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the "normcore" idea got conflated with another term they coined, "acting basic".
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It didn't "get conflated." There is overlap because normal people do act basic. So blending in normcore style ends up basic
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worth a read. It's much more interesting than a Larry David-esque idea of "normal" — dazeddigital.com/artsandculture
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a freedom to embrace and appropriate identities with full sincerity and authenticity. No irony
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you *really* think a Brooklyn hipster can wear Nascar gear the way an actual nascar fan can?
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normcore is no tribe unto itself. You can only be normcore by being many tribes, by being uninhibited, by being genuinely yourself
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Social identity is a chosen subset A within an externally imposed constraint set B. Free appropriation requires freedom.
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YES! Totally agree. I think the lack of freedom in that choice is a great injustice. Brings this to mind: smithsonianeducation.org/president/deta

