‘Please Don’t Feed the Animals’ – The Disturbing Rise of Anti-Poor Web Cruelty

‘Every time I shop for my groceries I run the risk of shame and panic. I navigate the aisles, looking for those discount tags hanging under apples or grapes. I add up the prices of pineapples, tomatoes, avocados. Yams. Squash. Kale. I long for a refrigerator full of these things.

When I reach the check-out aisles, I suck in my breath, looking for a friendly cashier who won’t purse her lips when I use my EBT card. I try to hurry. Are the people lining up behind me? Did I buy obvious kid foods? Does my organic milk mean I’m not being thrifty enough with my government dollars? Does the ice cream seem extravagant? The cashier sighs loudly when a runner has to grab the right kind of juice for my coupon. As I’m leaving, the older man behind me says, “You’re welcome!”’

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