How fans attending Chris Brown’s sold out UK tour are referencing race in their arguments against the singer’s ‘cancellation’.
Tag: cancel culture
Roald Dahl Rewrites: Rather Than Bowdlerising Books on Moral Grounds We Should Help Children To Navigate History
Children’s books implicitly shape the minds of young readers – and are covertly censored in many ways. But revising occasional words will usually not shift the values regarded as …
Witch Trials, TERF Wars and the Voice of Conscience in a New Podcast About J.K. Rowling
The just-released audio documentary ‘The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling’ explores the debate surrounding one of the world’s most successful authors and her controversial views on gender and sex.
The Right Tried to Cancel the ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’
The Right has successfully framed “canceling” as something leftists do. But it’s the snowflakes on the Right who have typically led the charge to censor culture.
Sajid Khan: How Men Evade Accountability
This vindication of Sajid Khan with his return to public life in the ongoing season of Bigg Boss is proof that accountability is rare for men in a deeply …
Interview: The Making of ‘Shakti’, Aditi Ramesh’s First Music Video
Released last December, the video directed by Ronit Sarkar has already bagged the Best Music Video of the Year at the The Indian Music Diaries Awards 2022.
’15 Minutes of Shame’ Has Nothing New to Say About Cancel Culture
The new Monica Lewinsky–produced documentary takes the issue seriously without turning it into a cultural war bludgeon. But it can’t imagine a solution that isn’t dangerous.
Christopher Hitchens: The Gadfly the World Needs Today
Sometimes brash, always brilliant, but never boring, Christopher Hitchens was an enigma our present has no parallel for.
The Problem With the ‘Women Have Legs’ Campaign
We need to critically introspect whether movements like ‘women have legs’ are in fact exposing our feet of clay.