Thoughts on emotional performativity

[feuervogel]

I wrote a post about emotional performativity on tumblr, inspired by interactions with Ben's parents this weekend.

Comments

[groovesinorbit]

You MIL is pre-emptively policing your mood at an upcoming event? Yeesh. I'm sorry you have to deal with that.

[feuervogel]

Yeah, she kinda is. Ben had a chat with her, but it was cut short when I went back to where they were talking. She seems to have gotten the message about smiling, anyway.

[groovesinorbit]

Well, that's something. Yay for Ben standing up for you.

[feuervogel]

He's a good one. He doesn't usually do it without me saying, "hey can you talk to your parents about X?" but he does it.