Trauma + Cancel Culture with Clementine Morrigan

Clementine Morrigan (they/them; she/her) is a writer. She’s the writer behind the zine series Fucking Magic, and the zines Love Without Emergency, Fuck the Police Means We Don't Act Like Cops to Each Other, Fucking Crazy, and Fucking Girls. They also wrote the books You Can't Own the Fucking Stars and The Size of a Bird. They’ll also be releasing three new books in 2021: Trauma Magic, Sexting, and Fucking Magic. She’s been writing and publishing for more than 20 years and has many more projects on the way. They’re also a podcaster, as one half of the podcast Fucking Cancelled, and is the creator of the popular Trauma-Informed Polyamory workshop. They teach other online workshops, too, like Bisexual Girls with Baggage and Disorganized Attachment Is a Fucking Trip. She’s an ecosocialist, an anarchist, an abolitionist, an opposer of cancel culture, a trauma educator, a sex educator, a person living with complex PTSD, a sober alcoholic, a polyamorous bisexual dyke, and a proud dog mom to Clover “The Dog” Morrigan.

In this episode, Clementine and Brandi talk about the intersections of Trauma + Cancel Culture. So, a content note: This conversation includes discussion around sexual abuse, domestic violence, and trauma.

Here’s a breakdown of what we cover—

• Cancel culture as another type of abuse.
• The way queer and organizing communities struggle to hold contradiction.
• How cancel culture operates in leftist politics.
• The hyper-vigilance of always doing and saying the "right" things.
• Why keeping up with all of the correct “rules” requires a certain class privilege.
• How we might actually address harm if it’s not canceling everyone.
• How we can improve on the sentiment “Believe survivors."
• Unlinking our capacity to heal from whether abusers ever take responsibility.
• Why Clementine continues to do this work and what currently brings her joy.
• And so much more.

Listeners can find Clementine online, at clementinemorrigan.com, as well as on Instagram. Support their work on Patreon.

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