Guardian Weekly good antidote to this; wide-ranging (in topic & location) news digest, varied length of read, with +word & other puzzles as bonus. [Slimline hard copy invaluable where Twitter not available] #notoncommissionhonest
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I can't say I find the Guardian that helpful but that might just be me — nothing specifically to do with content mind! I just don't think my issues with for example the Western perspective on homophobia or sexism are seen by others, they don't care or know.
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It's the kind of stuff I'm daily life that I have to navigate ane negotiate that I wish people were more sensitive to. I grew up with barracks and military camps at every street corner pretty much. With a much higher and more pervasive sexism, in a country which never had a
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feminist movement. I don't have the same childhood memories or feel that my safety is guaranteed in the same way. I have/had so many issues I had to work through all on my own when I emigrated.
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Living amongst people with Western privilege is exhausting.
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Exactly why I like to read articles about life in Africa, India, Vietnam etc. Brings home our coddled status
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I cringe at most articles about Cyprus. That's my point. Sadly...
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They used to have items from *local* papers but in latest issue there are none - perhaps too expensive now?
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Credited to eg Le Monde, Südd-Zeitung but printed in English (so could be edited in translation you mean?)
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But those are Europeans?
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I don't have an older copy to hand to check whether other sources are original or written by correspondents
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Bylines affiliate to HE institutes/thinktanks (many western, yes!) but stories you don't read elsewhere
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