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A few people have made the point about boycotts being against organizations and cancels being against individuals.

I don’t see the material difference there, what about it being an individual makes you feel it’s different?

Your last point is intriguing to me.

If I were to simply not watch films with Gina Carano in them anymore, would you still say I’m canceling her?

When it's against individuals it starts to become harassment and bullying, depending on the severity. These are not things we generally care about protecting organizations from, just individuals.

I see, that makes sense.

I’m still curious if me choosing to not watch films with problematic individuals in them would be considered cancelling or a boycott?

I'm not sure about that. I'd always heard about it in the context of "deplatforming" people by actively getting them kicked off whatever social media or getting them fired from a job where they can influence society. Maybe that is where the word "cancel" originally comes from for all I know.

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