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  1. Thanks for this excellent blog post, Jackie! We’ve had a small number of visitors tell us we should have content warnings for what I would call inclusive content (LGBTQ+ history and imagery) – so not any of the categories you list above, and sometimes they add they would like the warning so they can shield their children from that subject. Is any content that might cause discomfort worthy of a content warning? Do you have advice for dealing with this type of suggestion/request?

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