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Feminism demands a future free of fat shaming, body obsession and the male gaze.
A cry never heard
“yea it happened to me, more than once... yes I never called the police... yes I thought no one cared... yes I started to dislike myself... yes I felt ashamed and nasty... how could this happen to me! Why would this happen!” I couldn’t do anything but listen, how could this happen. What I am going to tell you is story of a young girl who believed she walked with God until it felt he was no longer there.
By EnlightenedMindzSpeak6 years ago in Viva
6 Things Every Woman Should Know About Her Body
The female body is intricate and confusing. It makes being a woman even more difficult. Not only are we treated like second class citizens, but we also must deal with our “plumbing” bleeding every 28 days AND it’s hidden from our view.
By Casey Chesterfield6 years ago in Viva
I AM A SURVIVOR
I don't think that there are any words that could describe how terrifying that night was. Talking about something that happened 24 years ago,seems like it was a life time ago. My name is Adriane and this is the story that changed my life forever. I was a young girl and a new single parent. I had recently split from my sons father, and was living alone for the first time in my life. And I was enjoying my new found freedom maybe, a little too much at the time. I was living in Clovis, New Mexico I had found a small duplex for me and my son to live in. I met my friend April she lived in the same duplex. We quickly became friends she had two kids and I had one son. I didn't know anybody in Clovis, I had just moved there. So April's friends also became my friends. At times we would have wild parties, there would be lots of drinking that would last through out the night. It was at one of these parties that I met James. He for some reason took an instant liking to me . The feeling was not mutual. I was dating someone else at the time, and he just made me feel uncomfortable. The fun parties keep taking place and you could say I was living the life of a wild child . James would show up on occasion and express interest in me, but for whatever reason I didn't want him around me or my son. I tried to keep my distance from him. I didn't want him to think I was leading him on in any way , because I had no interest in him.
By Adriane Kirby6 years ago in Viva
Girls: Your Period at School
Managing your period at school can make a lot of girls, and their mothers alike, feel a little nervous. Luckily there are a wide range of products out there for your daughter to try, and many of these products can be total lifesavers when it comes to managing her menstrual cycle at school. The more open-minded you and your daughter are about the range of feminine hygiene products on the market today, the easier it will be to prepare your daughter for school without either of you needing to worry too much about managing her cycle. The biggest rule is to be prepared.
By Zehna Reddon6 years ago in Viva
Richy
I always knew I was different. What three year old suffers from depression? Yup, this one did. I worried constantly about whether my mother loved me. I even recall thinking that I should not of been born. I was working out my place in this world, even as a toddler. I thought about strange things, had strange dreams. I had a repetitive dream that my mother was hosting a Tupperware party, turned into a violin and started killing all the attendees. Like WTF. I was a troubled soul even at the beginning of my life.
By Laura Guzman6 years ago in Viva
Not All Scars Can Be Seen
Hello. My birth name is Audrey Ella Kerns. However, about 2 months ago, I changed my last name to Garland. No, I didn't legally change it, no, I'm not married now, and no, I didn't ask for anyone's permission to do it. I made the choice all by myself.
By Audrey Ella Garland6 years ago in Viva
Stripping Shells with Sisters
Living in a time that seems dire and down right lonely some days, I’m reflecting on past times where feminine liberation was shared among sisters. Whilst I may be blessed to have been “forced” to move back home and back with my partner, I can’t help but yearn for the care free liberators of nude empowerment movements.
By sarah-rashael6 years ago in Viva
My Story
It was a cold day in December. We had just passed our one year anniversary. We made plans to do this about a month ago, but that didn’t make it any easier. I step on the bus and there he is, smile beaming like always when we lock eyes. His black roxy hat backwards covering his chocolate brown hair. His deep brown eyes sparkling, showing that the smile is pure. His 5’8 body dressed in the usual outfit. Blue jeans ripped at the bottom around his black DC sneakers. A black zip up sweatshirt with camo print on the inside, a sweatshirt I borrowed and once felt safe in, with a black green day t-shirt on under it. I sit next to him and lean my head on his shoulder. The scent of axe dark temptation filling my nostrils. A smell I loved.
By Heather Lanchester6 years ago in Viva
Why my 6th me too anniversary is so hard
These are all guesses, I have no clue why this is so hard for me this year. I know this year is different but it's different for a lot of reasons. I will tell you all the reasons I think this year is hard on me and why I feel this way.
By Lena Bailey6 years ago in Viva
Alea Thomas
Hey it's Alea Thomas you may be hearing this because I'm gone by now and wondering why well my life may be amazing from your eyes but that's speaking from the outside. Let me bring you inside so you can understand why I'm gone. You may say I'm a coward but how can you say if you never been in my shoes but if you have then you know why and how I got to where I am but first a little about myself.
By Royal Jewels6 years ago in Viva
its not over quite yet…
“It’s over.” Where to even begin…. Should i start with how i currently feel or the way i feel now, because my past? I am probably the most corrupt individual with the biggest heart for the ones around me.. I have never written one of these but i plan on making this the most personal thing i have come to know.
By Alexis Danielle6 years ago in Viva
