Growing Fangs: How "Ginger Snaps" Ties Puberty to Werewolves
John Fawcett’s "Ginger Snaps" intertwines the lore of the werewolf to the hellish experience of a young girl going through puberty.

A woman trapped in her everyday life: a love story that she would most like to erase; alone against the impenetrable outside world; an inner pain like an abcess that is freed into the glance of one who welcomes it.
John Fawcett’s "Ginger Snaps" intertwines the lore of the werewolf to the hellish experience of a young girl going through puberty.
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