Katze mit Wut

Nuëlle (ENG)

What kind of a name is Nuëlle, anyway? Nuëlle feels her mother didn't really think the name thing all the way through because her full name makes her sound like Public Enemy No. 1. Only Mum calls her Nuëlle (or Nu for short, preferably in sentences where it's not clear whether she is using Yiddish or addressing — or perhaps distressing — her daughter). Pretty much everybody else calls her Em, for Emma. Em reveals as little of her name as possible, feeling she has suffered enough for it at school. In fact, she has taken to signing simply with a squiggly line signifying m— (Em-Dash) and doesn't take kindly to the suggestion that this makes her sound like a German musician.

Nuëlle thinks this story is about her.


Mum

Mum has been a woman much longer than Nu has, and beats her with experience. She also is a second-wave feminist, and what's more, a radfem. Mum hasn't given up the hope that her daughter will see the light — eventually.

Mum knows this story is about her.


Soleil (SCA)

Soleil Adjani is a goofball, even by Nuëlle's standards. Since she is also charismatic, French, and a model, no one has told her this. A bit of a hedonist and at times frightfully naïve, she was voted Most likely … to create plothooks.