> Shouldn't she / we all have our individual rights respected on these matters - the power over how to define one's own identity, both in life and how we are re

> Shouldn't she / we all have our individual rights respected on these matters - the power over how to define one's own identity, both in life and how we are remembered after death? Incidentally: No, I think one's legacy is necessarily defined by others, and ignoring Kafka's last will, for example, was a good call. But for the sake of the argument, even if we grant Bunten full control over Bunten's identity, I don't think we'll arrive at any coherent narrative or style guide. Just take the final quote from Bunten's wikipedia entry, where Bunten talks about Mr. Dan Bunten and Ms. Danielle Berry as if they were roles in a play. That's quite compatible with retaining the birth name for acts performed under that name, which includes making MULE and fathering children.