Faculty Lounge Trigger Warnings Make the Campus Crime Alert List at University of Iowa Spencer Irvine February 18, 2016 Seriously, University of Iowa?! Trigger warnings are worthy of a campus crime alert? Photo by Phil Roeder
MLA, Perspectives ‘The Hunger Games’ is Sexist, says Professor Spencer Irvine January 21, 2016 A panel of professors at the Modern Language Association’s annual convention, this time held in Austin, Texas, argued about feminism…
Faculty Lounge Rape Exhibit at Columbia gets the Trigger Warning Treatment Spencer Irvine January 12, 2016 It’s a confusing situation. First, the exhibit was poorly advertised, then flyers were passed out to warn of a trigger…
Faculty Lounge 3 in 5 College Professors say Trigger Warnings Threaten Academic Freedom Spencer Irvine December 5, 2015 Yup, trigger warnings are not good for academic freedom: The National Coalition Against Censorship has an interesting new survey that might…
Faculty Lounge Professor Realizes Trigger Warnings have Ruined College Campuses, wrote Salon Spencer Irvine October 31, 2015 If Salon realized this, that means it’s getting really bad and much worse than you’d imagine: You won’t believe it….
Faculty Lounge The Word “American” is Offensive to New Hampshire University Officials Spencer Irvine July 29, 2015 They even published a guidebook to tell students which words are “problematic” to use on their campus at the University…
Faculty Lounge Trigger Warnings are Headed to England Spencer Irvine July 24, 2015 Well, it’s not an exported product that Americans are proud of, so get ready for widespread offense and knee-jerk reactions…
Faculty Lounge National Sexual Assault Survey called a Trigger by Students Refusing to take it Spencer Irvine April 23, 2015 As The College Fix said: “This month, as part of Sexual Assault Awareness month, 28 universities across the country are…
Faculty Lounge Christina Hoff Sommers gets Trigger Warning Treatment at Georgetown Spencer Irvine April 20, 2015 Apparently, speaking the truth leads to Georgetown University students claiming Sommers’ remarks would trigger students with signs and posting them…
