I Wish People Thought Of Me As More Than Just The Girl Who Was Raised By Wolves

Jen Freymond
Slackjaw
Published in
4 min readJul 3, 2020

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Two of my brothers. (image from pixabay.com)

Humans are complex creatures, but we have a tendency to simplify the way we define each other. I am painfully familiar with this, because it seems like no one thinks of me as anything but the girl who was raised by wolves.

I get it. It’s a little bit unusual to have been dropped off outside a wolf den in a basket as an infant. I…

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Jen Freymond
Slackjaw

Co-host of the podcast “I Never Saw That.” Humor writer and satirist. Find my work in McSweeney’s, The Belladonna, Little Old Lady, etc... Twitter: @jenfreymond