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PART 2 With thanks to the breakfast club, and my soul sisters Because we live in a patriarchal society where womanhood is so often equated with our external image and sensuality, it is easy to adopt a male perspective of wildness. We can fall into the trap of believing that wildness is synonymous with a performance of sexuality as if wild hair or being over-sexualized equals liberation. But our freedom was never meant to be defined by how desirable we are to others. True wildness is not about what we look like, I have met more liberated hijabis than I can count, women who are not enslaved to others' approval, but stand firm in their beliefs with profound strength of character, resilience, and unshakeable boundaries. Because women are complex, multifaceted creatures, the true definition of wildness looks different for each one of us. And it is deeply personal. For some, it is finding balance in the quiet, messy, beautiful details of our everyday lives. It can be as simple ...