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1. A good overview in the Guardian about why teens are so obsessed with 13 Reasons in the first place.
2. If you're familiar with the book, Vulture breaks down the ways the 13 Reasons Why book is different from the movie.
3. In Cosmopolitan, 4 high school counselors share share own personal feelings including the pros and cons garnered from their day-to-day work lives.
4. On Vox, a really thoughtful conversation between a father and his son about why teens and their parents should watch the show together, and how it doesn't glamorize suicide as much as some critics have suggested.
5. Jia Tolentino at The New Yorker argues that the 13 Reasons Why series self-congratulatory and gratuitous, and that teens won't enjoy it because they will see straight through it.
6. A Harvard MD on why parents should watch the show with their teenage kids, with terrific talking points to discuss afterward.
7. An alternate perspective from Michigan teens who started a 13 Reasons Why Not campaign at their school.
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8. In Psychology Today, a mental illness advocate on 13 reasons why you should watch 13 Reasons Why, and why she feels teens can handle it as well.
9. A suicide survivor on how dark and accurate the show is, that she felt it was too triggering for her, though that the realism may make it "worth the watch" for others. (Note that since her publication, Netflix has added a stronger warning before the first episode of the series.)
10. A psychotherapist's view on why 13 Reasons Why is irresponsible media -- with a passionate disagreement from readers. Be sure to read the comments.
11. An argument from Nick Schager at Daily Beast that the core issue in 13 Reasons Why isn't suicide, but "the everyday hell of being a teenage girl" and a potentially valuable rallying cry for girls.
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12. TEDx speaker and suicide survivor Mark Henick on alternative ways to talk to your kids about suicide besides watching the series.
13. A thoughtful article by Ella Alexander and Professor Rory O'Connor in Elle UK about whether the series glamorizes suicide or could lead to copycat behaviors.
14. Pearmama blogger Denise Cortes on the wide range of perspectives about high school that 13 Reasons Why provides to parents, that we might not otherwise get from our own kids.
15. In the LA Times, tangible ways 13 Reasons Why is affecting American classrooms, featuring interviews with educators around the country.
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