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By Any Media Necessary: Mapping Youth and Participatory Politics

Why Does Congress Suck?

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2. KONY 2012
3. "FA$T CA$H: Easy Credit & the Economic Crash" - (Music Video by Dorian Electra)
6. Revolution in Egypt: A 4-Minute Introduction
7. Capitol Hill Day with The Can Kicks Back
11. #BYP100 Responds to George Zimmerman Verdict
12. Iraq Veterans Against the War
13. To All My DREAMheads
14. I'm in Love with Friedrich Hayek by Dorian Electra ( Official Music Video)
20. Part 1 DC DREAM Act National Graduation
21. Books on FIRE
25. UC Davis Pepper Spray Incident, Four Perspectives
26. Why I Can't Go to LeakyCon
27. North Korea: Explained
28. "Fear the Boom and Bust" a Hayek vs. Keynes Rap Anthem
31. Coming out of the Shadows - Dream Activist Philadelphia
32. Why Does Congress Suck?
33. Supply & Demand Rap: WE GOT IT 4 CHEAP by Dorian Electra ( Official Music Video ) Uploaded on Dec 12, 2011 This song was created to enter the Supply and Demand Video Contest sponsored by Fayetteville State University's Hackley Endowment. We are students at Shimer College and Northwestern University. Made by: Dorian Electra & Neil Lokken Music by: Matt Kawahara Special Thanks: Lynn Hong, Bryan Maddox, Robin Babb, Allison Savage, Allon Libermann, Rachel Davison. LYRICS: Yo. We got it 4 cheap And we're tryin to be supplyin So we got to compete. OH. And we try to understand The laws we all cant help but follow called: SUPPLY AND DEMAND If I'm sellin somethin Here's what I got to know To ensure my sales be bumpin If we raise the price, fewer people be buyin If we push that price down low, customers be multiplyin It's not to simple just to sell it for cheap You got to cover your costs Ya tryna make ends meet Say we were forced to keep our price way down. LOW Our goods become more scarce become the talk of the town. OH If the law won't let us respond in turn by raising our money PRICE Then our lovely customers will have to pay the price in non- monetary costs such as waitin in line On day when you could be HUSTLIN and now you wastin yo time So when the prices are fixed costs remain, don't fall for tricks That extra cost don't disappear It just shift from here to here You got dem long long lines? Wait a sec, shorty, that ain't right UHM. SHORTY DAT LOOK LIKE A SHORTAGE SHORTY, SHORTY DAT LOOK LIKE A SHORTAGE Ooo. When dat price so low So they be rushin to da store tramplin one another to DA FLOOR uh Ya get it? It's about supply and demand. Ya get it? Yyeeaaaaaaaaahhhhh Yes sir, sir yes, what about a surplus? Yes sir, sir yes, what about a surplus? When you got leftover GOODS on your HANDS Cos the quantity supplied exceeds the quantity demanded Yo. We got it 4 cheap And we're tryin to be supplyin So we got to compete. OH And we try to understand The laws we all cant help but follow called: SUPPLY AND DEMAND
34. Understand the Sequester (Spoiler: It's Bananas.)
36. Liberty in North Korea: Rescue Campaign
38. InterOccupy, Occupy Sandy Meeting 11-18-12 (raw footage)
40. Why We Rise
41. Statement and poem by Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, Climate Summit 2014 - Opening Ceremony
43. Orphans vs. Empires: Andrew Slack at TEDxYouth@SanDiego
44. A Quick Guide to Understanding Immigration Reform
45. The Case Against Gun Background Checks
46. No Justice No Peace: California's Battle Against Police Brutality & Racist Violence
48. Cathy Cohen, Ph.D., Challenges Voter ID Laws
49. Target Ain't People
50. Black And Yellow - AnCap Remix
51. The Can Kicks Back
52. West Wing Weak: Your Guide to Obama's Scandal-Filled Week
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1. 19th Century Reforms: Crash Course US History #15
3. KONY 2012
4. Vant to Skype Vid Me?
6. "It Gets Better" — Love, Pixar
7. MOVE: Invisible Children's new film from the creators of KONY 2012
8. Who is the LRA // Invisible Children
9. Lily Myers - "Shrinking Women" (CUPSI 2013)
10. THE CICADAS ARE COMING!
11. Batman Welcomes Ramadan
12. Revolution in Egypt: A 4-Minute Introduction
13. Capitol Hill Day with The Can Kicks Back
14. Firstday Fast [Official Video] - (Birthday X Spoof) - Farid Music
15. It Gets Better: Apple Employees
16. Gathering Storm Spoof
17. To All My DREAMheads
18. A Gaythering Storm
19. How To Change the World
20. it gets better-----a music video by rebecca drysdale
22. The Best Parody of NOM's "Gathering Storm" Ad
23. I'm in Love with Friedrich Hayek by Dorian Electra ( Official Music Video)
24. The Harry Potter Alliance, A History
26. 2013 Fourth Estate Summit // Day 3 // Samantha Power, Sophia Bush, & more // August 10. 6:00pm PST
28. Iraq Veterans Against the War
29. Kait Rokowski - "How To Cure a Feminist"
30. Meet a Black Person
31. It Gets Better: Dan and Terry
32. Food is Free Project: Open-Source Front-Yard Community Gardens
33. It Gets Better: Google Employees
34. Reading Rainbow Remixed | In Your Imagination | PBS Digital Studios
35. Why Does Congress Suck?
36. Part 1 DC DREAM Act National Graduation
37. Understand the Sequester (Spoiler: It's Bananas.)
38. Vote NO on Prop 8
39. Accio Books: LeakyCon Edition
40. Liberty in North Korea: Rescue Campaign
41. Caine's Arcade
43. Why We Rise
44. Coming out of the Shadows - Dream Activist Philadelphia
45. Caine's Arcade 2: From a Movie to a Movement
46. Supply & Demand Rap: WE GOT IT 4 CHEAP by Dorian Electra ( Official Music Video ) Uploaded on Dec 12, 2011 This song was created to enter the Supply and Demand Video Contest sponsored by Fayetteville State University's Hackley Endowment. We are students at Shimer College and Northwestern University. Made by: Dorian Electra & Neil Lokken Music by: Matt Kawahara Special Thanks: Lynn Hong, Bryan Maddox, Robin Babb, Allison Savage, Allon Libermann, Rachel Davison. LYRICS: Yo. We got it 4 cheap And we're tryin to be supplyin So we got to compete. OH. And we try to understand The laws we all cant help but follow called: SUPPLY AND DEMAND If I'm sellin somethin Here's what I got to know To ensure my sales be bumpin If we raise the price, fewer people be buyin If we push that price down low, customers be multiplyin It's not to simple just to sell it for cheap You got to cover your costs Ya tryna make ends meet Say we were forced to keep our price way down. LOW Our goods become more scarce become the talk of the town. OH If the law won't let us respond in turn by raising our money PRICE Then our lovely customers will have to pay the price in non- monetary costs such as waitin in line On day when you could be HUSTLIN and now you wastin yo time So when the prices are fixed costs remain, don't fall for tricks That extra cost don't disappear It just shift from here to here You got dem long long lines? Wait a sec, shorty, that ain't right UHM. SHORTY DAT LOOK LIKE A SHORTAGE SHORTY, SHORTY DAT LOOK LIKE A SHORTAGE Ooo. When dat price so low So they be rushin to da store tramplin one another to DA FLOOR uh Ya get it? It's about supply and demand. Ya get it? Yyeeaaaaaaaaahhhhh Yes sir, sir yes, what about a surplus? Yes sir, sir yes, what about a surplus? When you got leftover GOODS on your HANDS Cos the quantity supplied exceeds the quantity demanded Yo. We got it 4 cheap And we're tryin to be supplyin So we got to compete. OH And we try to understand The laws we all cant help but follow called: SUPPLY AND DEMAND
47. Black And Yellow - AnCap Remix
48. North Korea: Explained
49. Urban Letters by Yarn Bombing Los Angeles
50. "Fear the Boom and Bust" a Hayek vs. Keynes Rap Anthem
51. A MOVEABLE MOSQUE - Deena's Footsteps Through Prayer
53. ASK A SLAVE Ep 2: Abolitioning
54. Response To Critiques of "To JK Rowling, From Cho Chang"
55. A Quick Guide to Understanding Immigration Reform
56. Coders Early Love For Technology | American Express | #PassionProject
57. Fuck Cancer + Funny or Die Present: Touching Ourselves!
58. ASK A SLAVE Ep 3: You Can't Make This Stuff Up
59. Rachel Rostad - "Names" (NPS 2013)
60. Crisis of Distrust: Police and Community in Toronto A Policing Literacy Initiative Production. This documentary explores the issue of 'carding' in Toronto and distrust between police and community. Featuring Deputy Chief Peter Sloly of the Toronto Police Service, Jim Rankin of the Toronto Star Dr. Scot Wortley of University of Toronto, Gary Newman of Breaking the Cycle, Noa Mendelsohn Aviv of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, and members of the Policing Literacy Initiative, among others.
61. Blank Noise: HOT NEWS/ TAAZA SAMACHAR
62. ASK A SLAVE Ep 4: New Leaf, Same Page
65. No Justice No Peace: California's Battle Against Police Brutality & Racist Violence
67. ASK A SLAVE Ep 5: Two Sides to Every Coin
68. Buffy vs Edward: Twilight Remixed -- [original version]
69. UndocuQueer Manifesto
72. ASK A SLAVE Ep 6: I Love That Boy
73. California Teens Demand a Plan to End Violence
77. ASK A SLAVE Ep 7: True Story
80. Demonstrators 'disrupt' STL symphony singing a 'Requiem for Mike Brown'
81. The Can Kicks Back
82. Food is Free Backstory
83. Chow Down (at Chick-fil-A)
84. Rhok East Africa 2013
86. Statement and poem by Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, Climate Summit 2014 - Opening Ceremony
87. ASK A SLAVE Ep 1: Meet Lizzie Mae
88. Cathy Cohen, Ph.D., Challenges Voter ID Laws
89. Rachel Rostad - "To JK Rowling, from Cho Chang" (CUPSI 2013 Finals)
90. But we're speaking Japanese!　日本語喋ってるんだけど
92. KNIT THE CITY YARNSTORM ORANGES AND LEMONS - by ALT Artist™

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Nerdfighters
About
The Nerdfighters are an online community of young people that coalesced around the YouTube channel of the “VlogBrothers,” John and Hank Green. John Green is a best-selling young adult author and Hank Green is a musician and entrepreneur, and both engage in a wide variety of online educational projects. Since 2007, the two brothers (inspired by video artist Ze Frank) have uploaded two to three videos a week to their YouTube vlog (video-blog) channel. Their topics range widely, from “How to make friends,” to “Revolution in Egypt: a 4-minute introduction.”
The name Nerdfighters refers to the predominantly young followers of the VlogBrothers. As the brothers’ YouTube vlog became increasingly popular, the brothers’ followers adopted the term to describe themselves, and the VlogBrothers since address many of their vlogs to Nerdfighters or “Nerdfighteria.” Over time, Nerdfighters came to exist as a community, coalescing mostly online, on YouTube, Tumblr or on Facebook group pages, but also face-to-face, in meet-ups of informal local groups. The Nerdfighter community has reached significant proportions—the average Vlogbrother video is viewed over 400,000 times. In the yearly “Nerdfighteria census” of 2014, conducted by the Vlogbrothers, over 100,000 Nerdfighters participated. The “barriers of entry” to Nerdfighteria are kept low. As the VlogBrothers quip: “Am I too young / old / fat / skinny / weird / cool / nerdy / handsome /tall / dead to be a Nerdfighter? No!! If you want to be a Nerdfighter, you are a Nerdfighter.”
Nerdfighters pursue a shared social agenda, which they loosely define as “decreasing world suck.” As the VlogBrothers enigmatically define, “World Suck is kind of exactly what World Suck sounds like. It’s hard to quantify exactly, but, you know, it’s like, the amount of suck in the world.” This broad definition leaves much space for individual Nerdfighters to interpret what “World Suck” (and decreasing it) means to them, from being a good person or cheering up a friend, to collective acts that fit within existing definitions of civic engagement, such as donating money to charity or volunteering. For example, Nerdfighters are very active on Kiva.org, a non-profit organization enabling individuals to make small loans to people without access to traditional banking systems. The Nerdfighters also support Project for Awesome (P4A), an annual event in which members are encouraged to create videos about their favorite charity and non-profit organization and simultaneously post those on YouTube. In the 2013 P4A, Nerdfighters uploaded hundreds of videos and donated impressive amounts of money to the “Foundation to Decrease World Suck” (a non-profit created by the VlogBrothers). Nerdfighters could then vote on which charities should receive the donation.
See Neta Kligler-Vilenchik's By Any Media Necessary Chapter, Decreasing World Suck, to learn more about the Nerdfighters and other groups who employ fan activism.
Contributed by Neta Kligler-Vilenchik on 9/29/14
Nerdfighter Media
How to Be a Nerdfighter: A Vlogborothers FAQ
THE CICADAS ARE COMING!
Human Sexuality is Complicated
Crash Course US History #15: 19th Century Reforms
Revolution in Egypt: A 4 Minute Introduction
Loki: The Avengers
North Korea: Explained
Why Does Congress Suck?
Understand the Sequester (Spoiler: It's Bananas)