Laci Green is a self-styled "sexual futurist" who has been posting vlogs on YouTube since joining the site in 2007.
Similar to fellow vlogger The Amazing Atheist, her early videos (under the YouTube channel "gogreen18") were geared toward anti-theism and religious politics. In 2008, Laci reinvented herself
through a weekly series of vlogs (now titled "Sex +"), in which her discourse has shifted toward relationship advice and social commentary.
Currently, Laci is juggling three Youtube usernames, with her main channel hosting over 100,000 subscribers. She also manages a Sex + blog, filled with random musings as well as tasteful 'reviews' of various sex toys and prophylactics (NSFW, obviously), which can be found here. In addition, she also used to work for Discovery Networks as one of three hosts on their series of DNews science news shorts. She is also hosting the web show MTV Braless which focuses on feminist and other social issues as well as sexuality.
She also hosts a podcast about Internet Culture* called "Indirect Message".
Tropes:
- Accentuate the Negative: Despite her wide mix of intentionally hot-button topics, her biggest controversy is (ironically) the video where she tore into Twilight.
- Berserk Button:
- People who confuse vaginas with vulvas.
- Even though she's an atheist, atheists that gang up on theists and act as if they're superior just because they are atheists can definitely bring out her rage. See here.
- Street harassment.
- Buxom Beauty Standard: Deconstructed in her video about breast size, despite her being quite well-endowed herself. Lampshaded when she jokes that she's qualified to speak on the matter because of her big boobs.
- Can't Believe I Said That: Contrasting the fatphobia of modern society with the Rubenesque paintings of the Baroque period, she calls for a return to "traditional values." ...wait.
- Cluster F-Bomb: Telling a bunch of guys why certain pick up lines don't work.
- Complaining About Shows You Don't Watch: Invoked by her video about reality TV-she stated she doesn't own a television, though she'd seen The Hills among other programs when she visited her parents.
- Country Matters: The subject of one video where she discussed the more sex-positive positive origins of the term.
- Disturbing Statistic:
- Comparing the working hours of most industrial countries with those of Americans.
"SEVERAL HUNDRED EXTRA HOURS?? Do you know how much sex—tional work that translates into?"- After being told via Twitter that she's not eligible for No Shave November.note She came back at them by saying most women spend a year of their life shaving."Sounds like a good way to keep her occupied! As if I don't have anything better to do! I'm busy helping people out on the internet, motherfucker!"
- Free-Love Future / Ethical Slut: Her mission statement, more or less.
- Hurricane of Euphemisms: It's her vagina. Not her "hoo-ha", her "flower", her "special magic place"...
- I Have Boobs, You Must Obey!: The most frequent charge leveled against her.
- Lovable Sex Maniac: Played for laughs.
- "C'mon. Do I look like a pervert who wants to see people naked to you? [Beat] Actually, don't answer that question."
- Lampshaded Double Entendre: "...and when the final exam rolls around, you'll be setting the curve. See what I did there? Setting the curve?"
- Male Gaze: Over 130 videos, and the one with the most hits is about boobs."I receive a lot of email in general about boobs. Makes sense."
- May–December Romance: Discussed in one of her vids on when and how it can be appropriate and healthy.
- Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: In "OMG" - 12 Year Olds Aren't SEXY - "Where? Are? Her parents?!"
- Rebellious Spirit: Her family is Mormon.
- Religion Is Wrong
- Safe, Sane, and Consensual: This seems to be her mantra. Buffered by her visit to a bondage club and inviting others to keep an open mind about it.
- San Francisco: A native, doubtlessly coloring her views on gender politics.
- Shaped Like Itself: (strums ukulele) Let's start at the very beginning / a very good place to start... ♪
- Slut-Shaming: Heavily deconstructs this trope as harmful and oppressive.
- Stop Being Stereotypical: Her views on the condescending, scornful types of atheists who behave like jerkasses and like they're right simply by being jerks.
- Suedonym: In a webchat, she revealed that she is called Laci but her surname is not Green.
- The Talk: As a change of pace, her "Sex +" series is clearly geared toward a younger audience of around 18-25 years old. Few corners of internet boast a frank discussion of sex by such a palatable (i.e. non-skeezy) host.
- There Are No Girls on the Internet: Parodied in the aptly titled "TITS OR GTFO" video.
- Think of the Children!: She says this at the end of "OMG" - 12 Year Olds Aren't SEXY when asking why we must make a big deal about the media sexualising stuff geared toward children at younger and younger ages.
- What Were They Selling Again?: Listing a spiel of breast-related insecurities, all taken from a hair product.
- World of Pun: Clit-ical Thinking!
- Your Mom: Peace be with everyone! ♪ 'Cept your mom, wo-hah."...what?"
