(Exhibition text in English, referring to a QR code in the exhibition)
Question to student at Spyken Upper Secondary School, 2023:
– How do social norms affect your identity?
– There’s a bit more freedom to behave according to your own ‘niche’. I wear nail polish, for instance, which I probably wouldn’t have been able to do in the past. You can express yourself. You have a bit more wiggle room when it comes to certain things. There are many sub-cultures, you can choose your own groups. But it’s not completely unrestricted – everyone feels social pressure.
‘The debate on politically independent culture has flared up again after local SD [Sweden Democrat] politician prevented drag queens from delivering storytelling sessions for children and objected to non-binary people wearing a Lucia crown.’
Swedish Television News, 8 May 2023
‘Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.‘
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 2