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The Case Against the Trauma Plot

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  • Dec 23, 2021
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Parul Sehgal
@parul_sehgal
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www.newyorker.com
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Fiction writers love it. Filmmakers can’t resist it. But does this trope deepen characters, or flatten them into a set of symptoms?

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Maria Popova @MariaPopova · Jan 25, 2022
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"In a world infatuated with victimhood, has trauma emerged as a passport to status—our red badge of courage? The question itself might offend." Superb essay by @parul_sehgal (bound to draw ire from pre-offended people skimming for insult, making its point)
Nancy Rommelmann @NancyRomm · Aug 25, 2022
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