Outraged
- Author Ashley 'Dotty' Charles
- Narrator Ashley "Dotty" Charles
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing
- Run Time 3 hours and 39 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Disinformation and misinformation, Humour, Media studies: internet, digital media and society, Political activism, Politics and government, Social attitudes, Society and Social Sciences, Sociology: family and relationships.
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What to expect
The Times
'Funny, nuanced and wonderful'
Jon Ronson
‘A book that had me hollering, nodding and questioning at the same time'
Candice Carty-Williams, author of Queenie
'Funny, educational, enlightening . . . Way ahead of its time'
Chris Evans
A candid exploration of the state of outrage in our culture, and how we can channel it back into the fights that matter, from presenter and DJ Ashley 'Dotty' Charles.
Ours is a society where many exploit the outrage of others in order to gain power - and we all too quickly take the bait. But by shouting about everything, we are in fact creating a world where outrage is without consequence.
There is still much to be outraged by in our final frontier, but in order to enact change and become more effective online, we must learn to channel our responses.
This is the essential guide to living through the age of outrage.
Critics Review
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A great read . . . Charles is very funny, but the irreverent and chatty tone leads you to important ponderings . . . Outraged is a study of flash activism and why it doesn’t last, and its message is rendered all the more relevant for it being published in the midst of a flash of activism that simply must
The Times -
A swipe at the empty rhetoric of activism that only exists with a hashtag online
Observer -
As Charles puts it, plenty of people are playing the “sport of outrage” but who is keeping score? . . . Makes many worthwhile points . . . If her plea for people to turn down the heat, except when it matters most, is heeded, then Charles will have given valuable service in helping to improve public discourse
Evening Standard -
A radio host explores how reflexive outrage weakens the social discourse and, counterintuitively, makes it harder to effect real change regarding the issues that outrage us in the first place
New York Times Book Review -
DJ and presenter Charles tackles cancel culture head on with this vigorous polemic
i, Summer Reads -
A timely new release, Outraged reminds us how to keep some perspective in a social and political landscape where many cause offence without thought to the consequences
Radio Times
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