The New Age of Sexism by Laura Bates with Laura Bates

About this episode

<p>This week's book guest is <em>The New Age of Sexism: How the AI Revolution is Reinventing Misogyny</em> by Laura Bates.</p><br><p>Sara and Cariad are joined by activist, best-selling writer, speaker, journalist and founder of the Everyday Sexism Project Laura Bates.</p><br><p>In this episode they discuss sex dolls, masturbation, AI, Meta and Take That.</p><br><p><strong><em>Trigger warning: This book and discussion covers a range of non-consensual sex acts, abuse by deep fake technology and pornography.</em></strong></p><br><p>Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!</p><br><p><em>The New Age of Sexism</em> by Laura Bates is available to buy <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/The-New-Age-of-Sexism/Laura-Bates/9781471190483" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><br><p>You can find Laura on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/laura_bates__/?hl=en-gb" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a> @laura_bates__</p><br><p>Tickets for Sara's tour show<em> I Am A Strange Gloop </em>are available to buy from <a href="https://sarapascoe.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">sarapascoe.co.uk</a></p><p>Cariad’s children's book <em>Where Did She Go? </em>is available to buy now.</p><br><p>Sara’s debut novel <em>Weirdo </em>is published by Faber &amp; Faber and is available to buy <a href="https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571374526-weirdo/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>Cariad’s book <em>You Are Not Alone</em> is published by Bloomsbury and is available to buy <a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/you-are-not-alone-9781526621870/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><br><p>Follow Sara &amp; Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a> @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and <a href="https://twitter.com/weirdosbookclub" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a> @weirdosbookclub</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for <a href="https://www.plosive.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Plosive</a>.</p><p>Artwork by Welcome Studio.&nbsp;</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>