{"id":267,"date":"2025-12-22T02:16:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T02:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/?p=267"},"modified":"2025-12-22T02:16:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T02:16:03","slug":"why-malia-ann-is-choosing-her-own-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/?p=267","title":{"rendered":"Why Malia Ann Is Choosing Her Own Name"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"216\"><strong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"12\">Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"216\">Malia Obama is \u201ctaking a deliberate step toward independence\u201d as she builds a film career.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"216\">In professional settings, she now uses Malia Ann, setting aside a famous last name to work \u201con her own terms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"218\" data-end=\"423\"><strong data-start=\"218\" data-end=\"231\">Reasoning<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"218\" data-end=\"423\">The choice isn\u2019t about rejecting her family\u2019s legacy.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"218\" data-end=\"423\">Instead, it creates space for her work to be judged fairly, aiming to \u201clet the craft, not the surname, lead\u201d in a competitive industry.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"425\" data-end=\"650\"><strong data-start=\"425\" data-end=\"444\">Career Progress<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"425\" data-end=\"650\">Malia Ann has gained \u201chands-on experience,\u201d including writing for <em data-start=\"513\" data-end=\"520\">Swarm<\/em>, created by Donald Glover.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"425\" data-end=\"650\">She continues developing independent projects centered on identity, relationships, and self-discovery.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"652\" data-end=\"876\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><strong data-start=\"652\" data-end=\"663\">Meaning<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"652\" data-end=\"876\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">While the Obama name remains part of her history, this move reflects a broader truth about self-definition.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"652\" data-end=\"876\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">By stepping forward as Malia Ann, she is shaping a future where her voice and work stand on their own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview Malia Obama is \u201ctaking a deliberate step toward independence\u201d as she builds a film career. In professional settings, she now uses Malia Ann, setting aside a famous last name to work \u201con her own terms.\u201d Reasoning The choice isn\u2019t about rejecting her family\u2019s legacy. Instead, it creates space for her work to be judged&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=267"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":269,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267\/revisions\/269"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}