Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 5 months ago"I can't stay quiet": Melinda French Gates backs Biden in first-ever POTUS endorsementwww.axios.comexternal-linkmessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1338arrow-down18
arrow-up1330arrow-down1external-link"I can't stay quiet": Melinda French Gates backs Biden in first-ever POTUS endorsementwww.axios.comRapidcreek@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square52fedilink
minus-squareArbiterXero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·5 months agoOr if she wanted you to remember who she was (gates) and somehow start to separate herself and distance herself from her former husband. Many divorced women choose to hyphenate to make a transition of sorts without losing a major part of their identity
minus-squareEleventhHour@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down10·edit-25 months agoas i said in another comment: wouldn’t that be Melinda French-Gates? in the article (and others about this), her name isn’t hyphenated, and when only referred to by her last name, it’s just “Gates” Gates said that she has voted for both Republicans and Democrats in past elections.
minus-squareArbiterXero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·5 months agoWhy does the dash matter so much?
minus-squareEleventhHour@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down11·5 months agowithout the dash, it seems like it’s her middle name
minus-squarePunnyName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·5 months agoThat doesn’t really matter, though.
minus-squareNoIWontPickAName@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoAgreed, but like second last name middle name. A lot of people had names like that where I grew up
minus-squareEleventhHour@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·5 months agoi don’t particularly care what she calls herself. i was just curious
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-25 months ago Melinda French Gates[2] (born Melinda Ann French; August 15, 1964)
Or if she wanted you to remember who she was (gates) and somehow start to separate herself and distance herself from her former husband.
Many divorced women choose to hyphenate to make a transition of sorts without losing a major part of their identity
as i said in another comment:
in the article (and others about this), her name isn’t hyphenated, and when only referred to by her last name, it’s just “Gates”
Why does the dash matter so much?
without the dash, it seems like it’s her middle name
That doesn’t really matter, though.
Agreed, but like second last name middle name.
A lot of people had names like that where I grew up
i don’t particularly care what she calls herself. i was just curious