Cringe is fakeness leaving the body
I don’t believe in authenticity on the internet.
There’s this obsession with realness online. When I was working on Trust Exercise, and watching all these Beauty Secrets videos, I would see all these comments like, “she’s so real”. Which was funny to me, because it’s a Vogue video. It’s the most edited thing in the world. But we’re obsessed with
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Embarrassment isn’t just about doing something “cringe” — it’s about the tension between who you are and who you’re trying to appear to be.
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Cringe is just honesty before it hardens into style.
morgan (@morganpko)
“being cringe means being free” 🪛🍀