General Article Cancel culture: Who shall I boycott today?

Topic Selected: Censored: Free to Speak? Book Volume: 479

By Athénaïs Gagey

In brief

Cancel culture consists in boycotting a public figure, whose words or actions are considered problematic.

Where does it come from?

The expression comes from the United States, where it was coined in 2015. Though derived ...

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