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Bullring lib... uh, wait, no it isn't, carry on.

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actually, he probably does that now. it would explain a lot...

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Malala is not impressed

with the Taliban

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You didn't think a peace prize named after the inventor of dynamite could be awarded unironically, did you?

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I think they call it a dupatta.

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This article cured my summertime blues.

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Although, to be fair, the Taliban does seem to be opposed to books and pens for everyone, men included.

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you know eventually someone of this caliber - at 16! - is going to go back to pakistan and do what she has to do.

and you know how this is going to end. and she may be president first but you know how this is going to end.

god. i hope i'm so so very wrong b/c just typing that made me so sad.

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plus, you know, more female prime ministers than we have...well...presidents.

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american exceptionalism?

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all you gods of any and every stripe and hitch too watch over this very special woman. she has things to do in our world.

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"That’s right — she wants education for everyone, even the kids of the group that tried to SHOOT HER IN THE HEAD."

They didn't TRY to shoot her in the head, they SUCCESSFULLY shot her in the head, but like Gabby Giffords before her, she refused to let a bullet in the brain stop her awesomness!

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I probably wouldn't recommend Malala comes here, because of what utter dicks the GOP are to women who've been shot in the head.

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