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EPISODE · Feb 18, 2026 · 35 MIN

6. Do Labels Help Liberate Us or Lock Us in?

from Deviants · host Nyla Khan and Cole Paulson

What happens when the word that once set you free starts telling you how to behave?POC. Queer. Divorced. Childless. Child-free. Single mother. Co-parent. Labels can build belonging and give language to lived experience, but they also come preloaded with expectations.In this episode, Nyla and Cole explore how labels shape how others treat us — and how we begin to internalise them. When does identity become performance? When does belonging turn into fitting in? And who gets to decide when you’ve outgrown the words that once felt like home?

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