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Posts Tagged ‘identity’

Names & Pink Bunny Suits

If someone gives you a sweater that you don’t like, do you wear it? This is the time of year for receiving gifts and some of these we wouldn’t necessarily buy for ourselves - whether it’s a sweater, a tie, or some god-awful perfume you wouldn’t put on your dog. You might wear the sweater once or twice in honor …

Your Name, Your Life

What does your name mean to your life? Why do you have the name you have? Does your name fit the life you’ve built for yourself? A name, like any other word, is just a series of letters; a few vowels, consonants, syllables. But there’s more to it than that. Our names mark us in so many ways. Jhumpa Lahiri, …