I don't know anything about the author (and I found the throat clearing in this piece a bit exhausting) but I found it a compelling tale of what it's like to Be Cancelled. I always found the anonymous pitchfork thing unbecoming and super problematic, even when many of the folks totally deserved it. I'm glad we've (mostly) moved past this period of excess.

On being canceled before it was cool
I got better, but being a newt actually did kind of suck
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