Courage, in this world, is not just rebellion; it’s the act of remembering who you are before the algorithms and cultural mandates rearranged you.

I saw this quote yesterday: Courage is being yourself every day in a world that tells you to be someone else — it’s Christina Lauren who wrote that in Autoboyography . It stopped me cold. Not because it’s the first time I’ve heard a sentiment like this, but because it struck me as an alarm bell in the quiet din of a world where individuality feels... See more

Her call to "redefine cool by championing our otherness" positions authentic self-expression as a political act. The personal rejection of algorithmic determinism becomes part of a larger movement reclaiming human agency in multiple domains.