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These are the 8 inspirational women being honoured with their own Barbie in 2024 (but here's why you won't be able to to buy them)

These incredible women are all being honoured with their own Barbie likeness this year, but sadly they won't be available to buy. Luckily we've found six other real-life trailblazers whose Barbie form you can buy instead

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7 Famous Black Figures That Are Long Overdue For Their Own Biopic

How on earth have these biopics not been made yet?

Cinemablend

My mum fought for the underdog all her life – and I was one of her biggest missions

From 1920s Salford to teaching disabled children, my mother Marje gave so many people hope, says Guardian features writer Simon Hattenstone

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No Big Deal, Just Oprah Casually Dropping The Incredible Conversation She Had With Maya Angelou About Her Career

As she promoted The Color Purple, Oprah casually dropped an incredible conversation she had with the late Maya Angelou about her career.

Cinemablend

Bridget Jones, Santaland Diaries and A Christmas Carol: 25 literary treats to read this December

From David Sedaris’s comic diaries to Maya Angelou’s poem Amazing Peace, count down to Christmas with our Advent calendar of festive reads

The Guardian - UK

‘He never stopped being hurt’: Tupac Shakur and the women who shaped him

Kevin E G Perry speaks to the rapper’s godfather Jamal Joseph and Staci Robinson, the author of the newly published ‘Tupac Shakur: The Authorized Biography’, about Shakur’s legacy and the guiding influence of his mother

The Independent UK

Oprah Winfrey recalls how Maya Angelou’s book helped her cope with childhood sexual abuse

‘That book gave a voice to my silences, my secrets,’ she says

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9,000 authors rebuke AI companies, saying they exploited books as 'food' for chatbots

More than 9,000 authors are calling out the tech companies behind generative AI in an open letter that states there is an inherent injustice in exploiting copyright-protected works to train chatbots without consent, credit or compensation.

Los Angeles Times

‘People still do not want women to succeed or be equal. While that is true, you need Virago’: 50 years of the warrior publisher

Formed to ‘break the silence’ for female voices and still as essential and influential as ever, fans and founding members pay tribute to the trailblazing feminist press

The Guardian - UK

Jeremy Corbyn and Len McCluskey to publish ‘accessible’ poetry collection

Contributions by Russell Brand and Maxine Peake feature in Poetry for the Many, which aims to help readers shake off the idea that verse is only for ‘posh people’

The Guardian - UK

Breakfasting with the stars: how the famous got their day going

For Marilyn Monroe it was eggs in a glass of milk, for Muhammad Ali it was steak… Rebecca Seal reveals what seven great figures from history had for breakfast - and how you can make it for yourself

The Guardian - UK

Red Hurley speaks out on Eurovision security threat as he reveals behind the scenes chaos

A karate expert was flown in by RTE for fear of an attack on the singer’s life.

Irish Mirror

Happy Puthandu 2023: Top 50 Tamil New Year Wishes, Messages and Quotes to share with your loved ones

Puthandu or the Tamil New Year is celebrated with great enthusiasm and fervour by Tamilians across the world. Every year, Puthandu is celebrated on the first day in the month of Chitterai, as per the Tamil calendar and it usually falls in mid-April in the Gregorian calendar. And so, this…

The Times of India

Our pick of 7 of the best documentaries about women to watch on International Women’s Day

From Pamela Anderson to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, these inspiring true stories will have you tuning in again and again

Evening Standard

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Women's Day Quotes: 35+ powerful quotes by famous authors to celebrate International Women's Day

Every year, March 8th is celebrated as International Women's Day. But do you know why we have a special day dedicated to honour and celebrating women? It was in the early 20th century when women in many countries started protests and marches in order to demand equality in pay and…

Marie Claire

The 15 Greatest Speeches of All Time, by 15 Inspirational Women

We celebrate the greatest speeches of all time, spoken by women who have changed the world for the better

The Conversation

Positive affirmations: how talking to yourself can let the light in

Despite being a source of constant bad news, the internet is also awash with attempts at countering negativity. A quick search for “inspirational” content yields heaps of speeches, songs and sayings intended to make sense of tough times.

The Guardian - UK

Talking posh still pays – that’s why Boris Johnson is rolling in it

The former PM’s high earnings have been partly attributed to the way he speaks. But I’ll take Bill Paterson or Maya Angelou’s sonorous tones over the voice of privilege any day, writes Emma Beddington

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The Guardian - UK

On my radar: Joy Crookes’s cultural highlights

The singer-songwriter on the film that reminds her of her dad, artist Rene Matić’s ability to provoke and a documentary that sums up the life of an Arsenal fan

The Guardian - US

From Scorsese to Hockney: New York exhibition celebrates portraits of artists

The portraiture of Brigitte Lacombe, Catherine Opie and Tacita Dean is spotlighted in a grand love letter to art and artists

The Conversation

Why young people in every sphere – not just business and politics – should learn to lead

Leadership is most commonly held to be the ability to motivate others to achieve set goals. For some, this means being heroic and special. The world stood still when Nelson Mandela died. His achievements alone – the freedom fighter turned political prisoner, the first black president of South Africa, the…

Bristol Post

Maya Jama's lookalike mum who is mistaken for her sister

Maya's boyfriends reportedly always fancy her mum

Bangkok Post

Rhythm is gonna get you to peak creativity

'Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances," noted the American poet Maya Angelou. How about you? Do you follow a rhythm? Do you, so to say, dance?

Daily Mirror

Love Island host Maya Jama's family life - lookalike mum 'mistaken for sister' and tragic loss at 16

Former Radio 1 presenter Maya Jama is the new host of Love Island - we take a look at her family life and rise to fame

Daily Mirror

Meghan's response to 'angry black woman' trope as 'difficult' claim resurfaces in Harry's book

Harry's upcoming memoir, Spare, claims the Prince of Wales called Meghan 'difficult' - a term commonly associated with the 'angry black woman' trope Meghan has recently discussed

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