FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months agoEverybody is fine with celebrities like Whoopi Goldberg making up fake names for themselves, but when someone chooses a name for themselves to suit their gender identity it's suddenly a problemmessage-squaremessage-square124fedilinkarrow-up1729arrow-down148
arrow-up1681arrow-down1message-squareEverybody is fine with celebrities like Whoopi Goldberg making up fake names for themselves, but when someone chooses a name for themselves to suit their gender identity it's suddenly a problemFreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square124fedilink
minus-squareHeartyOfGlass@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·2 months agoChange your name to make yourself more palatable to a wider audience? Good. Change your name to make yourself more palatable for yourself? Bad, apparently.
minus-squareArmchairAce1944@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoPen names are ancient, too. Mark Twain? Real name is Samuel Clements. Charles Dickens used the pen name Boz for some reason, and Stephen King used multiple pen names, especially early in his career.
minus-squareSimulation6@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoUh, Boz was the illustrator for Dickens.
minus-squareArmchairAce1944@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoI was mistaken. Thank you for your correction.
minus-squarethermal_shock@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 months agoAnd still affects no one. People bitching about stuff that has literally nothing to do with them, worrying about everyone else’s genitals.
Change your name to make yourself more palatable to a wider audience? Good.
Change your name to make yourself more palatable for yourself? Bad, apparently.
Pen names are ancient, too. Mark Twain? Real name is Samuel Clements. Charles Dickens used the pen name Boz for some reason, and Stephen King used multiple pen names, especially early in his career.
Uh, Boz was the illustrator for Dickens.
I was mistaken. Thank you for your correction.
And still affects no one. People bitching about stuff that has literally nothing to do with them, worrying about everyone else’s genitals.