Authenticity
What does it mean for something to be 'authentic'?
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Authenticity
Swept up in the Instagramization of the 2010s, the contemporary poetry world saw an exaltation of ‘honesty’ as an aesthetic priority. Poetry not as craft, but as ‘outlet,’ with the goal not of developing ourselves and enriching our understanding of the world, but of sitting more comfortably with how we already were and what we already believed.
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Through both the album itself and her content around it, Charli has been honest and candid about where she’s at. It’s a refreshingly honest contribution amidst a category clogged with insincerity. She’s holding the insecurity of being who she is, online, in the world, in these parties along with the rush of just being a person getting lit with her
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“I think one of the marks of maturity […] - is the willingness to be seen exactly as I am.
As we grow more settled and mature, we become less hidden to others, more transparent to ourselves as well as to each other.
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