📰 Subscribe to UnHerd today at: http://unherd.com/join 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. Listen to the podcast: https://plnk.to/unherd?to=page Follow UnHerd on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/unherd Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unherd/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unherd/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@unherdtv // 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? #UnHerd #LionelShriver #SensitivityReaders