- Sep 2023
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docdrop.org docdrop.org
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your your self isn't 01:13:47 some permanent uh monadic structure that just kind of exists it's an active construction it's a process it's a you know it it's a constant information processing Auto police is that you know 01:13:59 of the mind doesn't stop during embryogenesis it kind of keeps going it has to and um and and it has these it has these interesting implications
- for: constructing selves, constructing self, reconstructing self
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- this is a fascinating insight that gives us deeper nuance on what it means to construct our selves in every moment
- we obviously know we don't have access to our past and only have access to engrams of the past , so it isn't wrong to say that we are constantly reconstructing ourselves like a Planaria worm does to regenerate its body, all the time.
- engrams are abstract traces of the past
- this goes to the heart of constructing the self, in the Buddhist sense, as a kind of illusion
- Levin says he is somewhere in the middle between the two poles of illusion and solidity of self, the self is a pragmatic useful metaphor, like everything else we construct
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- Nov 2022
- Apr 2018
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Local file Local file
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When comparing themselves to women ofthe dominant culture, they thought the sentimental order(Glaser & Strauss, 1971) or cultural right way of doing thingswas to be stronger
because sarah couldn't be stronger this made her hair fall out. not necesarily the cause but its a factor. her lack of blackness devoids her of her "strength". "the cultural way of doing things was to be stronger" Sarah didn't have that mindset to be stronger. furthermore, neither did the queen. She is the dominant culture and she seem's to be one of the dominant "selves" in sarah.
Sarah's loss of crown is because she was dwelling on her life as a caucasion
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- Mar 2018
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journals.sagepub.com journals.sagepub.com
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hypertension, heart disease, stomach ills,respiratory difficulties, and depressive episodes, often referred to as ner-vous breakdowns
does this :internalization" process also contribute to the depressive episodes?
In order to maintain their image of a strong black woman, black women mask those behaviors which may make them seem weak. aka "internalizing" them.
this now makes more sinse as to why her initial breakdown is in her apartment in the first place. she only becomes other parts of herselves when she's alone.
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the content (metaphors, recurring images, narratives) and the format ofspeech (disavowals, changes in volume, and contradictions) to identifyhow individual speakers mark their proximity to and distance from cul-tural discourses.
Can these distinctions be found in a close reading of Sarah's other selves? what is there proximity to and distance from cultural discoruses
Must read "The listening Guide"
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- Jan 2017
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aeon.co aeon.co
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That’s not to say that social media curbs our self-awareness, or that our internet selves aren’t highly artificial and curated. Nor that people living in oppressive regimes, or as minorities in societies where they know they will be targeted, aren’t justifiably anxious about what they say online. But the point remains that digital media have radically transformed our conceptions of intimacy and shame, and they’ve done so in ways that are unpredictable and paradoxical.
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