why we’re all escaping to fantasy & the middle ages again

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today we are discussing my favourite latest trend: medievalcore! just like in the romantic period and the 60s medieval revival, swords and armor are in fashion again. Is it just escapism, or is there more resistance to fantasy than we think? we'll talk about renaissance faires, lord of the rings, 60s fashion and more! edited by belle advincula 00:00 medievalcore 2:40 romanticism 5:20 60s medieval revival 9:40 renaissance faires 17:50 lord of the rings & counterculture 23:06 fantasy as resistance sources: https://business.pinterest.com/en-gb/pinterest-predicts/2025/castlecore/ From dark academia to medievalcore: fashion is embracing our need for escapism https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/22/dark-academia-medievalcore-fashion-embracing-need-escapism From Neo-Gothic to Knightly Romanticism: Medieval Revival in the 19th Century https://www.barnebys.co.uk/blog/from-neo-gothic-to-knightly-romanticism-medieval-revival-in-the-19th-century The revival of medieval fashion ttps://www.varsity.co.uk/fashion/30058 How the Renaissance Fair Became Americas Favorite Fantasy https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/renaissance-fair-origins-elizabethan-theater The Surprisingly Radical Roots of the Renaissance Fair https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-surprisingly-radical-roots-of-the-renaissance-fair-180982918/ Fair Founders https://fairehistory.org/faire-founders.html The Anti-War Adoption of Lord of the Rings. https://epublications.marquette.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1010&context=english_4610jrrt Hobbits and hippies: Tolkien and the counterculture https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20141120-the-hobbits-and-the-hippies How Fantasy Fuelled 60s Counterculture https://sitarasgarden.substack.com/p/gandalf-for-president The Ent Activist: Why “The Lord of the Rings” Became a Counterculture Icon https://www.americanforests.org/article/the-ent-activist-why-the-lord-of-the-rings-became-a-counterculture-icon/ Greenpeace LOTR advertisement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV6O2QHHTsg edit: the olivia welsh article quoted in the video seems to mostly paraphrase How Fantasy Fuelled 60s Counterculture, so I recommend checking that one out for further reading! 🌼 s o c i a l m e d i a • goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/23388825-leonie-dams • twitter: @thebookleo • instagram: @thebookleo • business enquiries: [email protected] 🌺 a b o u t m e Hi! My name is Leonie and I am a 25 year old girl from the Netherlands who loves talking about books! From YA to non-fiction to classics, I read it all (although fantasy will always be my fave). 🌹 m u s i c Music, art, and video by Jokabi ▸https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXIVJDSKlA6TujMe1d11V5w ▸https://twitter.com/jokabibeats ▸https://instagram.com/jokabi.beats ▸https://open.spotify.com/artist/7F93sQ33frkSEdmSunHEcP?si=Ix8u_NVXQouN-60g66OyMQ&nd=1 Download / Stream Lost Woods ▸ http://smarturl.it/LostWoodsJokabi