And honestly, my answer to that is “who fucking cares”.
If you want to call yourself something because it makes you feel better, you should. If you don’t, you don’t. You don’t need to call yourself anything to want, do or be anything.
In my opinion, one of the worst things society has done since the 80s is to abandon the trend towards broad and unimportant distinctions, and move hard into “look all these hyperspecific labels that apply to me!”
And honestly, my answer to that is “who fucking cares”.
If you want to call yourself something because it makes you feel better, you should. If you don’t, you don’t. You don’t need to call yourself anything to want, do or be anything.
In my opinion, one of the worst things society has done since the 80s is to abandon the trend towards broad and unimportant distinctions, and move hard into “look all these hyperspecific labels that apply to me!”