This really clicks for how I understand my irritation with labeling and identity, and she really set it up in a way that is far more eloquent than I could explain.
I think this can be extrapolated to lots of other identity types when they subsume a person’s personality or global identity. Personally, I see it a lot with medical-adjacent stuff like disability, neuropsych related stuff, even sexual stuff like dom/sub terminology. She explains well that these terms can be exciting to help you discover who you are, but ultimately, they’re reductive and if you let it, labels can limit you and hinder your self-discovery and growth over time.
This really clicks for how I understand my irritation with labeling and identity, and she really set it up in a way that is far more eloquent than I could explain.
I think this can be extrapolated to lots of other identity types when they subsume a person’s personality or global identity. Personally, I see it a lot with medical-adjacent stuff like disability, neuropsych related stuff, even sexual stuff like dom/sub terminology. She explains well that these terms can be exciting to help you discover who you are, but ultimately, they’re reductive and if you let it, labels can limit you and hinder your self-discovery and growth over time.