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So, that video about asexuality and aromanticism I've been thinking about for like three years?

I'm hoping to get it out in June! But it is currently an extremely unwieldy mush of thoughts, thousands of results from the survey I put out, and a bunch of people who have agreed to be interviewed...

So I thought I'd ask here if y'all had any topics/ideas/discourse/questions etc you'd be interested in seeing in this kind of video from me? 👀 

Jazza and I are recording our 2023 Queer Movie Podcast roundup tomorrow - what are some of your favourite LGBTQ+ movies released in the past year you’re hoping to see on our top 5 lists? 👀🌈 (drunk gingerbread snowman for the festive vibes) 

Jazza and I are recording our 2023 Queer Movie Podcast roundup tomorrow - what are some of your favourite LGBTQ+ movies released in the past year you’re hoping to see on our top 5 lists? 👀🌈 (drunk gingerbread snowman for the festive vibes) 

It's the 1st December aka the start of advent aka the first day of JAMTOK!

Jamtok is an annual TikTok series where I open a new window of my Bonne Maman advent calendar each day and make a different recipe with the jam inside... This is my third year doing this series, and I don't think I've ever mentioned it on YouTube, but the Dec 1st video just dropped so I thought I'd link it here for anyone interested! Making 24 recipes in as many days is A Lot but it is also a tonne of fun, and has let me try a bunch of new recipes from around the world 💙

Very wild to me that some people only know me as "the JamTok girl" and are shocked I make video essays haha 

 https://www.tiktok.com/@heyrowanellis/video/7307595375605468448 

VIDEO ESSAY RESEARCH SURVEY! If you identify on the asexual or aromantic spectrums, or have had experiences that might align with it (even if it isn't an identity you currently hold) - please fill in this survey! Thank you! <3 
 https://forms.gle/YVoNrKaE6GF2KRsr7 

holy shit you guys - thank you so so much 🥹 i cannot believe there are a quarter of a million of you bopping around supporting my stuff and watching me each month! 
i wanted to give an extra special thank you to my patreon patrons without which this absolutely would not have been possible 💙 

I'm working on two videos that I'm looking for interviewees for - can be anonymous and would involve a 20 minute zoom interview - if you fit the bill please send an email over to rowanellisyoutube@outlook.com

1. AI and the future of work (this is May's video so looking to talk asap!): If anyone has experienced changes to their job/workplace/industry (whether for good or bad) due to AI I'd love to hear from you - particularly journalists/anyone involved in the current writers' strike!

2. Fanfiction and queerness: Looking to speak to popular fic writers; old school readers (e.g. 70s kirk/spock shippers); big bang/other fic event or community organisers; or anyone else with an interesting/unique perspective on fanfiction! 

What makes for a video essay you’d click on?

And, once you do watch, what makes a video essay special/memorable/recommendable? 🤔 

I feel so honoured to be one of the writers named on the  #DIVAPowerList2023  - made up of “visionaries blazing a trail for LGBTQIA women and non-binary people” 🥹🌈   https://diva-magazine.com/2023/04/22/the-diva-power-list-2023-is-here/ 

So honoured that my book HERE AND QUEER has been nominated for a UKLA Book Award - the only UK children's book awards judged by teachers! It means so much in the current climate of anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment around the education system, for teachers to show support for so many diverse books in this shortlist 💙🌈