Feminist Frequency Radio

XOXO Bonus Interview #1: Natalie Wynn (ContraPoints)

Episode Summary

In this, the first of three special conversations recorded at the XOXO festival in Portland, Oregon, Anita talks to Natalie Wynn, who, with her channel ContraPoints, has become one of the most celebrated progressive voices on YouTube, thanks to the wonderful videos that result from the combination of Wynn's rigorous intellect, her biting humor, and her sense of theatrical style. In this conversation, Anita talks to Wynn about how her YouTube presence originated and has evolved, the toll of wading through toxic online sludge, and creating space online for people to evolve and make mistakes, among other things.

Episode Notes

In this, the first of three special conversations recorded at the XOXO festival in Portland, Oregon, Anita talks to Natalie Wynn, who, with her channel ContraPoints, has become one of the most celebrated progressive voices on YouTube, thanks to the wonderful videos that result from the combination of Wynn's rigorous intellect, her biting humor, and her sense of theatrical style. In this conversation, Anita talks to Wynn about how her YouTube presence originated and has evolved, the toll of wading through toxic online sludge, and creating space online for people to evolve and make mistakes, among other things.

Watch Natalie's video on Incels

Read Katherine Cross' profile of Natalie for The Verge