Masculinity, cancel culture and woke capitalism: Exploring Twitter response to Brendan Leipsic's leaked conversation
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Sailofsky, D. 2022. Masculinity, cancel culture and woke capitalism: Exploring Twitter response to Brendan Leipsic's leaked conversation. International Review for the Sociology of Sport. 57 (5), pp. 734-757. https://doi.org/10.1177/10126902211039768
Type | Article |
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Title | Masculinity, cancel culture and woke capitalism: Exploring Twitter response to Brendan Leipsic's leaked conversation |
Authors | Sailofsky, D. |
Abstract | On 6 May 2020, photos were leaked from a conversation in which Brendan Leipsic of the National Hockey League’s Washington Capitals, his brother Jeremy of the University of Manitoba Bisons and several others made vulgar, misogynistic comments about women and about other hockey players’ girlfriends and wives. Following the release of the conversation and the subsequent dismissal of both Leipsic brothers from their respective teams, many took to Twitter to explain their thoughts on this situation. This study analyses nearly 1000 Twitter replies to the Leipsic situation and explores how these responses are shaped by questions of masculinity, accountability, legality, privacy and hockey culture. Contrasting responses to both the scandal and the institutional response to it are emblematic of larger contemporary questions regarding narratives of ‘cancel culture’, ‘woke capitalism’, acceptable masculinities and interactions between them. |
Keywords | masculinity; cancel culture; Twitter; hockey; hockey masculinity; inclusive masculinity; woke capitalism |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Journal | International Review for the Sociology of Sport |
ISSN | 1012-6902 |
Electronic | 1461-7218 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 31 Aug 2021 |
01 Aug 2022 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 05 Nov 2021 |
Accepted | 16 Aug 2021 |
Output status | Published |
Publisher's version | License |
Accepted author manuscript | File Access Level Restricted |
Copyright Statement | © The Author(s) 2021. |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1177/10126902211039768 |
Web of Science identifier | WOS:000692586300001 |
Language | English |
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