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Natalie Wynn
@contrapoints · Reporting
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THE TIMELINE / PUBLIC REACTION
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THE RECEIPTS
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062022 · Recognition
Receives a Peabody Digital and Interactive Storytelling honour
Wynn was included among the Peabody organisation's inaugural digital-media honourees.
Open source ↗052020 · Recognition
Natalie Wynn wins the Streamy Award for commentary
ContraPoints received the commentary award after several years of long-form political video essays.
Open source ↗04JAN 2020 · Correction
Publishes Canceling in response to sustained criticism
Publishes Canceling in response to sustained criticism.
Open source ↗03NOV 2018 · Business
After a ContraPoints video about incels reached over one million views, The New Yorker carried a report on the channel
In November 2018, after a ContraPoints video about incels reached over one million views, The New Yorker carried a report on the channel, describing Wynn as "one of the few Internet demi-celebrities who is as clever as she thinks she is, and one of the few leftists anywhere who can be nuanced without being boring." The Verge has called Wynn's "confident and indulgent" persona in ContraPoints as "decadent" in "the mold of Oscar Wilde by way of Weird Twitter," commenting on her postmodern rococo set design and the "bewildering" variety of characters she deploys.
Open source ↗022016 · Dispute
She began the ContraPoints channel in reaction to the Gamergate controversy
In 2016, she began the ContraPoints channel in reaction to the Gamergate controversy and the increasing prevalence of right-wing YouTubers, shifting her content to countering their arguments.
Open source ↗012008 · Milestone
Begins publishing political and philosophical videos
Begins publishing political and philosophical videos.
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