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Body building champion. Runs 10 miles a day. Does pull-ups and push-ups. And is 74 years old.
(WTF is up with AOL calling this “weird news,” by the way?)
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Resist racism 
Stories about women are frequently delegated to “weird news” sections. Melissa discusses it occasionally at Shakesville. Example: http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2007/02/misogyny-is-so-odd.html
They may as well rename the news section from “weird news” to “news about the types of people we don’t care about”.
I also notice how older women are referred to as “grandmother,” as if it’s especially noteworthy that a grandmother has done something. And they are feisty as well.
I thought this was a fantastic story when I read it last week. She is one incredible woman.
And truth be told, I thought to myself: “this should go to Resistance …”
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I’m so predictable. ;-P
Not predictability: just the fact that you have created a space where these kinds of stories can be honoured and where people like me who are searching for a different way of seeing and thinking can learn and celebrate and recognize similar stories and experience worth valuing in our own communities… :)