Friday, July 31, 2009 - Posts
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On the subject of matrimonial name-changes, Josiah Neufeld has a piece in the Globe and Mail about his own decision to change his name to that of his wife. There's all the usual angst that comes with a semantic switch of identity, plus some gender-based scorn from the relatives (they think he's joined a "matrilineal cult"), plus a kind of lexical void: What does a man who assumes a new name call the one he leaves behind? As Nuefield puts it, "I need a good title for my maiden name: 'former name' is boring; 'ex-name' sounds like a cast-off lover; 'birth name' implies I was adopted; 'unmarried name' evokes a monastic twin who hasn't called since moving to Tibet." What say you, commenters? ... (Read more in Double X.)
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In our "Your Comeback" blog today, Emma Gilbey Keller writes about Allison Yarrow's decision to change her name when she got married—something
Keller never thought she'd do. She's looking for more submissions from
women whose relationships have inspired life changes: Did you convert
as part of a committment? Did you move across the country or to another
continent? Emma wants to hear from you at emma@thecomebackbook.com ... (Read more in Double X.)
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Is Kate Middleton Britain’s Henry Louis Gates? That is to say: Is she a
public figure whose personal upheaval has lately sparked a national
conversation over deeply ingrained prejudices? That’s the theory bubbling beneath this Washington Post piece parsing the recent uproar over Middleton’s uncle, Gary Goldsmith, who was caught on tape prepping cocaine for consumption at the Ibizan villa he’s dubbed La Maison de Bang-Bang ... (Read more in Double X.)