Has cancel culture lost all original meaning and purpose?
I first came across cancel culture as a 16 year-old. I was sitting in English class, and my friends were discussing an article in the New York Times reporting on the allegations made by 13 women accusing Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault.
“Yeah, everyone’s cancelling him,” one of my friends said. “Even if he doesn’t go to jail, his career is definitely over.”
Dumbfounded by the article’s contents and confused as to what she meant by ‘cancelled’, I went home and started doing my own research.
“Yeah, everyone’s cancelling him,” one of my friends said. “Even if he doesn’t go to jail, his career is definitely over.”
Dumbfounded by the article’s contents and confused as to what she meant by ‘cancelled’, I went home and started doing my own research.
