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"Drag Race UK" Features Poignant Look At Gender Norms
Although I've watched all 12 complete seasons of #RuPaulsDragRace and am currently well into season 13, this is my first time watching #RuPaulsDragRaceUK. The most recent episode on January 28 on #Crave in Canada featured probably one of the most remarkable, poignant and heartwarming conversations about gender norms and life outside the gender binary between two of the queens - #GinnyLemon and #BiminiBonBoulash.
By Christina St-Jean5 years ago in Viva
Revolution Resolution
Naomi Wolf, in her best-selling dissection of the beauty industry 'The Beauty Myth' addresses every contradiction that women are forced to endure when chasing aesthetic appeal. A woman must not be too fat nor too thin, too tall nor too short. She must not pursue sex but must open her legs willingly when a man commands her to do so.
By Emily Williams-Owen5 years ago in Viva
Let's Talk About PCOS
The idea of the new year has always been something special to me. Regardless of the legitimacy of the new year being a "fresh start", the concept has always seemed to motivate me into focusing more on my self-development, improvement and spirituality. That being said, I've often fallen short on those new year goals — I must have set myself the resolution to learn Spanish every year for the last five years alas I'm still no better a Spanish speaker than I was aged 16.
By Sophia Carey5 years ago in Viva
The Angry Mama's Boy
Have you ever had a man that loved you, but hated his mother? Loved her because that is what you’re supposed to do but hated her because she was an image of a mother that he could not find. His father was not around, so he was left to decipher the feminine side of life through the lens of his toxic mother. She would ridicule him to make him feel less of a man unless she was using him in some way. God forbid if he gets a woman and she has no man. She will make him her makeshift husband. She will make it a point to discredit his woman and interfere in the relationship, whenever she can. This mother is only a problem if the son allows her to be. It is not your job to go to battle with her, because if you do, you might lose him. If he does not stand up for you to her, especially when she's wrong, then you are just a body in a relationship. An irritant to the mother and a bargaining chip for the son, you do not want to be that person.
By L.L Walton5 years ago in Viva
Why Am I Single?
Why are you single? I used to cringe when someone asked me that question. It used to make me feel like I needed to be in a relationship. It made me feel like there was something wrong with being single. Then I started to think, what is wrong with being single? My conclusion....absolutely nothing! The question that should be asked is, why do you care so much?
By L.L Walton5 years ago in Viva
New Year, New Me... Or Not
"Don't breathe... hold it in". It was 11 p.m. and my husband was already asleep when the blue hue of my phone began to irritate a headache that I had already had for four hours prior. "Tighten your core. Now don't breathe... hold it in". Those were the words now plastered onto my eyes as I watched an influencer's post play over and over again trying to take notes. She had posted a video on how influencers pose for photos while visiting different locations, such as the beach, in order to get the perfect shot. She was laying on the sand in a tan bikini with her flawlessly tan skin and perfect beach-wave blonde hair blowing in the wind like she was on a 'Beachbody' commercial. She had a toned body and not a single sight of cellulite or fat on her. She didn't have saddle bags weighing on her hips and she had the perfect sized chest. She, in my perspective, had the perfect female body.
By J. R. Wiebe5 years ago in Viva
Benefits of selecting a female gynecologist
The gynecology field has changed drastically for the past several years along with it the diversity of doctors who provide care. In the past few years, very less percentages of obstetricians and the best gynecologist in Delhi were female. Due to male doctors, many women don’t visit gynae or share their all problems. Some women visit a male doctor but hesitate to share the actual problem and show where the problem. Through this article, you will know some of the benefits that you will get from selecting women gynecologists. So let’s start.
By Akhil Vikram Singh5 years ago in Viva
Brain and Gut
This is not a story about gut health affecting mental health, though I can see where the title might suggest that. No, this is a story about Covid - not actually having it, but simply existing in the world we have lived in for the past elevenish months - and the number it does on your mental health. Now, in fairness, there has been a lot going on in addition to Covid-19 in the past year, especially in the US (I'm in the slightly saner Washington), but none of them caused me to have the almost visceral reaction I had this morning.
By Jenn Kirkland5 years ago in Viva
