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Called Me Everything But My Name is a powerful, unflinching exploration of the words that shaped us, wounded us, confined us, and ultimately demanded to be confronted. Through cultural analysis, psychological insight, historical truth, and deeply human reflection, Keyuni Jackson examines the names placed on women, men, communities, and bodies-often without consent, often without mercy. From the quiet insults that sound harmless but scar deeply, to the labels that have been weaponized across generations, this book dares to ask a difficult question: Who would we become if we stopped carrying the names we never agreed to hold? Organized into thematic parts, this work dissects the language used to define women, men, love, intimacy, race, and power revealing how words are rarely neutral. Each name tells a story. Each label carries a history. Each chapter exposes how identity is shaped not only by experience, but by what we are repeatedly called when no one thinks we're listening. This is not a book rooted in blame-it is rooted in clarity. Not written to shame, but to heal. Not meant to divide, but to liberate. With striking honesty and emotional intelligence, Called Me Everything But My Name invites readers to examine the names they've endured, the ones they've internalized, and the ones they may still be using against others. It is a mirror, a reckoning, and ultimately, a reclamation. This book is for anyone who has ever been mislabeled. For anyone who has ever shrunk under a word. For anyone ready to release inherited definitions and stand fully in their truth. Because identity is not what the world calls you. Identity is what you choose-once you finally speak for yourself.

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