Commenting Note

[Trigger warning for violence.]

I realize that "I feel stabby" or "That makes me stabbity" and variations thereof are really rather common commenting turns of phrase, even (and maybe especially) on feminist blogs, but they are prohibited in this space, where the commenting policy explicitly prohibits violent imagery.

Commenters who are interested in not triggering trauma survivors might want to jettison that language from their lexicons altogether, given the fact that knives are not an uncommon weapon, especially to many survivors of gangs, rape, and domestic violence—particularly in countries which have tighter gun laws than the US (for example).