Personal Stories
A series of vignettes on names given, chosen, and changed.
Humor
Asking a heterosexual man to change his entire name -- first, middle, and last -- after marriage can feel risky!
Humor
“That’s one I haven’t heard before.” - Oh cool! I haven’t heard lots of names, or just lots of words, in general!
Link Roundup
Links, rounded up just for you.
Family
"May they know how to pronounce their own names. May they claim the language that spoke them into this world."
Humor
A grounded goth teen is not fooled by your bullshit, prosaic terms for the objects of the night that surround her.
Beauty
Tasbeeh Herwees on her name.
Magic
John Candy's name in a bunch of different languages.