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To: NYer
Not to take away from the actual meat of the article but:
"Ms. findlay, who does not use capital letters in the spelling of her name..."

What is that about?

36 posted on 02/02/2005 12:54:28 PM PST by arizonarachel
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To: arizonarachel
"Ms. findlay, who does not use capital letters in the spelling of her name..."
What is that about?


She is obviously a "buck the system in every way possible!" type feminist.
39 posted on 02/02/2005 1:04:47 PM PST by gidget7
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To: arizonarachel
Reader beware: here is the explanation from barbara findlay's website.

My name is spelled without capital letters. People make many assumptions about why that is. Here is the story. I have always signed my name without capital letters. When I was taking a graduate studies program in law in 1990, I had letterhead designed and my name was in lower case. I liked it, so I continued it when I went back into private practice. What an uproar! Lawyers called me up to say that they had a vote in their firm about why I chose that spelling; a court once rejected an Order because ‘my name was not properly spelled’ the local queer newspaper refused for years to spell my name without capitals; etc. etc. I realized that I had a perfect illustration of how we react when someone moves even a tiny bit away from the norm, and even with respect to something that impacts no one else at all. So I have kept that spelling, and I tell this story in unlearning oppression workshops.

40 posted on 02/02/2005 1:04:51 PM PST by Loyalist (Please visit this fine lady's blog: fiatmihi.blogspot.com)
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