for me, and most other people i know, those terms do describe personal identities
Everybody wants everything to be a deep personal identity these days. I just *am* a non-monagmous person, I *am* a carnivore, I *am* fundamentally disorganized... it all seems to lead to the follow-up of, whatever it is, "it's not my fault!"
Personally, I prefer to claim responsibility for the choices I make. I choose to practice polyamory. I choose to eat meat-- and am willing to face whatever criticisms that come for that. I choose to express myself as a queer femme.
Partly, it's my thing for choice and autonomy (phrasing things as identity sounds like I'm making an apology), and partly it's because I've learned that my identity, whatever it is, is pretty damn fluid.
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timeasmymeasure
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Date: 2006-03-03 14:07 (UTC)Everybody wants everything to be a deep personal identity these days. I just *am* a non-monagmous person, I *am* a carnivore, I *am* fundamentally disorganized... it all seems to lead to the follow-up of, whatever it is, "it's not my fault!"
Personally, I prefer to claim responsibility for the choices I make. I choose to practice polyamory. I choose to eat meat-- and am willing to face whatever criticisms that come for that. I choose to express myself as a queer femme.
Partly, it's my thing for choice and autonomy (phrasing things as identity sounds like I'm making an apology), and partly it's because I've learned that my identity, whatever it is, is pretty damn fluid.