just FYI, the volume levels are low on this one due to an editing error! So turn up your volumes! (Also the end of the video had a copyright issue so sorry for the janky last few seconds, I had to remove the music)

Dickinson's reclusiveness and "eccentricity" was largely FAKE narrative constructed after her death. It was made up to fit the idea of a "tragic, misunderstood genius" (the same stereotype applied to artists like Van Gogh). In real life, she actively engaged with other artists and tried to constantly tried to publish her poetry. The image of her as a lonely eccentric erases her life-long battle to be recognized as a groundbreaking female writer.

As a autistic poet myself always liked reading Emily's work when I was in High School long ago. She really had a great soul.

I didn’t understand my autism in high school, but I could feel a deep connection with Dickinson’s poetry regardless. I loved how much her personal feelings resonated with me.

Nice video although i'd like to say that as a highly masking autist myself, i find the notion that autism is only a disability because of society to be incorrect and ableist because it disregards the profound disability of those with high support needs, where their autism would be disabling no matter society and they need constant care.

i just got my autism diagnosis and i’m so relieved.

yes! i'm autistic and write poetry--AND recently presented a paper about the autistic-ness of Dickinson's poetry at Amherst College ❤‍🔥 so glad for this video!

I wrote this first bit of music. This is way better than the instructional prostate exam video it was used on a couple of years ago!

I didn't think of her as autistic when I became low-key obsessed with her poetry. I just thought she was an eloquent, brilliant, perceptive, reverent, kind-hearted, nature-loving lesbian xD Now I know why her work REALLY resonates with me I guess :P

I've always felt a connection to her work since I first read it in school. It all makes so much sense now

English as a subject was always my least favorite in school. I always had trouble reading to the bottom of a page without wandering off in thought along the way or just found it impossible to articulate whatever thought or idea it was I was trying to get across in writing. It especially became a problem in college when many classes were heavy with paper writing, I'd often only be able to turn in one paper per class just barely getting by with a D or C for final grade.
I mention all that just to say although I was vaguely familiar with who Emily Dickinson was, because of my general aversion to reading, her writings (or any poetry for that matter) weren't a world I'd ever really explored before. Now having learned what I have from this video I find something really comforting in knowing why it was she was drawn to poetry and how she'd organize her thoughts into these little snippets only to literally stitch them together. There's alot of points in this video I can really identify with but that one especially I can really relate with. It brings to mind the time I discovered what would become my favorite book, Canícula by Norma Cantu (great read highly recommend). The whole book is written in these vignettes and it was a writing style that at that point I'd never really encountered but felt so personal to me, it was exactly how I expressed thoughts and or communicated ideas to myself.

Completely unrelated to Emily, but I'm an autistic person with an archaeology degree, and one of my lecturers has written a book discussing evidence of autism being evident all the way back in prehistory. The main point is the accuracy yet repetition of certain animals being drawn; we have always seen the world differently. I used to wish I could get rid of my autism, but now, despite the struggles, I wouldn't change it for the world. I truly believe it can allow people to connect with, and see, the world differently. Sometimes the depth and intensity I experience the world around me is overwhelming, but there's so much beauty and interwoven themes that neurotypicals generally tend to miss or overlook.

Seeing this video drop made mt day dude I can't WAIT to watch this your so cool

i LOVE the "all engrossed in the history of sulfuric acid!!!!!" snippet, sounds like something i could DM my friends or vice versa (and yes, now i wonder if sulfuric acid has any interesting cultural history..........)

i absolutely love emily dickinson. she remains to this day, one of my role models for being authenticaly myself as an autistic adult. this video was very well put together and i loved both your personal analysis and the overall autistic analysis as well.

love that she made those fascicle booklets -- instantly reminded me of zines. btw a fascicle is a botanical term as well, meaning a bundle or cluster (such as the fascicle that holds pine needles together). i have always adored her & didn't know she made these before, thank you for including it in this lovely video essay <3

Dickinson is my favourite poet, & I’m autistic. While she isn’t one of my hyper fixations, I love that I get to see her being talked about in a different way. But in a way that doesn’t make it seem like she was “off”.

Opal Whitley wrote a Dickinson-like diary that any lover of Dickinson should read❤ I enjoy your videos.

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I found this because my friend and I went to the Dickinson museum today. The main idea I gathered from your essay is that Emily's peculiar interactions in her society resulted from her autonomy, not her pathology.  Thanks for your work on this video!