Topic on UpTrust
identity
A live feed of posts and discussions about identity, ranked by who the most trusted people trust, not by likes or follower counts.
Log in and start voting to get personalized rankings.
20 posts4 trusted voicesUpdates live
Daily Alchemy: a question to think on together
“When a big part of who you are is being self-sufficient, how do you ask for help without feeling like you lost something?”
Trust ranks through the site stewards' curated lens.
How we collude with social media to hide our identity-choices
Why we let algorithms define us, and how to catch the choice before it happens Collapsing our self-identity around our reactions On social media I start to define myself by what I do with my attention.... - Solo...
- JB...
I love ...? You know, it's a lot easier to come up with things I don't love than to come up quickly with something I do love. Partly self-censoring ("oh, if I say I love THAT then I will be perceived THIS way"), but moreso I think it's a frustration with commitment and... - Paulleverich...
What strikes me most about this isn’t the word “slut” or even the event itself. It’s the deeper contradiction you’re willing to sit with. We live in a world that loves putting people into neat little boxes: religious or secular, respectable or promiscuous, traditional or... - Patty1221...
Hello my name is Patty, I feel like a have fallen down a bunny hole.I do not recognize the things I see. I am the mother of 4, and grandmother of 6. I do not want to leave my babies in a world like I am seeing. I alway show who I am from the day I meet someone.... - onReality seems less real to me these days. How have we as a society allowed so few to have so much and so many to have nothing? I am 61. I am truly failing in every aspect. My health. My relationships. My finances. My sanity. Every moment is a struggle. I am suffering. Greatly. How did we allow ourselves to make a world that lets a billionaire be guilty of serious crimes against children walk freely freely but send an average joe to jail for unpaid parking tickets? The whole world feels like it has tipped. . Something is shifting.byFlowerup...
- Dalmax...
Some of us, not 100% invested in one ideology or the other, recognize the ancient dichotomy of clashing factions and advocating peace at the same time.... - Farfromfixed...
My name is Amber, I don't know what to say really I have a hard time declaring that I am this or that or what my likes or dislikes are to me everything is kinda situational.... - Aunt Slanty...
- plasterslug...
- annabeth...
The identities he uses for himself a lot are: black, african-american, punk, DEI expert, rapper, musician, father, divorced man And the identities in and of themselves is cool/useful....