In My World of Labels..

Stone Butch, Butch, Andro Butch, Andro, Andro Femme, Sporty Femme, Femme Femme, and two new terms I believed I coined a few years ago; Futch (femme on the outside, butch on the inside) and Bemme (butch on the outside, femme on the inside).

This is the continuum in my world of labels.

Long ago, labels were necessarily for many, despised by some. The opposite may be true now, judging from the conversation I have been having with different groups of friends.

Personally, I find labels useful in helping me describe someone new to another friend who has not met that person e.g, " Have you met that new girl from church, the trendy andro-looking one?" etc. I find labels an interesting start to a conversation where we generate ideas on how specific labels would look like and how they would behave. I find fascinating hearing people talk about labels in their own lives, including how they label themselves, and how others label them.

I think, God has created each and every one of us unique. We put ourselves in a box when we label ourselves and constrain ourselves to a role that may not be necessarily who God has designed us to be.  Who we really are is who God has designed us to be; right from the beginning when He had given us our form, to our life experiences that make us grow, that cause our personality to change, and our character to be moulded to what it is today, so instead of merely looking at the form, it is perhaps more useful to look past the surface and see the substance we are called to have.

The book of Galations starts with strong reminder from Paul: It is for freedom that Christ has set us free! We live our lives not by labels but by the Spirit. We are called to serve one another, humbly in love. God has called us to walk by the Spirit. And the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things, there is no law, nor labels. So it is for everyone to care, to love, to nurture, to mediate, to serve, to tolerate, to give, to share, to be gentle and to have self-control.. despite of labels.

So, in the spirit of labels and its stereotypes.... I have two pink caps, one pink watch, am addicted to strawberry kit kats, have been buying strawberry chocolate in substitute of the strawberry kit kat, bought strawberry milkshake malt balls from Candylicious (OMG, that place would make any kid so happy - well it did make an adult estastic last night) , had Ben & Jerry's strawberry cheesecake ice cream for supper last night and strawberry yogurt for breakfast this morning. Am I femme femme then? Having so much pink in my life? :)
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