There Are No Safe Spaces In David Attenborough's AFRICA

by Rich SmithYou see that baby elephant? Alright now imagine it starving to death.matthieu Gallet / shutterstock.com
During particularly stressful times I fall into a nightly rhythm of watching nature docs in order to lull myself to sleep. Growing up, mom called such shows "nature trash," but I love them. They're beautiful night lights, screen savers with narratives, easy metaphor factories that make me feel like everything's connected. But when I tucked into the first season of BBC Earth's AFRI