Are They Canceled?

Meme responsibly! There's more to memes than meets the eye, as Jared and Ramneet will explore herein. Jared talks painfully slowly in parts of this episode, so play at 1.25x speed if you must.

• Buzzfeed's Internet Live event in 2019
• The Alma article referenced about the alt-right origins of a popular meme
• The Teen Vogue article referenced about digital blackface
• A Time profile of Brittany "Broski" Tomlinson (in which the details differ slightly from what Jared shares)
• Jared ended up going in a more obvious direction with his "There She Goes" meme idea, and it did not go viral. Oh, at all.

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She's gonna swing from the cancel-elier. From the cancel-elier! She's gonna Tweet like tomorrow doesn't exist. Like it doesn't exist!

Australian chanteuse Sia made it far without raising much controversy, but when she finally did with the trailer for her upcoming film Music, she... didn't handle it well. Ramneet and Jared explore.

• "An actually autistic person responds to Sia’s controversial new film Music"
• Washington Post report on Autism Speaks
• Trailer for Music
• ASPCA commercial featuring Sia's "Puppies are Forever"
• The social model of disability, which Jared does a bad job explaining in the episode
• Sia singing as Randy Marsh as Lorde on South Park

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Staying culturally relevant 20 years after hosting a game show about eating bison testicles is no small feat. Nor is becoming the most polarizing figure in the podcast industry while maintaining maximum straight-white-guy blandness.

Jared and Ramneet are opening themselves up to the slings and arrows of a monumentally insufferable fanbase by discussing Joe “Guys, He’s Not Racist if You Give Him a Chance!!!” Rogan.

• A true independent thinker comes to the defense of his hero (several eyeroll emojis). 
• More on Spotify staff’s battle to hold their company accountable for Rogan’s transphobic content
• From Slate, the single best piece ever written about why Joe Rogan is so damn infuriating. (Honestly you would have been better off just reading this article but thank you for listening anyway.)
• Kasia Babis’ “Centrists” comics, published in ‘The Nib'

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Season 2 of ‘Are They Canceled?’  is upon us. Before we get to our standard fare of cancelling all of your favs, we’re looking inward: are we canceled? It’s unstructured, self-aware, and delightful.

We tried to find links to the 9/11 TikTok and Lobster Tail tweet but we’re not detectives, okay!?

— About India farm workers’ strike
— More about India farm workers’ strike
— Article: "The significance of Sen. Kamala Harris’ speaking Tamil on a national stage"
— Ramneet’s demands for both VP-Elect Harris and Meena Harris

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Treating animals ethically sounds well and good, but does this headline-grabbing non-profit have something darker under the surface?

Read more: PETA's Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad History of Killing Animals

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Does this mega-best-selling writer have toxic garbage opinions, or is this all just a witch(craft and wizardry)hunt? (It's probably the first one but you'll have to listen to find out for sure.)

Ramneet and Jared break down J.K. Rowling's transphobia and dig deeper into what it actually means to cancel someone whose books were a big part of your childhood or whatever.

"J.K. Rowling Writes about Her Reasons for Speaking out on Sex and Gender Issues"

"We the Mudbloods: J. K. Rowling and the Trans-Exterminationists" — This thoughtful piece of analysis by writer Zinnia Jones was crucial to making this episode!

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Two women, so many cultures. Ramneet and Jared walk you through the phenomenon of cultural appropriation.

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Getting kind of meta in here.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/stop-firing-innocent/613615/

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I think we know what the answer to this one is going to be but it's still fun to talk about. Jared drank coffee instead of vodka before recording this one and it seems like a successful choice.

In addition to putting their lives at risk by canceling Scientology, Ramneet asks Jared a series of personal questions and helps him name his next cat.

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Jared and Ramneet revisit three classic cancellations and give an updated opinion.

Taylor Swift:

• Taylor Swift and Kanye West’s 2016 Phone Call Leaks: Read the Full Transcript
• Taylor Swift uses leaked Kanye phone call to raise money for hungry families, roiling Kim Kardashian

Ellen Degeneres:

• Kevin Porter thread

Jameela Jamil:

• "Slim and Privileged" profile

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