March 2014

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Besides this video series, which is all based in fact, Hannah also creates sex education videos that are based more on her opinion. In these videos, she has spoken about homosexuality, friends with benefits, societal expectations of women and more.

She has covered “Skinny Love” by Bon Iver, “Wrecking Ball” by Miley Cyrus and “Universal Solider” by Buffy Sainte-Marie. Hannah shows off her funny side in a Room Raiders spoof video and a makeup tutorial parody titled “How To Put Your Face On.” And like many YouTubers she’s done the “3 But unlike your sex education Minute Makeup Challenge” class, Hannah keeps things real. and the “Best Friend Challenge” She does not beat around the tag videos (a tag video is bush, and there are not any usually based on a broad topic cringe-worthy videos from the that YouTubers put their own 1980’s to be found. Because spin on and tag other users in). Hannah speaks directly into the camera, it’s like learning from an older sister or close friend. Better still, you can [ Hannah ] learn in the comfor t of your pajamas instead of sitting HAS SPOKEN in class full of fellow embarABOUT rassed students. Recently, Hannah was also featured in a MTV documentary about her own sexual experiences. In this documentary, Hannah talked candidly (just as she does on her YouTube channel) about her personal experiences with onenight stands. Hannah’s YouTube endeavors stretch even fur ther than that, though. She’s a talented singer, a bit of a comedian and a “tagger.”

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HOMOSEXUALITY, FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS, SOCIETAL EXPECTATIONS OF WOMEN AND MORE.

From sex education to tag videos, like Louise, Hannah’s videos span a wide range of genres.

HANNAH HART My Drunk Kitchen Still from Pumpkin Fritters video by My Drunk Kitchen

While it’s helpful that YouTube has so many oppor tunities to educate, the site is also a source of entertainment. And entertainment is exactly what you get when you watch My Drunk Kitchen. My Drunk Kitchen is the brainchild of YouTuber Hannah Hart. Every Thursday Hannah posts a video of herself cooking or baking something while slightly intoxicated. Undoubtedly this is unsafe, which is why Hannah tells her audience to cook responsibly. But Hannah’s subscribers (all 985,000+ of them) think her kitchen antics are more comedic than not. The recipe for a My Drunk Kitchen episode includes:


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