E19 : Cancellation

Available now on Apple Podcasts and Spotify

Natalie and Sam acknowledge that cancellation has put significant power back in the people’s hands, which is important and necessary, but they aren’t entirely sold on it. Why? Because cancel culture relies on some pretty gross things to flourish, like shame and the maintenance of pack mentality. For their second-to-last episode of season two, the ladies discuss cancellation in detail, from it being an effective tool to bring about justice, to it becoming the stuff of tabloid pile-on. As always, the ladies don’t hold back, sharing stories of cancellation from their own lives and discussing the archetypes they learned to ‘cancel’ as fat kids growing up. Fellow ‘friends of the forest’ will enjoy this candid conversation.

Episode Glossary
Cancel culture: a modern form of ostracism in which someone is thrust out of social or professional circles – whether it be online, on social media, or in person.
Friends of the forest: a friend of the forest is someone who has experienced real personal struggles, someone who ‘gets it’ (a fun way to say trauma-informed basically).
The Jerry Springer Show: an American syndicated tabloid talk show that aired from September 30, 1991 to July 26, 2018. The show’s host was Gerald Norman Springer (Jerry Springer), an English-born American broadcaster, journalist, actor, producer, and former lawyer and politician. Our younger listeners may know him as Judge Jerry.
Dr Phil: a US television personality, author and host of the show Dr. Phil. Phil McGraw is still on the air and holds a doctorate in Clinical Psychology (including only for our younger listeners).