as a parent, this makes me feel sorry for him.

what does she do for a living?

Sell treasury bonds?
Bail-bondsman?
Manufacture some sort of epoxy bonding agent?
Spy/secret agent?

Would make her stage name into her legal name.

“I am a passionate liberal and a registered Democrat and this has been difficult for me,” she said in the article.

I can't imagine having to constantly field questions about her name.

When I was growing up down south my father ran a trade association for cotton ginners. He became known for keeping unions out of cotton gins and going to court against OSHA and the EPA. I changed my last name a couple of years after moving away.

be interesting to know....