Authenticity and “Passing”

But the funny thing is that people seem to be able to detect performance art versus authenticity. Maybe we try to hard. Maybe we make subtle mistakes or maybe we’re acting so hard that we don’t make mistakes. Maybe we “act” too hard and it sends signals to others.


Liz says so much in this relatively short post on Authenticity and “Passing”.  The paragraph, above, is a good example.