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Best Nature Documentaries on Netflix to Stream Right Now
Most of us don't get to explore the vast deserts and tundras of the world. We don't get to dive into the deep ocean or climb the highest peaks. The dense forests and jungles remain out of our reach. Thankfully, though, there are some amazing filmmakers and nature photographers who do those things for us.
By Taylor Markarian8 years ago in Petlife
Fuck Freud and His Penis Envy; What About Menstruation Envy?
In Simone de Beauvoir’s groundbreaking and controversial feminist masterpiece The Second Sex she posits that: “This is when she feels most acutely that her body is an alienated opaque thing; it is the prey of a stubborn and foreign life that makes an unmakes a crib in her every month… woman is her body as man is his, but her body is something other than her.”
By Little Wanderer8 years ago in Viva
Mom at Fifteen
I grew up in the 80s and 90s in a very dysfunctional kind of way. People just didn't discuss things about your home life or what went on behind closed doors. My folks had quite the hatred towards one another and inevitably it ended the marriage. Not without casualties, unfortunately. My siblings and I had the worst time trying to cope.
By Joanne Hawkins8 years ago in Families
Abuse
It was happening again. I woke up to the sound of loud noises of breaking glass, and it was only 2:00 AM. I slowly sit up and look around my room, feeling mad and irritated. Why does he do this over, and over? I thought, shaking my head. I climb out of bed throwing on a hooded sweatshirt and I head downstairs. When I finally get to the kitchen I see my drunken dad throwing plates, stumbling over his own feet.
By Bella Hoeksema8 years ago in Families
I Was Gang Raped at 13...
This is probably a story that many of us, too many of us, can tell. It's a story that's been forgotten, pushed under the rug, and only recently with the #metoo movement, even been acceptable to relate to family and friends, let alone strangers who may judge, denigrate, and victim blame me. I won't go into details in this piece, but at 13 I ran away and in the process, I was gang raped by five men and an 11-year-old little boy. Through the grace of God and my determined mother, I was saved from the child trafficking ring these men had established in Las Vegas. Basically, their operation had members who sought out "lost" middle school girls and convinced them to run away to their "house" where they were raped "to break them in" and then shuttled to California. I was the second girl from my middle school who was targeted by this operation. The first girl was taken to California and never seen or heard from again.
By Tia Turner8 years ago in Viva
Why Paid Family Leave Is Needed In New York State
"Starting January 1, 2018, New York State's Paid Family Leave provides New Yorker's with job-protected, paid leave to bond with a new child, care for a loved one with a serious health condition or to help relieve family pressures when someone is called to active military service abroad."
By Millington Lockwood8 years ago in Families
Do You Know About Stealthing?
When I first read about this disturbing trend I struggled to wrap my brain around it. Part of me was surprised that men are doing this. And the other part of me isn't surprised. Not. At. All. But what the fuck is so hard about consent? To me, it seems like a really simple concept, but there are a lot of people who to struggle in understanding it.
By Shana Nizeul8 years ago in Viva
