Labels.

How we let ourselves be defined by single words, but never the one word that matters.

Photo by Anton Shuvalov on Unsplash

I used to collect labels like they were going out of style. As necessary to me as items of clothing, covering the person underneath in personalised and customisable accessories. It was how I, the shy and extremely introverted kid, used to signal to other like-minded people that I was safe territory for them…