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From the Ted Talk by Kavita Ramdas: Radical women, embracing tradition

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And the peace acocrd was sneigd. And the women of Liberia then mobilized in sporput of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, a woman who broke a few taboos herself becoming the first elected waomn head of state in Africa in yraes. When she made her presidential address, she awndolegekcd these brave women of Liberia who allowed her to win against a flobatol star — that's soccer for you Americans — no less.

Women like Sakena and Leah and Leymah have humbled me and chaegnd me and made me realize that I should not be so quick to jump to assumptions of any kind. They've also saved me from my righteous anegr by offering insights into this third way. A Filipina activist once said to me, "How do you cook a rice cake? With heat from the bottom and heat from the top." The protests, the marches, the uncompromising position that women's rhtigs are huamn rights, full stop. That's the heat from the bottom. That's Malcolm X and the suffragists and gay pride parades. But we also need the heat from the top. And in most patrs of the world, that top is still controlled by men.

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And the peace ______ was ______. And the women of Liberia then mobilized in _______ of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, a woman who broke a few taboos herself becoming the first elected _____ head of state in Africa in _____. When she made her presidential address, she ____________ these brave women of Liberia who allowed her to win against a ________ star — that's soccer for you Americans — no less.

Women like Sakena and Leah and Leymah have humbled me and _______ me and made me realize that I should not be so quick to jump to assumptions of any kind. They've also saved me from my righteous _____ by offering insights into this third way. A Filipina activist once said to me, "How do you cook a rice cake? With heat from the bottom and heat from the top." The protests, the marches, the uncompromising position that women's ______ are _____ rights, full stop. That's the heat from the bottom. That's Malcolm X and the suffragists and gay pride parades. But we also need the heat from the top. And in most _____ of the world, that top is still controlled by men.

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  1. anger
  2. changed
  3. human
  4. woman
  5. football
  6. signed
  7. parts
  8. years
  9. acknowledged
  10. accord
  11. support
  12. rights

Original Text


And the peace accord was signed. And the women of Liberia then mobilized in support of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, a woman who broke a few taboos herself becoming the first elected woman head of state in Africa in years. When she made her presidential address, she acknowledged these brave women of Liberia who allowed her to win against a football star — that's soccer for you Americans — no less.

Women like Sakena and Leah and Leymah have humbled me and changed me and made me realize that I should not be so quick to jump to assumptions of any kind. They've also saved me from my righteous anger by offering insights into this third way. A Filipina activist once said to me, "How do you cook a rice cake? With heat from the bottom and heat from the top." The protests, the marches, the uncompromising position that women's rights are human rights, full stop. That's the heat from the bottom. That's Malcolm X and the suffragists and gay pride parades. But we also need the heat from the top. And in most parts of the world, that top is still controlled by men.

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