160. A Few More Words: “Sensitivity Readings”

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I talk about the revision and censorship of books that are carried out so as to rid them of words and situations that are considered too sensitive for some in the politically correct and woke ethos that we all now inhabit.

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■ News stories about authors whose works have been subjected to sensitivity readings

- the James Bond books
https://nationalpost.com/news/world/james-bond-books-rewritten

- Agatha Christie's novels
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/mar/26/agatha-christie-novels-reworked-to-remove-potentially-offensive-language

- Roald Dahl's books
https://www.economist.com/britain/2023/03/23/editing-roald-dahl-for-sensitivity-was-silly

- an episode of Matt Taibbi's "Racket" podcast about sensitivity readings
https://www.racket.news/p/episode-27-america-this-week-with#details

- an article about sensitivity readings by CJ Hopkins in "OffGuardian"
https://off-guardian.org/2023/02/22/the-war-on-insensitivity/