Cancelling Cancel CultureCancel Culture Is Canceled. Meet Accountability Culture. The difference between accountability culture and cancel culture is the same as the one between retributive justice and restorative justice. By Devrupa Rakshit
Need a RefundThe Buzz Cut: Two Formerly Cool Artists Become Unexpected Competitors in Race to Cancellation This week in The Buzz Cut, cool celebrities hurtle toward oblivion, a patriarchal festival is feminist, and a man who owns the grapevine quits Twitter. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Acknowledgement MattersHow the Pressure To Be Politically Correct Can Lead to Mental Fatigue “[W]e are most definitely not saying that people should not be politically correct... [But] there are likely a number of ways in which these negative effects can be mitigated.” By Devrupa Rakshit
Cancel This CultureHow Celeb Fan Culture Minimizes Accountability Zoe Kravitz was recently cancelled after calling out Will Smith, but the incident spotlights a culture of weaponizing issues rather than addressing them. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
All That Talk...Our Activism Is Too Focused on Performance to Acknowledge Allies Who Aren’t ‘Vocally’ Woke Sometimes we look down on people who don't always say the right things, instead of checking whether they're doing the right things. By Devrupa Rakshit
Are You Listening?The Pressure To Always Say the ‘Right’ Thing Affects the Way We Communicate When we internally script conversations, communication becomes confusing at best, and performative at worst. By Devrupa Rakshit
Hashtag ActivismHow Retweets and Likes on Social Media ‘Reward’ Moral Outrage Outrage plays a role in socio-political change, but social media companies can influence the success or failure of collective movements. By Saumya Kalia
The Kids Could Be AlrightCancel Culture Cannot Be The Knee Jerk Reaction To Mildy Controversial Gaffes Perhaps it's time to reckon with the fact that we all have previously said things we now regret. By Aditi Murti
