Lionel Shriver: Insensitivity Reader - Live at the UnHerd Club

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If offence is against the rules, what hope is there for radical writing? Join world-famous author Lionel Shriver to discuss the decline of in-your-face fiction and the sinister rise of sensitivity readers.

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// TIMECODES //

00:00 - 02:34 - Introduction
02:34 - 07:07 - Lionel Shriver on sensitivity readers
07:02 - 11:18 - Has Lionel experienced censorship or sensitivity readers in her writing?
11:18 - 14:04 - Lionel Shriver: Why you should never apologise
14:04 - 17:12 - Should there be women-only prizes for writing?
17:12 - 30:15 - Is the explosion of wokeness and obsession with diversity in publishing the result of the field being dominated by women?
30:15 - 36:17 - Is Lionel worried about getting cancelled?
36:17 - 47:15 - Have we reached peak woke?
47:15 - 53:18 - Did wokeness in publishing come from US publishing houses?
53:18 - 1:00:04 - Should we fight the war on language with laughter?
1:00:04 - 1:05:45 - How do we engage with a lost generation of woke youngsters?
1:05:45 - 1:08:25 - Where is the line between sensitivity reading and censorship?
1:08:25 - 1:10:58 - Where is the middle ground in this debate?


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