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'''Shaun''' is a British [[YouTuber]]. Video essays by Shaun have covered popular culture and politics, specifically to critique [[neoliberalism]], [[anti-feminism]], and the [[alt-right]].<ref name=Mirrlees>{{cite book |last1=Mirrlees |first1=Tanner |editor1-last=Panitch |editor1-first=Leo |editor2-last=Albo |editor2-first=Greg |title=Beyond digital capitalism : new ways of living |location=New York |publisher=[[NYU Press]] |isbn=9781583678831 |page=123 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y9faDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA123 |chapter=Socialists on Social Media Platforms|date=29 December 2020 }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last1=Kuznetsov|first1=Dmitry|last2=Ismangil|first2=Milan|date=2020-01-13|title=YouTube as Praxis? On BreadTube and the Digital Propagation of Socialist Thought|url=https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/1128|journal=TripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique|language=en-US|volume=18|issue=1|pages=204–218|doi=10.31269/triplec.v18i1.1128|issn=1726-670X|doi-access=free}}</ref>
'''Shaun''' (born 16 June 1988) is a British [[YouTuber]]. [[Video essays]] by Shaun have covered popular culture and politics, specifically to critique [[neoliberalism]], [[anti-feminism]], and the [[alt-right]].<ref name=Mirrlees>{{cite book |last1=Mirrlees |first1=Tanner |editor1-last=Panitch |editor1-first=Leo |editor2-last=Albo |editor2-first=Greg |title=Beyond digital capitalism : new ways of living |location=New York |publisher=[[NYU Press]] |isbn=9781583678831 |page=123 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y9faDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA123 |chapter=Socialists on Social Media Platforms|date=29 December 2020 }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last1=Kuznetsov|first1=Dmitry|last2=Ismangil|first2=Milan|date=2020-01-13|title=YouTube as Praxis? On BreadTube and the Digital Propagation of Socialist Thought|url=https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/1128|journal=TripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique|language=en-US|volume=18|issue=1|pages=204–218|doi=10.31269/triplec.v18i1.1128|issn=1726-670X|doi-access=free}}</ref>


== Career ==
==Career==
Shaun has made left-wing videos about the 2017 [[Unite the Right rally]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Swafford |first1=Andrew |title=A YouTube Doc Exposes What Went Down at the "Unite the Right" Rally |url=https://hyperallergic.com/533546/charlottesville-the-true-alt-right-shaun-youtube/ |access-date=10 January 2021 |work=[[Hyperallergic]] |date=31 December 2019}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last1=Kuznetsov|first1=Dmitry|last2=Ismangil|first2=Milan|date=2020-01-13|title=YouTube as Praxis? On BreadTube and the Digital Propagation of Socialist Thought|url=https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/1128|journal=TripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique|language=en-US|volume=18|issue=1|pages=204–218|doi=10.31269/triplec.v18i1.1128|issn=1726-670X|doi-access=free}}</ref> (Charlottesville: The true Alt-Right), the [[scientific racism]] of the 1994 book ''[[The Bell Curve]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wilder |first1=Darcie |title=I am beginning to suspect that having a massive following on YouTube does not make people happy |url=https://theoutline.com/post/8522/i-am-beginning-to-suspect-that-having-a-massive-following-on-youtube-does-not-make-people-happy?zd=1&zi=s364wxzg |access-date=10 January 2021 |work=The Outline |language=en}}</ref> (The Bell Curve), the [[atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki]] (Dropping the Bomb: Hiroshima & Nagasaki), politics in video games,<ref name=polygon2018/> [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American history]],<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Lewis|first1=Rebecca|last2=Marwick|first2=Alice E.|last3=Partin|first3=William Clyde|date=2021-02-03|title="We Dissect Stupidity and Respond to It": Response Videos and Networked Harassment on YouTube|url=https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764221989781|journal=American Behavioral Scientist|volume=65|issue=5|language=en|pages=735–756|doi=10.1177/0002764221989781|s2cid=233224280|issn=0002-7642}}</ref> [[feminism]]<ref name=":1" /> and [[white supremacy]].<ref name="Mirrlees" /><ref name=":1" /> He has also created a video series called ''How PragerU Lies to You,'' which criticizes and responds to videos created by [[Conservatism in the United States|American conservative]] [[think tank]] [[PragerU]].<ref name=":1" />
Shaun began his current YouTube channel in 2016, and it is primarily funded through [[Patreon]] supporters.<ref name="Burman2021">{{Cite web |title=Is There a Future for Left-Wing YouTube? |url=https://tribunemag.co.uk/2021/11/the-art-of-left-wing-youtube |access-date=2022-07-15 |website=[[Tribune (magazine)|Tribune]] |language=en-GB |last=Burman |first=Nicholas |date=2021-01-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111171126/https://tribunemag.co.uk/2021/11/the-art-of-left-wing-youtube/ |archive-date=2021-11-11 |url-status=live}}</ref> Shaun has made left-wing videos about the 2017 [[Unite the Right rally]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Swafford |first1=Andrew |title=A YouTube Doc Exposes What Went Down at the "Unite the Right" Rally |url=https://hyperallergic.com/533546/charlottesville-the-true-alt-right-shaun-youtube/ |access-date=10 January 2021 |work=[[Hyperallergic]] |date=31 December 2019}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> the 1994 book ''[[The Bell Curve]],''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wilder |first1=Darcie |date=10 January 2020 |title=I am beginning to suspect that having a massive following on YouTube does not make people happy |url=https://theoutline.com/post/8522/i-am-beginning-to-suspect-that-having-a-massive-following-on-youtube-does-not-make-people-happy?zd=1&zi=s364wxzg |access-date=10 January 2021 |work=The Outline |language=en}}</ref> the [[atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki]],<ref name="Burman2021" /> politics in video games,<ref name="polygon2018" /> [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American history]],<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Lewis|first1=Rebecca|last2=Marwick|first2=Alice E.|last3=Partin|first3=William Clyde|date=2021-02-03|title="We Dissect Stupidity and Respond to It": Response Videos and Networked Harassment on YouTube|url=https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764221989781|journal=American Behavioral Scientist|volume=65|issue=5|language=en|pages=735–756|doi=10.1177/0002764221989781|s2cid=233224280|issn=0002-7642}}</ref> [[feminism]]<ref name=":1" /> and [[white supremacy]].<ref name="Mirrlees" /><ref name=":1" /> He has also created a video series called ''How PragerU Lies to You,'' which criticizes and responds to videos created by [[Conservatism in the United States|American conservative]] YouTube channel [[PragerU]],<ref name=":1" /> and response videos to [["We're being pressured into sex by some trans women"|a controversial BBC article on trans women]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The War On A BBC Article |url=https://thecurrentmsu.com/2022/09/19/war-on-a-bbc-article/ |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=The Current |language=en |last=Seddon |first=David |date=2022-09-19 }}</ref>


His video "Doom: The Fake Outrage" was named by ''[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]'' as one of 2018's best video essays, with ''Polygon'' describing him as "quite possibly the most droll human on the internet".<ref name=polygon2018>{{cite news |last1=Schindel |first1=Daniel |title=The best video essays of 2018 |url=https://www.polygon.com/2018/12/28/18156334/best-youtube-video-essays-2018-watch |access-date=10 January 2021 |work=Polygon |date=28 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
His video "Doom: The Fake Outrage" was named by ''[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]'' as one of 2018's best video essays, with ''Polygon'' describing him as "quite possibly the most [[wikt:droll|droll]] human on the internet".<ref name=polygon2018>{{cite news |last1=Schindel |first1=Daniel |title=The best video essays of 2018 |url=https://www.polygon.com/2018/12/28/18156334/best-youtube-video-essays-2018-watch |access-date=10 January 2021 |work=Polygon |date=28 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref>


Shaun has been included in an informal group of leftist YouTube essayists sometimes known as "[[BreadTube]]"<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book|last=Fuchs|first=Christian|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d_YgEAAAQBAJ|title=Social Media: A Critical Introduction|date=2021-03-10|publisher=SAGE|isbn=978-1-5297-5601-2|language=en|chapter=5. II Applications - 4. 5. 7.5 Socialist Influencers}}</ref> or "LeftTube". This group also often includes [[Kat Blaque]], [[ContraPoints]], [[Hbomberguy]], [[Lindsay Ellis]], and [[Philosophy Tube]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Amin |first1=Shaan |title=Can the Left Win YouTube? |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/154399/can-left-win-youtube |access-date=10 January 2021 |magazine=The New Republic |date=2 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Moosa |first1=Tauriq |title='Success would've been three grand': meet the gamer who raised $340,000 for a trans charity |url=https://www.theguardian.com/games/2019/jan/25/success-for-me-wouldve-been-three-grand-the-gamer-who-raised-340000-for-a-trans-charity-hbomberguy |access-date=10 January 2021 |work=the Guardian |date=25 January 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Mirrlees"/>
Shaun has been included in an informal group of leftist YouTube essayists sometimes known as "[[BreadTube]]"<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite book|last=Fuchs|first=Christian|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d_YgEAAAQBAJ|title=Social Media: A Critical Introduction|date=2021-03-10|publisher=SAGE|isbn=978-1-5297-5601-2|language=en|chapter=5. II Applications - 4. 5. 7.5 Socialist Influencers}}</ref> or "LeftTube". This group also often includes [[Kat Blaque]], [[ContraPoints]], [[Hbomberguy]], [[Lindsay Ellis]], and [[Philosophy Tube]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Amin |first1=Shaan |title=Can the Left Win YouTube? |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/154399/can-left-win-youtube |access-date=10 January 2021 |magazine=The New Republic |date=2 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Moosa |first1=Tauriq |title='Success would've been three grand': meet the gamer who raised $340,000 for a trans charity |url=https://www.theguardian.com/games/2019/jan/25/success-for-me-wouldve-been-three-grand-the-gamer-who-raised-340000-for-a-trans-charity-hbomberguy |access-date=10 January 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=25 January 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Mirrlees"/>


==References==
==References==
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== Further reading ==
==Further reading==
*[https://www.popdust.com/shaun-youtube-skull-2646164928.html YouTuber Shaun—AKA Skull-Boy—Is the Antidote to "Intellectual" Bigotry ] - Feature in Popdust
*[https://www.popdust.com/shaun-youtube-skull-2646164928.html YouTuber Shaun—AKA Skull-Boy—Is the Antidote to "Intellectual" Bigotry ] - Feature in Popdust


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Latest revision as of 19:58, 3 January 2025

Shaun
The logo of Shaun's channel
Personal information
Born (1988-06-16) 16 June 1988 (age 36)[1][2]
NationalityBritish
YouTube information
Also known asShaun and Jen
Channel
Years active2016 – present
Genre(s)Political commentary, Video essay, Cultural critique
Subscribers733 thousand[3]
Total views78.61 million[3]
100,000 subscribers2018
Last updated: 16 December 2024

Shaun (born 16 June 1988) is a British YouTuber. Video essays by Shaun have covered popular culture and politics, specifically to critique neoliberalism, anti-feminism, and the alt-right.[4][5]

Career

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Shaun began his current YouTube channel in 2016, and it is primarily funded through Patreon supporters.[6] Shaun has made left-wing videos about the 2017 Unite the Right rally,[7][5] the 1994 book The Bell Curve,[8] the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki,[6] politics in video games,[9] Native American history,[10] feminism[5] and white supremacy.[4][5] He has also created a video series called How PragerU Lies to You, which criticizes and responds to videos created by American conservative YouTube channel PragerU,[5] and response videos to a controversial BBC article on trans women.[11]

His video "Doom: The Fake Outrage" was named by Polygon as one of 2018's best video essays, with Polygon describing him as "quite possibly the most droll human on the internet".[9]

Shaun has been included in an informal group of leftist YouTube essayists sometimes known as "BreadTube"[5][12] or "LeftTube". This group also often includes Kat Blaque, ContraPoints, Hbomberguy, Lindsay Ellis, and Philosophy Tube.[13][14][4]

References

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  1. ^ @shaun_vids (16 June 2023). "it is my birthday" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 13 August 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2023 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ The Great Replacement Isn't Real - ft. Lauren Southern. Shaun. 9 July 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2023 – via YouTube. So, in 2050, I will be, for example, 62 years old.
  3. ^ a b "About Shaun". YouTube.
  4. ^ a b c Mirrlees, Tanner (29 December 2020). "Socialists on Social Media Platforms". In Panitch, Leo; Albo, Greg (eds.). Beyond digital capitalism : new ways of living. New York: NYU Press. p. 123. ISBN 9781583678831.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Kuznetsov, Dmitry; Ismangil, Milan (13 January 2020). "YouTube as Praxis? On BreadTube and the Digital Propagation of Socialist Thought". TripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. 18 (1): 204–218. doi:10.31269/triplec.v18i1.1128. ISSN 1726-670X.
  6. ^ a b Burman, Nicholas (11 January 2021). "Is There a Future for Left-Wing YouTube?". Tribune. Archived from the original on 11 November 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  7. ^ Swafford, Andrew (31 December 2019). "A YouTube Doc Exposes What Went Down at the "Unite the Right" Rally". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  8. ^ Wilder, Darcie (10 January 2020). "I am beginning to suspect that having a massive following on YouTube does not make people happy". The Outline. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  9. ^ a b Schindel, Daniel (28 December 2018). "The best video essays of 2018". Polygon. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  10. ^ Lewis, Rebecca; Marwick, Alice E.; Partin, William Clyde (3 February 2021). ""We Dissect Stupidity and Respond to It": Response Videos and Networked Harassment on YouTube". American Behavioral Scientist. 65 (5): 735–756. doi:10.1177/0002764221989781. ISSN 0002-7642. S2CID 233224280.
  11. ^ Seddon, David (19 September 2022). "The War On A BBC Article". The Current. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  12. ^ Fuchs, Christian (10 March 2021). "5. II Applications - 4. 5. 7.5 Socialist Influencers". Social Media: A Critical Introduction. SAGE. ISBN 978-1-5297-5601-2.
  13. ^ Amin, Shaan (2 July 2019). "Can the Left Win YouTube?". The New Republic. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  14. ^ Moosa, Tauriq (25 January 2019). "'Success would've been three grand': meet the gamer who raised $340,000 for a trans charity". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 January 2021.

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