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“After Hatuey, a fifteenth-century Indian insurrectionist, had been fixed to the stake, his Spanish captors extended him the choice of converting to…
Dec 18, 2025 • Ric Royer
Dying While Canceled
Your Cancellation Will Outlive You
Sep 21, 2025 • Ric Royer
"Oh Ric? He's alright."
On the desire to not be hated
May 28, 2025 • Ric Royer
Make America Canceled Again
Ever since the election I’ve had this recurring thought pop into my head, bringing with it a tiny post-traumatic tingle: Does another round of Trump…
Dec 30, 2024 • Ric Royer
Apologies
The Theatre of Apology does not result in accountability
Oct 10, 2024 • Ric Royer
I Don’t Have an Accuser, I Have a Stalker
(Another event canceled)
Aug 27, 2024 • Ric Royer
The Troubled Maker: Transgressive Art, Public Shame, and Mike Tyson
[This piece was originally published in December of 2020, and is now behind a paywall.
Jul 22, 2024 • Ric Royer
Jobs and Death
I’ve wanted to write about the class dynamics of being canceled, and my own adventures in (un)employment after cancelation for a while now, but I…
May 17, 2024 • Ric Royer
Being Non-Being
The experience of not really being dead
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