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Bag’s Take-Away:
Why do we need to make Aung San Suu Kyi cuter and cuddlier? I don’t entirely understand it and can only guess it’s what the media wants to reflect now that she is free (or more free than she was). It’s almost as if her accomplishments aren’t enough (when they are).
(credit: Ben Stansall/Agence France-Presse—Getty Images caption: Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of Myanmar’s opposition movement, received an honorary degree at Oxford University in England. She studied at Oxford in the 1970s.)
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Bag’s Take-Away:
I thought this photo of Aung San Suu Kyi talking to a Myanmar Muslim leader had a certain foreboding about it. Then I looked at the hands: his on his heart, hers over it and think there may be hope for stifling religious strife in Myanmar.
(credit: Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters caption: Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi talks to Myanmar Muslims leaders at the National League for Democracy head office in Yangon, Myanmar, June 6, 2012.)
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Bag’s Take-Away:
Juxtaposition of the Day
In the U.S. women are spoken down to while, currently, in Myanmar, of all places, they reach across to be heard.
Both photos are interesting for the position of women in the photo….I like the first one especially for that and for the fact the flowered bra (the most feminine aspect outside the women themselves) is at eye level for the men speaking down to them.
The second photo is quite lovely for an expression of power and femininity as Aung San Suu expresses her position on a more equivalent level.
Top Photo: via The New York Times Bottom Photo: via The New York Times Lens Blog
(top photo credit: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters Photos caption: Protesters argued with Santorum supporters outside a hotel in Gettysburg, Pa. bottom photo credit: Ye Aung Thu/Agence France-Presse—Getty Images caption: The leader of Myanmar’s democracy movement, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, addressed supporters at a campaign rally on the outskirts of Yangon on Wednesday. Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi is running for a seat in Parliament in elections being held April 1.)
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