![]() And she actually never uses the phrase “sexual predator.” It's funny, I remember her calling him that because that became the story on Twitter. Now I actually went back and checked Tati's original deleted video. But while Tati was at it, almost as an afterthought to the hair vitamin dispute, she also accused James of being a “sexual predator”. This was even covered in the New York Times. ![]() An enthralling plot line, I know.Īnd this was huge. that was a competitor of her brand of hair vitamins. So back in May of this year, James's colleague and - mother figure? - fellow YouTube beauty guru, Tati Westbrook, uploaded a 40-minute video accusing James of endorsing a brand of hair vitamins that she. It's worth checking out if you can figure out how to start up Internet Explorer. ![]() ![]() Ok Boomers, there's these people who make YouTube videos teaching you how to do makeup. So James Charles is a 20-year-old beauty guru, which means. And again, I know you kids remember this, but *sigh* I have to reheat ancient YouTube tea for the elders. The most high-profile YouTube canceling of 2019 was the canceling of James Charles. So, it's a good thing I'm here to deliver The Truth. Now unfortunately, neither of those viewpoints is quite as correct as some people might hope. Now there's a version of this conversation that's already been had to death, and it goes like this: On the one side are a bunch of male comedians who constantly bitch about how cancel culture is out of control, you can't joke about anything anymore without these Millennial jackals trying to get you in trouble.Īnd the other side is mostly progressive think-piece authors who argue that there's no such thing as cancel culture, t's just that powerful people are finally being held accountable for their actions and they can't fucking handle it, so they go around bitching about cancel culture. And I wanna make the case that we do have, well, a teensy bit of a Reign of Terror situation on our hands, gorg. It's, in a way, the 21st century version of the guillotine-the bringer of justice, the people's avenger.īut, also like the guillotine, it can become a sadistic entertainment spectacle. The promise of canceling was that it was going to give power back to people who had none, and bring justice to prominent abusers. You know, it started out as this vigilante strategy for bringing justice and accountability to powerful people who previously had been immune to any consequences for their actions.įor example, the Me Too movement promised to use social media shaming as a way to topple sexually abusive men in power who couldn't be held accountable in any other way. Like so much internet slang, this use of the word “canceling” started out on black Twitter where a few years ago people, well, mostly women, would tweet "cancel R. In the lingo of these young, avocado-guzzling smartphone addicts who killed Applebee's, canceling is online shaming, vilifying and ostracizing of prominent members of a community by other members of that community. And I know you kids know all about this, but before I dive in, I have to explain the basics to my fellow boomers. This video is about canceling, also known as cancel culture, formerly known as call-out culture. For references and sources, watch the video here. This transcript is intended as a supplement rather than a substitute for the original video. This is the transcript for the video essay “Canceling” by Natalie Wynn, originally published on on the ContraPoints YouTube channel.
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