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what that "class line" really means—and why it still hurts | musing no. 1

where wealth performs and shame pretends not to look

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Jun 09, 2025
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A young man stands alone in a Target aisle, holding a box of tampons with his head down, while a group of men and a woman laugh nearby—capturing the shame, isolation, and emotional weight many men feel in modern masculinity. Image reinforces themes of vulnerability, male discomfort, and societal pressure from cuffed musing no. 1.

It just hit me while I was walking through Target—the absurd performance of class that plays out every day in plain sight.

This particular store sits in one of those strange in-between zones: part wor…

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