Heads-Up: Trigger Warnings

The Family Skeptical

We begin the episode with a big update on Pops’ neurodivergence, get derailed on an X-Men tangent, and finish up with a discussion of Trigger Warnings. What is the best way to think about them? (As a heads-up, the section on Trigger Warnings includes some discussion of things that might need a trigger warning, so skip it if you’re not in the place to listen.)

And finally, I had to dub a few lines and I am clearly both not good at it or mixing that kind of audio, so sorry in advance if it's jarring.

Now to links:

• Caitlin Moran.

• Search Engine - What do trigger warnings actually do?

• Dr. Jessica Zucker - I Had a Miscarriage.

• A New Republic article on Twin Peaks and the trope of the dead girl.

• For All Mankind.

• An Express article about fan anger at all the deaths at the end of Vikings.

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