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The Psychology of Cancel Culture: Accountability or Mob Mentality

September 28, 2025September 27, 2025 Jace Johnson

In recent years, the new phrase “cancel culture” has become commonly known and has risen due to social media amplifying the power of the public opinion. To define this term, it would be when individuals, often well known, like celebrities or influencers, are socially outcast or boycotted due to their

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A Slap Heard Across the Internet: How Brooke Houts’ Career Imploded Overnight

September 25, 2025 Hailey Keegan

One editing slip up revealed the dark side of a seemingly perfect Youtube vlogger, and it would eventually lead to her career’s demise. Brooke Houts posted her first Youtube video on November 23, 2015, uploading various styles of content, whether that be “get ready with me’s”, daily vlogs, or prank

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Balenciaga: Social Media’s Role in Cancel Culture

October 1, 2024 Katherine Garcia

In March of 2023 the popular high fashion corporation Balenciaga was under fire for an ad campaign that featured children holding sex symbols. More specifically, teddy bears in bondage costumes. While the ad was widely condemned and a major controversy, it did the very thing child exploitation aims to do:

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Prom: Crime or Public Service

May 20, 2023October 16, 2024 Madeleine Gerson

I was never a crazy participant in school spirit, and I didn’t generally go to the school dances or the football games. But I had been looking forward to my senior prom, I was a part of the committee, and in my sophomore and beginning of junior years spent considerable

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Crime Tiktok & Cancel Culture

May 8, 2023May 8, 2023 Areli Nava

Tik tok is arguably one of the most used social media apps in today’s society as there are millions of users throughout the world. Lately, I’ve been on the side of tiktok where I get nothing but crime case videos and cancel culture. When it comes to crimes on tiktok,

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Balenciaga Quasi-Scandal: “Toy Stories”

February 25, 2023February 25, 2023 Kristina03

The fashion house, Balenciaga, is undergoing major backlash after releasing their Spring/Summer 2023 gift line that appears to show children holding stuffed bears that are dressed in BDSM bondage-like gear. Consumers are saying that this ad is promoting child exploitation. The backlash against the brand was fast, storming the internet

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Who Cancelled My Favorite Celebrity?

December 15, 2021December 10, 2021 Jonathan Schmidt

Over the past 5 years, we have seen some of society’s top figures have their lives changed by citizen justice. The everyday person has a say in whether or not they support others’ beliefs and companies take note of this. Typically, we will see a person lose support from financial

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