F.D Signifier and J Aubrey answer your assumptions about video essayists! Make style easy—get started today at https://stitchfix.com/assumptions

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0:00 INTRO

1:13 THEY ARE AFRAID THEIR VIDEOS WON'T REACH THE INTENDED AUDIENCE

4:03 SPONSOR!

5:06 THEY'RE AFRAID OF BEING SEEN AS AN AUTHORITY FIGURE ON A SPECIFIC SUBJECT

9:48 THEY ARE SICK OF COMPETING WITH A.I. SLOP CHANNELS

11:56 THEIR VIDEOS SHOULD NOT BE WATCHED PASSIVELY

14:26 RESEARCHING DARK TOPICS IS EMOTIONALLY EXHAUSTING

16:12 THEY HAVE NICHE TOPICS THEY WANT TO COVER BUT WORRY IT WON'T PERFORM WELL

18:27 THEY FEEL A SENSE OF URGENCY TO GET A VIDEO OUT WHILE THE TOPIC IS STILL RELEVANT

20:12 THEY'RE CONCERNED THEIR VIDEOS ARE BEING BOILED DOWN TO DUNKING ON PEOPLE

23:15 F.D SIGNIFIER'S BACKGROUND IN TEACHING GIVES HIM AN EDGE IN THE VIDEO ESSAYIST FIELD

24:40 J AUBREY HAS A HUGE TEAM OF RESEARCHERS THAT HELP HIM WITH VIDEOS

27:17 TITLE IDEATION

34:09 BLOOPERS

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