Zora

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  • August 22, 2010 at 10:49 pm #95021
    Seldom
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    I just listened to This American Life: Superpowers, a re-airing of an episode from 2001. There was the story of Zora, a six-foot amazon of a woman who made a list of all the skills she would need to be a superhero when she was 13, and then she did them!

    Episode:
    http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/178/superpowers

    You can read a transcription here:
    http://www.audiojournal.com/zora.html

    Does anyone know any more about her?

    August 23, 2010 at 4:25 am #95034
    Bo Inaka
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    I remember hearing that piece years ago, and remember thinking that she was delusional. If I remember right, the story kind of hinted at that. I don’t remember superpowers, I remember secret agent kinds of things though.
    Do you remember the flight vs invisibility debate?

    August 23, 2010 at 4:45 am #95037
    Seldom
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    boinaka wrote:

    I remember hearing that piece years ago, and remember thinking that she was delusional. If I remember right, the story kind of hinted at that. I don’t remember superpowers, I remember secret agent kinds of things though.
    Do you remember the flight vs invisibility debate?

    The flight vs invisibility discussion was great fun.

    I didn’t get that she’s delusional. Rather I got the impression that being incredibly ass-kicking and awesome doesn’t fulfill her. At the end she talks about wanting more of a social life and doing the things normal people do instead of weapons training with militia groups and finishing college by 18.

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