has cancel culture LAYOUT BY LEESHA PILLA
WRITTEN BY ANVITHA MATTAPALLI
ART BY EVELYN CHEN
EDITED BY HARVI KARATHA, & CINDY ZHANG While cancel culture bloomed from good roots, it has grown into something toxic and harmful. Cancel culture is a new version of ostracism where a member of society is banned from social and professional groups due to their views. On one side, cancel culture holds people accountable for their actions and ensures that they receive the necessary punishments. This becomes essential when these people are celebrities that have an incredible impact on society and future generations. Cancel culture originally began to strictly condone negative behavior and encourage equality and justice.
However, the consequences given as a result of cancel culture can get out of hand. Cancel culture prevents people from learning from their mistakes. It expects people to already be “woke” simply because a part of society is. It fails to recognize that people aren’t “woke” by nature; it’s a lifelong journey
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that everybody is at different stages. Cancel culture holds the power to damage one’s life, relationships, and social status, and when this affects people who are trying to learn how to be “woke”, cancel culture goes from an attempt at justice to a high expectation.
WRITTEN BY ASHMITA AANNAMALAI EDITED BY AARAV NAVANI, HARVI KARATHA YES As our current society surrounds itself with various discriminatory issues, being aware of what we think, say and do has become more important than ever before. However, an individual can only be so cautious when a certain level of ignorance rests in their mind. The cultural expectation is to be woke. If you are not 100% ‘woke’
