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I think this kind of complaint needs to be retired. This thread has a bunch of the same complaints made anytime someone posts a link to a long-form video essay. "I'm not watching this! Write me an essay instead!" But it turns out long-form video essays are a genre now, and some of them are good! I think it's time we stopped derailing discussions of them with complaints about how we don't like the genre. "It's too long! I like reading better! And did you know some video essays are bad?"
posted by straight on Jun 7, 2021 - 138 comments

LazyMefi request: Wouldn't it be cool to have a website that featured longer-form original essays, articles and writing from Mefites? [more inside]
posted by adrianhon on Mar 6, 2011 - 250 comments

Check out these essays at www.saneworks.us.
posted by interrobang on Oct 23, 2006 - 5 comments