Uncancel Culture

We ain't gone, we on a break! We hope to create a culture where we center self-care and listening to your bodies when breaks are needed. Don't worry, we know where home is and will be back soon!

This week we have a special, unusual treat, welcoming a legend who says what needs to be said: Unusually Bree. As a therapist who controversially tells people to go to therapy—the profession that therapists do—Bree unpacks with us the tangible effects of being “canceled” and her processing of it after the fact. Should people with jobs meant to help people, tell people to seek the help their job is providing? Apparently not.

This week on Uncancel Culture, we welcome a creator who adds a lil extra seasoning to your timelines & minds: Imani Barbarin. Known as “Crutches and Spice,” Imani discusses recent political events & draws attention to disability rights, bringing truth to the phrase: if you can’t take the heat—or spice—stay out the kitchen!

In this episode, Uncancel Culture welcomes someone that a microphone loves to see coming: Durand Bernarr. In between hitting them runs and hitting us with the truth, Durand walks us through his process of creating and visibility, and how he waters the seeds of his artistry so it continues to flourish and...BLOOM.

This week we have the reincarnation of living icon Wendy Williams: Nico Aesthetics. Whether he’s being messy with a purpose or purposely making a mess, Nico shares with us his experience creating different forms of content online and how he manages being canceled, while making she he doesn’t contribute to cancel culture himself

This episode Uncancel Culture has it's first secular guest to discuss virtual persecutions: Christian Divyne. Often disguised as several different Black men with glasses--according to the internet--Christian & his signature beanie come on to discuss his personal run-ins with "cancel culture," and how he's managed them in real time...(having no clue another mob was forming while recording this episode)

This week, the Uncancel Culture hosts address the call-to-action on Twitter to cancel the Uncancel Culture podcast...before an episode even dropped. While explaining the conception of the podcast, they also unpack general feelings of being misunderstood online, the difference between a "call-in" and attacks, and the balance of knowing when to explain oneself vs. learning how to tune out the noise.

In this episode, the Uncancel Culture podcast explores how one "rebrands" in a career that requires licensing: being a therapist. Shahem shares with us the backstory of their passion and the visibility that's come with it, while speaking to the difficulty that's come with being dogpiled relentlessly in the midst of trying to make their work accessible.

In our premiere episode we explore the rise of a misandrist's regime: Christina. In between fighting violent online threats and transracial allegations, we hear Christina's vulnerable reflections on how she's managed constant harassment, being "cancelled," and the lessons she's learned in reacting to those moments while having a visible platform dedicated to advocacy.TW: sexual assault, violent language

A new podcast unpacking the nuances of cancel culture, hosted by your favs, Shahem & Christina, who been "cancelled" to the moon and back! First episode premieres Jan 21, save the date friends.