#CollectiveIdentity

Dualistic Unity

@dualisticunity.bsky.social

2 months ago

I Was Proud to Be Spanish — Until I Realized What That Actually Meant - Dualistic Unity I was proud to be Spanish—until I realized what that really meant. A reflection on colonial identity, Puerto Rico, and letting go of labels.

When cultural pride shifts into something heavier, what are we actually defending?

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#CollectiveIdentity #PsychologicalPatterns

Dualistic Unity

@dualisticunity.bsky.social

2 months ago

John Cena’s Final Match and Why Farewells Hit So Hard - Dualistic Unity John Cena’s final match resonates because sports farewells reveal impermanence, time passing, and the emotional weight of familiar endings.

Why do endings in sports or culture stir such deep emotion? There’s more happening than nostalgia alone. dualisticunity.com/john-cenas-f... #CollectiveIdentity #WhyItMatters

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Milkii B, Mx

@mxmilkiib.bsky.social

3 months ago

... and then Boal called this rehearsing the revolution, he would say..

to people don't complain, don't moan, what would you do if you were in this

situation and how can the community support each other

... so you would do it over and over again until you've rehearsed how you would challenge power

#rehearsingtherevolution and building support networks in communities

#forumtheatre #legislativetheatre #collectiveidentity #transitivedemocracy #prefigurativepolitics #embodied #participation #communalist #activist #process #greenparty #greens

Ana-Maria Bliuc

@anamariab99.bsky.social

11 months ago

New paper out in BJSPl! We examine how pro-Russian supporters in Romania & Moldova use identity-driven narratives to justify the war in Ukraine via moral disengagement & social creativity.
Read here: doi.org/10.1111/bjso...

#UkraineWar #CollectiveIdentity #MoralDisengagement #Polarisation

Shane O'Mara

@shanewriter.bsky.social

1 year ago

🔟 I argue (pace Anderson’s insights) that national identity arises not from a natural essence but from dynamic neurological processes that allow us to imagine and connect as one.
#TalkingHeads #CollectiveIdentity

Shane O'Mara

@shanewriter.bsky.social

1 year ago

5️⃣ Nationalism is inherently flexible—capable of inspiring both liberation and oppression—because it relies on the mutable, shared imagination rather than an immutable essence.
#Nationalism #CollectiveIdentity

Lindsay Douglas

@riversofreflection.bsky.social

1 year ago

I'm starting to realize that my #nonbinary identity doesn't exist in a world that encourages individualism. My identity is Rooted in collective consciousness. I can't be who I am if I'm forced to be immutable. My very existence is a challenge to the human tendency to isolate. #collectiveidentity