Alex WellersteinVerified account

My approach is entirely due to respect for them as adults and as learners. That is what they signed up for. That is what I provide.

I'm honestly baffled with how dogmatic this sounds. All students aren't the same. It's not medicalizing to be aware that they come to us...

...as adults with different hostories and experiences. A heads up that those with some experiences might find some scenes disturbing isn't..

...coddling them or treating them like infants. Honestly, before the right wing weaponized this language, I thought we all did this anyway.

the "mandatory trigger warnings" and whatnot have been real, and from the Left. Aside from being dubious pedagogy, it gives them ammunition.

I dunno. I feel like the backlash against TW was larger than the push for them. I know no academics who think they should be mandatory....

...That was more likely to be pushed by (a small number of) student groups, no?

I thought this take was ok: https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.nytimes.com/2015/09/20/opinion/sunday/why-i-use-trigger-warnings.amp.html …