Stray Kids: The Megaverse

wherein i, your occasionally gentle host and clinical therapist Lullaby Bee, spend an hour analyzing an under 20 minute video

Today's SKZ Songs of the Day are Novel, B Me, and NOT! You can find my social media, RSS, and kofi links here: https://metaskzverse.carrd.co/I lied in the episode about my email! You can email me at [email protected] :)What is it to be "normal"? And what do we expect of idols in portraying normality? This episode focuses on an understanding of what neurodivergence, neurotypicality, and disability are, and how we see these concepts portrayed at a high level in KPOP and Stray Kids. This is part two of a series. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's SKZ Songs of the Day are S-Class, Cheese, and Voices. You can find my social media, RSS, and kofi links here: https://metaskzverse.carrd.co/What is it to be "normal"? And what do we expect of idols in portraying normality? This episode focuses on an understanding of what neurodivergence, neurotypicality, and disability are, and how we see these concepts portrayed at a high level in KPOP and Stray Kids.Primary content warnings for this episode include discussion of disability, disabling events, and general mental illness discussion. Most content is academic in nature for this episode.Upcoming content includes:- State of the Meta: Neurodivergence and the Platonic Ideal (part two)- dominATE Seattle: Local Places to Go for Every SKZ Stan on youtube- Theme & Storylines: Oddities and Aliens (part three)- Therapist Analysis of Alien/Human/Hold My Hand on youtube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's SKZ Song of the Day is Social Path. You can find my social media, RSS, and kofi links here: https://metaskzverse.carrd.co/Content by Timestamp:Beginning - 36:40: Defining the State of the meta; Person in Environment thinking, human rights perspectives, and systems thinking37:20: Defining and understanding Reality TV and the overlapping similarities to KPOP industry46:55 - 66:50: Unethical and immoral production methods of Reality entertainment media, and how manipulation can happen outside of legal and ethical structures, and the leveraging of uninformed consent66:50 - 72:54: The history of debuting minors in JPOP, as relating to Johnny's & Associates (now known as STARTO entertainment)72:54 -- an entire three minutes of me drinking tea, eating nachos, delaying this horrible conversation, and speculating off cuff about tangents76:03- 75:49: VCHA, and KG's lawsuit, including implications for JYPE, SKZ, and the larger industry75:49 - 89:15: The facsimile of personal real life through personas and editing, and how presenting authenticity may result in fandom misinterpretation of members' personal emotionsContent warnings by timestamp:46:55 - end: Production in reality television; physical and mental manipulation, abuse, and exploitation; audience emotional manipulation in media; references to suicidality and death by suicide; references to sexual assault; disordered eating, and references to body and food shaming60:31 - 75:49: - exploitation and mental and physical abuse of minors66:50 - 72:54: grooming, exploitation, sexual assault, and rape of minors (Johnny's & Associates, and references to Nickelodeon & Disney)Upcoming content includes:- Therapist Analysis of Railway and Unfair on youtube- State of the Meta: Neurodivergence and the Platonic Ideal (part one)- Theme & Storylines: Oddities and Aliens (part two)- Therapist Analysis of Alien/Human/Hold My Hand on yotube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back, Stay. Today's songs of the episode are MEGAVERSE and Stray Kids.Today, Lullaby talks about the concept of stories, narratives and themes, bridging the gap between personal stories, fictional stories, and the many in between. This introduction episode will build a primer to understanding how we build narratives in our minds, how they impact us, and how they connect to other stories and culture as a whole.Find me on any of these places on this carrd -- and if you enjoy this work, and would like to not have to worry about acast ads eventually being here, a ko-fi tip would be greatly appreciated :) metaskzverse.carrd.co Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's episode is our introduction on the concept of staged, social, and private personas. This episode's song is Red Lights, and includes some analysis on how we can view the artists through their art.Content warnings only include discussions of portraying sex, sexuality, and sensuality within media and as entertainers.If you'd like to join the discussion or give helpful feedback on this episode, you can find me on both instagram and threads @metaskzverse. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why are we here? What are we doing? I can't answer those on an existential level, but I *can* tell you about the reasoning, premise, and structure behind this silly podcast about these eight dudes I've never met. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.