Heartstopper vs. Only Friends (the politics of visibility) - Video

let's all say a little prayer to the algorithm not to smite me for using so many spicy words, amen, a-women, a-enbies

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chapters:
0:00 - 1:49 intro
1:49 - 2:57 so what's the deal?
2:57 - 5:50 red white and royal blue
5:50 - 13:06 gen z on their abstinence kick
13:06 - 16:10 heterosexuality as the norm
16:10 - 22:06 BL discourse
22:06 - 30:57 can we stop demonising yaoi now?
30:57 - 36:55 nothing is ever good enough
36:55 - 38:35 pitting two baddies against each other
38:35 47:28 recs
47:28 - 48:04 put the infighting to bed
48:04 - 51:29 steamy scenes in media
51:29 - 52:29 final thoughts
52:29 - 54:34 outro