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inmyriadbits) wrote2009-06-25 04:11 pm
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four, three, two, one / when at the barrel of a gun
I know a lot of people are weighing in on the fic warnings issue, and I'm really not planning to get involved. I'm on the side of warnings; as a writer, I appreciate the desire to not give away the ending (or the middle), but in this community... I know this is going to come out wrong, but a lot of people in fandom are here because we have problems elsewhere. I think that putting effort into respecting that is a given.
To quote a very wise fictional character: "So you say a few words, you make a gesture, remember an important date. Small price to pay for what you get in return. For what you get in return, it's a steal. The rest is all vanity." (That's Isaac Jaffe on Sports Night, for you heathens who've missed out.)
It does make me curious about something, though. For those of you on my flist this is relevant to, don't answer if it bothers you, but how do you deal with media in the rest of the world? I mean, TV shows and books and even newspaper articles don't warn for triggers, so what do you do? Are you sometimes blindsided? Are you extra-careful when approaching media? Do you avoid things that might be more trigger-risky? It's not really related to the debate, but I've been wondering.
To quote a very wise fictional character: "So you say a few words, you make a gesture, remember an important date. Small price to pay for what you get in return. For what you get in return, it's a steal. The rest is all vanity." (That's Isaac Jaffe on Sports Night, for you heathens who've missed out.)
It does make me curious about something, though. For those of you on my flist this is relevant to, don't answer if it bothers you, but how do you deal with media in the rest of the world? I mean, TV shows and books and even newspaper articles don't warn for triggers, so what do you do? Are you sometimes blindsided? Are you extra-careful when approaching media? Do you avoid things that might be more trigger-risky? It's not really related to the debate, but I've been wondering.
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Books and newspapers are harder: I go by subject and the theme of the book from the title/inside flap, or the headline/sub headline of the article. I also rely on a lot of friends for recs, and prefer to buy books by authors I know and trust. For example, Nora Roberts/JD Robb writes a lot of sexual violence, but after reading over a hundred of her books, I have a pretty good idea for how far she's going to go, and I can either skim it or skip it if that's not going to work for me.
Sometimes I take risks on something I'm not sure about, and sometimes I avoid it like the plague. It depends on how stable I feel any given day. (For me, this also applies to fic by authors I don't know and that has't been personally recced to me.)
One place I wish you could put up warnings is the workplace--my coworkers are having an ongoing conversation about basketball that includes frequent references to Kobe Bryant's rape case, and sometimes I have to leave the room. I'm not comfortable drawing attention to myself to ask them to stop.
/tl;dr
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