Labels: Defining or Destructive?
INTRODUCTION When I say “label,” what do you think of? Most likely, you thought of a tag that tells you what something is. Humans have these sort of stickers, too, but unlike a name and price on some produce, these carry with them a lot of controversy. They come in the form of religions, races, genders, sexualities, any ways people define their identity. The main questions: Are labels good? Why? Why not? Where do we draw the line between good and bad? We as a community talk a lot about labels, but since the word carries a lot of negative connotations, we generally don’t say, “These are labels.” Now…why? ON LABELING YOURSELF Labeling yourself is very hard. I’ve struggled with labels in the past, and I still am today. In fact, I think I will struggle with them for my entire life, and so will most other people. Recently, I’ve…