What is cancel culture and who has signed the letter denouncing it – from JK Rowling to Margaret Atwood?

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Kanye West, 44, has taken a disliking to Pete who is currently dating his soon-to-be ex-wife, Kim Kardashian West.However, it appears that the Yeezus star is disassociating himself from anybody who is friends with the Saturday Night Live comedian, including mutual pal, Kid Cudi.The dad-of-four has dropped Cudi, 38, from his upcoming album, Donda 2, a sequel to his record that was released last year and he has one reason for it.Taking to Instagram, he said: "Just so everyone knows Cudi will not be on Donda because he's friends with you know who."We all speak in Billie language now."While he didn't mention Pete's name, he had tagged Kim in the post.Despite deleting his post, Kudi had already responded, saying: "Too bad I don't wanna be on ur album u f***ing dinosaur hahaha. Everyone knows I've been the best thing about ur albums since i met u.

Snoop Dogg has issued a response to recent allegations of sexual assault made against him by a woman who regularly worked on-stage with the rapper.The Jane Doe accuser filed the lawsuit in a Los Angeles federal court on Wednesday (February 9), claiming that Snoop (real name Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr.) and his associate Bishop Don “Magic” Juan (Donald Campbell) assaulted her after she attended a Snoop concert at Club Heat Ultra Lounge in Anaheim, California on May 29, 2013.According to Rolling Stone, the woman alleges in the lawsuit that she was assaulted in back-to-back attacks after accepting a ride home from Campbell and wound up at his residence against her wishes. She claims Campbell assaulted her at the residence when he “removed his penis from his pants” and “repeatedly shoved his penis into (her) mouth”.It’s then claimed that Campbell later demanded she accompany him to a recording studio where Snoop was purportedly filming his TV series, Snoop Dogg’s Double G News Network.

Harpers calling for the end of cancel culture.The letter warns against the development of “censoriousness” and “an intolerance of opposing views”.Rowling, who has recently spoken of her views on transgender rights and has sparked a controversial discussion, said on Twitter that she was “proud to sign this letter in defence of a foundational principle of a liberal society: open debate and freedom of thought and speech.”The letter acknowledges “powerful protests for racial and social justice”, but says “this needed reckoning has also intensified a new set or moral attitudes and political commitments that tend to weaken our norms of open debate and toleration of differences in favor of ideological conformity.”Donald Trump is acknowledged in

put their name to an open letter against ‘cancel culture’.The letter, published in Harper’s Magazine, denounces what is described as ‘restriction of debate’.Praising recent worldwide protests for racial equality and social justice, it warns against ‘intolerance of opposing views’ and ‘a vogue for public shaming and ostracism, and the tendency to dissolve complex policy issues in a blinding moral’.‘It is now all too common to hear calls for swift and severe retribution in response to perceived transgressions of speech and thought,’ the letter adds – in a veiled reference to the practice of ‘cancelling’ a person via social media.Rowling’s latest move comes after people took issue with her recent comments on the transgender community.Harry

Dozens of artists, writers and academics have signed an open letter decrying the weakening of public debate and warning that the free exchange of information and ideas is in jeopardy amid a rise in what they call “illiberalism.”

Naman Ramachandran “Harry Potter” writer J.K Rowling, “Handmaid’s Tale” author Margaret Atwood and “Midnight’s Children” writer Salman Rushdie are amongst 150 public figures to have signed a letter condemning the practice of ‘public shaming,’ or cancel culture as it is known popularly.Cancel culture is a term used to describe individuals who have shared an unpopular opinion or have past behavior that’s deemed offensive, who are ‘canceled’ on social media. Rowling is one such example, due to her views on the trans community.The letter, published Tuesday in Harper’s Magazine, states: “The free exchange of information and ideas, the lifeblood of a liberal society, is daily becoming more constricted.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorJ.K. Rowling and The Handmaid’s Tale scribe Margaret Atwood are among 150 writers, academics and activists to sign an open letter published by Harper’s bemoaning the “restriction of debate” in modern culture.Rowling, who has been at the center of a rancorous online debate about transgender rights in recent weeks, put her name to the letter, which said: “The free exchange of information and ideas, the lifeblood of a liberal society, is daily becoming more constricted.”It added: “We uphold the value of robust and even caustic counter-speech from all quarters.

Taylor Swift just made one fan's entire year!

Taylor swift announced that her upcoming 2020 tour dates would all be canceled as the coronavirus pandemic rages on.The 30-year-old pop star's website featured an official statement about the cancellations, while she posted her own note to her social media platforms on Friday.Though her European dates appear to be canceled for good, she left some hope of rescheduled shows for her fans in the United States and Brazil.

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds weren't the only friends of Taylor Swift who announced hospital coronavirus relief donations last night. Selena Gomez also announced on Twitter that she gave to Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai.

In the summer of 2016, Taylor Swift, Kanye West, and Kim Kardashian's names were thrown together more times than the most creative game of Mad Libs. That spring, West released "Famous," a single on his album The Life of Pablo that featured controversial lyrics about Swift.

To all the young people who aren't concerned about the coronavirus pandemic that has already taken thousands of lives, Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande have a pointed message for you. The two celebrities were among several who implored their fans to take social distancing seriously.

Taylor Swift, Celine Dion and Robbie Williams are among the latest in a spate of celebrities who have cancelled gigs due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Taylor Swift's "The Man" music video is chock-full of easter eggs, some not-so-subtle digs at Scooter Braun, and one surprise cameo from Sexiest Man Alive Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Related Story Watch Taylor Swift's 'The Man' Music Video But the video for the singer-songwriter's single—hailed by some as a feminist anthem—hinges around the lewd antics of a suit-clad chauvinist with a Trumpian hairdo.