I'm baaaaack. Due to internet-related troubles (I blame the poor university student lifestyle), it felt like I had an involuntary, month-long psychiatric hold, where they tried to cure my YouTube addiction.
Speaking of gay reparative therapy, how is Joey Graceffa doing?
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Pixiepink wrote:LOL! Anyone else hear Joey say
'dork sided' in the vlog? Where is GodWarrior?
As for the web series, I'm thinking it's going to be something to do with Hunger Games..
Saw this. Loved this. And laughed heartily.
illegal_mind wrote:i do feel like lately he's been more and more open about [his sexuality], while a couple months back, he'd just ignore it. i was 100% sure someone would eventually ask him face to face what his sexual orientation is, and his response was just what i expected, dodging the question. if he was straight, he'd just say it, he wouldn't avoid the question with the "why does it matter? it's really no ones business"
Bingo! (As if proof is even needed anymore).
kittykat wrote:I am laughing so hard that the $10,000 donation came from an older gay couple. That is too perfect. More than I could have ever imagined lmao.
Funniest post from the 37 pages, because it's so true.
FAKEBLOOD wrote:This whole Kickstarter debacle brings to mind something that was said by Willam Belli (about Joey in a gay bathhouse) in one of his Beatdown videos -- "You're one of those guys that only wants to pay for a locker even though you want a room." How true. He wants more, but more comes at a price, and he is not willing to pay that price himself.
This is a bang-on analysis, as usual.
missbjork wrote:I literally could not believe my eyes when I saw that video with the blackface. Not cool Joey.
Co-signed.
Aside: With all due respect, I have been in complete agreement with the Joey Graceffa discussion, until I got to the blackface apologists. Instead of arguing the deep historical significance of blackface in Western culture, I am going to keep my statements to Joey: Everyone who says (1) Joey's blackface is "off-topic," or (2) Joey's blackface isn't racist because he doesn't know better, is actually doing Joey a disservice. On GG, we have rarely given Joey a pass to make statements borne out of ignorance (e.g. his ignorant/dangerous statements about catching AIDS on the prayer box, and his idiotic/untrue statements about nutrition, etc.). Similarly, ignorance does not preclude racism. Furthermore, Joey is not a racist, insofar that he does not overtly/deliberately discriminate. But to think this is the only "racism" is misguided. Joey was acting in ignorance of the historical significance of blackface, and I think we are allowed to take defence to his statements. Does he know what he is doing could be perceived as defensive? Almost certainly not. We're dealing with a dolt. But if someone with 1 million subscribers can't serve as a teachable moment, then there is never a right time to learn about one's flagrant ignorance, and we might as well give up on Joey altogether. Every time he says something stupid, we always chalk it up to his namesake ignorance. But at what point does ignorance become woeful?
bloodymarysmith wrote:Ugh. It seems like he's trying to corrupt Connor in his new video. Talking down to him about how he remembers when he used to eat candy, go to college, and try to keep his channel PG...
And there we have it! We've gone full-circle. Joey Graceffa trying to convert Connor Franta into becoming a weight-obsessed, sexualized, college-dropout is the epitome of what Joey's channel has become: "24/7 Nutrition. The Male Body. Gay For Pay. Is He; Isn't He? College Sucks. Learning is Stupid. I Take Defence to Your Criticisms. Now Give Me $100,000." Joey Graceffa is a nutshell.