Shadows, masks and struggles
May 28, 2024 20:20:44 GMT
Post by Stella on May 28, 2024 20:20:44 GMT
At what point does your life experience really belong to you? At what point does your life experience and what goes through your mind belong to someone else? How can you be sure that the thoughts which go through your mind are really your thoughts and what you are thinking is really coming from your individual perspective on life? How many of the thoughts and feelings which go through your mind actually come from someone or somewhere else?
Just to give you some indication where I'm looking to take you in this blog post, there are life experiences which are routinely offered up for public debate and discussion among everyone, many of who have no awareness or deeper understanding of the lifestyle being discussed. This is the issue that I want to write about here. Who gets to decide who has human rights and who doesn't? Who gets to decide what is authentic and real as a lifestyle and what isn't? Who gets to decide what you can and cannot do? Who gets to direct the drama or story you are living? You or someone else?
So let me give you some examples of individual lifestyles which are routinely offered up for public debate. I'm going to have to resort to a few stereotypes and labels, so some generalization. For example, if someone is a refugee or an asylum seeker. Another example or set of examples come from queer lifestyles, or the LGBTIQ community. To make this more specific let's take the example of say a queer trans woman. Just for contrast we can throw out another far more common example of parents. It seems if you have children, a large chunk of your lifestyle becomes a matter for public debate....continue reading
Just to give you some indication where I'm looking to take you in this blog post, there are life experiences which are routinely offered up for public debate and discussion among everyone, many of who have no awareness or deeper understanding of the lifestyle being discussed. This is the issue that I want to write about here. Who gets to decide who has human rights and who doesn't? Who gets to decide what is authentic and real as a lifestyle and what isn't? Who gets to decide what you can and cannot do? Who gets to direct the drama or story you are living? You or someone else?
So let me give you some examples of individual lifestyles which are routinely offered up for public debate. I'm going to have to resort to a few stereotypes and labels, so some generalization. For example, if someone is a refugee or an asylum seeker. Another example or set of examples come from queer lifestyles, or the LGBTIQ community. To make this more specific let's take the example of say a queer trans woman. Just for contrast we can throw out another far more common example of parents. It seems if you have children, a large chunk of your lifestyle becomes a matter for public debate....continue reading