The Cancel Culture is toxic. It is time we resist it | HT Analysis
5 years, 1 month ago

The Cancel Culture is toxic. It is time we resist it | HT Analysis

Hindustan Times  

When Joaquin Phoenix walked on to the stage at the 92nd Academy Awards, fans expected an eccentric speech. In an all-encompassing speech, Phoenix talked about the urgency of fixing the world, for peaceful coexistence of all living beings, and concluded with the importance of giving second chances He said, “I’ve been a scoundrel in my life. Last year, when comedian Kevin Hart was to host it, people took to social media to “cancel” him for anti-Semitic jokes he posted years ago. When Tarana Burke founded the MeToo movement in 2007, and then later saw it being reduced to a social media hunt to “cancel men”, she expressed her disappointment. As Barack Obama said about the cancel culture, “If all you’re doing is casting stones, you’re probably not going to get that far.” marika.gabriel@htdigital.in The views expressed are personal

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"Feedback effects": The real censorship caused by fake "cancel culture" outrage
5 months, 2 weeks ago

"Feedback effects": The real censorship caused by fake "cancel culture" outrage

Salon  

"Cancel culture" is a phantasm. In his new book "The Cancel Culture Panic: How an American Obsession Went Global," Stanford professor Adrian Daub argues that the hysterics over this alleged trend amount to a moral panic. Without the cancel culture frame, people would say, "Well, what's the big deal?" Initially, it was a way to describe online mobs yelling at …

Why it’s time to cancel TV dramas about cancel culture
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Why it’s time to cancel TV dramas about cancel culture

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Daily Mail has called it “a chilling tale …

No one cares anymore about cancel culture, but it is a heckuva marketing tool for some comics
10 months, 1 week ago

No one cares anymore about cancel culture, but it is a heckuva marketing tool for some comics

Salon  

Thank you, Bill Burr, for sparing me from suffering through more than 90 minutes of Bill Maher’s desiccating “Club Random” podcast. “Isn’t it time everyone just went, ‘OK, it wasn’t a cool thing to do, but it’s been long enough and welcome back to the work'?” Maher droned, becoming what feels like the 587th famous performer to mourn their inability …

Cancel Culture Shouldn't Be So Permanent
1 year, 4 months ago

Cancel Culture Shouldn't Be So Permanent

Huff Post  

Maddie Abuyuan / HuffPost; Getty Images People Deserve Space To Evolve — But Cancel Culture Doesn't Allow For It We live in a system of shaming and ridiculing that discourages honest, uncomfortable conversations on how to move forward. In a 2020 New York Times article that grapples with the conditions of today’s cancel culture, a college student shared how she …

What Cancel Culture Was Meant To Be
1 year, 4 months ago

What Cancel Culture Was Meant To Be

Huff Post  

Maddie Abuyuan / HuffPost; Pool via Getty Images What Cancel Culture Was Meant To Be The days of the disempowered staying quiet are over, but historical biases and confusing rhetoric have changed how we hold wrongdoers accountable. Cancel culture takes call-out culture a step further — though some see them as one and the same — demanding that offenders face …

How Cancel Culture Collapsed
1 year, 4 months ago

How Cancel Culture Collapsed

Huff Post  

Maddie Abuyuan / HuffPost; Rich Polk / Stringer via Getty Images; Kevin Winter / Getty Images Where We Lost The Thread On Cancel Culture A lack of organization, rules and nuance have long plagued our ritualized public scorn. It wasn’t that cancel culture shouldn’t have addressed the sexual misconduct allegations against the actor stemming from his behavior on a date …

Tim Minchin says cancel culture is ‘psychopathic’
1 year, 9 months ago

Tim Minchin says cancel culture is ‘psychopathic’

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Tim Minchin has discussed “cancel culture” in a powerful interview on …

The rise and fall of cancel culture in comedy
2 years, 3 months ago

The rise and fall of cancel culture in comedy

LA Times  

For as long as people have been able to publicly voice their dissent, some version of cancel culture has existed. “Social media creates the illusion that hostility is greater because you’re scrolling all day,” said former stand-up comic and comedy historian Kliph Nesteroff. Today the social media equivalent, we’re never throwing out the newspaper.” Back in the analog days, “If …

Graham Norton deletes Twitter after comments on JK Rowling and ‘cancel culture’ go viral
2 years, 5 months ago

Graham Norton deletes Twitter after comments on JK Rowling and ‘cancel culture’ go viral

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Graham Norton has deleted his …

"Canceling is relative": Michael Che on his comedy boundaries & why he's not leaving "SNL" just yet
2 years, 9 months ago

"Canceling is relative": Michael Che on his comedy boundaries & why he's not leaving "SNL" just yet

Salon  

Are comedians ever really canceled for telling a bad joke? I feel like there's Michael Che, the person, when you're talking about these issues in interviews, and then there's you on "Saturday Night Live," and then there's you doing stand-up. I remember when we was kids, people used to be like, "I got so many haters," and it's like, you …

‘Cancel Culture’ Becomes Entertaining at the New York Times
3 years ago

‘Cancel Culture’ Becomes Entertaining at the New York Times

Politico  

Baquet, according to reporting by my POLITICO colleagues Rachael Bade and Max Tani, defused an angry meeting in the Times Washington bureau by saying that Rosenberg had said “really stupid stuff” but that Project Veritas was engaged in what amounted to psychological warfare by sowing discord inside the Times — “trying to make our heads explode.” It is evident that …

Maureen Lipman claims cancel culture could ‘wipe out’ comedy
3 years, 3 months ago

Maureen Lipman claims cancel culture could ‘wipe out’ comedy

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Maureen Lipman has claimed that a “revolution” is taking place in …

Michael Sheen says cancel culture discussion distracts from ‘real dangers’
3 years, 3 months ago

Michael Sheen says cancel culture discussion distracts from ‘real dangers’

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Michael Sheen has criticised the amount of airtime “cancel culture” is …

Will someone tell John Cleese that ‘cancel culture’ is a meaningless term?
3 years, 7 months ago

Will someone tell John Cleese that ‘cancel culture’ is a meaningless term?

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Tauntingly titled Cancel Me, the doc will reportedly see Cleese explore “why a new ‘woke’ …

Conservatives claim to hate "cancel culture" — but it's the heart of the right-wing agenda
3 years, 10 months ago

Conservatives claim to hate "cancel culture" — but it's the heart of the right-wing agenda

Salon  

You know who's not canceled? Despite earlier boutique appeal, the term "cancel culture" had only faintly registered with the broader public before the July Fourth holiday last year, when then-President Donald Trump gave a speech at Mount Rushmore, warning of "a growing danger that threatens every blessing our ancestors fought so hard for," and saying that his opponents' "political weapons" …

Levar Burton Schools Meghan McCain On 'Cancel Culture'
3 years, 11 months ago

Levar Burton Schools Meghan McCain On 'Cancel Culture'

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Meghan McCain attempted to bait Levar Burton into a debate about “cancel culture” during Monday’s episode of “The View,” but the “Reading Rainbow” host turned it into a teachable moment. It started when McCain asked Burton about the decision Dr. Seuss Enterprises made in March to cease publishing six children’s books because of racist and insensitive imagery. …

64% of Americans view ‘cancel culture’ as mounting threat to freedom
3 years, 11 months ago

64% of Americans view ‘cancel culture’ as mounting threat to freedom

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A majority of Americans view “cancel culture” as a threat …

Tulsi Gabbard compares cancel culture to ISIS and Al-Qaeda in Fox News interview
4 years ago

Tulsi Gabbard compares cancel culture to ISIS and Al-Qaeda in Fox News interview

The Independent  

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The Real Victims of Cancel Culture
55 years, 2 months ago

The Real Victims of Cancel Culture

Slate  

If you spend any time on social media, you’ve heard of cancel culture. People get canceled all the time because they’ve done stupid things, whether or not they deserve to be canceled. It’s never coming back.” But if people can come back, are they ever really canceled, or are they just facing consequences? But you have to be able to …

Can We Please Stop Talking About Cancel Culture?
4 years ago

Can We Please Stop Talking About Cancel Culture?

Huff Post  

"On Beyond Zebra" is one of six books that Dr. Seuss Enterprises recently announced would no longer be published due to offensive content. In a 2018 investigation in The New York Times, Jonah Engel Bromwich rather archly argues, “If you announce that someone is canceled, they’re canceled.” This is essentially how the anti-cancel-culture brigade treats the concept, which explains their …

Cancel culture is the ‘number one’ issue in America, Jim Jordan claims amid pandemic
4 years, 1 month ago

Cancel culture is the ‘number one’ issue in America, Jim Jordan claims amid pandemic

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “This is the number one issue for the country to address today,” Mr Jordan …

When Republicans Attack 'Cancel Culture,' What Does It Mean?
4 years, 1 month ago

When Republicans Attack 'Cancel Culture,' What Does It Mean?

NPR  

When Republicans Attack 'Cancel Culture,' What Does It Mean? Rather, "cancel culture" is everywhere — as in, the phrase that inundates you lately when you listen to a political speech or turn on cable news. "If people say, 'Hey, I personally don't like this person, so I'm not going to buy the products,' that's one thing," said Yascha Mounk, a …

Bryan Cranston criticises ‘cancel culture’: ‘I think our societies have become less tolerant, less forgiving’
4 years, 2 months ago

Bryan Cranston criticises ‘cancel culture’: ‘I think our societies have become less tolerant, less forgiving’

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Actor Bryan Cranston has criticised the idea of “cancel culture” in …

John Cleese rails against cancel culture: ‘It's this pathetic idea that people can’t stand up for themselves’
4 years, 5 months ago

John Cleese rails against cancel culture: ‘It's this pathetic idea that people can’t stand up for themselves’

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy John Cleese has issued another …

50 Cent says cancel culture targets 'heterosexual males' as they're now more inferior
4 years, 7 months ago

50 Cent says cancel culture targets 'heterosexual males' as they're now more inferior

The Independent  

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Ricky Gervais calls out cancel culture: ‘You shouldn’t have to go to court for telling a joke’
4 years, 7 months ago

Ricky Gervais calls out cancel culture: ‘You shouldn’t have to go to court for telling a joke’

The Independent  

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Everywhere and nowhere: The many layers of ‘cancel culture’
4 years, 8 months ago

Everywhere and nowhere: The many layers of ‘cancel culture’

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — So you’ve probably read a lot about “cancel culture.” Or know about a new poll that shows a plurality of Americans disapproving of it. We didn’t talk about ‘cancel culture’ when someone was charged with a crime and had to stay in jail because they couldn’t afford the bail.” — “‘Cancel culture’ tacitly attempts to disable the …

Jameela Jamil says celebrity cancel culture is ‘pointless waste of time’ amid JK Rowling criticism
4 years, 8 months ago

Jameela Jamil says celebrity cancel culture is ‘pointless waste of time’ amid JK Rowling criticism

The Independent  

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Column: ‘Cancel culture’ is not the problem. The Harper’s letter is
4 years, 8 months ago

Column: ‘Cancel culture’ is not the problem. The Harper’s letter is

LA Times  

J.K. Rowling is among dozens of writers, artists and academics to argue against ideological conformity in an open letter in Harper’s magazine. Here’s how you know that satire is an elemental force of the universe: Even as many were celebrating the firing of the “I feel threatened” guy — a Florida man made infamous by a widely circulated video of …

Barack Obama calls out cancel culture: ‘That’s not activism, that’s not bringing about change’
5 years, 4 months ago

Barack Obama calls out cancel culture: ‘That’s not activism, that’s not bringing about change’

The Independent  

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Cancel culture doesn't silence celebrities; it merely holds them accountable for their words and actions
5 years, 5 months ago

Cancel culture doesn't silence celebrities; it merely holds them accountable for their words and actions

Firstpost  

In Sticks and Stones, Dave Chappelle complains about how regular people the world-over are holding him and his fellow celebrities accountable for their words and actions. “This is the worst time every to be a celebrity”, he says referring to so-called ‘cancel culture.’ “You’re gonna be finished. And, then there’s Louis CK, who Chappelle says “was a very good friend …

Concerning Consent, Chappelle, and Canceling Cancel Culture
5 years, 6 months ago

Concerning Consent, Chappelle, and Canceling Cancel Culture

Wired  

In November 1990, the Womyn of Antioch, a student group at Antioch College, published a list of demands in the campus newspaper, threatening “radical physical action” if those demands weren’t met the following week. In 2004, Dave Chappelle released a sketch, “Love Contract,” whose subject was formalized consent policies like Antioch’s. He sees “cancel culture”—progressive Americans’ attempts to police culture, …

‘Cancel culture’? Sarah Silverman calls it ‘righteousness porn’ and ‘really scary’
5 years, 7 months ago

‘Cancel culture’? Sarah Silverman calls it ‘righteousness porn’ and ‘really scary’

LA Times  

Sarah Silverman thinks “cancel culture” should be canceled — in most cases. “It’s really scary,” Silverman said of the cancel trend. After all, she’s had no problem jumping on the cancel train for controversial public figures like President Trump and Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh. “There’s so much to be genuinely outraged by, but you have to say, ‘Is …

Can we still listen to Michael Jackson? We wouldn't need "cancel culture" if we had justice culture
6 years ago

Can we still listen to Michael Jackson? We wouldn't need "cancel culture" if we had justice culture

Salon  

"Cancel culture" — the recently coined term describing a movement to remove the works of prominent artists who've done terrible things from the cultural canon — is about to face the toughest test of its limits imaginable. But if there was some assurance that real justice was possible, would cancel culture even feel necessary or important to so many people? …

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