Ashley 'Dotty' Charles

Well I feel seen. Charles's short book (extended essay? monograph?) is a callout to all of us who spend too much time getting angry on social media. Why do we do it? Mainly for us, not so much to affect any real change. She argues convincingly that the value of outrage has plummeted as we have sacrificed the practical in favour of the performative. It's easy, it's addictive and it's corrosive, because while the consequences might be devastating for relatively powerless individuals, it's incredibly easy for the powerful to shrug off, because ultimately everyone will move on to the next novel outrage (it's more or less the explicit strategy of the current UK government).

Timely, well-argued and uncomfortable.… (plus d'informations)