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Who is Marlene Dumas?
The experience of the woman in artist movements are often shared from the lens of a man. Men decide how a woman’s bodies should be in form, the acts that they perform, and the features to accentuate. It has been my experience that when women create art it comes from a deeper, more humanitarian space. We use art to balance the drill of our lives where everyone needs us. The outlet to soothe our traumas or in many art movements for artistic scholars the challenge to the male gaze.
By SAYHERNAME Morgan Sankofa5 years ago in Viva
What are the manifestations of female aging
Everyone has to experience aging. Some women feel sorry for themselves because of aging, while some women are optimistic about aging. In addition to always optimistic about things, I also actively do maintenance every day. Therefore, they seem to be several years younger than women of the same age. It is recommended that if women find that they are aging, they should do maintenance as soon as possible. Only by doing it can they age slowly and look younger and younger than others.
By Harris Oralee5 years ago in Viva
Dying to Be Heard.
Over the course of the past 48-days I’ve been doing just that. Dying to be heard. It all started on August 21st, 2020 after I’d fallen down the stairs- tripped really on some laundry that my grandmother had left there like we’d asked her not to for years because someone was going to be unfortunate enough to fall and break their leg.
By Skyla Narissa Lambert5 years ago in Viva
Why Are Women More Prone To Varicose Veins?
Varicose Veins are rooted out due to chronic dilation of the vein, which is a condition known as “varicosity”. When the walls of veins are pushed apart, the valves do not seal properly which creates difficulty for muscles to push blood upwards. Because of this poor blood circulation, instead of flowing of blood from one valve to the other, blood starts pooling in the veins, hence increasing the venous pressure causing the twisting and bulging of veins.
By Medi Check5 years ago in Viva
5 Nollywood Actresses Who Died During Childbirth.
It was supposed to be a happy day. After 9 months, expecting mothers all over the world go into hospital rooms eager and excited to meet their baby. But unfortunately, for a number of women in these hospital rooms, not everything goes as smoothly as they hope. In fact, in some cases, things take a turn for the dire and the day ends with a loss of the mother’s life.
By Jide Okonjo5 years ago in Viva
'The Handmaid's Tale' Analysis: Chapters 15-17
CHAPTER FIFTEEN The Ceremony continues. Blink and you’ll miss it, but there’s a clever bit of subtle dramatic metaphor in how the scene is set up. The Commander must knock on the sitting room door to enter, the sitting room being described as “Serena Joy’s territory” in which “he’s supposed to ask permission to enter it.” The Commander enters the room without her permission, foreshadowing what exactly this Ceremony entails. Offred muses over this “protocol,” wondering if it’s because of a domestic spat over dinner.
By CT Idlehouse5 years ago in Viva
A child's cry for her mom's love
I was a little girl who just wanted her mother's love, but instead I got blamed and hated. Here's my story! My mother brother and I moved to Averill Ave in a small town a long with her 2 other sisters and their children .We all went to number 15 school I was 5 when we moved there, As a child we were always told that children should not be seen when their adults in the room we were taught to respect all Elders, but what happens when a adult miss treat a child and nothing was done about it, but you were told that you are a lair and all you did was go to bed like you were told. While I am laying in my bed I had a nightmare about rats and in my dream their were nothing but blood all over my room, their was a big fat rat sitting on my chest, once I realize what was happening I started screaming and crying for my mom to come I kept calling for her but no one answered I called out for her again and again just to be woken up by her boyfriend Bosco. When Bosco entered my room he had on just his boxers and no shirt .With his boney little legs and arms I wish I was much older but at that time I was just a little girl looking for my mother and she was no where to be found. When Bosco entered my room he said, "What's wrong with you? Why are you in screaming! I said," I had a bad dream" and I want my mom! he said" your momma not here she left now shut all that noise up before I give you something to scream about "I was scared but I'm still crying for my mom and she wasn't there! While I'm still crying Bosco walks over to where I was laying and got in my bed I didn't know what to do I thought it was ok because he was grown and I was told to respect my elders so I thought letting Bosco in my bed was the right thing to do ,but then he started touching me in places he wasn't suppose to because it hurt, he had long fingers nails that he would put inside of my 5 year old vagina. My mother then walks in and catches Bosco in my bed and ask him "What are you doing? He got smart with my mom and got up and went back in my mother room ,my mother left to go next door and I got up and ran after her ,but when I got there, I over heard my mother telling my Aunt that she caught me in the bed with Bosco, Not I found Bosco in the bed with my child! She did ABSOLUTELY nothing but blame me, nobody cared enough about me instead I grew up being hated for something I had no control over ,Now I'm grown and hate PEDOPHILES.I have buried this for so long today is the first time I spoke on this I hope you guys liked this story because this was hard to write but I want to heal and my healing starts today I hope this touches someone who may be going thru the same thing and know you are not alone and please tell someone thanks for hearing my story.
By Shuvon Williams5 years ago in Viva
