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How to Have Difficult Conversations for Meaningful Change

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No Offence, But...

By: Gina Martin
Narrated by: Gina Martin, Aja Barber, Cathy Reay, Salma El-Wardany, Azadeh Hosseini, Mariam Kemple-Hardy, Ben Hurst, Charlie Craggs, Koa Beck, Daze Aghaji
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A practical, inspiring roadmap for changing the conversation on social justice issues.

'Not all men'
'I don't see colour'
'To play devil's advocate...'
'Climate change is coming'

From the persistent to the insidious, too often, antagonistic responses threaten to distract and derail the most urgent conversations.

Tackling twenty of the most enduring conversation-stoppers, No Offence, But... equips readers with the knowledge, tools and context to respond with confidence. Alongside other trailblazing writers, educators and advocates, acclaimed campaigner Gina Martin helps us to unpick these phrases, understand why they are harmful and feel empowered enough to change the conversation.

Featuring chapters from Aja Barber, Ben Hurst, Cathy Reay, Charlie Craggs, Daze Aghaji, Ione Gamble, Koa Beck, Mariam Kemple Hardy and Azadeh Hosseini, Nova Reid and Salma El-Wardany.

'An empowering guide'
Laura Bates

'A great, thought-provoking read'
Stephanie Yeboah

©2023 Gina Martin (P)2023 Penguin Audio

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A great start that turns into a political rant by the end.
Gina’s narration is also not the clearest and they should actually consider re-recording

Political rant and audio is not the clearest

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Having not rear taken time to pick apart in my own head; sexism, racism, ableism, and other prejudices…. I learned a lot from these chapters, delivered as they were, by people who know from experience what they are talking about. Ie. Not written about people affected/involved, but by them.

It was a good opportunity for me, as a member of ‘the dominant group’ to look at these issues from the perspectives of those affected by outdated and uneducated thinking or laziness, because the issues haven’t affected me personally. I learned new language that helps articulate a newly developing perspective I have on society and marginalized groups, which will also be helpful in future conversations I’ll end up having. And hopefully will give me the confidence to challenge people in a compassionate but educated way about the bigoted use of language and sex/raceist etc attitudes and the harm it causes.

Lots of food for thought

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This thoughtful and extremely well written book covers issues with insight and care, and the contributing chapters from others bring further life to them.

Extremely good book

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I found this book fascinating and so educational. I loved that it looked at sexism in an intersectional way which really opened me up to some different experiences. The book is a mix of personal experiences, statistics and general discussion which I found easy to listen to. Would definitely recommend!

I couldn't stop listening

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Amazing book, well written and easily understandable and educational! I found this book to be so pertinent and helpful in conversations with people in my own life and also evaluating my own actions and views on things. Super informative and would recommend to everyone! Gina and co present so many cohesive and nuanced perspectives, wonderful listen.

Interesting and Informative

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The text is jam packed with facts, ideas, questions. It is well written and researched and only misses a helpful PDF as a quick reference for all of the sources presented.

Brain food

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