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Fucking Cancelled is a podcast with three aims. First, we analyze and critique a phenomenon on the left that we call the nexus: a synthesis of identitarianism, social media, and cancel culture. Second, we offer emotional, spiritual, and ethical insights into the process of rejecting and exiting the nexus. Third, we move toward a different vision for the left grounded in solidarity, freedom, and responsibility. We are leftists who have spent many years inside the nexus. We have been too afraid to critique it and we have suffered the consequences of critiquing it. We know all too well the destructive impact the nexus has on our communities, our movements, our spiritual, emotional, and mental health, and our capacity to be responsible, ethical actors. We are also recovering addicts who live our lives by a set of spiritual and ethical principles which are starkly at odds with the rules of the nexus. We offer these principles as a guiding light toward a different left. Fucking Cancelled is a podcast for anyone who feels stifled or trapped by the authoritarian, punishing culture that dominates the left. It’s a podcast for anyone who is too afraid to say what they really think. It’s a podcast for people who have been cancelled, who are afraid of getting cancelled, or who have taken part in the cancellation of others and wondered if it was right. Fucking Cancelled is a podcast for leftists who dream of a left grounded in solidarity, freedom, and responsibility, rather than coercion, authoritarianism, and punishment.
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Fucking Cancelled - Talking Shit with Adolph Reed Jr.: What's Left?
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03/06/23 • 86 min

In episode 43 we are honoured to be joined by Dr. Adolph Reed Jr., professor emeritus of political science at the University of Pennsylvania, long time organizer, and prolific scholar. We discuss the collapse of the Left in North America, the Nexus as the 'left wing of neoliberalism', race reductionism, identiarianism, and the need to work toward a politics of solidarity and class consciousness.

Part of the Talking Shit series.

Show Notes

Class Matters Podcast

The South: Jim Crow and Its Afterlives by Adolph Reed Jr.

No Politics but Class Politics by Walter Benn Michaels and Adolph Reed Jr.

The Trouble with Disparityby Walter Benn Michaels and Adolph Reed Jr.

Disparity Ideology, Coronavirus, and the Danger of the Return of Racial Medicine by Adolph Reed Jr.

The Crisis of Labour and the Left in the United States by Mark Dudzic and Adolph Reed Jr.

Racecraft by Barbara J. Fields and Karen E. Fields

Race, Culture, and Evolution by George W. Stocking, Jr.

The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein

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Mixing and editing by Charlotte Dora.


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In Episode 6, we discuss different situations in which people hurt others and feel hurt by others, what distinguishes one type of such an experience from another, and what sorts of responses are appropriate. We unpack the terms ‘harm’ and ‘accountability’, often used in the Nexus but seldom defined, and tease apart some of the unstated assumptions underlying them. We offer a framework for understanding responses to situations of interpersonal discord, differentiating between responsibility, boundaries, intervention, and punishment.

Part of the Refusing to Be Accountable series.

Show Notes

Alan Robarge's Youtube channel (attachment theory)

The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy, by Deb A Dana

The Revolution Starts at Home, edited by Chen, Dulani, and Piepzna-Samarasinha

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In Episode 66, Jay and Clementine discuss the impact of cancel culture on the partners of men cancelled for abusive behaviours. We consider how the increased isolation of being cancelled along with your partner increases the risk of domestic violence. We note that the ptsd of cancellation can lead to it being even harder to receive feedback on your beha...

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In Episode 30, we discuss practical tips for supporting the people in our lives who are being cancelled, both in the immediate aftermath of a cancellation campaign, and for the longterm.

Part of the Nobody’s Getting Cancelled series.

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Talking Shit with Dr. Christine Marie: Breaking the Spell of Cancellation

Nobody's Getting Cancelled: Surviving Cancellation

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Fucking Cancelled - Identity Crisis: Identity Politics vs Identitarianism
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08/04/23 • 83 min

In Episode 51, we discuss Black American English, also known as AAVE, as a way to consider some of the differences between identitarian and identity politics approaches. Black American English is minority dialect in the United States of America. The identitarian approach to protecting Black American English typically involves appropriation discourse and the restriction of who can use Black American English on the basis of racial idenity. We offer another approach, one based in identity politics, which treats Black American English as a minority language deserving of legal protection and recognition. This approach does not restrict who can learn or speak Black American English, but does insist there are correct and incorrect ways to speak it, and, more importantly, focuses on the rights of native Black American English speakers, regardless of racial identity.

Part of the Identity Crisis series.

Show Notes

Could Black English Mean a Prison Sentence? by John McWhorter: "An upcoming study in the linguistics journal Language found that 27 Philadelphia [court] stenographers, presented with recordings of Black English grammatical patterns, made transcription errors on average in two out of every five sentences, and could accurately paraphrase only one in three sentences."

Lexicon Valley with John McWhorter: Black Like Us

Lexicon Valley with John McWhorter: What Had Happened Was Storytelling

Lexicon Valley with John McWhorter: White Author, Black English. Problem?

Quebec's Charter of the French Language

Aboriginal Language Knowledge and Youth Suicide: "Youth suicide rates effectively dropped to zero in those few communities in which at least half the band members reported a conversational knowledge of their own Native language."

Indigenous Language Organizations and Initiatives

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In Episode 64, we are joined by writer, organizer, and Chapo Trap House co-host, Amber A’Lee Frost to discuss her new book, Dirtbag. We talk about socialist memoirs, Occupy, the Bernie Sanders campaigns, the necessity of organized labour, and how to deal with wreckers.

This is part of the Talking Shit series.

Show Notes

Amber’s new book, Dirtbag

Chapo Trap House

The Romance of American Communism by Vivian Gornick

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson

Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 by Hunter S. Thompson

I Tried to be a Communist by Richard Wright

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In Episode 2, we reflect on the reception the pod has gotten so far. Then we discuss the recent Green Party of Canada leadership race, and examine in detail the eco-socialist platform of the runner-up, Dimitri Lascaris. Finally, we get into the cancellation of Stuart Parker, an academic, left-wing activist, and former leader of the BC Eco-Socialist Party -- and ask, following Kai Cheng Thom, if we can find sisterhood with those with whom we fundamentally disagree.

Part of the Quest for the Offline Left series.

Show Notes

Log the Fuck Off (Jacobin talk)

Mark Fisher - Capitalist Realism (pdf)

Murray Bookchin - The Ecology of Freedom

Silvia Federici - Re-Enchanting the World

Dimitri Lascaris' platform

BC Ecosocialists

Stuart Parker's blog

Kai Cheng Thom - Can Trans Women and Radical Feminists Find Sisterhood?

Kai Cheng Thom - I Hope We Choose Love

Contrapoints

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Fucking Cancelled - Nexit: What To Do When Your Friends Are Still Believers
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11/27/22 • 73 min

In Episode 38, we talk about how our relationships are affected when we leave the Nexus, and discuss some strategies for interacting with people who remain believers, especially our friends and ex-friends. We talk about ways in which the process of leaving the Nexus is similar to exiting a cult or getting sober, and ask what lessons we can learn from those experiences.

Part of the Nexit series.

Show Notes

Jay's new zine

Love is stronger than mind control

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In Episode 59, we get together with DJ Fraser and Tara McGowan-Ross for the first episode of our new segment, Book Club. This month’s book is ‘After Black Lives Matter’ by Cedric G. Johnson. We were privileged to interview Cedric Johnson a few episodes back, but we wanted to delve even deeper into this masterful and important piece of political thought, which we encourage everyone to read.

If you’d like to follow along for the next episode of Book Club, we will be doing ‘The Ministry for the Future’ by Kim Stanley Robinson!

This is part of the Book Club series.

Show Notes

Freddie deBoer on Jordan Neely: ‘It Only Counts When it Hurts’

Capitalist Realism’ by Mark Fisher

Episode 43 with Adolph Reed Jr.

Episode 37 with Touré Reed

‘Toward Freedom’ by Touré Reed

‘Stolen Focus’ by Johann Hari

Surveillance Capitalism (Wikipedia)

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Fucking Cancelled

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Jay Lesoleil is a writer, artist, and shelter worker from Montréal with a background in political anthropology. Jay is also one half of the podcast Fucking Cancelled.

Clementine Morrigan is a socialist-feminist writer, educator, and public intellectual based in Montréal, Canada. She writes popular and controversial essays about culture, politics, sexuality, and trauma. A passionate believer in independent media, she’s been making zines since the year 2000 and is the author of several books. She’s known for her iconic white-text-on-a-black-background mini-essays on Instagram. One of the leading voices on the Canadian Left and one half of the Fucking Cancelled podcast, Clementine is an outspoken critic of cancel culture and proponent of building solidarity across difference.


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Fucking Cancelled - Talking Shit with Bebe Montoya: #NotAllPortlanders
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07/28/23 • 61 min

In Episode 50, we sit down with Bebe Montoya, an artist, writer and socialist from Portland, Oregon, USA. We talk about being a working artist, the sanitization of art, and the imperative for artists to act like brands or celebrities. We discuss identitarianism, racial essentialism, and the trials and tribulations of trying to be a socialist in Portland.

Part of the Talking Shit series.

Show Notes

Bebe's website

Bebe's Instagram

Bebe's Patreon

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck by Mark Manson

Russia novel "controversy"

Tomorrow Ever After movie

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How many episodes does Fucking Cancelled have?

Fucking Cancelled currently has 71 episodes available.

What topics does Fucking Cancelled cover?

The podcast is about News, Society & Culture, Podcasts and Politics.

What is the most popular episode on Fucking Cancelled?

The episode title 'Refusing to be Accountable: Responsibility, Boundaries, Intervention and Punishment' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Fucking Cancelled?

The average episode length on Fucking Cancelled is 85 minutes.

How often are episodes of Fucking Cancelled released?

Episodes of Fucking Cancelled are typically released every 18 days, 11 hours.

When was the first episode of Fucking Cancelled?

The first episode of Fucking Cancelled was released on Oct 22, 2020.

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