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Do Trigger Warnings Need Spoiler Alerts?
As trigger warnings become popular on TV, Hollywood tries to find a balance between ruining plot twists and helping viewers avoid trauma.
“Trauma and discomfort have started to become conflated, and I think that’s where people pull away from the idea of a trigger warning,” says Colleen Clemens, the director of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Pennsylvania’s Kutztown University. Similarly, cards on Netflix’s “Maid” and, indeed, “Baby Reindeer” generated an increase in outreach to The National Domestic Violence Hotline and the male sexual abuse support organization, We Are Survivors, respectively. Netflix’s WannaTalkAboutIt.com links to helplines and guides for how to deal with things like loneliness, anxiety and depression; Max and Hulu have accompanied select programs with web pages listing resources around the world.
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