Dame Judi Dench is a great actress. Offstage she’s only human. But her fame gives her a platform. And her recent screed against trigger warnings reveals that humanity, in her case an inability or unwillingness to allow other people’s lived experience to have validity, instead presuming that everyone is like her. And to be fair, the way her words have been reported may colour (SWIDT) her actual meaning in a way she didn’t actually intend:
Triggering Triggers That Trigger
Triggering Triggers That Trigger
Triggering Triggers That Trigger
Dame Judi Dench is a great actress. Offstage she’s only human. But her fame gives her a platform. And her recent screed against trigger warnings reveals that humanity, in her case an inability or unwillingness to allow other people’s lived experience to have validity, instead presuming that everyone is like her. And to be fair, the way her words have been reported may colour (SWIDT) her actual meaning in a way she didn’t actually intend: