Why We Need More Spacegirls. Preferably By the Name of Zita

On February 15, 2011 I wrote up a little post about a girl by the name of Zita. It’s not a particularly common name. Look through the stats of girl names in a given year and I’d wager “Zita” doesn’t even make it into the top 1000. Yet when you talk to kids and mention Zita their eyes just light up. In an age when superhero comics are more appropriate for 35-year-old men than the small children that were their original fans, it can be heartening to see a new hero emerge.

So when I was asked whe...