Women of Marvel

UrbanBay Photo is doing a superhero series, and it made me wonder how many women super heroes there are. I could think of maybe four. I assumed there were no more than ten. So I wikipediad that shiz and discovered, my God, there are hundreds! I spent I don't even know how long on my couch looking through them all and reading there stories. Then I got to Sooraya Qadir aka Dust. A superhero woman from Afghanistan. If that's not empowering I don't know what is. She's not dressed like a sex toy or a rip off of superman or batman, but stands out as a woman of power and integrity in a patriarchal society that wants to silence and use her. She has power. I think that's what stands out to me. This women who is being oppressed has power and a voice, and I'm proud of her. I'm proud that she is not being ignored because of her culture and that her culture is being respected. I'm just down right proud.

3/31/11