Dove Cameron understands that being called “too much” often just means being forced to dim your light for others. Name-calling is one of the oldest power-plays in the book: It’s just as cutting in the boardroom as it was on the playground, but since it never causes physical harm, it’s easily dismissed.
And while we all know the “sticks and stones” rhyme, anyone who’s been called a bitch or a slut (or stuck with any label she doesn’t identify with) understands just how damaging name-calling can be.
In , Glamour talks to some of the most interesting women we know about the role name-calling or labels played in their pasts—and how it’s shaped the women they are today.Identity versus the self is a concept Dove Cameron is intimately familiar with.
In May, the actor and singer to Instagram that laid bare her struggle with depression and dysphoria, asked questions about what it means to find your worth, and explored the conflicting idea of balancing who you appear to be with you truly are. “We all deserve a life unburdened by the societally created identity, we all deserve to unlearn self-abuse and self-hatred,” she wrote. “I am on that journey now, and I’m sharing so that we may all feel more comfortable in a conversation that may be confusing, and we may navigate something that feels difficult to put to words, together.”Vulnerability and self-awareness are traits the 26-year-old has become known for among her fans, especially having come out as “super queer” in 2020 and releasing for her pop song “Boyfriend,” which swiftly was hailed as a “queer anthem,” one that ushered in a side of Cameron that was rarely seen.
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