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357 pages, Hardcover
First published February 25, 2020
The truth is, I have been among wolves. I’ll bet many of you have been, as well.
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You are the hunter, and this wolf, though he thinks he is the predator, is your prey.
There is a tree at your back. It rises behind you like all of history—your history, the history of girls in forests, the history of wolves and fangs and blood.
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“It’s not that we need more wolf hunters,” you say. “It’s that we need men to stop becoming wolves.”
“Maybe there could be more of you. More fighters.”
“It’s not that we need more wolf hunters,” you say. “It’s that we need men to stop becoming wolves.”
“What we need right now,” Mémé says, her voice a cautious warning, “is to get through these next few days. Heads down. Eyes up. The world is not kind to women who cry wolf.”
You are stronger than you were, and faster than you were, and you, in this moment, are made for this moment.
The animal confronting you is both a wolf and not a wolf. And you—you are both a girl and not a girl. You are a hunter, and this wolf, though he thinks he is the predator, is your prey.
Fairy tales and fables are powerful because they tell us truths we already know. They ring a bell deep inside us, striking a resonant, vibrating note that makes us nod yes with recognition.
Forcing anything when it comes to sex is completely unacceptable.
Understanding is part of it. We need to understand what motivates and drives the culture of toxic masculinity. We must be willing to look for it and call it out whenever it appears, whether it’s presented as jokes or as something else. And we must act. When we see it, we must protect those who are its victims. We must tell the boys who hold these ideas--the carries of this virus--to stop. To go elsewhere. To work on healing and educating themselves.