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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 03:43am on 2004-03-04

"When you change your name, who you are doesn't change, but the answer to the question 'Who are you?' does." -- [livejournal.com profile] kuritzky, 2003-11-23.

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posted by [identity profile] firinel.livejournal.com at 08:04am on 2004-03-04
Can't say I agree.
Whether we admitt it or not, people's perceptions of us do have some influence into how we act, what and how we say..so on. And people's perceptions of us most certainly change based on different names.
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Well.......

posted by [identity profile] blumindy.livejournal.com at 09:07am on 2004-03-04
Based on having legally changed my name at age 18 I'd have to say that I was still the same me but it is also true that people looked at me differently. By the wishes of my family, I went from a German-Jewish name to a WASP name (13th most common in the US at the time. I looked it up while in the genealogical archives in Dallas.)

It definitely was A LOT easier living in Dallas with the WASP name I'd been relatively comfortable in Chicago with my Jew-label. Of course, people make assumptions based on my hair....which looks somewhat like Glenn's looked back then...so, silly assumptions! Of course, people do ask me frequently if I'm Italian (I'm not.)
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Name change

posted by (anonymous) at 03:25pm on 2004-03-04
Personally, I found my name change a liberating and wonderfully exciting experience. I walked into court on my eighteenth birthday and walked out a new woman. There is no greater feeling than slapping your abuser in the face and saying officially "you have no control over my life or what I do anymore. You can no longer hurt me so kiss my ass" with a name change that denies any (in my case, paternal) relation to the abuser. -And yes, in many respects it does change you, I think you should feel in control, impowered, and a much free-er spirit. You can start over. You don't have the baggage trailing your middle initial. You certainly can't deny it's still there, but you don't have to cringe or feel vomitus when ere you write your name anymore. I say more power to 'em! RoCk oN!
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