Have a snappy “trigger warning” you can attach to a piece of classic literature like The Iliad? The National Association of Scholars is running a contest for the best trigger warnings. But hurry! You only have until this Friday to submit:
One NYU professor has revised the syllabus for his U.S. history course to include trigger warnings on every segment. In the spirit of his satire and because in the future it appears that no one will make an intellectual endeavor without first ascertaining its triggering content, we thought that we should make a practical contribution.
Use the hashtag #triggerwarningfail and NAS’s Twitter handle (@NASorg) to submit your ideas, or post on NAS’s Facebook page.
Examples:
The Iliad: warning – disturbing scene for those suffering sports injuries. #triggerwarningfail @NASorg
Oedipus Rex: warning – prejudicial treatment of alternative family structures. #triggerwarningfail @NASorg
Gulliver’s Travels: warning – size-ist. #triggerwarningfail @NASorg
The top 3 trigger-warning creators will each get a free copy of NAS President Peter Wood’s book A Bee in the Mouth: Anger in America Now (“warning: not recommended for the apiphobic”).
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