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The Mother Who Won’t Put A Trigger Warning On Her Child’s Life

Aug 18, 2024
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Are you triggered by trigger warnings? Do you need one before you read a story about anxiety? How about before you see a photo of a meal that includes meat?
What about before you watch a performance of Macbeth?

Trigger warnings are supposed to protect us, but do they?

Rachael Casella lost her daughter Mackenzie when she was just seven months old. And she refuses to put a trigger warning on her daughter’s life for reasons that may surprise you. Victoria Bridgland is an academic and researcher at Flinders University who has studied the effects and impact of trigger warnings - and her findings may surprise you.

You can learn more about Rachael and Mackenzie here.

Buy Rachael’s book here.

And you can learn more about Victoria’s work here.

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