“Hunger is the beginning”

October 12, 2014

“Desire is transformative, and transgressive: whether it’s an unpeeled onion or a noble lover, to want something, especially for women, can never be entirely benign.” Kristiana Willsey writes about folktales, fairy godmothers, childless queens and hunger in a piece for The Toast.

is a staff writer for The Millions. She lives in New York and every so often writes things at kaulielewis.wordpress.com.