VERSION|0.5.1|SUBJECT|Rev Canon Angela Tilby, Christchurch Cathedral Oxford  |CONTENT|[b]Rating[/b] 2 out of 5 (A little platitudinous)

[url=http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap130813.html][img=images/2013/08/pic130813.jpg popup=false float=right][/url]I'm fed up talking about what's on British telly. Instead I'm going to talk about what's on Pakistani telly: the [url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/she-the-people/wp/2013/08/01/burka-avenger-pakistans-new-superhero/]Burka Avenger[/url]!

By day she's a shy, modest school teacher, by night she's an education vigilante, donning her burka disguise and hitting bad guys on the head with heavy books. Her only weapons are books, pens and knowledge. She stands up to her enemies that want to close down girls' schools.

The cartoon flies in the face of Taliban stereotypes of the submissive woman, but equally it rejects the western stereotype of the oppressed, burka clad woman.

Doubtless this reminds you whether women can be leaders in Christianity? The answer is no, they can't, but they can come on Thought For The Day which is pretty impressive, isn't it?

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