Names and curating identities online

[gayathri]

When I was little, they wanted me to shorten my name, so it would be ‘easier’ to say. I do not like my name shortened. I refused. I was 5, and in kindergarten, and I didnt speak English yet, and I was a very strong willed child. That desire to be called my actual full name has never changed.

Now, a white guy with $$, who, amusingly, works adjacent

Comments

[inflectionpoint]

Wow I am so sorry that many of my fellow white people are so lazy, spoilt, and entitled. That's a sickness.

You have a lovely name. And it's your name.

What is wrong with these people.