I watched my first Magdalen Berns video on the anniversary of her death. I had heard so much about her by then, I wasn't sure what to expect. Someone loud, rude and aggressive, I think. By the time I watched her video, I had also seen the blackface Tweet referenced ad nauseum.
To me, she comes across as the equivalent of the little boy in the Emperor's New Clothes. Her attitude was very much 'yeah, but that's a man, though.' I found her less aggressive and more humerous in tone than I was expecting - she made me laugh.
She comes across as less strident than Posie Parker (Kellie-Jay Keen Minshull). I liked her dry style.
I appreciate that her style might not have chimed with everyone and I recognise that she may have put some people off. However, I think for others she might have been a more accessible figure. She certainly couldn't be dismissed as a middle-aged, moaning "Karen".
I can understand why the blackface Tweet was so controversial. In light of the videos I have seen, my take on it is that MB directed it at a very specific group of TRAs that were verbally abusing her. It certainly wasn't a recurring theme in her videos.
I tend to agree with PPs who say it is telling that that one Tweet is wheeled out continuously, despite MB's numerous videos and Tweets on the subject.