An edited thumbnail with me, a white woman with brown hair cut in bangs, the ends dyed blonde. I've got a full face of makeup, angular alt eyebrows with a slit cut in one, and silver chunky jewelry. I'm wearing a hot cerise hoodie, and my hands are clutched to my head to compliment the appalling YouTube face i'm making: distress at the apparently terrible opinions i'm surrounded by: four comments around the frame, from @matthew_naruto "The Empire was RIGHT", @live.slug.reaction "Episode 9 is the best one", @farmboy_67 "blue milk should be thicker", and @ben4dinaros "please let me see the kids."

i slog through takes from Star Wars Opinion Havers, lay out my SERIOUS rules for media critique, and briefly weigh in on ongoing ICE violence in the U.S.

ep goes live at 12PM PST, if you watch the premiere on YouTube i'll be in chat!

📺: youtu.be/A3WwuheDMok
🎧: creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

An edited thumbnail: Cassian Andor in a brown trenchcoat superimposed on a background of messily arranged documents: on the left, a spreadsheet with rows delineated by character name (Cassian Andor, Luthen Rael, etc) next to columns with numbers in the hundreds, and percentages. On the right is a shooting script featuring dialogue between Cassian and Mon Mothma, as the former smuggles the latter out of the Senate. On the left side of the image, next to Cassian, in bold white letters, the words "Line by line."

doing something different today!! i'm working on a super secret Andor research project, and i figured i'd do it with y'all. come study with me!

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An edited thumbnail image, graphics against a grungy concrete background. Across the top, in blocky serifed white text, reads "Piles of In-Universe Citations." Underneath, arranged in a messy jumble, are rectangular graphics filled with text: citations, with superscript numbers and archival origins, like "20: Imperial Archives, Section: ISB, File: Ferrix Occupation. Or "3: Exegol Excavation Project, Section: Sith Lords, Files: Darth Vader." On each of these graphics is an icon, indicating their origin: the Rebel starbird, the Imperial cog, the shining rays of the New Republic Insignia. And across these citations, familiar words are highlighted in a dull pink colour, to pop against the dark grey: words like "Wilhuff Tarkin," "Senate," "Rebel Alliance Archives," "Leia Organa."

This year, we presented to a packed audience at Star Wars Celebration—and recorded it. Featuring @chriskempshall.bsky.social, join us to explore the nature of "history," good research, and the messy space between fact and propaganda.

📺: youtu.be/nGYUYj6zYbI
🎧: creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

An edited thumbnail: a portrait and text on a painterly background of a cloudy sunset over a harbor town, tinged yellow and puce. This matches the portrait--of a corpse with indistinct features, its skin turned red and grey, its head and shoulders bare. Around its neck is a thick, yellow strap, by which it's been hanged. The text is bold and light with a maroon drop shadow: "LET'S SOLVE A MURDER." Underneath is an arrow, and more text: "this guy is SUPER dead."

what if i played more disco elysium on livestream? what if everyone came? what if you said hi in the chat? much to consider.

youtube.com/live/5Sr2o1G...

An edited thumbnail: the background is a painted vista of orange and pink hues over a shoddy harbour skyline, white birds flying across the sky. Superimposed on this background is the bold text "FAILED REVOLUTIONARY?" in off-white, with an arrow pointing to art of a man on the right. He's wearing a green jacket with an orange tie, has impressive mutton chops and a pallid complexion. His body is cocked in an agitated pose, as if he's approaching someone for a brawl. He's also rendered in the same painterly style as the backdrop.

idk if it makes sense to make a new thumbnail every time i stream Disco Elysium, but i'm doing it anyway. come watch me play disco elysium:

youtube.com/live/O_d8_Mb...

An edited thumbnial: a painting of a radiant, cloudy sunset, over a derelict town. Close to the frame is a triumphant statue of a horse with a rider, held up and together with ramshackle lengths of metal, making it look like stick puppet of sorts. On top of the statue is a man standing with an arm in the air, holding a bottle. Behind this statue is bold, edited text: "I'm a Communist, I guess."

disco elysium disco elysium disco elysium stream right now

www.youtube.com/live/POqrZ6h...

A somewhat low-quality screenshot of a video filmed over the heads of a smallish crowd in a convention panel room. The backdrop behind the panelists is adorned with a pattern of alternating "Star Wars" and "Celebration 2025" logos, and on the screen next to the panelists is a large title image: A background of a warm pink colour, on which is imposed a dark graphic shaped like duct tape, and the white title "History in a galaxy far, far away," subtitled in white: "Daughters of Ferrix with Chris Kempshall." The panelists are two people holding microphones, a man and a woman. The man has white skin and short hair, and is dressed in a red graphic tee shirt and an olive Imperial officer's hat. The woman is grinning, her microphone held up as she looks across the crowd: she has blonde choppy hair and bangs, the length of it draped over shoulders dressed in aw black leather jacket.

spoilers for the next episode

An edited thumbnail: the background is a painterly scene of a large, paris-inspired city under a bright billowing orange-and-purple sunset, a church with a shining steeple closest to frame. On the left, superimposed on the backdrop, is a picture of a man, still rendered in visible brushstrokes: he has impressive grey-brown mutton chops, rosy cheeks and nose, and is wearing a green jacket over a white collared shirt and tie, the last of which he's got held curiously in his left hand. His face is upturned, giving the viewer a disdainful, proud look. On the right of this man, slightly layered behind, is bold white text with a drop shadow: "This guy is the WORST." Underneath a small paranthetical: "for now.)

I have no idea if it's possible, but it's my new mission to take this sleazeball policeman and turn him into a they/them anarchist.

Live NOW playing Disco Elysium blind! Come watch and chat about politics or Star Wars or whatever you want!

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thanks for coming everyone!!! will continue the game next Saturday 🫡

An edited thumbnail, two characters in front of and to the right of bold, white text. The first character is a skinny man with a widow's peak, round glasses, and an unhappy expression on his face. He's wearing a cropped orange jacket and matching gloves, holding a flashlight angled down in one hand and a snub nose revolver in the other. Slightly in front of him is the other character, a brawnier man with a receeding hairline, mutton chops, and rosy cheeks and nose. He's dressed in a white collared shirt with a red tie, a green sport coat held draped over his shoulders. His other gand is in a metal gauntlet, holding a large pistol. These men are rendered in a loose, painterly style, as is the sunsetted orange and white background over a city landscape behind them. The text on the left, large in frame, reads "I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THIS." There's smaller text under the guy on the right, with a drawn arrow pointing towards him: "I assume this guy is Karl Marx."

People say this game has good politics, but all I know is that the art is pretty.

Live NOW playing Disco Elysium blind! Come say hi!

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An edited thumbnail image: A screenshot from Andor of Cassian looking forward past the camera at an unseen person, a foreboding look on his face. He's standing outside, in front of the blurry shape of a starship on a Yavin landing pad. Next to him are large graphic letters in a bold serifed font, rendered in gradient white: "did they stick the landing?" "Landing" is coloured bright pink. Undernearth, in smaller letters and parentheses, reads "(kinda)."

After three years and twenty-four episodes, Andor is finally over. So now we finally ask: does this finale do the show justice? Did Cassian get the send-off he deserved? And why the hell was the very last scene...like THAT?

📺: youtu.be/Rd6DcQHb7xE
🎧: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/fer...

tinyurl.com/StupidKiki

An edited flyer for a gofundme, tinyurl.com/StupidKiki, and cashapp $TheLetterbomber. The left side is an image of a small cat with stripes of black, grey, and light orange, and white feet and belly. She's standing with her side to the camera. She's on a shelf covered in Star Wars memorabilia, like a LEGO AT-AT, as well as various politics and philosophy books, in front of a wall with Star Wars posters, like for Andor. On the right side of the image is white text on a grungy black background: An electric blue arrow connects to the underlined word "THIS is Kiki. She is very stupid." Underneath is a zoomed image of a red rubber cartoon Octopus with a blue arrow connecting it to another zoomed-in thumbnail, an X-ray with a visible cat spine, and various innard shapes: as well as a white octopus-like silhouette. "Kiki swallowed this octopus eraser and it got stuck. They had to do surgery to her, but Kiki is 1 years old and has no money. PLEASE HELP KIKI by contributing to her surgery fund"

this is Kiki, you might recognize her from Daughters of Ferrix. she's very stupid and ate this octopus eraser whole, which got stuck in her tummy. the surgery fees are a lot, so if you're at all able to pitch in, like $5 or $10, or share this post, i would deeply appreciate it 🐙

An edited thumbnail: a screenshot from Andor of a crowd of people in front of a vaguely Art Nouveau building made from white stone, pillars, and a golden dome. The crowd has their fists in the air, and is dressed in warm colours of yellow and brown, sometimes carrying matching flags or banners. Composited behind the protestors, in blocky white text, reads "I cried" with a period for emphasis.

The Ghorman Massacre is here, and we're joined by @hungrybowtie.bsky.social to discuss it.

How do the new episodes of Andor depict protest tactics? Why use riot cops instead of stormtroopers? And what gets the whole galaxy watching?

📺: youtu.be/0pWOfBuBjm8
🎧: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/fer...

agreed that it's a shame—i think Andor has earned high moral expectations from its audience, and it's no wrong thing to want it to meet them.

mon mothma has withstood Imperial torture in the past—she's tough, imo she's as susceptible to it as anyone. and remember that torture is not a reliable way of getting accurate information from a subject, who's to say what'd happen

An edited thumbnail: Cassian Andor dressed in a disguise, a fine suit, dark coat, silk shirt and slicked-back hair. He's standing at the open mouth of a sewer-like entrance to a tunnel looking in, the rainy moonlit night lighting his shoulders and back. Around him are the blurry figures of other onlookers, including one fully in frame on the left side, directing the blue-white beam of a flashlight downwards. Over the top of this part of the image is blocky white text, "Is it still good?" with "Good" highlighted as a light yellow colour.

Andor keeps going, and so do we.

Why is Syril's mom Fox News-brained? What does the Empire understand power to be? And how do we feel when an otherwise good show prematurely kills its gay characters?

📺: youtu.be/w6a54of5h0Y
🎧: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/fer...

An edited episode thumbnail: Cassian Andor dressed in an orange and black test pilot jumpsuit, in the cockpit of an experimental TIE Fighter. There are bright lights of orange and white lighting the greyish interior, including sci-fi controls, a flight joystick through two glowing arm rings. Cassian is posed left of frame to look over his shoulder, backlit by the cockpit, looking beyond the camera at something towards the unseen vehicle window. On the right side of the image is bold, blocky, serifed text: "Peak Star Wars is back." This text is coloured flat white, besides "Star Wars," which is a complementary orange.

Andor is Star Wars at its very most political.

So, what does the new season premiere have to say about exploitation, immigration, and leftist infighting? What does combating fascism demand from each of us?

📺: youtu.be/xBDh3-ceN5I
🎧: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/fer...

he's a fuckin pro

a screenshot from Andor S2 of Dedra Meero, a white woman with platinum blonde hair parted, slicked down, and done up in the back. she has severe features fixed into a slightly more pleasant expression, mid-conversation. she's wearing a black semi-formal dress shirt, in front of a stark white apartment backdrop. the screenshot is captioned, white text on a transparent black background, "...I was raised in an Imperial kinder-block."

an ebook screenshot, black serifed text on a white background. the beginning and end are cut off, and the page reads: "covertly prepared for service to the Empire through prescribed loyalty programs. The emergence of the—now infamous—Imperial kinder-blocks on some worlds, which served as both housing and educational compounds where the Empire could raise a new generation of loyalists, is a further sign of the insidious nature of the overarching project. Given the huge reach and impact of the SAGroup on the youngestcovertly prepared for service to the Empire through prescribed loyalty programs. The emergence of the—now infamous—Imperial kinder-blocks on some worlds, which served as both housing and educational compounds where the Empire could raise a new generation of loyalists, is a further sign of the insidious nature of the overarching project. Given the huge reach and impact of the SAGroup on the youngest..." before being cut off. the section about kinder-blocks is highlighted pink.

imperial "kinder-blocks," as mentioned by Dedra Meero in andor s2, were actually first introduced in the book The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire!

they're described as "both housing and educational compounds where the Empire could raise a new generation of loyalists."

if you were able to make it in-person, thank you deeply for being such a warm and receptive audience. 🫶

a photo of a panel at Star Wars Celebration Japan: long tables on a short stage covered with a black tablecloth, at which sit two presenters: Chris Kempshall, a white man with short hair, glasses wearing a red Maarva Andor shirt and an olive green Imperial hat, and Eleanor Mueller, a blonde white woman with a long alternative hairstyle, a face of makeup, and a black leather jacket. Both are holding microphones, Chris' head is tilted down as he listens, and Eleanor is mid-gesticulation. They're sitting in front of a black backdrop covered in Star Wars and Celebration logos, and at the bottom of the frame are the backs of the heads of various audience members.

Another photo of the same panel—but significantly further out. The same presenters are at the tables, but many more audience members' heads are visible. To the right side of the panelist desk is a large projected screen, on which is displayed a pink slide: bold serifed white text on a graphic that looks like duct tape, reading "History in a Galaxy Far, Far Away." Underneath, on the pink background, is smaller white text reading "Daughters of Ferrix with Chris Kempshall."

forgot to post sooner, but our panel at Star Wars Celebration Japan was an absolute success!! the room was PACKED wall-to-wall.

i'm extremely eager for you all to hear the recording when it goes up!

A dark mode YouTube screenshot of a video from Daughters of Ferrix, 6 days ago, with 22k views. It's three hours and twenty minutes long, and the majority of the image is an edited thumbnail, as follows: On the left side is a Phase II Clone Trooper in white armour with stripes of cobalt and fuchsia. She's superimposed on an image of the ocean planet Kamino, a futuristic city on stilts with an Imperial flagship hanging nearby. This background image is rendered in black and white, and is superimposed with the blue-and-pink horizontal stripes of the trans flag. On the right of the Trooper is white stenciled text with a slight perspective effect to make it pop from the background, reading "This makes sense."

thank you all so much for helping Trans Clones get to over 20k views!!!! it's one i'm deeply proud of, so it's satisfying to see it resonate with so many of you.

An edited thumbnail. On the left side is a Phase II Clone Trooper in white armour with stripes of cobalt and fuchsia. She's superimposed on an image of the ocean planet Kamino, a futuristic city on stilts with an Imperial flagship hanging nearby. This background image is rendered in black and white, and is superimposed with the blue-and-pink horizontal stripes of the trans flag. On the right of the Trooper is white stenciled text with a slight perspective effect to make it pop from the background, reading "This makes sense."

Years ago, a trans Clone was introduced—which fans have argued against since. In this 3-hour autopsy, we challenge these arguments: and what they say about eugenics, militaries, biology, transphobia, and ever-changing lore.

📺: youtu.be/RGtv2VtM4gI
🎧: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/fer...

Fanart by UzuriArt, of Sister: a Clone Trooper in white Phase II armour standing against a white backdrop. She's standing jauntily, with one hand on a long blaster rifle held against the ground like a staff, and the other holding her helmet. Her hair is worn long and braided. Across her armour and helmet are accent stripes of magenta and blue, which are matched by a bold wiggly graphic line behind her against the backdrop.

spoilers for the next episode

i write what i know

Highly recommend podcast and a very deep topic #StarWars #Andor

ty helmet 😭

An episode thumbnail edit of a screenshot from Andor: Cassian, a light-skinned man standing near a shadowy wall, his solemn face lit by a bright, hopeful sunrise. He's got a full moustache and beard, a brown trench coat and long, dark hair. To the left of the image are composited-in words in perspective on the wall behind him, white block stencil letters with a shadowy gradient: "How radical is it?" The word "radical" is highlighted in hot pink.

Daughters of Ferrix is BACK!

What is Star Wars? No, like, seriously—WHAT is Star Wars? A toy series, a modern mythology, a vehicle for revolutionary stories? Does the corporate machine that produces it preclude it from being all three?

Spotify: tinyurl.com/yhd9abfw

YouTube: youtu.be/8PuIAg7RAow

I'm a bit late to the episode but reading the takes about moana 2 being a cash grab while listening to the @ferrixpod.bsky.social pod about star wars galaxy edge where they discuss the convergence of capitalism and art feels very on the nose