I hate the mangling of language. I hate stupid use of words, and that's what they're promoting. All these things we're no longer supposed to say have to do with a denial of reality. It doesn't change the fact that being massively overweight is bad for you. So it's as if you eliminate the word, you eliminate the prejudice against that state. We don't want to encourage everyone to be massively fat. If anything else, it's a misappropriation of calories. But what is behind this stuff is a lie. The question was that transhumanism. How do we, if this trans ideology and some of the woke ideologies relate to technology? Can fiction engage
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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