-Essay- PARIS — When I was little, my mom used to call me Mafalda. Even if I grew up in Naples, Italy, the Argentine comic strip and its young protagonist were already popular throughout Europe, as well as back in Latin America. For the latest news & views from every corner of the world, Worldcrunch Today is the only truly international newsletter. Sign up here. Not only was I opinionated from an early age just like 6-year-old Mafalda, but whenever something displeased me, I would go into comic-like wide-open-mouth cries, screaming for whatever I disliked to end immediately. In Mafalda’s case,…