<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Authenticity on Tom Cooks</title><link>https://tomcooks.com/tags/authenticity/</link><description>Recent content in Authenticity on Tom Cooks</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 14:00:00 +0100</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://tomcooks.com/tags/authenticity/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Cringe</title><link>https://tomcooks.com/posts/cringe/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://tomcooks.com/posts/cringe/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;The feeling commonly known as &lt;code&gt;cringe&lt;/code&gt; is the maladapted normativity leaving the body.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The domesticated brain suffers when confronted with honest attempts of the soul to express itself using novel media and exploring uncharted territories.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Those that fear honest, visceral, child-like experiments at building bridges across the big void of life are doomed to hide behind the tiepid walls of standardized communication.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Begone!&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>