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[wildestranger]

Newly married Ashlee Simpson is changing her name to Ashlee Wentz in honor of her husband, Fall Out Boy Pete Wentz.

"I think that that's something that a woman should do when they're marrying a man," she tells PEOPLE. "It's a tradition that I think is a great tradition."

Seriously? A great tradition? You mean the tradition which declares that a woman who has been her father's property now becomes her husbands' property, that tradition? The one that says a woman's identity should depend on her husband?

I just lost what little respect I had for Ashlee Simpson. And the fact that Pete Wentz seems to think it's a great idea, something that gratifies him, makes me think a lot less of him as well.

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[lafeelivresque.livejournal.com]

Hello. I am random person whose meandering internet ramblings have led me to your little corner of the web. I think I fell in love somewhere around the Kara Thrace vs Lyn-Z question. I have no concrete answer to that one, but I'm enjoying the comparisons and mental images. So thanks for that one. If I friend you, will you say more things like that?

But to be relevant to this post, I think most of my feelings have already been articulated in earlier comments, but let me ask you this for the sake of playing Devil's advocate: Would it be more palatable for Ashlee to partake in this 'tradition' if it were done more for the added sense of commitment to her new husband rather than consciously perpetuating the ideals of ownership? Don't get me wrong, I'm inherently against the concept of monogamy myself (and marriage to a lesser extent), but I'm all for ridiculous all-encompassing love, which - I think - is what these two are all about. I doubt she meant the tradition to be viewed in such a Draconian context, rather an extension of her declaration of love.

Or, not, I dunno, that's just my view of it.