So, about that "Flaunting" thing
I've been thinking about “flaunting” again - as in “do you have to flaunt your sexuality?” and how we should be all closeted to protect ever-so-delicate Hetlandia from our presence. And it irritates me in so many ways - and one of those ways is the cost of it.
I don't just mean the emotional cost of having to hide, the repression, the shame, the self-hatred - but the actual effort of constantly running your life through a filter.
I think we all know that filter. Even though a long time ago I decided to be as out as was physically possible and refuse to hide or duck my head any more, that filter's still there and it still gets applied. I'm not brave enough or foolish enough or have nearly enough energy to do away with it completely.
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I don't just mean the emotional cost of having to hide, the repression, the shame, the self-hatred - but the actual effort of constantly running your life through a filter.
I think we all know that filter. Even though a long time ago I decided to be as out as was physically possible and refuse to hide or duck my head any more, that filter's still there and it still gets applied. I'm not brave enough or foolish enough or have nearly enough energy to do away with it completely.
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