Withcindy

Cinthia "Cindy" Pham (born: ), better known online as withcindy (formerly readwithcindy), is an American book YouTuber and art director who discusses books, often in a comedic manner. She has also reviewed and reacted to music, television, and film, particularly if they are adaptations.
==Content==
In the early days of her channel, she would review mainstream fantasy books aimed at the teenage demographic such as Children of Blood and Bone, Harry Potter, The Lunar Chronicles, Red Queen and Vicous. 
She would also react to trailers of book-to-film adaptations and created a fan trailer for the young adult novel Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo. She would also make vlogs about her life and the state of Booktube, including social issues that surrounded it.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kimlDdyTPoo Cindy would also react to her own old poetryhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FcTAp3e7vs and every few months, she would make videos titled "[month] wrap-up" where she would review and rate the books she had read so far. 
She has cited Leigh Bardugo as one of her favorite authors, but despises the works of Sarah J. Maas, partially due to the lack of diversity and the main characters.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5-U1KMk7QYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXHQyBigu6Yhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJTNn99UPukhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1slfNihN2A She has even stated that Sarah J Maas' books ruined her Christmas.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCOpjsY88SA She also was a huge fan of J.K. Rowling, but when her controversial and transphobic actions came to light, Cindy stated that any money she made off of her Harry Potter videos would go to transgender charities. She has also talked about problematic authors and Booktubers.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYJ61Qkw0EM
She has stated that lack of diversity is one of her least favorite things in books, and has series dedicated to books written by Asian authors, or books that center around Asian characters.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lho9cb7Xs2Ahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwpxNDFxlSghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qweYGWPAmWUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qweYGWPAmWU She often donates to charities from the money gained from them.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxxOc_rW8go She has praised The Sun is Also A Star for its diversity,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5EGGjIEXZ4 and praised Moxie due to one scene where a character is called out for white privilege.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mwr6kcg2qM One of the reasons she is a huge fan of Avatar:The Last Airbender to the point she cosplayed as Zuko in a video is due to its diverse cast.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2I2cDnw6aA She also believes books should have more LGBT diversity, and announced that the first book she would be writing would have lesbian protagonists.
Her other content includes her travel vlogs of her going to Los Angeles, New York, Portugal and Texas her cooking videos.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVIU4r8mpmw Her friends would also appear in the videos and react to books and movies alongside her, and sometimes she would take book quizzes or rank tropes.
She also likes anime and shoujo manga,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Hefq6WhYWI and as of 2021 she has started to react more to films and TV series, particularly Netflix originals, and these reactions often involve her friends. However regardless, most of her focus is on books and literature.
She is the 10th most followed user on Goodreads.
==Quotes==
*"You choose looks, I choose books"
*"I LOVE IT WHEN A WOMAN IS INDEPENDENT NOW THAT A MAN ALLOWS HER TO BE"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCOpjsY88SA
*“Somewhere between the first and second books rhysand took a women’s studies course at a community college and became #woke”
*"Hello meninists, here's your stereotypical SJW reacting to a SJW movie"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mwr6kcg2qM
*"On the internet, people like to use their marginalization as a weapon to bolster their social currency but in the real world.... that shit will just get you hate crimed"
*"Do you think I would choose to be straight"
*"She thinks there’s this whole mysterious plot, but she’s just racist"
*"I just wanted to talk about Six of Crows"
*"Imagine if this shit was sapphic"
*"Sometimes I'm grateful for the internet for letting me meet people I would have never met otherwise. Other times I'm resentful at the internet for letting me meet people I would have never met otherwise"
*"All Olivia Rodrigo writes about in her songs is breaking up with her ex" "what else is she gonna write about? her algebra homework?"
*"Sometimes you just want a boy who's stupid, that's my only taste in men"
*"Time and time again, we learn that men ain't shit."
*"First of all, if you ever think a man is perfect, you're delusional"https://twitter.com/_six_of_stories/status/1486620477531377668/photo/2
*"And the thing about people who are emotionally intelligent and empathetic, they are probably like that because they've been through some shit. You don't gain empathy and emotional intelligence unless you have been through trauma".
*"I don't wanna be a girl boss anymore, I just wanna girl relax"
*"The masculine urge to fail upwards"https://twitter.com/readwithcindy/status/1471194678720610305
==Personal Life==
She attended Evergreen Valley High School in San Jose, California. She then went on to graduate with a BA in Design from the University of California, Davis. She majored in graphic design in college, got her first full-time job as a designer at a digital ad agency, and then got promoted to art director on Twitter's creative team.
==Political views==
Cindy has made tweets several times where she condemns racism, and often donates to charities against racial hate.https://twitter.com/readwithcindy/status/1265936011965554688 She supports the Black Lives Matter movementhttps://twitter.com/readwithcindy/status/1268405328120446976 and donated to the bail of protestors who were arrested following the riots after the killing of George Floyd.https://twitter.com/readwithcindy/status/1267911393094725632 Cindy also supports the #FreePalestine movement and has protested for them.https://twitter.com/readwithcindy/status/1393719126728744960/photo/2
==Trivia==
*Cindy is of Southeast Asian descent.
*She has depression.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZrRM8bZ6x0
==Gallery==
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==References==
Category:Commentary YouTubers
Category:Book-narrating YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2018
Category:LGBT YouTubers