Let’s Dig Deeper What Trauma Porn is, and What Trauma Porn Isn’t
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A week ago there were a lot of conversations on Twitter about trauma porn. As a lover of Black happily ever afters, I have a lot of feelings about trauma porn, all of which can be summed up here in a story I wrote for The Mighty back in 2020.
Before I start, I want to mention that I intentionally don’t interact with very heavy media, especially Black media. I’m aware that some of the media talks about our history, culture, plights, etc., but for my own mental health I have to stay away. I have very strong media boundaries as a consumer, and that’s why this trauma porn conversation is frustrating me.
The conversation about trauma porn is losing the plot due to the lack of knowledge around what trauma porn is and quite frankly, what it isn’t.