The Daily Muse
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Combining a passion for what makes the modern brain tick with a mission to bring thought provoking, idea shaping and relevant content to the people of today. Here at The Daily Muse, we craft every word with the capacity to make an impact.Stories (2)
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How Our Bodies Are Holding Us Back
Why is it we wonder, in an age that so glorifies the toil for perfection, how we've come to view our bodies through such a distorted lens? Our society praises those who strive, who suffer in the name of success, for the sake of admonishing those who settle- leaving us to question just who could dare to be seen as anything other than unattainable? As a collective, we've stripped ourselves of our humanity, layer by layer, in favour of growing a new skin: One of invincibility. We've come to associate being at our peak with being untouchable, but set it at too steep a climb for the majority to make- marking not only the expectation, but the demand that we reach the top, in a trembling flag at its summit.
By The Daily Muse7 years ago in Psyche
Love Island: Sex and Entrepreneurialism
Womanhood is, and always has been, a weapon: An experience shaped by the ammunition society happens to load it with and which areas of a woman's identity it chooses to put under fire. It's the twenty-first century, and woman's grasp over her own "dignity" has recently become a matter of public debate, with shows like Love Island posing the question of whether the woman that embraces a set of sex-fuelled beauty standards is a victim or an emblem— empowered or exploited?
By The Daily Muse8 years ago in Viva
