Six Conversations We're Scared to Have
On sale
3rd April 2025
Price: £24.99
A brave, witty and surprising intervention in the culture wars by the bestselling author of The Guilty Feminist
Does history have a right side? Is cancel culture real? What’s the line between comedy and offense? And why are we so obsessed with gender?
We are understandably scared to have some of these conversations. But Deborah Frances-White, bestselling author of The Guilty Feminist, is even more scared of not having them. Having grown up in a cult, she knows the value of freedom of speech, free thinking and the ability to disagree.
In her new book, she encourages us to ask difficult questions, listen, think, compromise and change minds, including our own. And she argues that we don’t need to agree on everything in order to find a way out and a way forward on some of the biggest questions in today’s world.
Are you ready to talk?
Praise for Deborah Frances-White and THE GUILTY FEMINIST:
‘Quite possibly the defining feminist of our generation’ ELIZABETH DAY
‘Very funny, very clever, very thoughtful and very relevant’ DOLLY ALDERTON
‘Breathes life into conversations about feminism’ PHOEBE WALLER-BRIDGE
‘Genius’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘Funny, fresh, thought-provoking’ OBSERVER
‘Everything you wanted to know about feminism but were afraid to ask’ EMMA THOMPSON
Does history have a right side? Is cancel culture real? What’s the line between comedy and offense? And why are we so obsessed with gender?
We are understandably scared to have some of these conversations. But Deborah Frances-White, bestselling author of The Guilty Feminist, is even more scared of not having them. Having grown up in a cult, she knows the value of freedom of speech, free thinking and the ability to disagree.
In her new book, she encourages us to ask difficult questions, listen, think, compromise and change minds, including our own. And she argues that we don’t need to agree on everything in order to find a way out and a way forward on some of the biggest questions in today’s world.
Are you ready to talk?
Praise for Deborah Frances-White and THE GUILTY FEMINIST:
‘Quite possibly the defining feminist of our generation’ ELIZABETH DAY
‘Very funny, very clever, very thoughtful and very relevant’ DOLLY ALDERTON
‘Breathes life into conversations about feminism’ PHOEBE WALLER-BRIDGE
‘Genius’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘Funny, fresh, thought-provoking’ OBSERVER
‘Everything you wanted to know about feminism but were afraid to ask’ EMMA THOMPSON
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