Natalie Wynn (born October 21, 1988) is an American left-wing YouTuber, political commentator, and cultural critic. She is best known for her YouTube channel, ContraPoints, where she creates video essays exploring a wide range of topics such as politics, gender, ethics, race, and philosophy.
Her videos often provide counterargument to right-wing extremists and classical liberals. They comment on modern social issues such as class inequality, LGBTQ rights (particularly transgender rights), cancel culture, and modern internet culture.[3] Her videos make use of set design, costumes and characters.[4] Wynn has won a Streamy Award for "Commentary" in 2020, and was nominated in the same category at the 2021 Streamy Awards.[5][6] In 2022, she became an honoree of a Peabody Award.[7]
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^@ContraPoints (August 19, 2020). "gorges to be honest I've been in the depths of a major depressive episode for a couple months and not doing well at all, but 1 million subs has jolted me alive and I'm so grateful for everything, thank you, love you so much" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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with ContraPoints - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Archived from the original on January 2, 2021. Retrieved December 18, 2020. "Talking w/ Contrapoints - The...
the Gamergate controversy, and Natalie Wynn, who started her channel ContraPoints in 2016 in response to the online dominance of the alt-right at the time...
many of her public debates with public figures such as Ben Shapiro, ContraPoints, and Onision. She became the first openly transgender woman to be featured...
Alt-Right's Dominance of the Site". New York. Retrieved July 17, 2018. ContraPoints (February 15, 2020). "Shame". Youtube. Retrieved February 16, 2020. NIKOCADO...
1177/01968599211040835. hdl:1828/14709. Earl, Jessie (October 21, 2019). "What Does the ContraPoints Controversy Say About the Way We Criticize?". Pride.com. Retrieved January...
Singh; the stream also featured internet personalities Hasan Piker, ContraPoints, Corpse Husband, Sykkuno and xQc. In 2022, Letourneau received a nomination...
2021 interview, Natalie Wynn, a left-wing YouTuber who runs the channel ContraPoints, commented: "The alt-right, the manosphere, incels, even the so-called...
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