Trigger Warnings, Reader Autonomy, and Premasticated Fiction
It seems we’re never truly done debating who gets to control narrative. From Frank Zappa’s brush with obscenity accusations, and the congressional farce over 80s song lyrics, to the posthumous sanitization of Roald Dahl, there’s a persistent impulse in our culture to police creative expression. This impulse often targets areas deemed ‘problematic’ or ‘dangerous,’ and…