Willow Smith questions effectiveness of cancel culture: 'Shaming doesn’t lead to learning'

public letter decrying the rising “intolerance of opposing views” are distancing themselves from the note while others say that they were asked to sign before the letter was published in Harper’s, but declined.“I did not know who else had signed that letter. I thought I was endorsing a well meaning, if vague, message against internet shaming.  I did know Chomsky, Steinem, and Atwood were in, and I thought, good company,” tweeted author Jenny Boylan late Tuesday.

Harpers calling for the end of cancel culture.The letter warns against the development of “censoriousness” and “an intolerance of opposing views”.Rowling, who has recently spoken of her views on transgender rights and has sparked a controversial discussion, said on Twitter that she was “proud to sign this letter in defence of a foundational principle of a liberal society: open debate and freedom of thought and speech.”The letter acknowledges “powerful protests for racial and social justice”, but

published in Harpers Bazar reads: ‘The free exchange of information and ideas, the lifeblood of a liberal society, is daily becoming more constricted.’‘It is now all too common to hear calls for swift and severe retribution in response to perceived transgressions of speech and thought.’ The letter also makes clear that its signatories would welcome ‘robust and even caustic counter speech from all quarters.’‘The way to defeat bad ideas is by exposure, argument, and persuasion, not by trying to

Naman Ramachandran “Harry Potter” writer J.K Rowling, “Handmaid’s Tale” author Margaret Atwood and “Midnight’s Children” writer Salman Rushdie are amongst 150 public figures to have signed a letter condemning the practice of ‘public shaming,’ or cancel culture as it is known popularly.Cancel culture is a term used to describe individuals who have shared an unpopular opinion or have past behavior that’s deemed offensive, who are ‘canceled’ on social media.

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August Alsina claims he warned Jada Pinkett Smith that he was going public about their alleged affair. The 27-year-old singer recently gave an interview in which he claimed he and Jada, 48, had a relationship with the blessing of her husband Will Smith and he says he warned the Smiths in advance.

Dean Cain has claimed that modern “cancel culture” would have censored his Superman catchphrase: “Truth, justice, and the American way.”

Shonda Grant has been promoted to chief people & culture officer at the Recording Academy. She fills the position after Gaetano Frizzi left the company nine months ago. Grant, a nine-year academy veteran, was most recently managing director, people and culture. Grant will report directly to Harvey Mason, Jr., chair and interim pres

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: The largest film festival acquisition deal in film history is now closed. Apple Studios has acquired world rights to Emancipation, the film package with Antoine Fuqua directing Will Smith in a Willam N.

August Alsina is discussing his love life.

Jameela Jamil is not letting Kim Kardashian and her famous sisters live their best lives in peace. The 34-year-old host of The Misery Index has a problem with how the popular ladies deal with body image.

The word “canceled” means so much to different people in today’s society. For some, it’s a possible end-result of a celebrity’s terrible actions that were made public.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: Bidding is above $75 million on the first major property at the Cannes Film Festival virtual market. Warner Bros, Apple, MGM, Lionsgate and Universal are among the studios in the mix for world rights on Emancipation.

Lili Reinhart has hit out at online trolls for attempting to get stars “cancelled” following a string of seemingly false allegations of sexual abuse against her Riverdale co-stars.Over the weekend, a person using an anonymous Twitter account accused Lili’s co-star and ex Cole Sprouse of sexual assault at a 2013 party, with similar allegations made against his co-stars Vanessa Morgan and KJ Apa on other anonymous Twitter pages.However, one of the accounts later tweeted, “Do you see how easy it is