

“The more emotional inflammation you have, the more passion, the more cancel culture,” she observes. In response to a climate where emotional stressors have been ratcheted up, cancel culture is just one result of an on-edge social environment. Lise Van Susteren, MD, a psychiatrist who co-authored the book Emotional Inflammation (Sounds True Publishers). But is it sometimes going too fast, as well as too far? Are we helping society while hurting individuals? Marbles knows as well as anyone, cancel culture can be particularly unforgiving.Īnd in our increasingly connected, polarized and diversified society, cancel culture is ubiquitous. I don’t want to put anything out in the world that’s gonna hurt anybody,” she sobbed in her video farewellĬlearly, she’s remorseful. She blocked the videos, so they can no longer be viewed and she issued a tearful apology to her followers. In a second video, Marbles purportedly donned blackface and dressed up as rapper Nicki Minaj and in yet another, she mocked Asians.Īn early influencer who’d been on YouTube since 2010, Marbles apologized for the racist and sexist videos. Viewers charged that one video was misogynistic-slut-shaming girls who slept with multiple guys.

The actor and comedian, 33, whose real name is Jenna Mourey, faced mounting criticism for offensive YouTube videos from her past. White announces the release of her second book How to Slay: Inspiration from the Queens and Kings of Black Style. Influencer Jenna Marbles amassed 20 million followers to her YouTube channel, but despite this impressive success, in June she quit the platform amid a slew of disapproval. In our polarized, emotionally charged world, retribution has never been so swift and devastating.
