[Flag ID/ 3 identical flags with 7 horizontal stripes. From the top, the colours are dusty pink, dusty red, dark greyish-red, off-white, dark greyish-red, dusty red, dusty pink. The 3rd and 5th stripes are much thinner, and the 4th stripe is much thicker. In the centre of the flag is the dark red silhouette of a mask, with large eyes and no mouth. It is inside an upside down off-white pentagon, which is outlined in dark greyish-red. /End ID]
an identity modifier term somewhat similar to multiself in which one wears 'masks' in order to highlight or amplify aspects of one's identity, in a similar vein to how Greek theatre masks were used to highlight one emotion.
a mask is not separate from one's identity, instead simply a section of it that one has chosen to put at the forefront.
having masks is voluntary, and one may choose to create as many or as few as they please. a mask may encompass a singular facet of one's identity (such as, for example, boyhood) or may encompass a larger slice of it (a bit like how a game demo is simply a slice of the full game).
a mask is typically referred to as an [x] mask, where x is the main facet portrayed through the mask.
coined for day 6 of mod jester's ( @rwuffles ) birthday event; masks / eyes / mirrors
note: this coiner is firmly radqueer critical. this term is not meant to be a replacement of multiself in any manner, simply a term more accurate to my own experience with identity. while I don't care who uses my terms, I would prefer if you do not conflate this term with multiself
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