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Naomi Osaka Named Laureus Sportswoman of the Year as Lewis Hamilton’s Social Justice Work Is Recognized

By Ben Morse — 2021

The 23-year-old was named Laureus Sportswoman of the Year for 2021 after winning her second US Open title, but it wasn’t just her success on the court that contributed to her claiming the accolade.

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An Interview with Jetsünma Tenzin Palmo

“The head nun just started crying. Of course I like to make offerings and to honor. But in 20 years of doing this … it’s all been males. This is the first time I’ve had the opportunity to honor a female.” - Head nun, Drupka nunnery about Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo

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Craig Kaufman
2010
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Feminism Awakens in Himalayan Buddhist Art and Meditation

Are Jetsunma, her nuns and artists achieving something truly radical and unprecedented at DGL? In the context of tradition-laden India, Nepal and Bhutan, they are. - G. Roger Denson

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G. Roger Denson
2015
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Waking Up to Patriarchy

You might think being a nun is very difficult and restrictive, but for them, ironically, it’s actually freedom from the alternative, which would be to get married, have a child every other year, work in the fields, work in the home, take care of their aged families, often while married to someone...

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Lion's Roar Staff
2016
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Tenzin Palmo: “There Is Nothing” a Woman Can’t Accomplish

“Reading my first book on Buddhism at 18 is what changed my life completely,” she’s said. When she was halfway through it, she announced: “I’m a Buddhist” — to which her mother replied, “Finish the book and we’ll talk about it!”

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Dominique Butet, Olivier Adam
2017
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