If You Say “Cancel Culture” One More Time, So Help Me

Children are being kidnapped in Texas, Jennifer. It’s not the time.

“I’ve already read this piece 47 times, and I’m ten years old.” Photo by Thomas Park on Unsplash

Let’s take a deep breath and look at where we are, in March of 2022: War is raging abroad. A plague has decimated the population. The state of Texas has begun investigating trans parents and/or supportive parents of trans children, with the ultimate goal of removing children from their homes. There is a national anti-LGBTQ+ backlash. Roe v. Wade is going to fall any minute. Former mid-tier ladyblog editor Sarah Hepola is worried that people might get mad at her if she publicly defends Brock Turner.

Oh, fuck. Are you kids talking about cancel culture again?

Children, we’ve been through this. “Cancel culture” isn’t real. It can’t get you. You know what’s going to get…