Assistant professor in Media & Popular Culture | Knows all about boybands, fans, cancel culture & pop music | Editor @startupfndtn | qualitative researcher |
Yay, my article "Campaign Problems: How Fans React to Taylor Swift’s Controversial Political Awakening" is out in American Behavioral Scientist: https://t.co/WrIvMzuKR6 for @augustaquarius & @bennettlucyk's special issue on Controversy & Fandom
Bridget Jones has joined the likes of Mary Poppins, Harry Potter and other beloved film characters with her own statue in London's Leicester Square. Oscar winner Zellweger attended the unveiling of the new statue https://t.co/EbyrGEp2Vh
#Borsato zegt dat hij leeft bij de gratie van het publiek, maar dat een deel van dat publiek hem nu verkettert. "Ik weet niet of ik ooit nog een noot kan uitbrengen, zelfs als de rechtbank mij vrijspreekt."
Eerder schreven mijn collega en ik dit verhaal over de zaak.
Krijgt van ontucht beschuldigde Marco Borsato ooit nog een podium? ’Nederlanders zijn vergevingsgezind, maar daar is wel wat voor nodig’ https://t.co/eZbFEBt7k0
"Happy Valentine's Day" was seen on a card in “The Life of a Showgirl” Spotify event in NYC.
Note: Taylor Swift was on the road, in between The Eras Tour shows in Tokyo and Melbourne on Valentine's Day 2024.
Everyone is getting this Jimmy Kimmel thing wrong.
A) It's not cancel culture when it comes from the government. It is censorship and state repression, just like in traditional authoritarian regimes.
B) Kimmel wasn't taken off the air for crotizing Kirk. He was taken off for criticizing Trump's lack of concern for Kirk. It was a criticism of the government. This has nothing to do with "cancel culture" and everything to do with freedom of speech.
Don't let them gaslight you into thinking this is a minor chapter in the culture wars. This is so much more.
David Frum on Jimmy Kimmel: "This is not cancel culture because it's not culture. It's state repression. It's an order from the government. Here is the script, you must read, if you do not read it, you will be taken off the air."