My Second Video Is Out!

Poking the Masculinity Bear

Sebastiaan published on
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Finally! After spending 2 months making this video YouTube struck me with a content ID claim because of a song excerpt. After waiting for 3 weeks for Virgin Records to acknowledge that I wasn't stealing their music, we decided to just make our own version of "Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life". And here we are!

This time I'm taking a jab at the idea that masculinity and femininity are mutually exclusive.

It is natural to think of masculinity as character traits displayed by (or even defining) men, and femininity as traits displayed by women. And some people think that it must logically follow that masculinity and femininity cannot overlap. But that train of thought quickly breaks down, even before we consider intersex people.

I'm quite proud of the thumbnail photo that my wife shot of me, she nailed the lighting and composition! For clickbait's sake I edited out some foliage in the thumbnail, but you can find the unedited version below the video.


The 'unshopped' photo (yes, this photo is still heavily tonemapped for drama. Love it or hate it!)