Cosplayer with a wicked sense of sarcasm. Likes to read a lot and watch movies/tv.
Things you should know: I'm over 21, have a Bachelors degree, and sometimes I'll post adult themed images. If your going to be offended then thats your problem not...
my hetero married mom is turning 65 and I shit you not she’s being denied Medicare unless she changes her legal name back to her maiden name on her birth certificate
she’s been contacting attorneys and speaking to every possible office and administrator and I’m like mom you might want to go to the news tbh
she is a very mildly unusual case because she had to shorten her first name when getting married so that her name would fit on the license form in 1990 and so now she has to petition for a name change to undo both that and taking my father’s surname because MAGA hates trans people so much lmfao
This reminds me of a surreal experience I had in law school, when I learned that my law school had LITERALLY no way to change your name in the system or on your ID. I pointed out that I knew multiple people who had gotten married while in law school, and asked the person at the registrar’s office what they did in those cases, and he said that he guessed that they’d just have to not legally change their name while in law school?? I asked him if this was perhaps because the law school had introduced this system back when they still expected to be able to keep women from attending indefinitely, and he got really silent for a bit and then told me that he was busy and I should leave unless I needed something else.
Btw, I’ve gotten a LOT of traction with conservative folks with this story when I’ve told it, to the point of some fairly right wing people even agreeing with the much stronger position of “yeah, and why the fuck should you need a court order just to change your name either?” It hits all the right notes of absurdity, and of the government and other institutions intrusively reaching into other people’s lives, while also demonstrating that that overreach is a clear attack on people with traditional values too. I always present it as “Now, look, I know it’s not as fashionable for a woman to take her husband’s name anymore or whatever, but she should at least be able to if she wants to, right?” and I don’t even get people trying to argue slippery slope about it, most folks we just jump all the way onto the “preferred names are an issue of freedom” train.
Which is all to say that yeah, your mom should absolutely go to the news about this.
Did you know that this charming white dress with pale blue stripes was worn by Lily James as Lady Rose MacClare in 𝑫𝒐𝒘𝒏𝒕𝒐𝒏 𝑨𝒃𝒃𝒆𝒚 in the 2012 season, wasn’t made for her?
It’s true! The piece was spotted in 1991 on Louise Lombard as Evangeline Eliott in 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑬𝒍𝒊𝒐𝒕𝒕, but it almost certainly originated with the 1986 made-for-television movie 𝑨𝒏𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒂: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝒏𝒏𝒂, where Amy Irving wore it as Anna Anderson, though it is also entirely possible that the piece is an original vintage garment.
Find out where else this costume has been worn at Bit.ly/PostEd064
