Traumatic childhood media listicle from @madeleinevoge

The creator presents a list of five pieces of media from her childhood in the late 90s and early 2000s that she believes caused 'psychic injury.' For each item—including a scene from 'Spy Kids,' National Geographic articles about the sun exploding, the movie 'Anastasia,' the Child Catcher from 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,' and lessons on Pompeii—she provides personal anecdotes and uses image overlays as visual aids to explain why she found them terrifying.

Creator: @madeleinevoge on Instagram

Video format

Graphic Yap

Video outline

  1. State provocative thesis
  2. Present evidence list
  3. Analyze each item
  4. Share personal impact
  5. End with lingering effect

Narrative framework

The Shared Trauma Archive

Narrative framework logic

A curated list of seemingly innocuous items from a specific era are re-contextualized as sources of shared, humorous trauma, supported by visual evidence and personal anecdotes.

Topics: Nostalgia, Pop Culture, Movies, Psychology

Concepts: Rapid Fire Listicle, Storytime

Formats: Graphic Yap

Elements: Image Overlay, Jump Cut, Text Overlay

Account types: Personal Brand

Transcript excerpt

Growing up in the late nineties and early two thousands, I no, looking back, believe that there were pieces of early childhood media that were causing us true psychic injury. These are the five that are top of mind right now. First and foremost, this scene from Spy Kids. Loop is a madman, help us, save us. Loop is a madman, help us, save. It really speaks for itself, but if we need to speak for it, this isn't children's content. This is a scene from Dante's Inferno. They should play this at Pentecostal churches to tell you what hell is like. The next is that National Geographic was so intent on letting kids know that the sun was going to explode. The sun is going to explode sometime the next five billion years. And as a kid, five billion years was tonight in my sleep. If I fall asleep, the sun will explode. If If it doesn't explode tonight, it's gonna be tomorrow. I was so convinced I was going to be alive to experience the death of the sun that I wrote an obituary for myself in one of my journals, which looking back doesn't make a lot of sense. Who's gonna find that? The next is the song from Anastasia, Once Upon a December. I won't play it, but I'll sing it for you. Dancing bears

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