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The parallel struggles of Bristol Palin and Malala Yousafzai
Their Struggles: Bristol Palin & Malala Yousafzai's Memoirs, Compared
Nell Scovell
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A look at their bestselling books, Not Afraid of Life: My Journey So Far (2011) and I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (2013), reveals a great deal of overlap, including how they both overcame adversity and barely made it out of high school alive.
Perhaps this side-by-side comparison will prompt Nobel consideration for young Palin next year. After all, it's called American Exceptionalism—not Pakistani Exceptionalism.
BRISTOL PALIN
Targeted by... The "lamestream media" and late night comedians.
Early moment of despair First day Freshman year of high school, she wore the exact same button-up cardigan as a friend (but in a different color so technically not the exact same.)
MALALA YOUSAFZAI
Targeted by... The Taliban.
Early moment of despair In 2009, family became Internally Displaced Persons. After being harassed at an army checkpoint, My grandmother started crying and saying her life had never been so bad."
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http://jezebel.com/their-struggles-bristol-palin-malala-yousafzais-memo-1647761703
Nell Scovell
<snip>
A look at their bestselling books, Not Afraid of Life: My Journey So Far (2011) and I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (2013), reveals a great deal of overlap, including how they both overcame adversity and barely made it out of high school alive.
Perhaps this side-by-side comparison will prompt Nobel consideration for young Palin next year. After all, it's called American Exceptionalism—not Pakistani Exceptionalism.
BRISTOL PALIN
Targeted by... The "lamestream media" and late night comedians.
Early moment of despair First day Freshman year of high school, she wore the exact same button-up cardigan as a friend (but in a different color so technically not the exact same.)
MALALA YOUSAFZAI
Targeted by... The Taliban.
Early moment of despair In 2009, family became Internally Displaced Persons. After being harassed at an army checkpoint, My grandmother started crying and saying her life had never been so bad."
<more>
http://jezebel.com/their-struggles-bristol-palin-malala-yousafzais-memo-1647761703
Bristol is the very definition of having First World problems. She also needs to get some perspective, and to stop being rewarded a lack thereof.
