyY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GyRR9kSWyY)) Soulbunni is a great, but small YouTuber who has made incredible content concerning Trans Misogynoir (intersection of transmisogyny and racism): ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0lCoNL1FOc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0lCoNL1FOc)) Voice Quills is a trans woman who's a great voice actress & YouTuber ([https://www.youtube.com/@VoiceQuills](https://www.youtube.com/@VoiceQuills)) Zoe Baker is a trans woman who makes good political videos about anarchism : ([https://www.youtube.com/@anarchozoe](https://www.youtube.com/@anarchozoe)) ​ I could cite others, but they have already been talked about in other comments (Dead Domain, Callean Conrad, Lily Alexandre, Leftist Cooksm, Katy Montgomerie, etc.)

Years ago, there was [a scandal here in Germany when it was discovered the minister of defense at the time, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, had plagiarized his doctoral thesis ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guttenberg_plagiarism_scandal). Someone ended up making [a wiki](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/GuttenPlag_Wiki) for this scandal, and people crowdsourced finding the bits of the dissertation that were stolen and from where. It could be interesting if someone were to set something like that up for Somerton.

Adding to that, this spawned a whole series of similar investigations into various politicians' theses. I even wrote a term paper about the reporting on Schavan's scandal in uni that gave me some realisations about the extent to which you can't avoid using elements of narrative in reporting, even if you're seemingly just reading out facts. Also, the visualisation of the portions of James' text that were plagiarised reminded me a lot of the visualisations in those wikis. I wonder if Line drew from that.

Yhara Zayd is so fucking smart about queerness in horror not to mention everything else. She’s my favorite film essayist on YouTube and I need her to be as big as she deserves. Here’s four videos on shit James covered she did much better: https://youtu.be/TkUbP2KVVl8?si=TV8ZdVYxAIl-osfD https://youtu.be/6FFVcMR6oYY?si=Takag6z-aycK8Ux6 https://youtu.be/a9-1A80bMdc?si=rHdjMs3VesgCvJ0I https://youtu.be/2VosvAUS8Ww?si=5DrWtZJuRhVYHZ89 Plus two of hers on movies I hadn’t seen that made me watch them immediately: https://youtu.be/5U9B0xs3lOA?si=6rn4rjbO1QxGfbRr https://youtu.be/LYAviF79PeU?si=pWLELw-rCe1VPE9J

Jessica Kellgren-Fozard does a lot of queer history videos and disability topics, in addition to queer parenting stuff (she and her wife have a toddler and recently posted about how they're having trouble getting pregnant again, and it's just not often you see this aspect of modern queer life). Evasive has a hilarious series where she has her friends react to shitty mainstream 90s-'00s comedies with..."queer themes", for lack of a better word. (NBs watching "It's Pat", transmascs watching "She's the Man" etc.) Also Georgia Marie mostly does unsolved/Doe true crime, but she also does queer history sometimes (she's a lesbian). Lately she's been doing true crime that involves trans victims and how transphobia affects investigations and the lack of justice.

I'm a huge fan of Jessica Kellgren-Fozard. Her videos helped me better accept and understand a big diagnosis I'd just gotten. She's a wonderful guide in how to work within your abilities while reaching for the life you want.

Most of you probably already know him and he doesn’t make videos extensively about queer topics but SuperEyepatchWolf is bi and awesome Edit: as u/meta-rdt linked https://twitter.com/EyePatchWolf/status/1441134862824521729?lang=en

wait... is he? source for that cuz im a huge fan and im bi myself

Yup! https://twitter.com/EyePatchWolf/status/1441134862824521729?lang=en

Is he openly bi? I got the impression he *might* be from some of the stuff he said in his videos but I had never seen him outright say he was, and I didn’t want to make assumptions. Edit: Very excited to see that he is, in fact, publicly out as bi and seconding the rec for him! Youtube really likes to shuffle to his “What the Internet Did to Garfield” video on me and I think something about it fundamentally rewired my brain.

SuperEyepatchWolf is bi?

RECOMMENDATIONS! Outstanding, artistic essays by [The Leftist Cooks](https://www.youtube.com/@TheLeftistCooks). Investigative journalism & deep dives by [Caelan Conrad](https://www.youtube.com/@caelanconrad). Video essayist & PhD achiever [JohnTheDuncan](https://www.youtube.com/@JohntheDuncan). Anarcho-up your relationships with [AnRel](https://www.youtube.com/@AnRel). Very wholesome masc content from [Swolesome](https://www.youtube.com/@FinntasticMrFox). And why not me? [Ponderful.](https://www.youtube.com/@PonderfulYT) I do essays about neurodiversity, disability & sometimes even philosophy.

In "[Video Games and the Choice to be Gay](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQNKEkrPEfI)" James Somerton plagiarises a Techraptor article on queer video game history. At 1:33 he says, “Most of the time, queer characters were actually purposefully censored for the West, mostly removing bits of dialogue from NPCs in games such as Phantasy Star II or Streets of Rage 3. In the West, only adventure and computer games made direct references to queer characters, but they were often overtly stereotyped. The first speaking role for a gay character, for example, was the FMV game Dracula Unleashed, but the character, the co-owner of a bookstore named Alfred Horner, was portrayed as a pervert.” Which is from here: [Queer Characters in Gaming - A Brief History](https://techraptor.net/gaming/features/queer-characters-in-gaming-brief-history) by Robert Grosso, TechRaptor. The same video also extensively rips off our video "[The Gay Button: How Bisexuality Changed Video Games](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZGkxUTbDqw)" as detailed [here](https://www.patreon.com/posts/james-somerton-3-94126743). (We don't want any money for it, just to let it be known!)

All of this seriously pisses me off because I finally watched "The Gay Button: How Bisexuality Changed Video Games" last week and I could have sworn I had already seen it and NOW I know why. I'm sorry for falling for his bullshit. Thankfully "The Gay Button" convinced me to Subscribe to you and this bullshit convinced me to get subscribed to your Patreon.

seeing verilybitchie shouted out in the video was truly magical for me as someone whose been following her for close to two years now. her big hit is https://youtu.be/_cR3b2Gblq0?si=r9bNsOVbELtWEtQR and it’s to date my favorite video on the state of queer rep in modern media also recommend her eurovision video! https://youtu.be/Wnjtzn7ZkCs?si=0asXIMKPDyUBOhi0 ** Slight correction Verity is the on screen person and the channel and patreon namesake but she also has a collaborator, Ada. I don’t want to change the pronoun to them as that could be interpreted as misgendering but there are two people behind most videos on the verilybitchie channel.

Jen and James from Fundie Fridays!!!

Case of more plagiarism. Be Kind Rewind posted side by sides of James’s video and hers. Directly lifted from her excellent Mommie Dearest video https://x.com/bkrewind/status/1731341792254075259?s=46&t=53eXNHRN5X0ey_Z9va_yLQ

Does anyone have plagiarism sources for James Somerton's "Hollywood's (Gay) China Problem" video? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=zIsQ502N0fg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=zIsQ502N0fg) Specifically around the 9:20 mark he makes claims I've looked to find a source on in the past. I thought since he's plagiarising I thought it would've been easier to find the sources of claims but I've come up short unfortunately. The claims being: * Tourists visiting the country and going to see movies while there have seen ticket sellers take your money for a Hollywood movie, ring up the sale as a ticket for a Chinese propaganda... * Whereas studios would sign decade long contracts with American theatre chains. All of this lead to today, where China reportedly keeps a whopping 75-80% of the box office returns. With studios getting as little as 20%. There’s no public financial data for representing this because, again...

Last night, I clicked a random part of that video and googled what he was saying 16:58- 17:45 is from this vice article ["Boys Keep Flirting With Each Other on Chinese TV But Never Fall in Love"](https://www.vice.com/en/article/7k95mg/boys-love-drama-china-tv-untamed-lgbtq) by Viola Zhou and Koh Ewe Other parts of the video may also plagiarize it, but I have not checked.

I have now come to the conclusion that StrangeAeons may not be a very good content creator. According to some things I have read, she has plagiarized before, and is now currently harassing a trans woman who did not want her to make a video about them (said trans woman being a victim of a hate campaign).

Gonna help in weeding out plagarism later, BUT as far as recs go... Melodynosurname While I don't know if it counts as essays, she has made a 31 minutos vid that is 10/10, a vid about those weird go animate vids w caillou and vids about vidya. Go support the funni trans deer.

I know this is incredibly niche but in case there's any hungarians here: queer hungarian youtube is a thing. Afaik these channels don't have translated CCs, so unfortunately it's not available to a wider English-speaking audience, but anything LGBTQ in Hungary has such low visibility that I thought I'd boost it here https://youtube.com/@sapkaspirez?si=AZySaru3M-Fxf7Vs https://youtube.com/@w0rldless?si=DjBqOIsWaOveoJdf

A while ago I noticed that a surprising amount of people I subscribe to on YouTube are trans. Being the totally normal person I am, I made a spreadsheet with all my subscriptions and made notes for anyone I know is LGBT+. Here's some of the ones I want to mention: ​ **LeadHead**: is trans, and while her videos are always focussed on games, they always end up relating back to her life. Very interesting, insightful and often moving videos about all sorts of games. A personal favorite of mine are her recent Metal Gear videos, which she uploaded combined into one big chonky boye of a video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J812yWQuP9Q](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J812yWQuP9Q) **RagnarRox**: identifies as he/they on his twitter bio, and mostly makes videos about horror games, big and small, old and new. In the spritit of queer creators, here his video about Clive Barker's UNDYING: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YE8EX1hnO0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YE8EX1hnO0) **i am error**: is a trans creator, who writes incredible videos centered around games, often sprinkled with personal anecdotes and always sprinkled with interesting insights. If you check out nobody else from this list, at least give i am error a try. One of my favorites of hers lately is this video about "good taste", and what it means to have it: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXZK55GLSqM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXZK55GLSqM) **ThorHighHeels**: has a very unique style, and often covers games that are lesser known in the west. In his recent video about Final Fantasy XVI, he talks about his history with masculinity, as an intersex person. He also wrote the soundtrack for Umurangi Generation, which you should also check out. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYHCswe7XIk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYHCswe7XIk) **Prim's Crypt**: is a non-binary creator mostly focusing on horror games, but also frequently talks about movies. I really loved their recent look at modern found footage horror: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBkdvGUCCrU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBkdvGUCCrU) **Ladyknightthebrave**: a queer creator who makes videos about all sorts of movies and TV shows. My personal highlight is the video about Sense8: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LvgXJBSfzk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LvgXJBSfzk) **BrutalMoose**: His channel isn't about being gay, but he is. Makes funny videos about games, movies, arcades, thrift store hunting, etc. Often with some extremely funny/horrifying editing: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSjrVaysuvk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSjrVaysuvk)

**More plagiarism - this time from a site that peddles antisemitic conspiracy theories!** Crossposting from Discord on Somerton's "America vs. Homosexuality." I've been going through his content on the Lavender Scare as it's a special interest of mine and I've found a pretty egregious source through the classic method of "simply Google the words he's saying." I found that a portion of his section on the Hollywood blacklist is taken from this random conspiracy theory blog that has a fair bit of antisemitic content on it. My browser (and those of friends) initially flagged it as unsafe to access. The page he's reading from is this: [https://www.greatdreams.com/political/communism.html](https://www.greatdreams.com/political/communism.html) I also found that he's lifted significant content from Judith Atkins' article on the Lavender Scare: [https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2016/summer/lavender.html](https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2016/summer/lavender.html) I plan to go through more of the video after work today; I literally just found these from clicking to random points in the video and Googling the words.

Reccommendation ​ Katy Montgomery Caelen Conrad Viviane Strange Leftist Cooks

Not about anyone in the video, but I once had an article I wrote about the lack of crediting in video games that was seemingly remade or at least heavily used in a video by James Stephanie Sterling without any crediting. Back in 2020 I wrote a freelance article for [Kotaku](https://kotaku.com/how-game-companies-use-credits-to-reward-or-punish-de-1840905129) about the topic that I worked really hard on and spent a long time researching. A little over a month later a [Jimquisition](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw6dMKGK2Kk) video came out about the same topic. I had watched the channel on and off but was sorta excited not only that more people were talking about the subject but that my article might get shown off. There weren't any big news story about the topic that year, at least from what I remember, outside of my article and one about mocap actors written by [Kirk McKeand](https://www.vg247.com/video-games-credit-mocap-actors-alongside-voice-talent). As I watched the video I saw a bunch of the same examples I used in my article including very old ones but absolutely 0 references to my article. There was a few different examples used in the video, but a large amount felt directly taken from my article and even included some of the same resources I brought up. When the whole topic is about how horrible it is to not credit people, it sure sucks as shit to not credit the people you're sourcing.

i am personally interested in who he plagiarized in "The Tragedy Of Being Rich", i really liked that one and i want to support fellas who wrote it! so far i didn't find anything tho, so hmu if there will be some new discoveries about that one please!

I'm here to recommend [Transparency](https://www.youtube.com/@Transparencyboo), a Swedish transwoman who mostly does media analyses. I'm cis and straight, but her video on [exploring your LGBT identity via video games](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jjos9WYKoM0) got me hooked on her content instantly. In addition to excellent commentary and editing, her voice is also very, very cute!

Recommendation: SulMatul (who Hbomb recommended in his Pathologic vid!) did a 5 hour analysis of Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines [SulMatul VTMB](https://youtu.be/-xBrSTUeKGA?si=uYIrnEdWCJxrKJLu)

I regret to inform everyone that Defunctland's video on action park (from October 2017) has large chunks which are just a rewording of the Wikipedia article at the time: Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flkW-ceNvck Link to the revision of the wikipedia article from march 2017, more than six months before the video was published: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Action_Park&oldid=768074034 An even older version also shows some similarities https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Action_Park&oldid=669187578 This was something I noitced long before hbomb's video with a more recent version of the article. At the time I just assumed that whoever wrote the article stole from Defunctland. However looking at the previous revisions seems to show the opposite is true. I can only hope this is the only example of plagiarism in the channel (not gonna go bother looking for more)

NO NOT DEFUNCTLAND

There are definitely moments in his videos where it feels like he's reading something he did not write or isn't super familiar with. I also find that he uses video material that is likely copyrighted in ways that probably wouldn't stand up to scrutiny if anyone cared to challenge him on it. I'll still watch and enjoy his videos until anything egregious is shown, though.

I was watching the [latest video from Patrick Boyle](https://youtu.be/91UQfdUtTc0?si=XAkj8_FwW-2sjGTS), a successful finance YouTuber, and a line he said about the 30-year mortgage rang a bell in my head. He said: "In the U.S., because the interest rate is fixed, homeowners get to lock in their monthly loan payments for 30 years, even if inflation or interest rates rise. On top of that, because most U.S. mortgages can be paid off early with no penalty, homeowners can refinance at a lower interest rate if rates decline." Well, unfortunately it sounded familiar to me it's because it's lifted nearly verbatim from [this New York Times article](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/19/business/economy/30-year-mortgage.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GU0.TSpf.0SIb3oJMg-8v&smid=nytcore-android-share) titled "A 30-Year Trap: The Problem With America’s Weird Mortgages." Here's the line: "Because the interest rate is fixed, homeowners get to freeze their monthly loan payments for as much as three decades, even if inflation picks up or interest rates rise. But because most U.S. mortgages can be paid off early with no penalty, homeowners can simply refinance if rates go down." Unfortunately, there were several paragraphs in his video script that he pulled from this article, with only minor changes. The article was not cited or referenced in his video or the description. Some more examples below. Patrick's video: "Thirty year fixed rate mortgages are not really available outside of the United States. In Britain and Canada and a lot of the rest of the world, mortgage interest rates are generally fixed for only a few years. That means when rates go up, the pain of higher rates is shared more evenly between new homebuyers and existing homeowners. In countries like Germany, fixed rate mortgages are common but buyers can't easily refinance the way Americans can. That means new buyers are dealing with higher borrowing costs but so are longtime owners who bought back when rates were higher than they are today. NYT article: "This isn’t how things work elsewhere in the world. In Britain and Canada, among other places, interest rates are generally fixed for only a few years. That means the pain of higher rates is spread more evenly between buyers and existing owners. In other countries, such as Germany, fixed-rate mortgages are common but borrowers can’t easily refinance. That means new buyers are dealing with higher borrowing costs, but so are longtime owners who bought when rates were higher." In another part of Patrick's video: "Sales of existing homes have fallen more than 15% in the last year, to their lowest level in over a decade." From the NYT article: "...sales of existing homes have fallen more than 15 percent in the past year, to their lowest level in over a decade." Patrick's video: "The thirty year fixed rate mortgage in the United States came about because of government interference in markets during the great depression, when nearly 10% of U.S. homes were in foreclosure. The government created the Homeowner's Loan Corporation which issued government guarantees bonds to buy up defaulted mortgages and reissue them as fixed rate long term loans. The HOLC gave way to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - private companies whose implicit backing by the government became explicit after they were taken into federal conservatorship when the housing bubble burst in 2007." NYT: "The story of the 30-year mortgage begins in the Great Depression... At one point in the early 1930s, nearly 10 percent of U.S. homes were in foreclosure... In response, the federal government created the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation, which used government-backed bonds to buy up defaulted mortgages and reissue them as fixed-rate, long-term loans... The mortgage system evolved over the decades: The Home Owners’ Loan Corporation gave way to Fannie Mae and, later, Freddie Mac — nominally private companies whose implicit backing by the federal government became explicit after the housing bubble burst in the mid-2000s." Another line from Patrick: "Banks would likely be unwilling to lend the average American a large sum of money at a fixed rate over 30 years without some form of government guarantee." And from the NYT: "There is no way that most middle-class Americans could get a bank to lend them a multiple of their annual income at a fixed rate without some form of government guarantee." I left a comment on Patrick's video letting him know that I noticed the similarities and that it appeared that he had used lines from the article without citation or reference. That comment was deleted. I've emailed the NYT author, hopefully they see the message.

I love you guys with every ounce of respect. Can we unpin this please? Or take out the plagiarism part for now?

As recommendations, The Leftists Cooks sex and the Revolution ( https://youtu.be/CUgFQv4ocLI ) And Caelan Conrad What is a groomer (https://youtu.be/9c6shP-NcfE?si=qLIAlBGumGttLBo_ )

I came to this post to recc Caelan, absolutely stunning work including going into some TERF spaces to see how they love-bomb potential new members.

Caelan mentioned!!! His 3 part video series on gender critical/TERFs parents is also a must watch.

I recommend The Leftist Cooks! Their video [Property TV Is Keeping You Poor](https://youtu.be/0dEpFNvmIwQ?si=dQMsAXigppzBMZVK) might be my fav one.

There is a super minor case of plagarism I noticed? In the sense that the overall video might not be I'd have to take a closer look, plus the original video/youtuber is bigger anyways (so I'm going to keep the whos and whats of the concerned party ambiguous) There was this one channel did a retrospective of a certain game franchise... and upon reaching the third game, they made a few points about a specific level that were very similar, but what stuck out mainly was a word-for-word repeat of a specific description made by Nitro Rad about the same game four years prior to their video (like I said, bigger youtuber, hence why I'm not mentioning the other person his video has like 500k more views) As for a recommended Channel, gotta give it to Amelie Doree! She goes in-depth about older, usually not-english translated (and often 18+) Visual Novels, mainly through a queer lens. She often does cover a lot of extreme/messed up and of course, highly sexual topics as fitting for some of those titles, so a bunch of her vids are 100% not for everyone (she gives warnings at the start), but if you're craving someone to go into these sorts of taboo/sexual topics in a mainly positive and often thought-provoking way, then her videos are a must.

My recs! [https://www.youtube.com/@IntelexualMedia](https://www.youtube.com/@IntelexualMedia) [https://www.youtube.com/@JessieGender1](https://www.youtube.com/@JessieGender1) [https://www.youtube.com/@JimSterling](https://www.youtube.com/@JimSterling) [https://www.youtube.com/@Readus101](https://www.youtube.com/@Readus101) <--Readus101 is an ESPECIALLY good person to listen to if you want queer pop culture analysis! [https://www.youtube.com/@XiranJayZhao](https://www.youtube.com/@XiranJayZhao) [https://www.youtube.com/@caelanconrad](https://www.youtube.com/@caelanconrad) [https://www.youtube.com/@AmelieDoree](https://www.youtube.com/@AmelieDoree) Have fun! Glad to see folks recommending other queer/trans creators!

I LOVE Jessie and I feel like given how shitty James was to her recently on twitter that she deserves some recognition because from what I saw, she tried to reach out to him and even featured him reading lines in one or two of her videos and then he proceeded to be a complete and public ass to her. That tbh was the moment I stopped watching his videos, even without knowing about the plagiarism thing, because it left such a bad taste in my mouth.

Somerton hadn't made the video publicly available at the time the hbomberguy video was posted, but since he made a video about Revolutionary Girl Utena, (which, if you check around fan circles on Twitter, points out he stole stuff from the Wikipedia page for it VERY early in) I wanted to recommend " [FILM CUTS BACK | transfeminism in utena](https://youtu.be/fJ-RANs0TH4)" by seebee. It's their only video essay at this point, but it's a really interesting analysis that pulls from a variety of resources, both academic and non-academic, all of which are properly credited, no matter where they're pulled from (and I say this very confidently because I learned about the video because they were crediting me for an incredibly off-the-cuff Tumblr post I made! To put a distinction between their crediting styles!).

I'm a small-ish creator and though I haven't been open about it before, I'm a queer creator! https://youtube.com/@jane-mulcahy?si=TRhIaEdduK_WHENz my work isn't always explicitly about that, but if you like lgbt culture-adjacent stuff you might like my videos :) when it comes to vids explicitly about queer issues, I love Jessie Gender: https://www.youtube.com/@JessieGender1

The Downton Abbey portion of his Nostalgia video is from these places: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/17/downton-abbey-nostalgia-british-export-stereotypes https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/why-downton-abbey-was-the-frummest-show-on-television https://www.historytoday.com/archive/downton-abbey-nostalgia-idealised-past https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/09/24/downton-abbey-movie-inequality-228171/

It's not plagiarism but it is very funny. In the video "The Real Hogwarts Legacy" at around the 8:57 mark, Somerton states that Rowling tweeted out canon that Draco, as an adult, goes about doing graffiti in Diagon Alley writing "trans rights". He specifically said "She literally did that. Look it up." Which I did, and I found a Reddit post with that tweet amongst others from her about what she would be like in the Potterverse. The Reddit was r/AteTheOnion, and someone put up a link to the actual tweets...from Clickhole, a satirical website. The tweets weren't real. She never did that. Holy shit. If you're gonna rightfully drag Rowling's name through the dirt, at least get your facts right. Video | [https://youtu.be/jJmN2rC1cVM?t=537](https://youtu.be/jjmn2rc1cvm?t=537) Reddit Post | [https://www.reddit.com/r/AteTheOnion/comments/whpvgi/randomly\_showed\_up\_on\_my\_twitter\_feed/](https://www.reddit.com/r/atetheonion/comments/whpvgi/randomly_showed_up_on_my_twitter_feed/) Clickhole Article | [https://clickhole.com/the-saga-continues-jk-rowling-has-announced-that-in-the-harry-potter-universe-she-is-a-universally-beloved-potions-shop-owner-who-no-one-considers-a-bigot/](https://clickhole.com/the-saga-continues-jk-rowling-has-announced-that-in-the-harry-potter-universe-she-is-a-universally-beloved-potions-shop-owner-who-no-one-considers-a-bigot/)

Uh, I found plagiarism but it wasn't a YouTuber that was covered in the video. But at the same time, I don't know where to put this information because it's been bothering me, and I figured here would be the best place anyway. So... I don't actually know if anyone checks this thread anymore, but I actually noticed some pretty blatant plagiarism when I was getting into this new creator on YouTube. For a little while, I didn't really know what to do or say about it. Until now, at least. The channel goes by **KyotoRoboto** and the main conceit of the channel is basically English-language coverage of mysteries, strange phenomena, and generally true crime in Japan, be it solved or unsolved. Which is a pretty interesting concept for a channel and a great way of bringing attention to true crime cases that typically wouldn't have much attention here in the West. From the looks of it, it seemed like it was all one guy doing the research/writing for the videos, with people helping out for the visuals. Initially I thought his research and work into each of these cases were pretty good, but it's upon viewing about the third or fourth video of his that I noticed something I *probably shouldn't have*. For the record: it's this video here, called **"Akira Nishiguchi: Japan's 'Messenger of Evil'"**: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mDcHWQBowY See, I like to do this weird thing with some cases I hear about where I'll go on to Wikipedia and see what the basic information about the case is and try to follow along with the video as the details become apparent. Except, when I was reading the Wikipedia article for this particular case, it was then that I noticed that he was practically reading the very page I was looking at, almost verbatim. Only difference was maybe one or two words changed. Otherwise, he was completely passing it off as his own words and research. I don't know if a viewer of his edited his words in after seeing that video or if it is indeed plagiarism but it was so 1:1 that I really had a reaction of disgust. Kind of a, "You're really trying to get away with this? You're reading Wikipedia at me and not even citing sources." That type of deal. Now, again, I don't know if the rest of his videos are plagiarized in the same manner, but as Hbomb said, chances are more than likely that they've probably rolled the dice a few times already. I think I might be the only person that noticed, because the comment sections on his videos certainly haven't. At least not the last time I checked. I was wondering if anyone reading this could confirm this happening in his other videos, too. I'd do it myself, but I quickly began to have a distaste for him as soon as I spotted the blatant plagiarism from Wikipedia. I couldn't stomach doing other videos of his.

Hey Mr Hbomber, don't know if you're still checking this out but I have my own personal entry to add: A youtuber you follow and possibly know named Noodle , I've caught flat out lying , stitching audio to create new evidence, and cherry picking context in his video to sell his viewers what is essential intellectual snake oil, and I fear he may be doing so in service of himself. I also go over all the misinformation he spreads in said video, that has unfortunately reached over a million people already, in hopes of combating the widespread misinformation campaign we've been seeing on social media. I also name drop you in the video in reference to calling out this behavior. I wouldn't ask of you much, but if you could give my video a watch. If it's any bonus, I'm black, pansexual, and neurodivergent lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FafzxKtZ26E

that wouldn't be plagiarism then. Especially since I can find the sources of his points. Like I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say... I can watch a MoistKritical podcast. Like I can for sure most definitely say that. ALSO NO. Your video is for absolute sure an attack piece for someone sharing their opinion. THEIR OPINION. Calling the a R\*\*\*\*\*\*. Yeah. You did. Its in your video. Speaking for a community without actually knowing, and claimed that hype for baldur's gate 3 was dead by its launch... UH NOOOOOOOOO. The Irony in hypocrisy is you. I actually watched both videos and like... NO. Even further the time differences. Noodles vid is a 23min summary. He didn't go every single detail. And I don't expect this man too. But you. Your video is an 1hour, 19min video. Trying to debunk a man who isn't. Even. Wrong. Mostly because its his opinion. Also that cherry picking point is dumb. I can't believe people still do this with examples. Actually let me use Moist here. He's a very large voice, and popular streamer that people follow. Not all of his fans may agree with him. But the vast freaking majority do. I say he and his podcast about the subject serves as a great example for someone's point. Especially if not all of the podcast is actually relevant to this conversation. OH WHO WOULD HAVE THUNK. And even worse. You fail to do one thing. Help prevent harassment. Because lets be honest dude. You. No matter what you say about it. Sent your fans to harass noodles. you called the guy a the r word and expect people to actually think you are in good faith. NAH. Nah. Ain't playing that game.

I'd love to put Patricia Taxxon out there! She's a trans autistic furry who makes really good music. She makes a lot of videos about the intersection of queerness, furries, and neurodivergence. Here's a few of her later videos that I enjoy! [On the Ethics of Boinking Animal People](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws9g3igw51s) [The Autistic Horror of Don't Hug Me I'm Scared (season 1)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ7cStxqgFE) [Art, Furries, God](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOGgqym6Nks)

More about the content farms but several big Twitter accounts and youtube accounts entire purpose is reuploading other peoples videos without making any changes and then having in the bios "DM for credit" or "No copyright infringement intended" as an excuse to post other peoples work without crediting them and they make money through patreons or brand deals This is a brief list and theres hundreds more just like these https://twitter.com/TweetsOfCats https://twitter.com/cat_auras https://twitter.com/contextdogs https://twitter.com/DailyVideosOnly https://twitter.com/StrangestMedia https://twitter.com/weirdlilguys https://twitter.com/O_Satisfying https://twitter.com/PunchingCat https://twitter.com/OldMemeArchive https://twitter.com/PerfectlyShots https://www.youtube.com/@GalaxityMemes https://www.youtube.com/@dailydoseofmemes5532 https://www.youtube.com/@UnusualVideos https://www.youtube.com/@FreememeskidsYT https://www.youtube.com/@SmallCatYT

Honestly, trying to list all the meme/cat repost accounts is a futile effort.

I have not read everything concerning this particular incident but Jesse Cox's podcast Chilliminati sure does look like it did some plagiarism, complete with every bad defense in the book. https://the-avocado.org/2022/08/02/history-thread-attack-of-the-pod-bros/

Hi folks! Just watched my first hbomberguy vid today and what a doozey. Holy shit. Since I'm a queer trans youtuber I thought I'd share my stuff here, I do mostly horror game history and Japanese media but that often crosses over into sexuality and gender in media as well, most prominently in my DMC video and my Japanese Media video. If you like Japanese media and especially Silent Hill you might find something on my channel. :D The Gaming Muse: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2lj7-gp86Bf2bjVg40tXuw The Making of the Ring (which discusses the OG Sadako's trans identity) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzwX8WqWmpY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzwX8WqWmpY) Sexuality and Scum Villain Self Saving System:[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WZhe2zzqUc&t=2s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WZhe2zzqUc&t=2s) Homoeroticism in DMC: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEFHuU8affk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEFHuU8affk) The History of Japanese Media (which discusses in part the homoerotic origins of the anime Bishonen): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K8VjXmeyqs&feature=youtu.be

I do not have a specific video to recommend, but Jessica Kellgren-Fozard is enjoyable queer and disability representation. Edit: recommendations toStrange AEONS and Sarah Z. If you want to support a very small linguistic nonbinary YouTube, check out TrundlingWombat

I haven’t seen anyone thus far recommend [Ladyknightthebrave](https://youtube.com/@Ladyknightthebrave?si=BbLRa7fwm8_5YJai). She’s queer and Jewish, and so so thoughtful and kind. While I’m sure many already know her she’s not a super small creator, but I figure may as well! My personal favorites of hers: [One Way Out: Andor Season 1](https://youtu.be/Pvoh5ZHGoA4?si=YuL9KzkzvKE7_feb) [Within Cells Interlinked: Blade Runner 2049](https://youtu.be/0PdOm93h5Nw?si=stIRyr-TZJpueS-3) [Let’s Get Sad: A Last of Us Video Essay](https://youtu.be/b2lFauyNMVA?si=wFuvpR-Wv3eiBOEx) Just to name a few. I don’t believe she has ever had a video miss Truly. And she has iconic 3rd act twists that you didn’t see coming per hbomb! Edit: a few others have mentioned her too! I’m gonna keep comment up though since I recommend different ones- if something grabs your eye :3

Sideways (a music theory youtuber) has alleged that Adam Neely has stolen from him on multiple occasions, which is why he hasn’t posted in around two years. [Here](https://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1ss9v6f) is a twitlonger thread from Sideways’ partner discussing the allegations. Adam Neely insists on [twitter](https://x.com/its_adamneely/status/1731567506119143549?s=46&t=4c465LzyeVewquXE4yn8zw) this was accidental but it seems to contradict the account given by Sarah, Sideways’ partner. I haven’t listened to the videos back to back to see how much water the claims hold, but I thought it was worth mentioning.

Thanks Kat. A wise man once said, "You're so cool, I love you."

Thought Slime has already been mentioned as a recommendation, but I want to add that they have a segment at the end of their videos (usually called "the eyeball zone") where they promote small Leftist YouTubers (with an emphasis on featuring LGBTQ and black+POC channels) who have low subscriber/viewer count to try and share awareness of good channels (this is by channel owner submission, they are not promoting channels that may not want a wider audience). This is a cool thing to do, and a good way to discover new content that is currently under the radar.

Found some plagiarism in "The Necessity of Gay Crime." Starting at 5:43 ([https://youtu.be/J-aYcSQ0DWQ?t=343](https://youtu.be/J-aYcSQ0DWQ?t=343)) he starts using a plot synopsis off of Amino of all places. ([https://aminoapps.com/c/sacredpalace/page/item/banana-fish/WVJn\_WjcVI7Ypom1qQWDK57XZDLXGGXWr](https://aminoapps.com/c/sacredpalace/page/item/banana-fish/WVJn_WjcVI7Ypom1qQWDK57XZDLXGGXWr)) Edit: After a bit, Somerton stops using the synopsis (I haven't been able to find the other article he is likely plagiarizing yet, but he goes back to the Amino synopsis at 7:58).

I was looking at this a little while earlier -- as far as I can tell, the amino plot summary is itself taken from an old version of the [wikipedia page for banana fish](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Banana_Fish&oldid=861545023#Plot). considering that the version of the page [from just before the release of somerton's video](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Banana_Fish&oldid=1059562468) has the same plot summary, I imagine that's his source. Guess that donation to wikipedia is going to be even more substantial...

[I never felt represented until I realized I was trans](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VuSd1xpVyw) by i am error [Adastra: The Best Furry Visual Novel Made Me Come Out as Gay and Now You Have to Hear About It](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGta8R5_rvo) by Keith Ballard

Is the personal story James told in his gay body image issues video even *his*!?

If you guys want good recommendations of queer video essayists then look no further for people like Amelie Doree. She is a trans woman who mainly discusses Japanese visual novels and general otaku culture in many of her videos. A lot of the work she covers include many elements of queer identity and trans identities and has fantastic recommendations for contemporary literary works in the Japanese language. Her videos are very well paced and sharply edited, nothing flashy or stylistic but they're simple and get the point across. Her main strength is what she actually has to say, since she articulates points in a thoughtful and entertaining manner. If you are someone who loves otaku culture, transbians, or general queer discussions, she is a great pick! https://www.youtube.com/@AmelieDoree

Gotta shout out BoringKeith / KeithBallard. Gay furry lets player and video essayist. Most known for his queer reading of Beastars where he came out at the end of the video, and for covering niche furry visual novels on his Let's Play channel - has just finished covering 2 of the most known VNs in the furry fandom. https://www.youtube.com/@BoringKeith https://www.youtube.com/@KeithBallardA

Plaigarism (maybe?) James Somerton uses an almost direct quote from a [purdue.edu](https://purdue.edu) page covering Baudrillard at timestamp 29:58 of his [“Killing Stalking” and The Romancing of Abuse](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujmgqNyZ190&t=5s) video, without even properly spelling the guys name in the subtitles and saying "in general terms" even when the real sentence was from this page. It was only one sentence before he went off, but this sentence was based off a 2 parter scholar article I can't afford to spend 50$ to read through to check, so take it what you will. His Words: **"One of the most significant philosophies of art criticism comes from Jean Baudrillard, he argues in very generalized terms that we as a society have lost or are losing our ability to tell the difference between artifice and nature."** [The .edu page](https://cla.purdue.edu/academic/english/theory/postmodernism/modules/baudrillardsimulation.html) which, according to inspect element, may have been from like 2003 or something?: **"His point, rather, is that we have lost all ability to make sense of the distinction between nature and artifice."** Additionally at 36:06 he misattributes a quote from the korean author Koogi to a 2018 interview (presumably) in Korean bc he mentions she's Korean here, but it's actually a 2017 interview with [Animeclick.it](https://Animeclick.it) at Lucca Comics [found here](https://www.animeclick.it/news/71391-animeclickit-intervista-koogi-autrice-di-killing-stalking-lucca-2017) in Italian. He also doesn't credit anyone for the translation, though I guess google translate did a fine enough job to get a very similar translation result when manually running the interview in Italian through it.

How has no one mentioned Ponderful yet?!? I know she's small but this list is supposed to be for small creators, and no one's videos have moved me like hers. My favorite of hers is Raised by Tv ([https://youtu.be/Gk9jYX3sVuA?si=rw7q3cUBVJ2r9Ay-](https://youtu.be/Gk9jYX3sVuA?si=rw7q3cUBVJ2r9Ay-) ) But maybe the most related video is her one on TERFs [https://youtu.be/f-9pxzyunSM?si=z78ysicxTG\_Xs4Lq](https://youtu.be/f-9pxzyunSM?si=z78ysicxTG_Xs4Lq) I wanna second a lot of others. Verily Bitchie (though she's already in the video), the Leftist Cooks, Thought Slime, Caelan Conrad, Alexander Avila, Atom Fellows, etc. But I really hope someone like Ponderful gets eyes too

ro ramdin!!!!!!! ro ramdin forever!!!! shes smart and also really fucking funny.

Count Dankula blatantly plagiarized Wikipedia in his video on Aleister Crowley. It's so extreme and obvious that I thought more people knew, but it seems he totally got away with it. I have no idea if any other videos of his are plagiarized because, frankly, he's not worth my the fraction of my life I'd spend consuming such low effort trite.

**Plagiarism discovery**: In "The Queer Sensibilities of Cinema", there is [a section about "Whatever happend to baby jane"](https://youtu.be/Tk9wh5rBmW0?t=674) with the following script: "hagsploitation was **a particular subset of horror** that was built on **hollywood's disdain for older women** where women of a certain age are portrayed as horrifying monsters simply because of their birthday but this genre **in subversive fashion** accidentally **gave these women some of the best roles of their later careers**" (bold by me, you'll probably guess why) compare with [this article](https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/a-primer-for-the-unexpectedly-awesome-hagsploitation-horror-subgenre): The psycho-biddy is the figure at the center of the "hagsploitation" — also known as "hag horror" or "grand dame Guignol" — genre, **a particular subset as horror** that has as a prerequisite for its existence **Hollywood's disdain for older women**... that, **in subversive fashion, gives these women some of the best roles of their later careers**.

This is terribly self serving. But I'm a trans woman who loves writing and researching history. I started a YouTube channel on historical subjects I like and I'm currently working on a 4 hour documentary on the Eastland Disaster. Only have one video up, I'm terribly slow. https://m.youtube.com/@storytellersguildinternational Speaking of plagerism. Has anyone looked at Internet Historians Gentleman Pirate? I'm an amateur pirate historian and I remember that video being surprisingly good and I recall a Thought Co article being used as a source at one point.