To be uniquely situated in a collective enterprise
The irony is that the more our social construction of western ‘civilisation’ disintegrates, the more our identities will also collapse. Yet, while our internal landscapes are undergoing this seismic shift of existential proportions, the external structures of our work-lives remain rigidly anchored in a performance of the past.
Photo above is of Brigitte Bond (a trans woman) dancing with Ska pioneer Prince Buster in 1964. British band, The Beat used a stylised version of Bond’s dancing as a logo. For more info: Along with masking and interoception, alexithymia has featured widely in the autistic literature in recent years. I decided to look into [ ]
Is masking really the reason fewer women are diagnosed as autistic? Are we really incapable of self-awareness and forming a personal identity? Shouldn't we be looking at autistic identity in its historical context?
The masking/identity narrative, imv, decontextualises a socio-historical exploration of discrimination and also makes claims of equivalence and commits acts of appropriation it cannot cash out. It omits the multiple determinants that lead to mental health problems and fragmentation of self.