'An Obligation To Prevent Trauma On Campus'

Brianne Richson wrote “An Obligation to Prevent Trauma on Campus” to educate her audience on “trigger warnings”. Trigger warnings are “advance warnings of potentially upsetting material”(Richson 426). Almost anything can be labeled as a trigger warning given the right situation. She gains the reader's attention by saying, “We all have that one memory that we would prefer people not bring up because we want to block it from our consciousness forever”(426). This statement is very relatable to anyone reading this essay. Everyone has done something that they regret or wish did not happen. Richson thinks that trigger warnings should be applied to college syllabi to warn students about potentially triggering subjects. These warning would prevent