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Catherine Nichols

Freelance writer

Catherine Nichols is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in Jezebel and The Seattle Review, among others. She lives in Boston.

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Painting of a girl in red and a wolf in a forest. The girl holds a basket and looks back at the wolf among dense green foliage.

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The good guy/bad guy myth

Pop culture today is obsessed with the battle between good and evil. Traditional folktales never were. What changed?

Catherine Nichols