plural of label; tags or stickers providing information
from Old French lambel (ribbon)
Essential tools for organization and identification in daily life
Labels have historically categorized women's work (domestic, emotional, decorative) as secondary; labeling systems often embedded gendered hierarchies of value and professional recognition.
Question whose perspectives shape categorization systems; ensure labeling doesn't reinforce invisible labor or devalue caregiving and community work.
Women scholars—including Donna Haraway and intersectional theorists—critiqued labeling systems that obscure power dynamics and enforce false binaries.
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