Labeling

These are usually meant to be filled in by the wearer, correct? …Thought so.

People who are all one thing may exist. I cannot prove they don’t. I am not one of them. Those I’ve known beyond the level of acquaintance have all seemed composed of a blend of interests and beliefs, like me. Their bundle of contradictions and idiosyncrasies may be a different size than mine, but I’ve yet to meet the human version of a concrete monolith.

A feature — or is it a bug? — of Western culture is the inclination to categorize and to…