I once worked at a job where I was the only girl in a really obnoxious Boy’s Club. These guys were all dicks, starting with the boss. And as sometimes happens in the workplace, the boys bonded through their asshole behavior and were promoted by the asshole boss for it.
Some of it was funny sometimes. Like the perfect pile of fake shit on my chair when I came back from the bathroom. Or swapping out the food in my lunch bag in the fridge with junk food from the vending machine. But sometimes it wasn’t funny. Sometimes it made me mad. And like many females, when I’m really REALLY mad… I cry. Which is the worst thing you can do with a bunch of guys like that. Talk about fanning the flames, hoo wee.
So I created a Superhero Alter Ego. Her superpower? Her tears, of course. This comic, drawn by the amazing artist Kelly Campbell, tells the story of how she came to be.
I bring this up because this was one of my favorite Halloween costumes ever. Luckily, Spinstera hasn’t been called into action lately. But evil doers (and Boy’s Clubs) beware!