Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal
Abstract
“I FEEL SO SEEN!” has become a Gen-Z catchphrase for the sense of personal validation when something you experience resonates with your own way of being in the world — say, when you learn that a lyric you’ve always misheard is also misunderstood by someone else, or that a guilty pleasure in which you indulge isn’t unique to you. These days, the phrase is often thrown around light-heartedly online in response to memes or TikTok videos. But the experience of really “being seen” is far from trivial; it’s a form of recognition essential to human functioning and community. Seeing another person — bearing witness to their circumstances and experiences and reflecting that understanding back to them — is a surprisingly central function of many jobs up and down the socioeconomic ladder, from physicians to funeral directors.
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Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal: Vol. 45:
Iss.
2, Article 11.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.60082/2819-2567.1043
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/cllpj/vol45/iss2/11
