wander // doe<p>having legal names treated by authorities as "real" names has convinced so many people that its bizarre to have more than one name throughout one's life, when the opposite is true. </p><p>names are gifts. we receive many throughout our lives. we don't always give ourselves this gift, letting others do all the naming for them. but still we share that gift, even if ill-fitting, with others.</p><p>a name has power given the social world that carries it. remember this every time youre given a name, every time you gift others a name, and every time you share the gift of your name with others.</p><p><a href="https://exile.town/tags/names" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>names</span></a> <a href="https://exile.town/tags/philosophyofnames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophyofnames</span></a> <a href="https://exile.town/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a></p>