@hannahglennhannahglenn: This week’s essay about being performative, on substack 🪿#videoessay #substack #writing

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millie :
not only is the digital space a performance, life itself is a performance, an allusion and a game. freedom comes from putting on the show you’d be proud to watch, of yourself, for yourself.
2026-01-30 16:20:03
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june.tune7
June Tune :
U could say Life is a performance
2026-01-30 19:42:48
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cryxbre
cryxbre :
this is sociology
2026-01-30 20:13:27
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gubbers
Gabi :
I love smart people
2026-01-30 15:09:58
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addisondeservedthegrammy
olivia :
addison rae reposting 💚💚💚
2026-02-04 00:06:43
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ggabrielleerin
gabby :
okay fine I'll reread the catcher in the rye
2026-02-01 17:37:20
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olaawosika
ola awosika :
exactly!! even those “caught in the moment” pics we post in our photo dumps are curated to look casual 😂 it’s all a performance whether you film in front of a ring light or choose to film in dim lighting. neither is more “authentic” than the other
2026-02-02 07:57:51
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mainefatherbear
Maine Father Bear :
Shakespeare wrote “all the world’s a stage” way before the internet
2026-02-05 05:03:09
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heynow480
heynowwww :
Baudrillard called it “simulacra”. None of us are 100% original… we have been choosing preferences and tastes from everyone and everywhere
2026-02-04 02:33:01
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olishuu
olivia :
And preforming should be funnnn
2026-02-01 19:49:45
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potatoislike
Phillip Tang :
We are all performers
2026-02-01 15:52:17
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sarahmaharsi
sarahmaharsi :
I also think you have to know of trends in order to place yourself outside of them and therefore be “different.” so we have to buy in to stand out
2026-01-30 18:07:29
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austincoulter
Austin Coulter :
My takeaway is to keep performing
2026-02-02 15:13:33
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sumimrk
sumi :
another brilliant piece!! love
2026-01-30 12:46:50
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djgeoffe
Geoffrey :
Being online is boring now. It’s no longer radical. It’s easy to call people sellouts who spend too much time online yet try to tell us they’re “authentic.” The Society of the Spectacle.
2026-02-03 00:29:15
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kyndlewylde
Kyndle Wylde :
i think accepting that social media is inherently performative is a kind of doorway to freedom actually. i don’t know how to explain it.
2026-03-08 05:37:43
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rembulannauli
Rembulan Nauli :
even acting can come across authentic, and that’s curated editing
2026-01-30 18:01:16
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thesocialthaali
thesocialthaali :
that's such a good one! there's also this pressure to curate yourself and put yourself in online because otherwise you'd be missing out on so many opportunities. being offline and really authentic is a luxury very few can afford. it's almost like a status symbol because for a majority of us, having this performative alter ego is a must to succeed and get ahead in life/career
2026-01-30 17:19:59
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kyrawuwu
kyra :
another banger !!! i live for these 🙂‍↕️❤️
2026-01-30 14:36:48
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yahawana
alia :
“this is why we’re all going crazy”
2026-02-04 18:26:47
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soundsliketara
Soundsliketara :
choices made irl have the same cloud looming bc even if you don't post, someone else is probably recording and you'll be online somewhere anyway
2026-02-03 13:38:36
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myshkinprince
youngcarl :
Part of the problem with all of these social critiques is that they never acutely define the anchor concept they are all tethered to: Authentic. What the hell does authenticity mean in the west post 1950?
2026-02-07 16:22:44
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greedynpc
Greedy investor :
Not when you’re journaling and documenting for yourself
2026-03-04 07:33:02
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raystarthethinker
✮ raystar ✮ :
let’s all just sit back and enjoy the show!
2026-01-31 23:10:44
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deadaccount12248483 :
thanks new kat dennings
2026-01-30 21:33:14
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