By Baylie Clevenger The opinions and views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not reflect the opinion of Byte or Byte’s editorial board. As a preface for this article, I would like to say that anyone who is sensitive to topics like assault, sexual assault, gun violence, suicide or bullying may not want to read on. On May 18 the Netflix original “13 Reasons Why” made a comeback with season two. The show has been controversial from the first season and the newest one is no different. Social media is still buzzing with opinion after opinion about the show. I have my opinions about the show as well, I fall somewhere in the middle. There were a lot of really great things about the show but also a lot of not so great things. Beginning with what they did right, here’s a list of just a few: (Warning: anyone who has not watched this season and plans to should stop here because there WILL be spoilers.)
What Went Right
1- The court cases.
People v. Brock TurnerImage from Huffington Post
2- LGBT issues
Leelah AlcornImage from ABC News
3- Stories of sexual assault victims
RAINNIdc if you don’t like 13 reasons why. This scene needs more attention pic.twitter.com/NnFi5s1Vlp
— brooke (@princessGBrooke) May 28, 2018
4- Trigger Warnings
What Went Wrong
1- Graphic Scenes
Image from Buzzfeed
2- The Finale
3- Clay
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