Fucking Cancelled

In Episode 7, we're joined by Aloiso Wilmoth, also known by his stage name He Valencia (and his IG handle moma.ps5), a techno DJ, socialist, and cultural commentator from the United States. We talk about the mess that is woke Instagram, the rise of hardcore racial essentialism on the identitarian 'left', and the deep need for materialist politics. We also get into issues like solidarity vs allyship and what the place of humour is in resisting the famously sanctimonious Nexus.Part of the Talking Shit series.Show NotesThe Autobiography of Malcolm X (pdf)The Black Panthers on WikipediaThe Crypto Anarchist ManifestoMask MagazineWhy I'm Leaving the Cult of Wokeness by Africa BrookeThe Wretched of the Earth by Franz FanonWhat Black Life Actually Looks Like, by Cedric JohnsonRace, Class, Crisis: The Discourse of Racial Disparity and Its Analytical Discontents, by Adolph Reed Jr. and Merlin ChowkwanyunThe Ecology of Freedom: the Emergence and Dissolution of Hierarchy, by Murray BookchinPaul Gilroy on WikipediaStuart Hall on WikipediaAyishat Akanbi on TwitterThe Awokening: Clarity, Culture and Identity in the Web of Chaos, by Ayishat AkanbiHe Valencia on SoundcloudHe Valencia on Instagrammoma.ps5 on InstagramAloiso's TwitterFollow Fucking Cancelled on Instagram.Find merch in our shop.ClementineMorrigan.comJayLesoleil.comTheme song by ST x LIAM.Mixing and editing by Charlotte Dora. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe

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 NotesAlan Robarge's Youtube channel (attachment theory)The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy, by Deb A DanaThe Revolution Starts at Home, edited by Chen, Dulani, and Piepzna-SamarasinhaFollow Fucking Cancelled on Instagram.Find merch in our shop.ClementineMorrigan.comJayLesoleil.comTheme song by ST x LIAM.Mixing and editing by Charlotte Dora. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe

In Episode 5, the second episode of cancel club, our true pal and father figure DJ Fraser joins us to talk 12 Steps. DJ is a professor, art historian, trans "elder", and unwavering snack daddy, and sits down with us to discuss emotional sobriety, 12 Step principles, and the place of trauma and shame in the Nexus.Part of the Cancel Club series.Show NotesThe Big Book of Alcoholics AnonymousFollow Fucking Cancelled on Instagram.Find merch in our shop.ClementineMorrigan.comJayLesoleil.comTheme song by ST x LIAM.Mixing and editing by Liv. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe

In Episode 4, we examine social media, a crucial component of the Nexus. We talk about our own relationships with social media and look at how it functions as an expression, and a tool, of neoliberal capitalism. We discuss how social media affects our bodies and our social behaviour, as well as its impact on the production of truth. Finally, we ask some hard-hitting questions: could it be that Clementine Morrigan is actually a member of QAnon? (QAnon has members, right?)Part of the Antisocial Media series.Show NotesFuck the Police Means We Don't Act Like Cops to Each Other, Clementine's problematic new zineCancelling Cancelling by Shrimp Teeth aka SamDead Pundits Society - Neoliberalism: What is it? Where Did it Come From?The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)How to Do Nothing by Jenny OdellThe Guardian - "Social media copies gambling methods 'to create psychological cravings'"Out of the Woods - Shame, Punishment and Social Justice CultureMolly's excellent InstagramLog the Fuck Off (again, seriously watch it) with Amber A'Lee Frost, Matt Christman and Ben FongMemes on WikipediaThe Selfish Gene on WikipediaFollow Fucking Cancelled on Instagram.Find merch in our shop.ClementineMorrigan.comJayLesoleil.comTheme song by ST x LIAM.Mixing and editing by Liv. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe

In Episode 3, our dear friend and comrade Tara McGowan-Ross — poet, multidisciplinary artist, and all-around bad-ass — joins us for Cancel Club. We talk all things cancel culture, spilling the dirt on times we've been cancelled, times our friends have been cancelled, and times we've cancelled others.This episode is dedicated to the memory of Ben Prunty, a good friend and tireless organizer, who left us too soon.Part of the Cancel Club series.Show NotesTara's Instagram and TwitterTara on GoodreadsBuy Tara's booksInsomniac PressIndigenous Literatures Book Club hosted by Tara McGowan-Ross2012 Quebec Student UprisingRhinoceros by Eugène IonescoI Called My Ex Abusive When They Weren't: On Past Trauma, Present Agency, and the Importance of Discernment by Clementine MorriganPlanet of Cops by Freddie DeBoerFollow Fucking Cancelled on Instagram.Find merch in our shop.ClementineMorrigan.comJayLesoleil.comTheme song by ST x LIAM.Mixing and editing by Liv. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe

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 NotesLog the Fuck Off (Jacobin talk)Mark Fisher - Capitalist Realism (pdf)Murray Bookchin - The Ecology of FreedomSilvia Federici - Re-Enchanting the WorldDimitri Lascaris' platformBC EcosocialistsStuart Parker's blogKai Cheng Thom - Can Trans Women and Radical Feminists Find Sisterhood?Kai Cheng Thom - I Hope We Choose LoveContrapointsFollow Fucking Cancelled on Instagram.Find merch in our shop.ClementineMorrigan.comJayLesoleil.comTheme song by ST x LIAM.Mixing and editing by Liv. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe

In Episode 1, we introduce ourselves and share some of our own experiences with cancel culture. We then explain the goals of the pod: first, to analyze and critique what we call the Nexus, a synthesis of identitarianism, cancel culture, and social media; second, to offer spiritual, emotional, and ethical insights into exiting the Nexus; and third, to move toward a different vision for the left, grounded in freedom, solidarity, and responsibility. Finally, we explore the principles which guide our work, making explicit the ethical framework we are using in this podcast. This episode is to help orient listeners to the concepts, goals, and principles which shape Fucking Cancelled.Part of the Principles Before Personalities series.Show NotesMark Fisher, Exiting the Vampire CastleAdolph Reed Jr.'s DSA CancellationIntergalactic Memorial Carnival for David Graeber12 Step ProgramsFollow Fucking Cancelled on Instagram.Find merch in our shop.ClementineMorrigan.comJayLesoleil.comTheme song by ST x LIAM.Mixing and editing by Liv. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe