Cancel Culture? I Barely Even Know Her!
Cancel Culture? I Barely Even Know Her! Where in the World Is Cancel Culture? Cancel culture. It's one of the most contentious and controversial subjects in modern-day society, which probably has something to do with its inherently conflictual nature. I'm sure this widespread discourse about cancel culture in general will be reflected in the cavalcade of blogs about it this week that my peers will produce, but I think a lot of people talking about cancel culture - both in these blogs and across the wider internet - miss a huge aspect of it. That is, cancel culture only works in a heavily constrained environment. Cancel culture only has power online, in places like these blogs. In fact, I'd go as far to say that cancel culture is a heavily situational force that only works in an online space and never works in real life. Of course, I recognize the hypocrisy in saying this because I'm also talking about c...