Invite to Submit Question for January AMA Stream

Hi Contra, how do you feel about this handle, ‘’Contra/Contrapoints’’? Do you get a distinct headspace when addressed as Contra as opposed to Natalie? Like a different mode/feeling? Recently I removed Tabby as my YouTube avatar. I had heard one of the South Park creators reminisce about their sadness when first seeing Cartman being, like, appropriated by a fan. In this regard, how do you feel about ownership of your creations? How would Tabby feel about me using her image? How does Tabby feel about a T-shirt on TeePublic with her image but ‘’Contrapoints’’ written over her?

Would you ever get a tattoo? What would it be?

How many siblings do you have? You don't need to answer if this is information you'd like to keep private

sashalarious

Hi Nat! I was just wondering, what are your thoughts on the criticism you received over the Culture War tweet a while back? Some people seem to think that any positive interaction with people like ShoeOnHead should be frowned upon, while it seems to me that she's a somewhat reasonable person with some quite shitty opinions (regarding enbies for example). And perhaps more importantly, did you enjoy Vidcon in general? :) Hope you're doing well!

Emelie Graven

One of my friends recently remarked that it sucked that they were taking down the statue of Robert E. Lee in Dallas. I was caught off guard and was unable to offer a good counter beyond "they lost" and he rebutted along the lines of "we lost Vietnam, but have a memorial". How do I properly tell him he's a fucking idiot?

Garrett Mitchell

Have you noticed the trend of modern politicians appropriating dead or not active radicals to makw them appear more cool or less rascist? I.e Republicans appropriating MLK, some Democrats quoting Black Panthers, in the UK Conservatives tale credit for the NHS even though it was put into place by socialist members of the Labour Party etc... do they know that we can see through their hollow displays and they ultimatley mean nothing? Also don’t burn yourself out with the next video.

Alejandro Herrera

Are there any movies that really touch and mean a lot to you?

Do you have a self care regimen and would you be willing to share what it is?

Hey Nat! Let's say I'm someone who thinks I'm probably against capitalism, but I have no formal education on economic systems, etc since I've devoted a large portion of my life to STEM (probably a mistake :P). Let's also say that I'm a terrible intellectual and can't read an economics textbook because grad school has drained all the desire for dry academic writing outside of my field for at least the next 3.5 millennia. Is there any nonfiction/informative reading that you'd recommend for someone in my (admittedly very specific) position? I ask because I have close friends who are free-market libertarians and I'm pretty sure they're probably wrong, but I don't have any ammo to really argue against that (your example from your video about not being able to argue against a libertarian thinker hit particularly close to home for me). Hope you're doing better than a few months ago, looking forward to the new video!

Tyler Boone

I'm having to write in my phone so Forgive the formatting. What are you opinions about reclaiming slurs? (I'm gay and my partner and I both use the F-word in a joking manner but only when we know it won't bother people around us.) I'm curious how your opinions on this may have shifted ever since coming out as a trans antifa catgirl.

Ivalician

Hi Nat On last month's QA you mentioned you were reading Whipping Girl in preparation for your next video. Do you have any thoughts you wanna share about it or should I just be patient and wait for the autogynephilia video? I'm really looking forward to hearing your thoughts on this topic, but please just share your thoughts on any topic/chapter you thought was interesting. One chapter I would like your opinion on though... chapter 15 (Submissive Streak) - yay or nay? Love, a fellow degenerate comrade.