Comments on: Name Games https://writingmywrongs.com/2012/05/01/name-games/ When a mother is forced to choose between the child and the culture, there is something abhorrently cruel and unconsidered about that culture. A culture that requires harm to one's soul in order to follow the cultures prescriptions is a very sick culture indeed. This 'culture' can be the one a woman lives in, but more damning yet, it can be the one she carries around and complies with within her own mind....." -- Women Who Run With The Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes Thu, 14 Jun 2012 13:59:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Not Lost in Translation | Writing My Wrongs https://writingmywrongs.com/2012/05/01/name-games/#comment-13933 Not Lost in Translation | Writing My Wrongs Tue, 29 May 2012 20:28:20 +0000 https://writingmywrongs.com/?p=2011#comment-13933 [...] have taken a lot of heat over the years from various adoption effected parties when it comes to that name thing.  I have mothers tell me I am wrong to call my daughter by her amended name as it erases her [...] [...] have taken a lot of heat over the years from various adoption effected parties when it comes to that name thing.  I have mothers tell me I am wrong to call my daughter by her amended name as it erases her [...]

]]> By: Too Little Too Late | Writing My Wrongs https://writingmywrongs.com/2012/05/01/name-games/#comment-13429 Too Little Too Late | Writing My Wrongs Wed, 23 May 2012 23:25:00 +0000 https://writingmywrongs.com/?p=2011#comment-13429 [...] flinch.  Again the name thing. Amber. (THAT IS NOT HER EFFING NAME) I gulp and secretly pray she did not hear my slight sigh of [...] [...] flinch.  Again the name thing. Amber. (THAT IS NOT HER EFFING NAME) I gulp and secretly pray she did not hear my slight sigh of [...]

]]> By: jeanmarie https://writingmywrongs.com/2012/05/01/name-games/#comment-12052 jeanmarie Wed, 02 May 2012 17:40:06 +0000 https://writingmywrongs.com/?p=2011#comment-12052 I remember that conversation like it was yesterday Carol. At the time I had no idea what S was talking about. Suz, I don't know how I refer to M, but I think Carol is right, it is different for those of us who have been there/were there. I remember that conversation like it was yesterday Carol. At the time I had no idea what S was talking about. Suz, I don’t know how I refer to M, but I think Carol is right, it is different for those of us who have been there/were there.

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