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How to Be a Baddie: Series 3
Baddies are royalty and that means they have to dress the part. Not literally though. You don’t need to purchase a crazy expensive tiara or super elegant ball gown. However, they are always put together and fashionable. They are very trendy, but also very unique. Take notes, queens, because I’m gonna share with you what it takes to dress like a baddie!
By Sanaa Dowd8 years ago in Viva
How to Be a Lazy Feminist
I would like to start this off by saying that I use the words feminine, female, and woman as ways to express these abstract life areas that are more nurturing and “earthy” by nature, and in no way do I intend to place people in boxes or claim to have any kind of superior knowledge of anyone else’s process of what or who they identify with. I use these terms not to be gender specific or to classify people—instead I use them because, at this point in time, I have no other way to explain the concepts I am about to talk about without turning this into a thousand page essay. I am open to ideas and suggestions on how to approach these subjects in a more enlightened way if anyone has anything they would like to contribute. I am aware of the unfairness that is associated with society putting labels on people and making them choose a specific identity. I am also aware this is shifting and I am on the path of learning more—please help me learn!
By Morgan Leigh Callison8 years ago in Viva
Learning Things the Hard Way
I think I am going to start this post out with a story from being a little kid. It is a story about one of my first memorable life lessons. It involves me, an invincible mindset, and my mother reminding me about how she is right. I am often reminded just where I get my hard headedness whenever I challenge my mom. My mom is a strong Hungarian woman who is never wrong, just sometimes misunderstood. She knows when to be caring and when to use some tough love. This story leans towards the later.
By Steven Serbinski8 years ago in Families
Hatchimals
For those of you that may not know what these cute things are, Hatchimals are adorable children's toys that when activated they hatch and and a mysterious animal comes out. I never really thought anything about this toy until one day my son saw a commercial for them and told me that he wanted one. Eventually I brought this to his dad's attention (seeing that he spends more time in stores than me, I figured he can go buy it), but for all the times that he has gone shopping, he never came in the house with the Hatchimal.
By Mis Understood8 years ago in Families
What It's Like to Grow Up as the "Normal" Kid
At first glance my family and many others like it look completely "normal." Of course normal is a very relative term and means something different to every person. But when you take a closer look you can see the differences from most people’s definition of the word. I grew up as the older sister of a sibling with autism. And while I got to grow up as the "normal" one, I did not grow up without feeling the effects of it.
By Caitlin Sullivan8 years ago in Families
