Outraged

Why Everyone is Shouting and No One is Talking

By: Ashley 'Dotty' Charles

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Paperback | 1 July 2021

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'The powerful new voice of her generation'
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.

About the Author

Ashley 'Dotty' Charles is a broadcaster and writer from south London. After joining the BBC in 2014 she became the first solo female to host the BBC Radio 1Xtra Breakfast Show in 2016, where she interviewed everyone from Oprah Winfrey to Will Smith. She has presented TV programmes including BBC One's music show, 'Sounds Like Friday Night', and BBC Three's 'Story of Grime' documentary series. In 2020 Dotty was appointed the role of Lead Cultural Curator at Apple and was named Commissioning Editor at GRAZIA. She lives with her wife and two sons in London.

Industry Reviews

"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

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