> Have Microaggression Complaints Really Launched a Whole New Sort of ‘Victimhood Culture’? by Jesse Singal, at New York Magazine.>At, Anthony Fisher rounds up critiques from smaller blogs, as of 8/26/15.This is the most common response to our essay in the blogosphere. Lindy West argues that Lukianoff and I are motivated by the need to defend the status quo - our male privilege. > The Guardian: Trigger Warnings don’t hinder freedom of expression: they expand it.We had a good discussion in a HuffPost Live joint appearance. I just think its very bad for students to call it a “trigger warning,” or to do anything to convey to students the expectation that they will be warned about… everything. He argues that sometimes guidance is needed beforehand. His main point is that TWs are not a form of censorship. This is a thoughtful essay about the sensitivities needed to lead a seminar class through difficult material. > The New Republic: The trigger warning myth, by Aaron Hanlon.The only criticisms published in major media are: > Diane Rehm (this is the most detailed discussion so far)Ĭritical Responses: So far there has been hardly any pushback.> KCRW: The Point (a radio show with some heated exchanges, e.g., Harvard’s Paula Caplan says that microaggressions are in the eye of the beholder, and Wendy Kaminer points out that this is precisely why the concept is so dangerous).In my September 2015 cover article for The Atlantic with Greg Lukianoff, we argued that a new form of “vindictive protectiveness” is sweeping across American universities, with dire consequences not just for free inquiry but for the students’ own mental health.
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