Comment on Everybody is fine with celebrities like Whoopi Goldberg making up fake names for themselves, but when someone chooses a name for themselves to suit their gender identity it's suddenly a problem

HeartyOfGlass@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Pen names are ancient, too. Mark Twain? Real name is Samuel Clements. Charles Dickens used the pen name Boz for some reason, and Stephen King used multiple pen names, especially early in his career.

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  • Simulation6@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Uh, Boz was the illustrator for Dickens.

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    • ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I was mistaken. Thank you for your correction.

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• thermal_shock@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  And still affects no one. People bitching about stuff that has literally nothing to do with them worrying about everyone else’s genitals.

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