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Exciting news just in time for cuffing season, Bellesa and I are doing another giveaway where EVERYONE who signs up will receive a massive discount, and some will win a fully FREE toy! www.shopbboutique.co/vibe/princessweekes-ytc
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Hey guys! I didn't realize it, but I took some unexpected time off. I realized that I had a lot of grief and stuff I was still processing and while working on other, outside projects, I didn't make a full video. However, I was still writing and for the rest of the month--it's gonna be a lot of fun content here, Patron and on Nebula. So wherever you follow me, you'll have some fun extras.

I also didn't even realize we crossed 300K subs or that Confederate Vampires reached 1M views, so I def want to do something to celebrate that before the end of the month. Until then ... preview of future content.

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This afternoon

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It's too hot outside and the club is dead, so I’m hooking you all up with toys! EVERYONE who signs up will receive a massive discount, and some will win a fully free toy! All you have to do is click the link here to sign up to receive your gift from me and @bellesaco: www.shopbboutique.co/vibe/princessweekes-ytc
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3 months ago | [YT] | 1,555

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The new video is finally out! Thank you all for being so patient with me. I didn't expect 2025 to be just this conga line of stress and loss and frustration. But I wanted to come back with a bigger video to make it worth your wait and I'm already halfway done with my new script as well (that one will be shorter lol). I have a bunch of stuff on my Patreon as well (and a review of Materialists and thoughts on the Sabrina Carpenter cover coming up this week) and I will be posting new videos on Nebula as well.

Right now it is such a weird time to create, promote, and do literally anything, but I'm just really thankful for all of you and just getting the chance to be good at this weird thing that I do.


xx Princess

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Multiple things are aggravating about the news that Paapa Essiedu will most likely be playing Severus Snape in the upcoming HBO adaptation/remake of the Harry Potter book series. Deadline reports: “[Essiedu] is closing his deal to portray Professor Severus Snape, I hear. They are poised to join John Lithgow, who, as Deadline reported exclusively, will be playing Professor Albus Dumbledore.”

I talked about this in a more extended video essay on my Patreon because I’ve been trying to avoid discussing Harry Potter publicly in a way that could be mistaken for promotion. Plus, I know many of my trans friends (including Jesse Gender) encourage moving away from talking about the subject matter.

However, with this series moving closer and closer towards being a reality and Essiedu’s casting signally a cynical and capitalistic exploitation of yet another actor of color in a “racebent” role, I felt like I needed to speak a bit on it publically.

The Harry Potter fandom has never been a truly “safe space” for Black and non-white fans of the series who were critical of the way race (both real and fantastical) was written in the series. I remember the response to Blaise Zabini being confirmed to be Black. I remember how the fandom treated Angelina Johnson for marrying George Weasley. I remember how fancasts would completely ignore that their children would be biracial and just make their children white and ginger. I watched how Cho Chang and Dean Thomas were treated as disposable minority love interests. And I certainly remember the backlash towards casting Noma Dumezweni as Hermione in The Cursed Child.

I’m already having a massive headache at everyone crying over Adam Driver not being Snape. Adam Driver will not be in a potentially massive seven-season-long franchise, guys. He likes to make weird shit.

Intersecting with this already racist priming is the backlash we have seen to any diversity in casting that has been ongoing for almost a decade. “Forced Diversity.” “Woke.” “DEI.” All of that has been the rallying cry of those who choose to blame marginalized communities and not capitalist companies trying to make money on why so many of these choices are made. They paint them as inherently bad and ignore any examination or discussion with Black and other marginalized communities about their concerns. Instead these stories become the target of hyper racist backlash, we try and support this projects and if they are, in fact, poorly written—the well of discussion is clogged by the excess of bullshit.

Make no mistake: casting this series as more diverse is a ploy.

A ploy to distract people from JKR’s transphobia. To shield the company from criticism of not investing in something new. To make every criticism about Rowling’s politics now the problem of these actors. If these actors get questioned (even mildly) about why they willingly joined this project, it will be called harassment. They will do more to protect themselves than to protect the people who will become the face of this revival.

I pray for the mental fortitude of the biracial Black girl cast to play Hermione Granger.

But as someone who has been a pop culture critic and entertainment journalist in some form or another for a long time, I am also just distressed about how shallow discussions of race and Harry Potter will continue to be when so many of the voices that should be talking about it will not because they will likely (like myself) not support this series.

In that sense, HBO/WB is playing a game of chicken with those who said we won’t support JKR versus those who still fully love and support Harry Potter with their wallet, and those who just don’t care. They are banking on apathy and transphobia to win, and they don’t care who gets caught in the crossfire.

Sigh.

Constant Vigilance, I guess.

deadline.com/2025/03/harry-potter-series-mcgonnaga…

6 months ago | [YT] | 4,494

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The next video is a bit of a weird one, but I hope you enjoy it.
Also if there is anyone in the Chicago area I will be at MTG Chicago hanging out and playing magic <3

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In case anyone missed it in the Nosferatu video, here is the link to the feedback survey <3

🧛🏿Feedback Survey: forms.gle/ZidZw236i4r4b8GZ7

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Well I have to call it. Due to my wrist injury flaring up the last video of 2024 is going to have to be the first video of 2025. Honestly it feels like a failure to even at this point be so bad about getting things done how I want. 2024 has just been such a physically grueling and demanding and depressing year. I am glad it’s over and I’m sorry I couldn’t get it out tonight :(

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