Name: Outraged
ISBN: 9781526605078

Ashley 'Dotty' Charles

Why Everyone Is Shouting and No One Is Talking

Outraged

Filipa Carvalho

Fantastic book! It would be a good read for anyone fighting the fights on social media, but also for everyone who already agrees with Ashley 'Dotty' Charles point of view, but it’s struggling to put actual words, facts and examples to it, like I was.

“Funny, nuanced and wonderful” -Jon Ronson, bestselling author of SO YOU'VE BEEN PUBLICLY SHAMED and THE PSYCHOPATH TEST “Outraged is as hilarious as it is smart, and as insightful as it is provocative. A book that had me hollering, nodding and questioning at the same time.” -Candice Carty-Williams, author of Queenie A candid exploration of the state of outrage in our culture, how it debases our civil discourse, and how we can channel it back into the fights that matter, from radio host Ashley "Dotty" Charles. We're living in a post-modern utopia of sorts, where thanks to our resolute predecessors, we've checked a bunch of items off our outrage shopping list. Slavery? Abolished. Apartheid? Not anymore buddy. Women's suffrage? Nailed it. But what do you do when you keep winning your battles? Well, you pick new ones, of course. Ours is a society where many get by on provocation, the tactless but effective tool of peddling outrage--and we all too quickly take the bait. If outrage has become abundant, activism has definitely become subdued. Are we so exhausted from our hashtags that we simply don't have the energy to be outraged in the real world? Or are we simply pretending to be bothered? There is still much to be outraged by in our final frontier--the gender pay gap, racial bias, gun control--but in order to enact change, we must learn to channel our responses. Passionate, funny and unrelentingly wise, this is the essential guide to living through the age of outrage.

Why Everyone Is Shouting but No One Is Talking

I wasn't quite sure what to expect when going into this but for a short book it was very thought provoking and really leaves you with a sense of wanting to do better. 

Karl Ansell

Lewis John Fisher

A much needed discussion about the nature of outrage on digital spaces, and how insidious and perfidious it can be.

Joanna Rosenwink 

Thank you to NetGalley and Bloomsbury for providing me with an audiobook for review.

“Make outrage great again” is the theme that runs through this book. Ashley ‘Dotty’ Charles looks at the trend in social media over the last few years for topics which have very little impact on our lives to become huge controversies. With people expending much energy and emotion on subjects that will blow over in a matter of days - or once the next twitter storm arrives.

The author examines various incidents in depth and interviews the people involved before coming to the conclusion that if we put our collective energies into the things that really mattered we could effect great change in the world.

I particularly liked that the author also provided the narrator for the book as her passion for the subject was contagious. Engaging and humorous, this is a fascinating introduction into the subject of online outrage which would be a great read for anyone who regularly uses social media or with an interest in sociology.

Outraged Why Everyone Is Shouting and No One Is Talking

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