Older generations often see cancel culture as proof that Gen Z is too sensitive, but talk to teens, and a more nuanced picture emerges. For them, calling out bad behavior isn’t about permanent ...

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I go by the name Shameless Psychiatrist because I talk about how to reduce shame. In fact, I wrote an entire book about it! Call-out or cancel culture is focused on shaming. This means group shaming ...

At Penn State University, sociologist Dr. Sam Richards posed a question that hit close to home for his class: Are American students being silenced? The discussion, featured on the YouTube channel SOC ...

Graphic of four people. some drawbacks of cancel culture include its tendency for hypervigilance and tunnel visioning. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. If you spend time on social media, you’re ...

It’s no secret that many celebrities are terrified of being canceled. From Blake Lively to Kendall Jenner, numerous public figures have faced dents to their reputations, floods of hate comments, mass ...

Social media has changed the way we hold people accountable for their actions. A single tweet or video can spark outrage that spreads across the internet in hours, leading to public shaming, lost jobs ...

Ernest Owens knew we had lost the plot on cancel culture when his younger brother declared he had been “canceled” — by his teacher. Owens, a Philadelphia-based journalist and the author of “The Case ...