I stumbled across this today...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23468573
I think it's fantastic that there are people in Pakistan that are sending out the message that it's okay for girls to get educated, but I got a good chuckle out of it, too.
The article mentions that some women's rights advocates are upset that she dons a symbol of female oppression, but one of the people that worked on it said it is important to her backstory. Personally, I thinking kicking people's ass while wearing the very thing they try to oppress you with is actually good symbolism to show you are the one in control. Maybe that's just me....
Anyways, I present to you, the Burka Avenger.
Quote:Female cartoon superhero Burka Avenger is set to debut on Pakistani television next month. The country's answer to Wonder Woman and Supergirl uses books and pens against bad guys trying to shut the girls' school where she works. She is already making waves, as BBC Urdu's Saba Eitizaz reports.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23468573
I think it's fantastic that there are people in Pakistan that are sending out the message that it's okay for girls to get educated, but I got a good chuckle out of it, too.
The article mentions that some women's rights advocates are upset that she dons a symbol of female oppression, but one of the people that worked on it said it is important to her backstory. Personally, I thinking kicking people's ass while wearing the very thing they try to oppress you with is actually good symbolism to show you are the one in control. Maybe that's just me....
Anyways, I present to you, the Burka Avenger.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
