Partycipation
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It is a really good way to socialize.
And you get to talk to loads of people and
It is escapism as well
Just kind of to get out of your box.
You know it's something different from your everyday life.
I think that clubs are one of the only places where
I can let myself completely go and
yeah, free my mind from over thinking and everyday stress.
We always do it again even though last weekend
I was crying on the bathroom floor.
So the first thing that you do is you queue
and wait to get searched.
I've heard the things that bouncers have said to my friends,
Like very kind of intrusive and objectifying
You look a bit gay,
you look too short, you're too fat.
Or you're too wasted and you're not dressed right.
You can't wear a certain thing or
you can't be a certain gender
There's sort of a uniform being repeated
over and over and over again.
Seems kind of like you have to conform
in order to participate in the collective experience.
All these people, hundreds of strangers
and they all might be looking at me.
Surrounded by people who are expecting me to dance
and I'm just standing there just moving my hands about.
The pressure of conforming and
being judged by strangers, umm.. Yeah it
can cause you anxiety.
But ah, once you let go...
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The energy... What really does it for me
is the music. Yeah, that's the main thing I go to hear
to dance.
I'm so filled with love that I want to share it with other people
and since there's a huge crowd I feel like we're all sharing
that energy, and that euphoria, and that love.
and that's what makes this experience so special for me.
I think the fundmental reason why we go out
is ultimately because we want to participate,
and just take part in something that is
bigger than ourselves.
Because no matter how the night ends
It's always an experience.
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