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Live Show Diaries - Flex Mami
Jan 9, 2024
Flex Mami, a podcaster and social media influencer, joins the hosts to discuss personal branding, performative authenticity, increasing diversity in businesses, and the other side of tokenism. They also touch on privacy issues, the struggle between authenticity and performing authenticity online, the experience of racism and microaggressions, and the impact on the speaker's identity.
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Quick takeaways
- Flex Mami got her stage name 'Flex' during a roundtable discussion with friends and it stuck, despite her initial doubts about its coolness.
- Flex Mami believes that authenticity online is flawed because social media itself is contrived and allows individuals to curate their content, reflecting different expectations and perceptions of 'authenticity'.
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The Origin of Flex Mommie
Flex Mommie explains how she came up with her stage name when she started DJing at 19. She shares that 'Flex' was chosen during a roundtable discussion with friends, and it was a popular word at the time. Although she initially considered changing it due to its lack of coolness, the name stuck, and she has been known as Flex Mommie ever since.
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