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Amanda Saint's avatar

This was a lovely read. I’ve just written a post about identity and it being nebulous and ever changing. So many people I know go by different names to the ones they were born with. I really love that final paragraph as yes, who we are goes way beyond a name.

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Sharmila Ganapathy's avatar

I can so relate to this post! When I was a teen, I shared my first name with three others in my form at school. So my name became ordinary. It didn’t help that my name didn’t feel like “me”. Only when my non-Indian friends complimented me on the sound of my name, did I slowly began to appreciate it. Good on you, Rachel!

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