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What are some of Roxane Gay’s critiques of trigger warnings? Do you agree or disagree?
Encourage students to pull quotes from the text. Students may also choose to critique the author's critiques - some of her conclusions may ring false to students or sound a little reactionary. As Gay herself does, be sure to direct emphasis towards respecting the perspectives of survivors, and center the author's call to recognize that survivors of sexual violence are not monolithic: people have different stories and different needs, which are all equally valid. Students may consider: What spaces are trigger warnings needed in the most? Are there spaces in which they don't belong? How...
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