Andrewism

Andrewism, formerly Saint Andrewism,https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxNiuLx122XAp3lN4dTON_yIVbBnzJsAQb is an Afro-Trinidadian anarchist, artist, and writer.
==Personal Life==
Andrew was homeschooled and selfschooledhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuBDcpW9S_I from the age of around 7.https://twitter.com/_saintdrew/status/1373353158848692229https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsMF48Tqiv4&t=453s The curriculum did not accept climate change or evolution.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsMF48Tqiv4&t=463s Due to growing up in a conservative evangelical Christian environment, it took some time for Andrew to embrace his cultural heritage, and learn about Trinidadian history. His first introduction to politics came from Hunter Avallone.https://saint-drew.medium.com/are-we-patriotic-c34e4215405ahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srPkdBbAJ6I&t=965s He is now an agnostic.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTb-OjUJ9G4&t=1248 He is pursuing a BA in Mass Communicationhttps://twitter.com/_saintdrew/status/1344703688246521857
He is a digital artist, painter, and poet.
His birthday is in March.https://twitter.com/_saintdrew/status/1345142474357014530 His favourite colour is golden yellow.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srPkdBbAJ6I&t=77s
==Politics==
Andrew enjoys philosophyhttps://saint-drew.medium.com/its-okay-to-be-pretentious-4b8bfc61337c His favourite anarchist writers include and ,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTb-OjUJ9G4&t=168s and his favourite political thinker is .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srPkdBbAJ6I&t=476s Andrew has described his political position as post-civilization, post-colonial, solarpunk anarchist-communist (strongly informed by Black Anarchists)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srPkdBbAJ6I&t=89s with Anarkata tendencies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srPkdBbAJ6I&t=23s
==YouTube==
Andrew started YouTube after one of his blog posts got particularly long, and he decided to make it a video.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srPkdBbAJ6I&t=881s
Andrew has stated that he is not trying to appeal to the general public, and that he tries to cover topics that are often ignored.https://twitter.com/_saintdrew/status/1403011325115121666 His videos exist as an “olive branch to the people who tend to be ignored in favour of this myth of the "rugged white coal mining working class Trump supporter" that everyone has to "appeal to."”https://twitter.com/_saintdrew/status/1403011326465740800 He encourages viewers to dig deeper, do their own research, and introspect.https://twitter.com/_saintdrew/status/1403011327598239750 Andrew moderates comments to remove racism and disrespect.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTb-OjUJ9G4&t=650s
Andrew “refuses to compromise [his] most basic principles to "market [him]self" and grow an audience.”https://twitter.com/_saintdrew/status/1403012069948067840
Some of his video scripts can be found on The Anarchist Library.http://theanarchistlibrary.org/category/author/saint-andrew
The music in his videos is produced by salmon_the_ghost
He used the name Saint Andrew because it was his artist signature for a bit.https://twitter.com/_saintdrew/status/1402716019093872640 Saint is the closest English translation to the Japanese word 全人, which is “a person well-balanced morally and intellectually,” which is what Andrew tries to be.https://twitter.com/_saintdrew/status/1289960633841135620 In April 2022, he changed his channel name to Andrewism.https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxNiuLx122XAp3lN4dTON_yIVbBnzJsAQb
He has described Diary of a Wimpy, Arthur, Phineas and Ferb, and Big Nate as some of the early pillars of his sense of humour.https://twitter.com/_saintdrew/status/1269806251300528133
===Second Channel===
Andrew announced his second channel, Extra Andrewism, on July 19, 2021. He plans to publish shorter, more creative, and more experimental content, particularly parodies that may infringe on copyright, to avoid jeopardizing his main channel.https://www.youtube.com/post/UgwkAEoSEW4cm2f3XIJ4AaABCQ
==Subscriber Milestones==
*1,000 subscribers: November 29, 2020https://twitter.com/_saintdrew/status/1332838780697456640
*6,000 subscribers: June 2, 2021 https://twitter.com/_saintdrew/status/1400198200905146374
*9,000 subscribers: June 9, 2021https://twitter.com/_saintdrew/status/1402733900481368076
*10,000 subscribers: June 11, 2021https://twitter.com/_saintdrew/status/1403157853461004298
==References==
Category:Commentary YouTubers
Category:Educational YouTubers
Category:Trinidadian YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2014