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  UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON BLOGS Blogs Blogs at UD Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Kat and Mouse Feminism UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON BLOGS   SUNDAY OCTOBER 2, 2022 Kat and Mouse Feminism By Steve Eskew As a kid, my cousin Gaylord looked like a superhero — Mighty Mouse. I’m not kidding. But when playmates nicknamed him “Mouse,” he didn’t cringe or cry. He took any playful mocking as a compliment. As he grew older, his resemblance to the cartoon character lessened, but his looks remained unconventional. Even so, by then “Mouse” had become the only name he answered to. To this day “M-O-U-S-E” proudly appears on his car’s license plate. Mouse worshipped his unwonted looks. He made his weirdness work for him. He saw himself as different but special — kinda like a superhero. Mouse became my hero because he excelled at things in which I failed miserably. Especially art and athletics. He created sensational drawings. I couldn’t draw a stick figure. Mouse roared as a star of football and hockey. He ra