A review by crikeyastoria
Outraged: Why Everyone Is Shouting and No One Is Talking, by Ashley 'Dotty' Charles
3.0
Read in a few sittings, this is one of only books of its types that kept me interested the whole way through, so props to writing style.
Deffo agreed with outrage fatigue, I think we are all tired of the world's shit thrusted at us 24/7, but I'm unsure that this gen and the next gen have the tools to combat it successfully. This book made me want to engage more with younger people outside of the internet and encouraged me to live life offline and outside the realms of social media. While I do think there is something to be said of re tweeting liking or sharing posts that call out opressors and the like, is it worth the emotional damage that eventually leads to us disengaging with topics in real life??
A hard hitting read that covers the uncomfortable aspects of any type of activism.
Deffo agreed with outrage fatigue, I think we are all tired of the world's shit thrusted at us 24/7, but I'm unsure that this gen and the next gen have the tools to combat it successfully. This book made me want to engage more with younger people outside of the internet and encouraged me to live life offline and outside the realms of social media. While I do think there is something to be said of re tweeting liking or sharing posts that call out opressors and the like, is it worth the emotional damage that eventually leads to us disengaging with topics in real life??
A hard hitting read that covers the uncomfortable aspects of any type of activism.