If I could go back and tell my younger self one thing it would be this: Abby, you were never Little Red Riding Hood. You were always the wolf.
Abby Wambach
Barnard College Commencement 2018, 2018
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这句语录背后的故事
Wambach built her entire speech around the metaphor of the wolf, drawing from the true story of wolves being reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park in 1995. The wolves — feared as a threat to the system — actually saved it, transforming the ecosystem so dramatically that even the rivers changed course. Like Little Red Riding Hood, Wambach had spent her career staying on the path, keeping her head down, following instructions out of fear of being cut or losing her paycheck. Her revelation: women aren't the ones in danger from the wolves. Women ARE the wolves.