Jinkx, Alaska and Jackie Beat - Courtney Talks
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2024
- Jinkx Monsoon, Alaska Thunderfuck, Jackie Beat and Courtney Act sit down to chat on the second episode of Courtney Talks.
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Alaska didn't say a lot, but when she did, it was so insightful and meaningful! I love her!!!
Ikr she waits to say something so it is really meaningful and amazing! She is wonderful!
I feel like Alaska's perspective was everything in this discussion and I'm so grateful to stan such a wonderful queen I LOVE HER SO MUCH
I know right?!
She is always so sweet and clever seriously. I'm sometimes scared when these kind of subjects come up that the person I like will say something horrendous, but never with Alaska.
This makes me love Alaska more than I already did.
Nice profile pic 😂
Kiri Bain Smith Right back at ya :D
It is impossible for me to love alaska more than i already do !!
I LOVE THAT QUEEN SO MUCH !!!!!!
Alaska I love you for standing back, listening, and stepping in the discussion to speak out about the real problem which is that women due to being women have to face these everyday annoyances. Also, thank you Jinkx for speaking about socratic discourse. Great vocab word! In addition, thank you Jinkx, Alaska, Jackie, and Courtney for providing your input about homophobic experiences. I just love seeing the other side of all of you guys. SENDING YOU ALL THE BEST WISHES THIS CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS! MUCH LOVE AND RESPECT TO YOU FOUR!
^ This.
I thought the same thing! I'm like that myself so it was refreshing to see that from the outside
Alejandro Montaño I was referring to the Alaska part btw lol
OMG I was thinking the same thing👏👏
Alaska is a treasure
Proof that Alaska's literally the most sweetest, thoughtful and sensible person. I didn't know I could love her more than I already have but Alaska's always a surprise. As a girl, I really really appreciate her. Perfect queen
Thanks for watching guys! Let me know your thoughts on the format. Do you like it as one long conversation? Or prefer it in smaller chunks? I am assuming shorter? Also please remember to subscribe. I have some exciting episodes coming up with Miranda Sings, Adore, Willam, Chichi LaRue and more!
Courtney Act I actually really liked the fact that this episode was one long conversation! :)
I like it in one chunk please Miss Act :)
One big chunk please 😛
30 Minutes is just fine.
Keep on addressing the real topics Courtney Act.
Big chunk!:)
snaps for Alaska. Those men were absolutely claiming her space and it is scary. As a woman it feels unsafe walking around and getting followed and shouted at.
Every word that came out of Alaska's mouth was golden. I love her and how sympathetic she is. All the queens were wonderful here.
Oh, and Jackie looks young and vibrant!
AND THAT IS WHY ALASKA THUNDERFUCK IS THE BACKGROUND ON MY PHONE
I was gettin' reeeeeeeal scared at the beginning when they were saying the woman being catcalled wasn't a big deal and then when Alaska started talking and they all changed their minds I let out a huge breath of relief I didn't know I'd been holding in. Bless these drag queens, I'm so so so happy they are able to see the issue and talk about it. Much love and good vibes to these lovely ladies~
7:05 - Jackie does the hardest for a human being to do : she had an opinion, she listened to other people share theirs, she re-evaluated her stance... and she changed her mind. You *rarely* see such a moment captured on video. Brava!
I knew Alaska was a person that I really felt like was special and smart and sweet, but this just confirms it for me. Thank you for existing like you do Lasky. So glad I named my pet hermit crab after you
Alaska is such a sweetheart, I have more respect for her (then I did already) after watching this.
I completely love how Alaska contributed some of the most important input even though she spoke the least and she only stepped in when she felt she needed to
Thank you Alaska for getting it.
Thank god alaska stepped in there and turned the tone around to be on side with the woman in the video. Was losing faith there.
hannahtheplatt Yes. I was sitting here waiting for her to cause I knew she would eventually lol. Glad she didn’t let me down.
In ways this cements Alaska as my favourite Queen, Jinkx just seems to like the sound of her own voice, but Alaska is very quiet and whenever she does speak, it's sensible. I'm quite impressed with how she managed to bite her tongue when there were things being said that she didnt seem to agree with.
Alaska came in with such good points; there's a reason I respect her so much
I am SO proud to be a fan of Alaska right now. She is so cool and calm, and lets everyone have there say and then speaks out these powerful views that my heart burst. I am so proud.
Jackie, I absolutely adore your work - but the advice to 'just smile' comes across as condescending and doesn't address the problem of street harassment. (I'm glad you changed your perspective later, I appreciate you being open to a dialogue.) Whatever the problems there were with the video, I deal with this all of the time in downtown Seattle. Smiling at people who give genuine compliments is one thing, but those are few and far between. It often just encourages guys to heckle even more, and I've definitely had situations arise to physical contact when they thought I wasn't actively spurning their advances... anyways, I still love you and the show. Keep on being fabulous!
Jackie changed her opinion later in the program and explained the change. She rethought it.
She took it back later
True, I feel that the male gaze that women are harassed with is a source of jealously towards gay men because the male gaze we get is usually seen in the second video and can be scary. I felt that way as well, but changed viewpoints after some research into it. I thought it was amazing how quickly she changed her opinion once a new viewpoint was introduced!
Well, first of all, for the nice thing: I love Alaska so, so much. She is always so sweet and kind and clever and her personality shines through. Her positive attitude is so helpful to me, as silly as it might sound.
Secondly, I really want to thank you, Courtney, for this video. It's exactly what I needed right now. I'm a cis bi woman with pink hair, and a taste for sweet and extravagant fashion, that I tone down A LOT because of the place where I live (south of France, Nice).
People here are very agressive, close-minded and street harassment is common, whether because you're a woman and guys hit on you in gross ways or because you're gay, or because your fashion is different.
Saturday night I was grocery shopping with friends after an anime con, still dressed in sweet lolita, and three girls came to us and started harassing us, taking pictures and insulting us. They got escorted out of the store by the security guys (that were awesome and super helpful) after they kicked one of my friends.
I was so, so, so mad. I was shaking with rage, but on the ride back home, Jinxx's motto came to me: water off a duck's back. And it did appease me. It's not me they have a problem with, or my friends for protecting me, but with themselves. You would have to be so sad, so angry at your own life to be that hateful. Like, if you act like that, your life must be a lot worse than mine, and I really don't have the heart to hate you if you're in such a position.
All that you said in this video, and the brilliant "do you feel better now" soothed me so much, and provided me with new ways to deal with hateful people. I'm sad we all have to deal with such bullshit, but I'm really happy to see people all over the world trying to improve the situation, and being so eloquent about it.
I felt so sad when Alaska said groups of men were scary too, though. I wish no one had to feel like that; had to feel threatened and helpless.
Also I loved the bit on the typing down the negative things you want to say to get it out of your system and deleting it. Of course we all have things we don't approve of, or just dislike, and I think dealing with them this way is healthy and more clever than trying to hurt people. I always say: putting others down will never lift you up.
About the woman walking down the street video, I'm happy Alaska helped the others realize the message of the video. But honestly everyone looked so freaking great and Courtney has such a great singing voice I'm actually really jealous of it
Gotta give Alaska 1000% credit here. She was incredibly intelligent, on point, and polite. She bides her time, and when she spoke out she had some fantastic and amazing things. Loved the whole thing, but she deserves extra points for that.
I love how this video showcases how someone can be just as impactful on a conversation by sitting back, listening & observing before talking. It's refreshing after being in certain HS/college classes that people think you need to talk all the time to be important, when that's not typically my style.
I love Alaska even more after how she stood up for the woman in the video, I was really getting annoyed with Jackie and the others reactions but thank god Alaska was there to set the record straight!!
Idk why but its so funny to me when Courtney Act curses. She could just scream profanities at me and I would just be dying in laughter LOL. And please Court have Adore on, I love seeing y'all interact with each other. So sweet. 💋
Adore is on one soon with Taryn Southern & Simon Sherry-wood!
Courtney Act yay! 🙌😘
Courtney Act yesss i love Taryn!
Jayla Jolie I don't see enough of her. So this was really nice to find.
alaska had the best input. she was quiet for the first part of the video and then she put her 2 cents in and the group changed their minds
Alaska said real few, but when she said it, she said the gist of it all.
I was like waiting for someone to speak exactly what's in my mind (about the girl walk) and then she said it cleanly.
annissarh "...real few"??
what jackie said about the n-word in huckleberry finn was sooo true and the mistake some people make with social justice. you're not supposed to ignore and turn your eyes away from ugliness but teach about it and learn to avoid it
Exactly. That's why in history classes they teach us about all the mistakes we've made as a people. So that we can learn to avoid them
I really appreciated Alaska turning the conversation around. Being a woman, or a female-bodied person in the world remains a truly exhausting task. Lots of small things that invade our space can add up and be a huge burden.
I also disagree with Jackie’s comment about having a bad day and seeing someone worse off than her snapped her out of it. Everything is relative, and if something is a bad day for you, you are perfectly entitled to feel pissed and upset by it. Your feelings are valid. It’s that attitude that causes many people, particularly those with mental health issues, to downplay their struggles and feel like they’re not allowed to acknowledge them because someone always has it worse, or feel guilty for struggling when their lives objectively ‘aren’t that bad’. It’s okay to not feel grateful at times. It’s okay to have shitty days. We don’t have to be happy or enlightened all the time.
im obsessing over Alaska's look. she is so gorgeous!
I love Jinkx so much omg
SAME
Alaska gets it.
I'm glad Alaska spoke up about her thoughts on the video because it really helped morph the opinions of everyone else in the room by giving some perspectives on what the situation was like for the woman and actually putting others in her shoes verbally if the video had not done that for them.
I love Jinkx too much they are so adorable
5 things that i am thankful for that was displayed in this video:
1. A great intellectual discussion of what is wrong with how people feel the need to yell out rude comments to both a young woman and a "homosexual" male in New York City.
2. Alaska's intelligent and insightful responses to the videos!!
3. Jackie beats advice on how to respond to people harassing you verbally
4. Jinkx being MAGICAL :)
5. For all you being such inspirational and smart people and shedding light on an important issue
Alaska doesn't say much but when she does talk, smart things come out. I really think she is a smart cookie. At first they seemed to be missing the point of the video but then Alaska put things in perspective and brought the girls around to some clearer thinking.
Torontopia It seems like Alaska, unlike Jinx, may actually think before she speaks so that what comes out of her mouth isn't mostly nonsense. Or maybe Alaska is just really smart so she doesn't always have to think a lot before she speaks - she can "think on her feet".
I love what Alaska said about the video
I really love what Alaska has to say at 20:55, I thought this was quite a thought provoking and intelligent discussion
I love what a feminist Alaska is. I had a talk with her about my Adore outfit vs my costume as her with the gun and she said that it was amazing how people were more offended by a woman's body than they are about a gun. Can't wait to finally meet Jinkx in Jan and I'm happy Jackie changed her mind.
I love Laski. She is my spirit animal. Thanks for sticking up for us!
I really enjoyed this video. It's my favourite of the Courtney Talks series so far. The mix of queens was fantastic, because there was a spectrum of ages, experiences and opinions which added depth to the discussion.
Alaska's comments really steered things into the right territory, and I'm so glad Jackie changed her mind after a bit more thought/discourse. As a woman, if you smile at a man who's called you beautiful it can be interpreted as an invitation for more unwanted attention.
Speaking as a woman, I think the reason the video emphasized how the woman was dressed was to show that even when dressed demurely women have to deal with other people's opinions of them. I wish there was a video of the same girl dressed up, for example in the dress Courtney wore, and how much worse the comments and interactions would have been. I think this is the reason why straight women enjoy going to gay clubs. It's a venue where we can dress to please ourselves without having to deal with the threat of unwanted drunken straight male harassment.
As far as the format goes, I enjoyed the long conversation. It would annoy me if I had to watch this in chunks and repeat the intro over and over. It's the internet, so we can always pause or skip ahead if we want to.
I'm really looking forward to seeing Willam here. I love watching Courtney Act and Willam play off each other.
I've just realised that this sounds as though I'm blaming straight men. Of course it's more complicated than that. A guy is just as a much a victim of heteronormative policing as a woman is. They're under pressure to get girls, be masc etc.
Alaska is one of my favorite queens! She always makes me smile and she is so beautiful!
Can someone just loop the Courtney swearing in the manly voice for like 10 hours.... I don't think it was supposed to be funny but I shot Pepsi max all over my sisters living room
I loved more that it worked for him. It could have gone disaster road.
Omg I know right, but that deep scary voice coming from that pretty face had me gagging
so damn funny
alaska is one woke sister. i like that abt her.
drag is by it's very existence a political statement.
i appreciate the artists who use their platforms to address the issues.
This made me love Alaska even more
Alaska thunderfvck is the best in the world
I love Jinkx's voice :O
Alaska completely got it.
I love jinkx in vids with other queens like this. I wish she wasn't always so busy cause I love vids like these where you can really pick each other's minds and get a feel for each persons views in a more casual setting!
I really enjoyed this. However, since you asked I would like to see more structure in the conversation. Jinkx monopolized the conversation, rambled and got off topic alot. I would have loved to hear more from Alaska, everything she said was so insightful and I would have loved to hear what else she had to say.
That's why I love Alaska(and Jinkx and Courtney)
Alaska saved this discussion, all hail alaska!
Jackie looks young and vibrant.
Now i am just going to assume that all the people writing nice comments were actually going to write something hateful and took Jackie's advice and wrote something nice instead! lol xxx
Courtney Act >_
I hope I look that good at age 57
FULL of life :D
Derek Aitken IKR
i didnt even like alaska and suddenly i love her
This really resonated with me. As a woman it can be very uncomfortable walking down the street and having men follow you or shout comments and I do have those moments where I think I'm going to be attacked. Making an aggressive and/or sexually harrassing statement to a stranger who is trying to go about their day to day business and expecting them to respond positively is at best naive and at worst scary as hell.
I would love if the gentlemen that did that kind of thing watched this and maybe thought twice before harrassing someone in the street (the same goes for those who make homophobic comments)
On another note, I looove Alaska and her comments in this video made me love her even more. Looking forward to more of the same!
The things these guys don't understand (because they're men), is that women are scared of men when walking down streets. 1 in 6 women get raped and if you were to smile back at a guy for saying something invasive and scary that he thinks is a compliment, that may be taken by him as leading him on rather than just being 'nice'.
I've had guys call sexual things out at me on the street since I was 12 YEARS OLD, and what guys don't seem to understand is: it's SCARY. You don't know what those men's intentions are! If a stranger calls out to you with a sexual remark on the street, why would anyone see that as harmless? Why does the guy even shout it? Because he's obviously not trying to make a new friend. It's harassment that no woman asks for, and people have got to understand that there's enough cases of rape and violence of men against women in this world for women to be scared straight when a random man decides to take interest in you on a street, of all places.
You guys don't have a right to an opinion on the sexual harassment of women because you don't understand what it's like to be a woman.
bunny Um they clearly sympathized with her by the end of the conversation.......would you rather they hadn't had this conversation at all? Finish the video before you comment
Drew Kingsbury It's not our job to be grateful to a bunch of guys for discussing something that largely won't endanger men. (Street harassment of people in drag is a separate issue.) I agreed with what Alaska said, she seemed to have the best understanding, but Jackie saying the woman should smile back and Courtney saying she'd personally be a bit flattered just showed they can't really grasp how dangerous street harassment makes daily life feel to women.
But the fact of the matter is, if you had seen the whole video, you would see that they had changed their minds and agreed that men shouldn't be able to claim a woman's space in such a way. I'm sorry this video isn't a circlejerk echo chamber that you're used to and you actually had to witness real discourse and people actually changing their minds. Novel concept, I know.
Drew Kingsbury What's your point, aside from being arrogant and self satisfied? You talk about discourse but when the people actually affected by the harassment tell you what they think you shut them down?
Thanks for deleting those other 2 comments, including the one where you claimed I somehow blocked Hedwig from responding, which is not true. Stay classy.
Thanks Alaska for speaking up. I was cringing for the first 6 minutes of this.
Notice how little Alaska talks, but when she does it changes everyones tune. Love her.
watching alaska laugh at those little jokes is one of my favorite moments of life.
also i really liked this topic and it was really cool to see opinions actually change and see people be open to new thoughts and ideas, talking like friends :)
Alaska you are pure perfection. The way you think makes me admire you that much more
Greatful for Alaska's comments - I was listening and thinking. Hmmmm maybe when men harass me first thing in the morning on my way to work I should just smile and be polite and responsive? NO! I'm dressed for work and being told to smile and called princess by the builders. It's belittling and rude and annoying. I don't care about how they see me and they do it to try to get a reaction and sort of make me (and other women ) a joke and a commodity. YES ALASKA!
Alaska needs a Nobel Peace Prize.
lol i cant believe im writing this. but i was in a pretty shitty rut, and was just feeling sorry for myself wasnt living life was letting it pass by. and then i found the AAA girls video, and saw the behind the scenes link thru willams channel, and just seeing how you (courtney) alaska and willam do what you do thru any hate that comes your way really kind of moved me to stop feeling sorry for myself and just start doing things, and feeling better about myself. and i really want to say thanks to you three for helping me get out of the shitty situation i was in. you guys are my newest, and by far favorite role models, keep doing what you're doing, inspire more youth to get out of their shell, and if they arent, inspire them to become a functional human being.
Thanks Courtney you're amazing!
THANK YOU Alaska!
love it! specially when you get to talk about things that you have an actual opinion and point of view. keep them coming.
LETS PUT WILLAM ON THE STREETS OF NEW YORK FOR 3 HOURS AND SEE HOW HES GONNA REACT HE GONNA CONFRONT SOME BITCHES
I would love to see this as an actual talk show on TV and have random guests just doing this. I love this show and I can't wait to see who else will be joining you in the future. (Maybe a top three reunion?)
This is an actual talk show with random guest. TV is dead. Viva la TH-cam :-)
Thank you, Alaska. You gracefully and gently shaped the discussion, and everything you said made sense and was thoughtful. You showed empathy. You're a wonderful person all around.
Laskie's makeup looks amazing
I'm so in love with Alaska after this... even more than before!! She has such an amazing critical thinking and i love it.
Courtney, your hair amazes me. Like it is so perfect I CAN'T!
Thanks! It's a Marilyn in Illegally Blonde from WigsByVanity.com! Vanity added a little blue and purple to it with PaintBox Hair dye! It is my current favorite!
It's great how their opinion evolved throughout the beginning of the conversation. There is nothing wrong with changing your mind. Loved the video.
I love that Jackie re-thought and changed her opinion by re-evaluating the feelings she's had when watching the vid instead of sticking to her immediate opinion just for the sake of it. That shows some character.
This video made me love Alaska so much more
I loved the longer format and it was refreshing to see you all having a serious and poignant discussion. I was honestly thinking this before the whole touchy bit at the end, but I've FINALLY been converted into a legit Courtney fan. And your hair looked fucking phenomenal. Consider me subscribed.
Alaska, as always, has made me so proud for showing understanding and compassion towards women. She's such a perfect bambi.
Thank god for Alaska. Preach girl. I was ready to turn the video off before he started talking.
i love alaska so much for what she said. I love that she truly tries to understand these issues rather than blowing them off like people who havent lived it tend to do
I think I just happen to love Alaska even more now...........
I loved the video, loved the longer format, and everyone looked stunning especially Alaska's face and Courtney's hair
The first couple minutes in this video I thought I'd have to take it with a grain of salt but I'm really happy with where it went. I also enjoy seeing Alaska in a more serious light. I love her more and more everyday.
jinkx is everything omg
he thing is that MEN are a threat to WOMEN in strength. I cannot believe DQs don't get that. With all the harassment anyone gets who is out of the very norm let alone truly threatened. Alaska - the voice of sensibility.
ALASKA! Bringing home the truuuuuth.
thanks for making such a positive video! loved alaska's hair
***** Don't come for me. I'm genuinely saying I love her hair. Your assumption that my comment is sarcastic would lead me to assume you're viewing her decision to style her hair in unique way through a negative lens, thus accusing me of being ingenue about my appreciation for an avant-garde artist, who I have happened to meet and express my appreciation for face to face. Please take a second to think logically before you try to call out someone online. This is exactly what they were talking about in the video. You decided to go through the comments and accuse someone you don't know of being something they're not from the safety of your computer. I am sharing positivity and you're trying to shut me down on a false assumption. In your failed attempt to "do the right thing" you've done just the opposite and it's a shame.
Alaska's makeup!!! AMAZING!
Thank you all so much for recording this discourse! I loved what all parties had to contribute as well as the choice of topics and issues that were up for discussion. Personally, I liked this long conversation format. Can't wait to see more episodes
This was amazing and I feel like you should do more episodes like this because all of you have made a huge impact on a lot of people, in some way, you probably saved a life and don't even know it. I love you all. Courtney this has totally moved my thoughts around about you, I know weird, but it's true, I really was inspired, have me on some time and we can talk about world someone has to and you all are doing it and are extremely intelligent, once again thank you
The point is that women feel scared walking at night because we dont know if these things can escalate into something else and we wouldn't be able to defend ourselves. During the day it's no problem mostly, it's only annoying cuz sometimes we just want to walk without having tj l to acknowledge every guy who talks to us
Jinx has it so spot on. I want to be her friend. Jinx you are such an incredibly well thought person that I greatly admire.
Thought I'd only get a minute in but watched the while thing intently. I really needed this today. I even am trying the journal thing you mentioned. So Courtney, if you're reading this, thankyou for turning my night around.
Definitely prefer the long version (even if it's hard to find time to sit and watch it all lol). Also I loved Alaska's face looking dead in the eyes and open jawwed when Courtney was talking. So much hilarity!
I love each individual on this video. I have watched this multiple times and each time I take something new and remember it. The most important thing I think was the change of thought from Jackie after the video of the girl. That shows real human consciousness and not the perfect TH-cam editing that we often see today. Thank you x
Omg Alaska I officially LOVE you girl..👸..
You were soo laid back and actually thought about what you were going to say .....😊
Jinkx is so cute out of drag
OMG Alaska's makeup is amazing! Like totally and absolutely on point #WOW
Alaska is so amazing and so right. She looks great, and her view is brilliant and what I see as right. Also I love what she's wearing!
Wow, this episode was even better than the last. I loved seeing you all being thoughtful and sharing your thoughts and feelings and experiences.
The 30+ min format is better because you are not cutting off mid thought and then restarting. Also it makes it more like a real tv talk show. Great guests great topics!
I do love the longer version, it feels more complete. I also LOVED hearing what Jackie and Alaska said. I never think about compassionate those queens are because they make us laugh so often, but they're actually very sweet, thoughtful individuals.