birdsite, terf wizard lady et al, "cancel culture"
meanwhile, it's another normal day on twitter
cancel culture
i feel like there's two different things we talk about both as "cancel culture"
there's the thing where we critically examine the actions and beliefs of people with enormous amounts of influence and hold them accountable
and there's the thing where we use the same mechanisms to destroy the lives of small, often queer, creators for making mistakes or for making problematic content
we play a dangerous game by conflating the two
cancel culture
@typhlosion the latter is what I remember going by "callout culture" before Tumblr detonated and the "X is cancelled" meme got mixed up in the wreckage
re: cancel culture
@it_wasnt_arson same practice different name, in both cases
re: cancel culture
@typhlosion I think the origins of the names are worth thinking about, at least. "callout post" doesn't presuppose any power dynamic, it's a peer warning. "cancelling" implies revoking, removing from power
re: cancel culture
@it_wasnt_arson definitely. ive been thinking about this stuff for years
i would love to talk at greater length about this, im just real tired
