#Labels

[danshive]

I think personal labels can be useful for “there’s a word for it”, “I’m not alone”, and “oh neat, I know what to put in a search engine now” reasons, but I also think they can be troublesome.

Plenty of people won’t fit 100% neatly into a label, and when they encounter a rare exception to what is otherwise an accurate label for them, it can feel like an identity crisis.

The labels aren’t literally what you are. They’re words. They’re meant to assist communication and organization, not to control you.

[lgbtq-userboxes]

[goobersplat]

Six 1980s Unicorn Labels

[proudnb]

You can remain undefined.

Questioning your gender, orientation, etc. doesn't have to lead to precise labels.

All the questioning journey is "supposed" to do is bring you a better understanding of yourself.

[prokopetz]

Frankly, if I'm the odd one in a group I'd rather be mislabelled than singled out. "All right, ladies – oh, and Dave" like, don't put me on the spot like that. For the purpose of this exercise I will answer to "ladies".

[sillynessmogai]

label hoarder

a label hoarder is someone who collects / “ hoards “ labels. this can be for many reasons; having a complex identity, feeling comfortable with a variety of terms, find it fun to collect labels, etc. this goes for collecting any labels, including names and pronouns.

genderhoarder

a gender hoarder is someone who collects / “ hoards “ gender labels. this can be for many reasons; having a complex / fluid gender, feeling comfortable with a variety of terms, find it fun to collect genders, etc.

pronounhoarder

a pronoun hoarder is someone who collects / “ hoards “ pronoun labels. this can be for many reasons; preferring a variety of pronouns, being pronounfluid, finding it fun to collect pronouns, etc.

name collector / namehoarder

a name hoarder is someone who collects / “ hoards “ name. this can be for many reasons; preferring a variety of names, being nomifluid, finding it fun to collect names, etc.

this isn’t a coining / recoining post, simply alt flag designs for those who want to use them.

no IDs, help appreciated

taglist ( ask to be added or removed ): @radiomogai @rwuffles @somniabyte @fangpunk @khaenriahplurals

[incognitopolls]

Labels listed in these options are meant as examples, not a comprehensive list. Please choose the answer that you feel best fits you, and feel free to elaborate in the tags.

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[hometoursandotherstuff]

It also says "German-style tandoori chicken" in Japanese. And why is there a Pepperoni Pizza on it too?

[transparentstickers]

Six notebook stickers by Spindex corp, produced in 1982. They are made as labels, and most contain lines labelled Name and Address.

(Description under Read more)

From the top, the first is in the shape of a pencil, the lines for name and address in the yellow center acting as the corners of the implied hexagonal shape.

Second, a yellow spiky shape warns: "TOUCH THIS AND YOU WILL SELF DESTRUCT IN 30 SECONDS" with the label beneath.

Third, A rainbow with a golden star in the center has a golden framed box beneath to input your own text.

Fourth, a red clockwork rollerskate travels to the right with the speed lines behind it crossing a dark blue back ground. The purple frame curves in on the top right coner to match the shape of the rollerskate. The label is below.

Fifth, a black handled paintbrush makes an oval trail of rainbow paint.

Sixth, a green frame has the label at the top, and the top third of the globe in the bottom right corner, a space ship flies on top, above the frame.

[hellyeahscarleteen]

“Instead of letting labels like romantic and platonic (or friend versus partner) guide actions and expectations, it is possible for the desires themselves to guide actions and expectations. More effective than relying on labels to provide instruction is skipping directly to asking for what we want—around time, touch, commitment, and so on as David Jay wrote—regardless of whether those desires confuse hardline ideas of what these two categories are supposed to look like. When the desires don’t fit the labels, it is often the labels that should be adjusted or discarded, not the desires. If everyone is behaving ethically, it doesn’t matter if a relationship doesn’t fit into a preconceived social role, if it feels neither platonic nor romantic or if it feels like both at the same time.”

- from Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen

[fixing-bad-posts]

yes I will allow people to define themselves however they want

[nemfrog]

Badische Anilin & Soda-Fabrik dye label with macaw. Circa 1900.

Science History Institute

[sacrifesse]

┣▇▇▇═─ LiMiNAL SPACES iD PACK 〰️

🏚️ ︵︵ REQUESTED BY NO ONE ᶻ 𝗓

🏚️ ︵︵ TAGGiNG @id-pack-archive ᶻ 𝗓

✙ ︵︵ SYSTEM NAMES : the liminal council , the surreal system , the eerie system/collective/etc. , the empty system/collective/etc. , the abandoned system/collective/etc. , the uncanny system/collective/etc. , the backrooms (system/collective/etc.) , the nostalgia system/collective/etc. , the dream system/collective/etc.

✙ ︵︵ NAMES : zero , void , noir(e)¹ , noiresse , noirette¹ , alice , adeline , agnes , amelia , beatrice , clara , eleanor , charlotte , margaret , agatha , daphne , lucy , jane , abigail , adelaide , albert , alexander , alfred , annabelle , archie , arthur , atticus , benjamin , benedict , nostalgette , nostalgesse , calvin , catherine , cecilia , clementine , daisy , dorothy , elizabeth , emily , ernest , evelyn , felicity , gideon , graham , harriet , hattie , hazel , henry , hugo , imogen , daze¹ , ivy , juliet , augustus , lulu , mabel , matilda , olive , oliver , olivia , penelope , phoebe , sophie , theodore , victoria , vivian , walter , odditie¹

¹ names that certain alters of the darling stars use

✙ ︵︵ PRONOUNS : liminal liminals , surreal surreals , eerie eeries , empty emptys , abandon abandons , uncanny uncannys , nostalgia nostalgias , dream dreams , zero zeros , void voids , null nulls , daze dazes , yellow yellows , backroom backrooms , dim dims , fog fogs , glitch glitchs , 🏚️ 🏚️s , 🌫️ 🌫️s , 🕳️ 🕳️s , 🗝️ 🗝️s , 🚪 🚪s , ❔ ❔s , ❓ ❓s

✙ ︵︵ USERNAMES : glitchedreality , foggynostalgia , brokendreams , uncannyvoid , forgottenothingness , forgottennothingness

✙ ︵︵ TiTLES : the surreal one , prn who is surreal , the eerie one , prn who is eerie , the uncanny one , prn who is uncanny , prn who hides in (the depths of) the uncanny valley , prn who is lost in a dream , prn whose head is in the clouds , prn who is trapped , the unending terror

✙ ︵︵ LABELS : liminal space system , liminalbased

✙ ︵︵ GENDER SYSTEMS : liminive

✙ ︵︵ GENDERS : liminalgender , liminix , limspacegender , liminalic , liminalspaceic , liminalsnowic , poolroomic , limineontheaterive / limineotheive , unfatholiminal , seiorea , liminalspacestalgic , natatoliraifortic , limingrassybeachroomive / limgrberoive , parkgaraliminix , infiniteakea , liminredglowneighborhoodive / limredgloborive , weirdthing , weirdcoric , dreamcoric , weirdiscomfix , liminalpoolgender , limindoorpondive / limindoponive , liminclosedairyaisleive / limclosedaive , perinul , snowlimcoric , cliproomic , liminalsnowmasc , limneonstairwellive / limnestaweive , liminaquic , weirdcattic , weirdpuppic , weirdbunnic , liminalforestic , abanadductix , liminvoidmasc , crypfrustra , bedroomliminix , hallwayliminix , hotelliminix , houseliminix , malliminix , storeliminix , poolliminix , playgroundliminix , schoolliminix , videogameliminix , liminalpoweric , liminalnucleic , distortic , limisanglitchic , liminalxirasic , horrormossic , liminalnostalgic , backroomsgender , līmenriutal , liminalost , darkliminalspaceic , valicanic , kidliminalic , abandosubwaybodiment , limideathiv , liminalcameraic , liminaldollic

[PT: liminal spaces id pack. requested by no one. tagging id-pack-archive. system names. names. pronouns. usernames. titles. labels. gender systems. genders. /END PT]

[prokopetz]

"But are you SURE you can call youself" buddy, I'm ambivalent about labels you've never even heard of.

[reality-detective]