Uncancelled culture — forgiveness and redemption in the digital age

Cancel culture has ruined careers and lives — but did they deserve it? What consequences should people face for what they say and do? And what does redemption look like in the digital age? This event was recorded at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas in Sydney on 25 August 2024. Speakers Roxane Gay Editor, social commentator, contributing opinion writer for The New York TimesAuthor, Bad Feminist, Hunger: A Memoir of My Body , Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People's Business and more Megan Phelps-Roper Former member, Westboro Baptist ChurchAuthor, Unfollow: A Journey from Hatred to Hope Presenter and co-producer, The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling Andy Mills Reporter and podcast producer, Reflector, The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling and formerly The Daily, Rabbit Hole and Caliphate David Baddiel Comedian, screenwriter and television presenter Social Media, Anger and Us (BBC)Author, Jews Don't Count , The God Desire and more Tim Dean (host)Senior Philosopher and Manos Chair in Ethics at The Ethics Centre