Isbn: 9781049293288 - a cold play: the rise of victim narratives in the face of real harm (6 Ergebnisse)

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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. What happens when someone finally speaks - but still leaves the most important things unsaid?On July 16, 2025, a Coldplay concert camera found two people swaying in a stadium embrace. Fifteen seconds. Three hundred billion views. Two resignations. And a story that the world decided it already understood - before anyone had told it the truth.The Cold Play is not a book about a viral moment. It is a book about what viral moments reveal: about how we assign blame, distribute sympathy, and confuse pain with innocence. About the woman who spoke - at length, on Oprah, on a speaking circuit - and the woman who never did. About the man who said nothing. And about the accountability that none of them provided to the person who needed it most.Written with the precision of investigative journalism and the emotional intelligence of lived experience, The Cold Play asks the questions no interview answered: Why does managed accountability feel like truth when it isn't? Why did women respond to fifteen seconds of footage with decades of recognition? What does genuine remorse actually look like - and why wasn't it offered? And who, in the end, carries the deepest cost of a story told without them?At its centre is a woman who changed her name on Facebook, deleted her account, and went to Maine. Who found out on a jumbotron. Who has said nothing. And who deserved better than the silence she was given by everyone with the power to break it."Not everything brought into the light is injustice. Some things are revealed so that truth can finally take its place."Essential reading for anyone who has watched a public scandal and felt - beneath all the noise - that the real story was somewhere else entirely. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. What happens when someone finally speaks - but still leaves the most important things unsaid?On July 16, 2025, a Coldplay concert camera found two people swaying in a stadium embrace. Fifteen seconds. Three hundred billion views. Two resignations. And a story that the world decided it already understood - before anyone had told it the truth.The Cold Play is not a book about a viral moment. It is a book about what viral moments reveal: about how we assign blame, distribute sympathy, and confuse pain with innocence. About the woman who spoke - at length, on Oprah, on a speaking circuit - and the woman who never did. About the man who said nothing. And about the accountability that none of them provided to the person who needed it most.Written with the precision of investigative journalism and the emotional intelligence of lived experience, The Cold Play asks the questions no interview answered: Why does managed accountability feel like truth when it isn't? Why did women respond to fifteen seconds of footage with decades of recognition? What does genuine remorse actually look like - and why wasn't it offered? And who, in the end, carries the deepest cost of a story told without them?At its centre is a woman who changed her name on Facebook, deleted her account, and went to Maine. Who found out on a jumbotron. Who has said nothing. And who deserved better than the silence she was given by everyone with the power to break it."Not everything brought into the light is injustice. Some things are revealed so that truth can finally take its place."Essential reading for anyone who has watched a public scandal and felt - beneath all the noise - that the real story was somewhere else entirely. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…