"I think the term freak needs to be reclaimed...
A freak is somebody who is unusual, stared at, upsetting, revealing by their differences what is wrong with the status quo. When a freak appears, the world is instantly divided into gawkers and and the unique, solitary individual who has given them pause. There are those who cannot hide their shameful or alarming attributes, and those otherwise
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'What is freaking out?'
On a personal level, Freaking Out is a process by which an individual casts off outmoded and restricting standards of thinking ,dress and social etiquette in order to express creatively his relationship to his immediate environment and the social structure as a whole. Less perceptive individuals have referred to us who have chosen this way of thinking and feeling as "Freaks", hence the term: Freaking Out. On a collective level, when any number of "Freaks" gather and express themselves creatively through music or dance, for example, it is generally referred to as a freak out. The participants, already emancipated from our national social slavery, dressed in their most inspired apparel, realize as a group whatever potential they possess for free expression.
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