need. Photo of a red, heart-shaped balloon against a clear blue sky, from Slutwalk London, by msmornington . Shared under a Creative Commons licence. Comments From You This raises a really good point. It does make sense to have trained counsellors at any kind of feminist event that covers triggering issues. I know the Samaritans (perhaps still do) used to attend big festivals and events for this reason - as incidences of assault, or drug/alcohol abuse could trigger depression in people. this is really important. I was really concerned at an event I put on the other night where a friend of mine who organised poetry workshops for survivors of violence read the poetry to a large audience. we had explained that it was survivors' poetry in the programme and before she spoke so it came with a big trigger warning, but it was only afterwards that i realised how triggering it could have been and i felt so guilty that i hadn't arranged for someone to come along and support women in the audience who may have needed it. at the same time, i feel it was really important we had the poetry to give women a creative voice to speak out. To respect and hear the voices of women. However i regret that i didn't think the impact of it through. Previously when we have arranged events that could be triggering we have invited volunteers from rape crisis to be there in support because it is important to