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Celebrities have always been subject to the pendulum of relevance and obsession that\u2019s always followed by equal amounts of disdain. Thanks to the internet, this process is not only accelerated, but it\u2019s incredibly more obvious and we\u2019re able to see a more dramatized rise and fall of celebrities. We\u2019ve called this steep fall, canceling, or cancel culture. It can happen to business or products too; one minute this new brand is a hit on social media, the next it\u2019s deemed problematic and outcasted. However, whether it\u2019s a person, a product or business, \u201ccanceling\u201d something or someone is often confused with consumers holding individuals and corporations accountable. When we remember that we don\u2019t owe millionaire celebrities or multi-billion dollar corporations anything whatsoever, cancel culture doesn\u2019t hold up; it isn\u2019t real.

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Hosted by Eileen Shortall and written by Tyler Bey.

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