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Psychology says the photograph you'd save from a fire is almost never the one you'd show a stranger - and the gap between the two reveals these 6 things about the difference between how you present your life and how you actually experience it - Silicon Canals

The photos we'd rescue from fire reveal our authentic selves, while curated public images reflect our desire for control, exposing the gap between our private reality and performed identity.

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2 months ago

'Being queer is the greatest secret weapon on The Traitors - Stephen can win it'

I have never been more self-assured in life than I am now at 38. Every relationship in my lifefeels more secure with each waking day. I make more choices for myself now than I ever have,and I care far less about pleasing others than I ever did. But I still regularly pretend to be someone else - possibly even daily. Like Stephen, my formative years were spent playing a completely different character.

LGBT

fromThe Conversation

3 months ago

What makes a true Santa is inside - and comes with the red suit

When you picture Santa Claus, a white, bearded, overweight and jolly man who dashes around delivering gifts to children during the Christmas season probably comes to mind. Yet, not everyone who dons the red suit fits this stereotype. That's what Bethany Cockburn, Borbala Csillag and I learned when we teamed up to study professional Santas. For our study, we looked into how these professional Santas were able to "be" Santa, even if they didn't fully fit the image.

Philosophy

Digital life

fromwww.theguardian.com

8 months ago

Gen Z and gen Alpha brought a raw, messy aesthetic to social media. Why does it feel as inauthentic as ever? | Eugene Healey

Authenticity in the digital age is increasingly elusive as social media transforms personal identity into a form of performance.

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Psychology says the photograph you'd save from a fire is almost never the one you'd show a stranger - and the gap between the two reveals these 6 things about the difference between how you present your life and how you actually experience it - Silicon Canals

'Being queer is the greatest secret weapon on The Traitors - Stephen can win it'

What makes a true Santa is inside - and comes with the red suit

Gen Z and gen Alpha brought a raw, messy aesthetic to social media. Why does it feel as inauthentic as ever? | Eugene Healey

#identity-performance
#identity-performance