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lizbeeFandom is once again having a discussion about warning for triggery material in fic. Rather than spelling it out myself, I shall link to the people who have actual intelligent things to say:
Sexual Assault, Triggering and Warnings: an essay. (This post contains material which survivors may find triggering. Also trolls in the comments, because people are made of fail. In fact, let's put a blanket warning on all of these links unless indicated.)
Again? We're having this debate again?
The Warnings Thing. (Nothing triggery in the post; I didn't check the comments.)
A Little Warning Would Be Nice. (Not triggery.)
Non-Fannish: On Upfront Warnings in Certain Kinds of Posts. (Not triggery.)
This discussion is, in my opinion, particularly relevant to DW fandom, where some writers have trouble distinguishing between courtship and sexual assault, and are very strongly opposed to using warnings. (You can see some of the relevant wank here, and if you go throughcot_tossed, you'll see a bunch of cases where I and the others found ourselves reviewing unlabelled rapefic.) There is a reason why Teaspoon mods have discussed reserving the right to add non-con warnings to fics that need them. There was also a case on ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
calufrax, last year, where someone recced a highly triggery Four/Romana fic as romance, then got shirty when I and others suggested adding a warning.
My point -- did I have a point? I'm sure I left it around here somewhere -- is that not everyone in fandom is in a position to consider sexual assault, dub-con or rape "hot". And some people will be seriously hurt if they encounter it. Don't be a douchebag.
ETA: There's a more extensive discussion in my LiveJournal, although people can comment anywhere they want. To put some of the comments in context, here is the related Unfunnybusiness wank. It is not strictly triggery, just rage-inspiring.
Sexual Assault, Triggering and Warnings: an essay. (This post contains material which survivors may find triggering. Also trolls in the comments, because people are made of fail. In fact, let's put a blanket warning on all of these links unless indicated.)
Again? We're having this debate again?
The Warnings Thing. (Nothing triggery in the post; I didn't check the comments.)
A Little Warning Would Be Nice. (Not triggery.)
Non-Fannish: On Upfront Warnings in Certain Kinds of Posts. (Not triggery.)
This discussion is, in my opinion, particularly relevant to DW fandom, where some writers have trouble distinguishing between courtship and sexual assault, and are very strongly opposed to using warnings. (You can see some of the relevant wank here, and if you go through
cot_tossed, you'll see a bunch of cases where I and the others found ourselves reviewing unlabelled rapefic.) There is a reason why Teaspoon mods have discussed reserving the right to add non-con warnings to fics that need them. There was also a case on calufrax, last year, where someone recced a highly triggery Four/Romana fic as romance, then got shirty when I and others suggested adding a warning.My point -- did I have a point? I'm sure I left it around here somewhere -- is that not everyone in fandom is in a position to consider sexual assault, dub-con or rape "hot". And some people will be seriously hurt if they encounter it. Don't be a douchebag.
ETA: There's a more extensive discussion in my LiveJournal, although people can comment anywhere they want. To put some of the comments in context, here is the related Unfunnybusiness wank. It is not strictly triggery, just rage-inspiring.
