Answering Your Questions

Over the last few years, I’ve often had people ask me similar questions in the comment sections of my articles and essays. But as you can imagine, I don’t see everything, and don’t have time to answer them all.

So I thought it might be fun to publish a handful of them to finally answer some of these questions.

Here we go!

What are we supposed to call you now?

For those of you who have been following me for a while, you know that I used to write under the name Yael Wolfe.

Those who are extra observant have likely noted that that’s the name attached to my featured book, Paris, My Love, and my Medium handle (because during the bot invasion of 2023, every possible version of ylwolfe was claimed).

I decided to switch to my initials a few years ago for many reasons. One of the most important is that I felt deeply that the name Yael no longer fit me. That name is attached to incidents in my life that were incredibly dark. I want those things to belong to another iteration of me, not the one I am today.

Many people, particularly long-time fans (thank you, love you!) still call me Yael, and in all honesty, I don’t like it. To be clear, I mean I don’t like…