Word: warriorism
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Ensler says she knows Vagina Warriors when she sees them because of their clarity of purpose, their strength and fearlessness. Ensler is fond of talking about her hero, a Kenyan Vagina Warrior named Agnes Pareyio...
...Agnes three years ago, and she taught me the concept of the Vagina Warrior,” she says. “Agnes was genitally mutilated when she was a little girl. Her vagina was ripped open, but so was her soul. She said she was going to put a stop to this, so she walked through the Rift Valley in Kenya carrying a plastic model of a woman’s torso with removable vagina pieces, teaching boys and girls about genital mutilation...
...selling shojo title, "Fushigi Yugi: The Mysterious Play," by Yu Watase, typifies the style. Deftly combining action with melodrama, it tells of Miaka Yuki, a lazy student with exam nightmares. A strange library book allows her to visit ancient China where she meets a handsome but avaricious young warrior. Like most shojo the style of Fushigi Yugi includes lush costumes, impossibly beautiful boys and, yes, those big, saucer eyes and tiny, button noses. What new readers may be surprised at are the frequent shifts into goofball humor and the author asides -- both of which are manga tropes...
...that is under Indian control. It was to this latter cause that Jaish-e-Muhammad was devoted. Official tolerance of these groups, and in some cases assistance to them, continued after Musharraf took power in a 1999 coup. The President was especially supportive of Jaish-e-Muhammad's leader, warrior-cleric Maulana Masood Azhar. When Azhar was released from an Indian jail in a prisoner exchange in December 2000, he was permitted to stage a huge rally in Karachi attended by gun-toting followers. In 2001 Musharraf even tried unsuccessfully to persuade the various Kashmiri guerrilla groups to unite under...
TIME's selection was understandable. To many, the U.S. warrior is the epitome of patriotism and a manifestation of selfless commitment to the defense of the homeland. But the same can be said of the troops of all countries. Unfortunately, the revered image of American soldiers has become tarnished over the decades. Their deployment in Iraq has given them the character of the Roman legions sent forth by a decadent and malevolent Emperor. The U.S. soldier is a pawn in a war that is not only unpopular but also wrong. ALEX KETTLE Bundaberg, Australia...