tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post4561741246585102510..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: 13 Reasons Why by Keren DavidUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-44863263059945873302017-05-09T14:47:50.710+01:002017-05-09T14:47:50.710+01:00I didn't know there was a fuss about this seri...I didn't know there was a fuss about this series as I don't watch any TV, but this morning my daughter told me about the series. She's watching it and thinks it's brilliant. She survived a very nearly fatal suicide bid in her teens, and suffered from mental illness for many years. She is better now, and training in medicine, but she sees no problem with the series. She's alert to triggering and has talked to some of her tutors about how to present material on eg eating disorders when they don't know if any of the students might be sensitive to it. She didn't suggest that the series could be triggering, and welcomed that it deals with a serious issue intelligently and seriously, validating the experiences of desperate teens. She feels there is too little attention to such issues and that alienates and isolates those who are experiencing them. So the fear that we might trigger something regrettable produces a silence that further isolates those who need acknowledgment. A tricky balance to get right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-91344987414789195772017-05-09T13:02:08.118+01:002017-05-09T13:02:08.118+01:00Hard and difficult, and a wise post, Keren.Hard and difficult, and a wise post, Keren.Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-74585038746274485362017-05-08T12:19:25.092+01:002017-05-08T12:19:25.092+01:00Such a difficult and thought-provoking subject. Th...Such a difficult and thought-provoking subject. Thx for sharing.Rowena Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11548957772863528477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-61821819884376909012017-05-08T09:58:53.160+01:002017-05-08T09:58:53.160+01:00Thanks for this.
Only a couple of days ago I was t...Thanks for this.<br />Only a couple of days ago I was talking to someone about Jill Paton-Walsh's book, "The Dolphin crossing". When it first came out here school librarians in my state were advised not to put it into their libraries. I wonder whether secondary schools here will say the same of this one.catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.com