Speaking of stories that make you feel like dogshit but I think are important to experience, here’s a list of my own.
Fair warning: please friends if you have any triggers, look up the trigger warnings for these. Many of these will be chock full of them, or... will be Very Politically Incorrect, to say the least, aka products of their time or morally grey or addressing topics in ways we perhaps would not do today. You’re all big grown-ups and can do your own research and form your own nuanced opinions of these stories. These stories all profoundly influenced me, or taught me important things, or at the very least, opened my eyes to new, sometimes painful perspectives that are important to be aware of.
Movies
Grave of the Fireflies
Barefoot Gen (1 & 2)
When the Wind Blows (1986)
Persepolis (was originally a graphic novel, so counts for the below categories as well)
Series
Bojack Horseman
Chernobyl
The Haunting of Hill House
Books/Graphic Novels
Farewell to Manzanar
The Diary of Anne Frank
All Quiet On The Western Front
To Kill a Mockingbird
1984
Pride of Baghdad
Misc.
The Holocaust Museum in Washington DC (obviously not a story, but an incredibly important experience in my opinion, and technically full of millions of biographies)
Museum of the American Indian in Washington DC
I will inevitably remember more that I’ve seen and can’t think of right now, so when I do, I’ll reblog this with more additions.
