SIO393: Dr. Alan Smerbeck on Trigger Warnings

SIO393: Dr. Alan Smerbeck on Trigger Warnings

Author: seriouspod.com October 17, 2023 Duration: 1:03:44
Stormy's back! Dr. Smerbeck joins us today to discuss the current research around trigger warnings. Are they a no-brainer or are there downsides? If there are, are we going anti-woke and telling triggered snowflakes they need to be able to handle different ideas? Or is that still dumb?
But first we start off with a fantastic update from the Little Library Project that Stormy has been spearheading. Be sure to check out sharebannedbooks.com to donate books for this initiative! A big shout out and thank you to Bookishly for providing READ BANNED BOOKS bookmarks to include in each book.
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