Name changing

"When I think of my name, I don't think of the lineage of men who've come before me down my father's side. My birthname is my name, regardless of where it came from. Were I to get married, the weight of taking on another man's name wouldn't be alleviated by the idea that mine was never really mine to begin with. The idea of transitional identity actively stands in opposition to the idea of women as whole, rounded creatures who exist in their own separate right."

-- Clementine Ford