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B&W of Maya Angelou as a young woman, in traditional African dress.

Friday Hoyden: Maya Angelou

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Maya Angelou is one of the great figures of literature, and of humanity, of the modern age. Her death on Wednesday will be a sorrow to many, but also a prompt to stop and think about her outsized contribution to the total of both the justice and the beauty that exists in our world.

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Media Circus: Demonising Students Edition

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Mr Pyne told the ABC’s Lateline that the AFP were concerned about his and the Prime Minister’s safety should they attend the event in Geelong.

He also said the Prime Minister took the decision “so that students can get on with their studies unmolested by the Socialist Alternative”.

Oh no, it’s Reds Under The Beds time again! What news story/commentary/analysis has grabbed your attention lately?

Today in Double Standards

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I was having a chat about exactly this sort of negativity regarding competent/assertive/expert women this evening: see also classic xkcd on the other side of the coin.

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Media Circus: Budget 2014 Edition

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The ABC website has a handy special Budget summary page that will be updated as the announcements roll in. Meanwhile, First Dog In The Moon makes some points about our nation’s hugely expensive mistreatment of refugees and how public servant redundancies which get replaced by more expensive consultants don’t actually help the sacred bottom line.

What news story/commentary/analysis has grabbed your attention lately?

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Media Circus: #BringBackOurGirls Edition

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So who else thinks that if 200+ white schoolgirls had been kidnapped from a boarding school anywhere on the planet that the media would be making it not just a top story but the top story for weeks until their whereabouts was discovered? So why aren’t there regular updates about the 200+ kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls every single day?

What news story/commentary/analysis has grabbed your attention lately?