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TheGameSheet But that fundamentally misunderstands what "cancelling" is. Cancelling is *specifically* a cultural shift led by influential to reappraise someone's professional context & push for their ejection from their present space on basis of their perceived actions...Permalink On twitter.com
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TheGameSheet Like someone isn't cancelled because "sales bad". Someone is cancelled specifically because people like critics start locking them out of the centers of cultural power, which is often heavily focused by favorable coverage by critics in their field...Permalink On twitter.com
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TheGameSheet The whole *point* of the concept of "cancelling someone" is to pit cultural power against a perceived failure of judicial power. It is specifically measured out by professional critical writing and not by sales numbers.Permalink On twitter.com
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TheGameSheet Not just professional critical writing either, but cultural power as it manifests in various culture spaces and within various communities, often those best viewed *on Twitter* which is why linking to tweets as a measure of cancellation is not just valid but sort of the point.Permalink On twitter.com
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TheGameSheet It's worth reading this article on the origins of "cancelling" I think to dig into this, which is def not an easy subject! washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/cancel-culture-background-black-culture-white-grievance/2021/04/01/2e42e4fe-8b24-11eb-aff6-4f720ca2d479_story.htmlPermalink On twitter.com
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TheGameSheet I do think an important thing to keep in mind is that if JKR wasn't having good sales numbers, or was having all her op eds rejected... she wouldn't need to be "cancelled". The whole concept is about criticizing the person's existing state because our current systems don't.On twitter.com
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TheGameSheet Hopefully that helps explain my argument! This is a difficult concept to talk through on Twitter!Permalink On twitter.com
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