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Podcast: Fascinating Nouns
Episode: Ep. 187: The Cancer of Cancel Culture
Description: “May You Live In Interesting Times” is a saying that I have heard several times over the past 18 months. While a tad overused, I do believe that it is absolutely true right now. One of the most interesting things going on in this moment is the proliferation of “Cancel Culture”, which is where a group of people either “harass” or “hold accountable” (depending on which side of the argument you are on) a person on social media because of something they either said or did that the group deems as socially unacceptable (typically either racist, sexist, or transphobic). This is typically done i...