This Is Us

On Choosing My Own Name

Society asked me to take a man’s name. I didn’t want to.

Danica SM Ann
Human Parts
Published in
6 min readSep 13, 2020

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20 years ago

I got married! I am 20 years old. I replace my family name with my husband’s without a thought. Two become one—how romantic.

15 years ago

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Danica SM Ann
Human Parts

Entrepreneur and single proto-empty-nester writing about life changes as she enters her 40s. Excited about everything. MFA Creative Nonfiction.