Taking My Husband’s Name Was One of the Most Feminist Things I Ever Did
<p>If you want to watch me squirm, ask me — a vocal feminist — why I changed my name when I got married. I mean, it’s not considered very feminist, is it? Choosing to rid yourself of your identity only to be subsumed into your husband’s.</p>
<p>Lord knows I’ve felt the heat over my decision from friends, acquaintances, and strangers over the years. It doesn’t help that the name I took — Brown — turned me into a cartoon character.</p>
<p>But there is one big reason I decided to change my name, and it had nothing to do with patriarchal conventions of taking my husband’s.</p>
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