Media, or any effective rhetoric, links the particular to the universal.
LGBT activist Ash Beckham did exactly that this week during a TED talk about coming out of the closet.
"At some point in our lives, we all live in closets," she said. "No matter what your walls are made of, a closet is no place for a person to live."
Beckham talked about coming out of the closet in a way I've never heard before. Her speech evokes a startling revelation — the fact that we are all living in closets of some kind.
"Who can tell me that revealing you just declared bankruptcy is harder than telling someone you just cheated on them? Who can tell me that his coming out story is harder than telling your five-year-old you're getting a divorce? Hard is not relative. Hard is hard."
Through this discussion of repression and closets, Beckham took what is usually seen as a uniquely gay experience and made it a universal one.
Her speech inspired me to examine what I repress and to start being honest about my own demons.
How did the speech inspire you?
Her speech inspired me to examine what I repress and to start being honest about my own demons.
How did the speech inspire you?
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