This brings me, again, to the point of "Who are you, to tell me what my reality is?" And I don't mean that in the sense of having no grip on the common one. But if wearing this or that, or *being* this or that, allows me more successfully to interact, then I see no reason I should not.
Going to work, at times, feels like an act of drag. And this in jeans and a uniform shirt. Because I am always thinking about which jeans, and shoes, and appropriate jewelery. Mostly as camoflaugue, to blend in with my co-workers. And the first of any of those items that I am most likely to throw on to step out the door, are not the items appropriate for my workplace.
Costuming, in a way, is just another facet of wearing a mask. And most people wear masks, whether or not they are aware of them. It's just that some of the pieces some of us use to wear them, are more obvious to other people.
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Going to work, at times, feels like an act of drag. And this in jeans and a uniform shirt. Because I am always thinking about which jeans, and shoes, and appropriate jewelery. Mostly as camoflaugue, to blend in with my co-workers. And the first of any of those items that I am most likely to throw on to step out the door, are not the items appropriate for my workplace.
Costuming, in a way, is just another facet of wearing a mask. And most people wear masks, whether or not they are aware of them. It's just that some of the pieces some of us use to wear them, are more obvious to other people.
-m