Catherine Liu – author of Traumatised: The New Politics of Public Suffering – is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Catherine and Brendan discuss how Oprah turned pain into profits, why the posh and privileged claim they’re mentally ill, and how the public performance of fragility is used to shut down debate and reinforce the class system.
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