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Dear All Women
Dear All Women, I know you have spent your whole life in a society that tells you that you are less. You are vain for being pretty, and wasting all that time yet you are disgusting for not altering your body so that it pleases their eyes. You’re stuck up for your intelligence and dumb for not thinking it through. You’re prudish for your modesty and slutty for revealing your flesh. It really doesn’t matter what you do, we are always less.
By Diana McLaren5 years ago in Viva
A Hero to All, But Especially Me
Dear Button, It’s funny, knowing how close we are now, to look back at the first words I ever said to you—or rather, about you. Mom had just brought you home from the hospital and set you on the couch in your carrier next to me. The moment she left the room, I pushed you—carrier and all—off the couch. When she rushed in, wondering why the baby was now on the ground crying, I angrily replied, “I don’t like it. Take it back.”
By Alyssa Gray5 years ago in Viva
To the Single Mother
To the Single Mother, You fascinate the world with the mystery that is you. Where do you find the strength and courage to endure the everyday emotional and physical strain? Your dedication to your family is remarkable. I can’t be not in your vocabulary. Failure is not an option for you. You are brave and bold because you have to be. Although loneliness might play a main character in your life, you still are strong knowing that exuberance and your accomplishments will be rewarded in the future. You power through working more than one job, going to college, helping your children with their school work, wash, rinse, and repeat day in and day out. You strive to be the best every day not only for yourself, but because you are a role model for your children. You are teaching them that no matter what the circumstance is you can always change the narrative.
By Brandi Butler5 years ago in Viva
Dear Little Warrior
Dear Little J, You live a normal, comfortable, and happy life. Most people wouldn't consider how much you've done to get here and how deserving you are of recognition of it. Society is always about more, what's next and how you measure up so "normal" doesn't ring praises. You don't care about anything that isn't authentic to you. I understand why you don't chase for more than a happy existence when you have suffered and just want a peaceful life. I wanted you to know I see you and celebrate you.
By Jade Webber5 years ago in Viva
My Pride And Joy
To my beautiful daughter Emily, From the moment you were born, I knew you were going to grow up to be an amazing woman and do great things in life. I knew I would be proud of you but I really had no idea just how much that pride would grow on a daily basis.
By Jody Kuperavage5 years ago in Viva
To All The Women In History Who Made Us Who We Are Today.
Women are individuals in whom we all derive from , individuals whose love and strength comes from an inner relief of years obtaining desperation and suppression. This challenge is dedicated to all the strong women out there and yet I am uncapable of addressing this letter to one being ; therefore i must go ahead and express and share my Gratitude to all the women through out history who made us who we are today!
By Ama Adarkwah5 years ago in Viva
Dr. Mrs. Bader-Ginsburg You were a Warrior
As international women's month comes to a close, I think it's important to acknowledge and remember all the strong women out there. One of the strongest that I have ever heard of was Ruth Bader-Ginsburg. Unfortunately, we lost Mrs. Bader-Ginsburg in September of last year but, all that she has accomplished should inspire young women to strive for the best.
By Nicholas McKenna5 years ago in Viva
3 Empowering Romantic Comedies Where the Girl Doesn’t Give Up Her Life for a Guy
If you’re looking to get your popcorn and your favourite glass of wine and sit down for some sappy, happy, good ol’ rom coms this weekend, then check out these three that won’t have you doubting your career choices or urban lifestyle.
By Fay Thompson5 years ago in Viva
To The Cheesy, the Love-Struck and the Naïve
I always had this innocent, chivalrous, heroic view of love. Probably it was because I was raised by a very conservative and religious family and that most of my upbringing was in one of those far-flung areas where tightly-knit communities thrived away from the “liberalistic” influence of the big cities. But don’t get me wrong! Now at 33, happily married and blessed with one child, I think I now possess a more mature, yet probably still flawed, perspective about love.
By Louie Jhon Lunaria5 years ago in Viva
