Goodbye 2022! What a traumatizing year THAT was, am I right?? Between people continuing to ignore and/or minimize various public health crises (COVID-19, systemic racism, anti-trans policies, climate change, etc.) and my own personal life stuff, this year truly knocked the wind out of me.
At the time same, it was also the year that I locked down my dream job, started living alone for the first time, made some of the best content I’ve ever made, and was able to give back to the trans community in so many ways.
Also, I started this newsletter as a way to directly communicate with my audience and my peers in STEM education. Thanks for being here and supporting my work, I really appreciate it! <3
Every other week, I end my newsletter with a bunch of videos, articles, and music that I’ve been listening to. To wrap up 2022, I thought I would share my favorite works across all mediums from the entire year, uneditorialized for your viewing/listening pleasure. Consider this a way to prepare your brain for the most important political issues in 2023.
Enjoy!!
~~~MUSIC~~~
I produced a whole “Best Albums of 2022” video for TikTok and Instagram, and below is that list again. Ranking albums is silly, but I did it here anyway.
Cannons, Fever Dream
Beach House, Once Twice Melody
Little Simz, NO THANK YOU
Leikeli47, Shape Up
Hatchie, Giving The World Away
Sudan Archives, Natural Brown Prom Queen
Confidence Man, TILT
Superorganism, World Wide Pop
Mia Gladstone, LOOPY
Rina Sawayama, Hold The Girl
Nas, King’s Disease III
MUNA, MUNA
Poppy Ajudha, THE POWER IN US
Taylor Swift, Midnights
Pale Waves, Unwanted
Ibibio Sound Machine, Electricity
NoSo, Stay Proud of Me
Empress Of, Save Me (EP)
Doechii, Crazy (and all the other music she’s put this year)
Backxwash, HIS HAPPINESS SHALL COME FIRST EVEN THOUGH WE ARE SUFFERING
adelaide, Dark Truths that May Cheer You Up (EP)
~~~VIDEOS/DOCUMENTARIES~~~
Aranock’s Queer Relativity
Every video by CJ the X
Every video by Lily Alexandre (incl. her non-YouTube work on queer history)
Dan Olson’s Line Goes Up - The Problem With NFTs
Xiran Jay Zhao, et al., How Disney Commodifies Culture - Southeast Asians Roast Raya and the Last Dragon
Lil’ Bill’s Liberation Theology: a Beginner’s Guide
Dainty Funk’s How to be Human Online
Dr. Fatima’s Is PragerU Right About Diversity in STEM?
Princess Weekes’ True Crime & The Theater of Safety
Verity Ritchie’s Why Queer TV is Getting Worse
Alexander Avila’s How Spotify Manufactures Gay Culture
NonCompete’s Trans People are Under Attack by Authoritarian Capitalist Lobby Groups
Philosophy Tube’s I Emailed My Doctor 133 Times: The Crisis In the British Healthcare System
Mardi & Friends’ Monthly Doll Check-In (feat. me!!!)
~~~PODCASTS~~~
Season of the Bitch, especially “Episode 225: Abortion and Mental Health” and “Episode 226: The History Of Abortion”.
Time To Say Goodbye, especially “Fast fashion and racialized labor”, “Why social housing”, and “Fake boba, fake pork”.
Disorderland, especially “Pathologize Me, TikTok”.
Every episode of Rule 63 that I put out this year!!! (Spotify/Apple/YouTube)
~~~BOOKS~~~
Jennette McCurdy, “I’m Glad My Mom Died” (Buy)
Sarah Schulman, “Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993” (Buy)
Derecka Purnell, “Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom” (Buy)
I’m incredibly grateful to be alive at the same time as all of these artists. I’m extra grateful for the many creators on TikTok that I was able to connect and collaborate with this year. My hope is that 2023 will be the best year yet for my art!
That’s all for now, lovely readers! See you next week for more sweet, sweet content.
In community,
-Anna