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Being Someone's Sunshine
So I was kind of torn writing this. I didn't have the most traditional childhood or family. While growing up I'd avoid questions like what does your dad do.
By Misha Alsleben6 years ago in Viva
How I Found Spiritual Solace On My Period
"It is sad that we have fallen so deeply into the indoctrination against our own sacred natures as women that we regard one of the most magic aspects of our embodiment as unwanted, unclean, and shameful."Teal Swan
By teisha leshea6 years ago in Viva
Women...Time to Awaken to Your Power; Others Will Follow Your Lead
“IT IS OFTEN SAID THAT THE FIRST SOUND WE HEAR IN THE WOMB IS OUR MOTHER’S HEARTBEAT. ACTUALLY, THE FIRST SOUND TO VIBRATE OUR NEWLY DEVELOPED HEARING APPARATUS IS THE PULSE OF OUR MOTHER’S BLOOD THROUGH HER VEINS AND ARTERIES. WE VIBRATE TO THAT PRIMORDIAL RHYTHM EVEN BEFORE WE HAVE EARS TO HEAR. BEFORE WE WERE CONCEIVED WE EXISTED IN PART AS AN EGG IN OUR MOTHER’S OVARY. ALL THE EGGS A WOMAN WILL EVER CARRY FORM IN HER OVARIES WHILE SHE IS A FOUR- MONTH-OLD FETUS IN THE WOMB OF HER MOTHER. THIS MEANS OUR CELLULAR LIFE BEGINS IN THE WOMB OF OUR GRANDMOTHER.
By Kathleen Thompson6 years ago in Viva
Misrepresentation of Women as Repair Tools for Broken Men:
The cultural mainstream relentlessly promotes the extremely toxic concept of women as saviors for broken men, glorifying gender-based violence in the process. “After” by Anna Todd is yet another infuriating example.
By Salomea Becquerel6 years ago in Viva
Free the Frida within you
Ever since I heard the first time about the Mexican icon painter Frida Kahlo, I fell in love and it’s been a few years now of intense admiration and fascination towards her.
By Cristina Roxana6 years ago in Viva
When Do You Need To See A Gynecologist?
The human body is vulnerable to ailments and diseases that can take a severe turn when left ignored. It is essential to diagnose the issue at the right time and seek medical assistance. When it comes to women, they need to pay attention to the changes in their body. Even the slightest negligence can cost them hefty. Female reproductive organs are sensitive and require special care. Right from the menstruation to the menopause, and even after that, women need to take care of their body in order to steer clear from major health issues.
By Nancy Ahuja6 years ago in Viva
I Had An Abortion. This is Why.
It was 2017 and the whole year had started wrong. Sometimes you make a decision in life that kick-starts a chain reaction of shit events. Maybe it was because I was 27, who knows. January to December I saw little domino pieces falling one by one, each of them unravelling some more bad news. I don’t know how to pinpoint which one it was that made my life so terrible-all I know is having an abortion was not one of them.
By Yessica Klein6 years ago in Viva
How A Girl At Summer School Changed My Life In A Week. Top Story - April 2020.
I only knew her for a week. I only know her name is Helen. We met on a summer school in the UK when I was 16. It was a week of creativity where we could make a film, or make pottery, or do photography.
By Natalie Lennard6 years ago in Viva
Women Rule the world
As the world keeps spinning and one or two cars buzz by, what is the best way to remember the amazing women who make other women? Well I have a quote that I made up. Would you like to hear it? Of course you do, well it goes like this, "Beauty is just a mask you hide behind but the true beauty is you're creative and you're imagination and how you bring it to the world". The wonderful woman who inspires me to be a creative and out of the box is my favorite actress Meryl Streep. She inspired me to be an actress myself and I'm very passionate about it and I know I have what it takes to be one.
By Matiria Baker6 years ago in Viva
Women who walk with tigers and hummingbirds
By virtue of living inside a system that is built to undermine your body, objectify and dismember your beauty, chastise and fearfully funnel your power into exploitative ducts, imbibe your soft and essential waterfalls until only barren spaces are left, bury your fiery and exact flame into caskets of underpaid production and mandated reproduction, you, my dear, are my inspiration. When I say you, I am asking every womxn identifying body to look in the mirror. That is, precisely, the you I mean. It is impossible for me to choose just one of you. For I know that my life as a woman is inextricably interlaced with yours- meaning all of us. So, let me honor all of us.
By CocoEva Luz6 years ago in Viva
Ten Lessons You Learn To Become A Strong Woman
The truth is, strength comes from many different places. We all go through different struggles, face different challenges, and walk different paths. However, there are a few lessons that most of us learn along the way to becoming the strong individual that we are. So here are some lessons you might learn on your way to becoming the person you are meant to be.
By Samantha Proctor6 years ago in Viva
Powerful female artists
These powerful and fragile women dedicated their life to express herself, in their most complicated ways dismembering in their works the Intermediate sexualities, the performative of body and sexuality.
By Soledad Bravo Briones6 years ago in Viva