It’s ok to embrace a stereotype if the stereotype is a cool, edgy one like neurodivergence. Stereotypes are convenient scaffolding for people who feel unmoored.
It’s ok to embrace a stereotype if the stereotype is a cool, edgy one like neurodivergence. Stereotypes are convenient scaffolding for people who feel unmoored.
Agree. Of course someone will also throw out the caveat that stereotypes can sometimes be harmful and hurtful, which I won't dispute, but stereotypes are like lunch meat: they're bad for you in large amounts, you don't want to see them in the process of being made, and yet sometimes they're the only thing you can afford.
It’s ok to embrace a stereotype if the stereotype is a cool, edgy one like neurodivergence. Stereotypes are convenient scaffolding for people who feel unmoored.
Agree. Of course someone will also throw out the caveat that stereotypes can sometimes be harmful and hurtful, which I won't dispute, but stereotypes are like lunch meat: they're bad for you in large amounts, you don't want to see them in the process of being made, and yet sometimes they're the only thing you can afford.
Race essentialism is another example. Stereotypes are bad if they’re used against you, but good if they make you feel like you belong, supposedly.
Perhaps, but why couldn't they go for liberty spikes or black lipstick?
Because fewer people are exposed to Hot Topic thanks to the downfall of mall culture.
Kinda starting to miss traditional organized religion.