Thank you Stella! I think that’s a really good way to put it. I tend to have trigger reactions both to authenticity (which as a former academic, I both learned and taught about authenticity as a social construct of what is valued in a community. It is not necessarily what is historically/culturally accurate or “real”) and vulnerability (…
Thank you Stella! I think that’s a really good way to put it. I tend to have trigger reactions both to authenticity (which as a former academic, I both learned and taught about authenticity as a social construct of what is valued in a community. It is not necessarily what is historically/culturally accurate or “real”) and vulnerability (which is sometimes about ego and the performance of a particular identity). Being genuine and confident about who you are and what you have to offer I think is central to what we do in building the community we want for our people. Thank you for putting it this way. I like the idea of being genuine better than authenticity. Far less intellectual hangups with that word.
Thank you Stella! I think that’s a really good way to put it. I tend to have trigger reactions both to authenticity (which as a former academic, I both learned and taught about authenticity as a social construct of what is valued in a community. It is not necessarily what is historically/culturally accurate or “real”) and vulnerability (which is sometimes about ego and the performance of a particular identity). Being genuine and confident about who you are and what you have to offer I think is central to what we do in building the community we want for our people. Thank you for putting it this way. I like the idea of being genuine better than authenticity. Far less intellectual hangups with that word.