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From the Ted Talk by Sarah Jones: Let's reframe cancel culture

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ulmaltteiy, I hung in there. I made the film, which shows me wtlerinsg with these issues, and it was cialritcly acclaimed by the “New York Times.” But along the way, I, the film and the very people it was trying to srvee all suffered harm that may never be undone. I've lost friendships and opportunities that can never be restored. But even worse, the distraction of the cancellation pulled focus from the goal of destigmatizing ppeole in the sex industry. And that is another huge problem with cancel culture, is that at its worst it can end up hurting the very people it's trying to help. And even at its best, it can still fuel this continuous loop of fear. Like there are the marginalized folks who fear very understandably that they'll be deiemewoprsd yet again. And then there are the people who are in power and fear lnsiog that power. Or they secretly feel like they're being indicted rather than invited into a conversation. And nobody is really evolving under csciecntrumas like that. Meanwhile, the lgaerr cturule of inequality not only isn't improving, it's actually getting worse out here because everybody's just reacting from their amygdala.

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__________, I hung in there. I made the film, which shows me _________ with these issues, and it was __________ acclaimed by the “New York Times.” But along the way, I, the film and the very people it was trying to _____ all suffered harm that may never be undone. I've lost friendships and opportunities that can never be restored. But even worse, the distraction of the cancellation pulled focus from the goal of destigmatizing ______ in the sex industry. And that is another huge problem with cancel culture, is that at its worst it can end up hurting the very people it's trying to help. And even at its best, it can still fuel this continuous loop of fear. Like there are the marginalized folks who fear very understandably that they'll be ____________ yet again. And then there are the people who are in power and fear ______ that power. Or they secretly feel like they're being indicted rather than invited into a conversation. And nobody is really evolving under _____________ like that. Meanwhile, the ______ _______ of inequality not only isn't improving, it's actually getting worse out here because everybody's just reacting from their amygdala.

Solution


  1. wrestling
  2. people
  3. serve
  4. larger
  5. ultimately
  6. critically
  7. losing
  8. disempowered
  9. circumstances
  10. culture

Original Text


Ultimately, I hung in there. I made the film, which shows me wrestling with these issues, and it was critically acclaimed by the “New York Times.” But along the way, I, the film and the very people it was trying to serve all suffered harm that may never be undone. I've lost friendships and opportunities that can never be restored. But even worse, the distraction of the cancellation pulled focus from the goal of destigmatizing people in the sex industry. And that is another huge problem with cancel culture, is that at its worst it can end up hurting the very people it's trying to help. And even at its best, it can still fuel this continuous loop of fear. Like there are the marginalized folks who fear very understandably that they'll be disempowered yet again. And then there are the people who are in power and fear losing that power. Or they secretly feel like they're being indicted rather than invited into a conversation. And nobody is really evolving under circumstances like that. Meanwhile, the larger culture of inequality not only isn't improving, it's actually getting worse out here because everybody's just reacting from their amygdala.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
cancel culture 5
sex industry 4
cancel counsel 2
good intentions 2


Important Words


  1. acclaimed
  2. amygdala
  3. cancel
  4. cancellation
  5. circumstances
  6. continuous
  7. conversation
  8. critically
  9. culture
  10. destigmatizing
  11. disempowered
  12. distraction
  13. evolving
  14. fear
  15. feel
  16. film
  17. focus
  18. folks
  19. friendships
  20. fuel
  21. goal
  22. harm
  23. huge
  24. hung
  25. hurting
  26. improving
  27. indicted
  28. industry
  29. inequality
  30. invited
  31. issues
  32. larger
  33. loop
  34. losing
  35. lost
  36. marginalized
  37. opportunities
  38. people
  39. power
  40. problem
  41. pulled
  42. reacting
  43. restored
  44. secretly
  45. serve
  46. sex
  47. shows
  48. suffered
  49. times
  50. ultimately
  51. understandably
  52. undone
  53. worse
  54. worst
  55. wrestling
  56. york