Shit that doesn't define you. »
Your diet. You don’t need to put vegan/vegetarian/herbivore in your bio. What goes into your belly is of little importance to anyone else. If they care, the will ask.
Your body modifications. You don’t need to count your tattoos and piercings and tell us all. How many holes you have punched in you doesn’t make you a certain kind of person, also, nobody cares. This is not a competition.
Your religious/political/sexual orientation. Society would like you to believe this is what defines you as a person. It is not. Once again, if someone cares, they will ask. No need to get in everyone’s face letting them know what you think.
What drugs you do or don’t do. What you do is your business, what someone else does is theirs, if they’re causing no harm, let’s leave it that way.What comes out of your mouth (not goes into it) defines you. What you do when no one else is looking makes you a certain kind of person. How you act every day is a big deal in the grand scheme of things, not petty bullshit that you use to categorize yourself in a fucked up system. It’s depressing to see the youth of today trying so hard to shove themselves into a certain box, it’s ok to not fit into one.
So OP has her(?) name, age, occupation (presumably), and location listed on her blog. And those factors are obviously universally more descriptive than any listed above, am I right? Like, if your sexual orientation has had a massive impact on who you are and to a large degree defines your politics, your patterns of associating with other people, and how you interact with media, it’s still not important as your name. Duh. And if your diet is directly tied to your religious, cultural, and ethnic identity? Pssssh. Doesn’t really matter next to how many years ago you were born.
She’s right when she says these things don’t define you. But no one is defining themself when they write up a little bio for their blog. We’re describing ourselves, and these facets can all be contributing factors. When I describe myself as “queer,” I am quite deliberately not putting myself in a box because “queer” is an ambiguous term; moreover, it has pretty heaving bearing on what goes on this blog, “what comes out of [my] mouth,” and “how [I] act every day.”
To be honest, when asked to describe myself, I often quote Oscar Wilde and say, “To define is to limit.” And I think listing a couple relevant factors, including sexual/political orientation, religious beliefs, etc, is going to give someone a better idea of the person I might be than if I say I’m a writer.
^This - is how to respectfully and intelligently disagree with someone’s opinion. Respond with respect and you might actually change someone’s mind.
