Ever Google Yourself?
Have you ever Googled yourself? It's disturbing to note how many "Jennifer Morales-es" there really are out there in cyberspace and beyond. I searched and searched the pages and eventually found a reference to myself from my old pal Clark Humphrey of www.miscmedia.com thanking me for helping him with some installation work circa 2001. In the meantime, there were just hundreds and hundreds of posts and listings about people more prominent than me with my name, and even same geographic location.
Being a Jennifer born in the 70's, I've met probably hundreds of other Jennifers at parties, school functions, and we are always having to clarify, "no call me Jen" or "Hi, I'm Jen M., to differentiate yourself from other "Jens" in the office, school or whatever. For a while I thought of changing my name to something more "exotic" or going by my middle name. But I realized not only do I think Jennifer is a beautiful name, derived from Gueniverre a well-known English name for a fair lady, that it would take too long to accept a new identity, it would be a burocratic hell (automatic checking) and also that the name Jennifer is actually part of the cultural zeitgeist of Americana in the 1970's. I'm damn proud of my working-class white-girl heritage as any one else is proud of theirs.
I'm wondering if all the Jennifer's would like to join a club for Jennifer's-only called: Jennifer?
What do you think? Maybe, collectively we could be a potent cultural and political force. What are all those 30-something, post feminist-era, working women up to anyway?
Being a Jennifer born in the 70's, I've met probably hundreds of other Jennifers at parties, school functions, and we are always having to clarify, "no call me Jen" or "Hi, I'm Jen M., to differentiate yourself from other "Jens" in the office, school or whatever. For a while I thought of changing my name to something more "exotic" or going by my middle name. But I realized not only do I think Jennifer is a beautiful name, derived from Gueniverre a well-known English name for a fair lady, that it would take too long to accept a new identity, it would be a burocratic hell (automatic checking) and also that the name Jennifer is actually part of the cultural zeitgeist of Americana in the 1970's. I'm damn proud of my working-class white-girl heritage as any one else is proud of theirs.
I'm wondering if all the Jennifer's would like to join a club for Jennifer's-only called: Jennifer?
What do you think? Maybe, collectively we could be a potent cultural and political force. What are all those 30-something, post feminist-era, working women up to anyway?
