09. Lessons Learned: A Personal Account of Cancel Culture and Accountability

Whiskey and Lace

Erika Altes

Kids & Family, Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Relationships

2.5 • 677 Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

When we subscribe to cancel culture, we embrace shame over accountability and growth.

In today's episode, Erika shares a vulnerable story of a time when she found herself unintentionally caught up in a viral story and the consequences she faced as a result. Erika reflects on the dangers of jumping to conclusions and the importance of fact-checking before sharing stories. She discusses the impact of cancel culture on people and the need for grace and accountability. This story is an essential reminder of acknowledging harm—intentional or not, and how to move forward.

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In this episode, we cover the following:

The dangers of taking action before being presented with all of the facts
The extra responsibilities that come with being an influencer
Taking ownership and apologizing for your wrongs
Lessons learned and Erika's perspective on cancel culture

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Are you someone who doesn't take life too seriously? Do you sometimes find that a shot of whiskey
0:08.1	isn't only deserved but needed? If you said yes to either of those, welcome to the Whiskey and Lace
0:13.2	podcast, where we have honest chats with everyday people, shit shows, and all. I'm your host, Erica
0:18.8	Altus, and I'm here to empower you to be the best version of
0:22.1	yourself and perhaps share in a shot of whiskey. Now pour yourself a glass of wine and let's go.
0:29.9	All right, welcome back to another episode of the Whiskey and Lace podcast. If you're new here,
0:35.2	welcome. I am Erica, your host, and this is an episode that I'm not sure I'm
0:43.0	actually going to air. So if I did air it and you're here, I'm so happy to have you here.
0:49.8	I have been sitting on a story for a few years now.
0:56.1	And to be quite honest, it's because I've been so afraid to ever bring it up again.
1:00.2	I want to start off by saying, before I get into it, that I am not the victim here.
1:08.2	I want to make that very, very clear that I'm not the victim in the story. That's why I have not
1:14.0	said my side of it because it just wasn't about me at this point. I just found myself caught up
1:21.2	in the story in a small way, but the victims here are the Martinez's. So I'm going to tell you guys, like what happened because you're probably sitting here and what the fuck. So I'm going to tell you guys like what happened because
1:29.3	you're probably sitting here and what the fuck happened. I'm going to tell you to round about wait,
1:32.3	not a round about wait. I'm not going to like include a ton of details about the ins and outs of
1:36.1	the story because you can you can simply Google it. If you type in the name and God,
1:40.6	even just saying her name like I like kind of cringe. If you Google Katie
1:44.6	Sorensen, you're going to get a wealth of information around what happened. But I'll give you
1:50.4	from my perspective what happened. I think that sharing my point of view, sharing some things
1:56.1	that I never shared before, I think is important because it brings up the topic of cancel culture.
2:03.2	It brings up the topic of how people can be painted in the light that they aren't.
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