Thread by @TehlohSuwi

The problem with poverty porn is—Privileged folks are going to skim through this, post hashtag #blessed, & go on living their carefree lives. But those who lost their life savings to a flood are going to read this, internalise its message, & repress their own suffering

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https://twitter.com/ShafwanZaidon/status/1563421571116847104

Many folks think that photographing the poor simply counts as poverty porn. Actually what counts as poverty porn is more complex. But, taking a photo of the poor *and then* using a caption to judge people living richer lives is absolutely poverty porn.

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Poverty porn won't make rich people be grateful. Poverty porn is more likely to be weaponised by the rich to build their "nobody wants to work anymore" narrative, while complaining the minimum wage hike is cutting too much of their wealth to have their annual trips to Ubud

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For the caption, you could have just written "The lockdown may be months ago but the effects of the pandemic persist. Praying for them"

Your intention to use this chance to lecture others actually distracts from the supposed meaning you claim you want others to get from

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