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A series of Tweets.
The first shows no author, and reads:
What does deadname mean?
The second is by Logan☭Lycanthrope @Ciroctopussy, and is a screenshot of the Dragonball Wiki, reading:
in: Terminology
Deadnaming
Deadnaming is the use of the birth or other former name (i.e. a name that is “dead”) of a transgender or non-binary person without their consent
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The third Tweet is by reby @ rebyricks
Why dragonball wiki of all places
Deadnaming surely applies to cis people who change their names as well right?
Names have power. To deadname someone, regardless of why their name changed, is to strip them of the power to determine how they are referred to. It should be just as offensive to cis people as it is to trans people. I had a professor years ago who said it was akin to using slave names to destroy sense of self, its a power play, and a fucked up one at that.
I think level of offense taken is up to the individual, but otherwise agree.
Which makes one question why woman have their name changed at marriage. I hate the “I now present Mr and Mrs MAN NAME” thing that happens at weddings.
Cw: misogyny by proxy
My religious education had an answer for that, plain and simple that “women are property”. The Master of the Estate and his Mrs.
Its super gross, it actually made me feel kinda icky that my ex wife took my name, for that reason, but tradition prevailed over my opinion there.
I think of furries and other online friends like this, yes. Being trans isn’t the only situation in which one has chosen an identity other than the one they were assigned.
That said, I wouldn’t characterize Vegeta as deadnaming Goku exactly. I can’t recall that Goku is upset by it, and I think it’s mostly there to indicate Vegeta’s continued connection to his home planet even after many years of being an Earthling.
Calling Steven his mom’s name is deadnaming.
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I can’t say I am that familiar with the source material, its been a long time since I watched DBZ. You could argue that rather than deadnaming, its closer to a nickname perhaps? Or a pseudonym? We all go by different names in different contexts (IRL/online/work), so maybe its closer to that?
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See, when I watched it, I was 12, and it was about punching and shouting at baddies. And selling kids toys :D