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Feminism demands a future free of fat shaming, body obsession and the male gaze.

The Fattest Kid in School
A friend of mine posted this meme on her Facebook page and it inspired me to tell a snippet of my story. When was the first time someone told me I was fat?
By Karen Cook-Salcedo8 years ago in Viva
Debunked Myths About Your Vagina
We live in a society that seems to be obsessed with both female sexuality and female anatomy. Though we constantly gab and debate about the female body, as a society, we're really ignorant about how the equipment works down there. Hell, even gynecologists don't really seem to know as much as they should have the time.
By Ossiana Tepfenhart8 years ago in Viva
Fat Girl Fabulous
Ink and Blood and Soul I've grown up writing. Putting thoughts and ideas and feelings down on paper. Now I go to school full time and I write even more. I'm about to go to grad school and when I get there, I'll have to write my dissertation. Writing is a part of my soul. Like breathing or sleeping or drinking. Maybe it's more a part of me than any of those things. Breathing and sleeping and eating are facts of life. I enjoy them. I need them. They don't really touch my soul, though. Writing does that. It offers expression to the inexpressible, like art or dance. Arranging words on the page is like writing a symphony. Taking note of every syllable and sound. The soft whoosh of sh followed by the sharp, clipped p in ship. When I write I try to take these sounds and arrange them in a way that makes my heart hurt. It is as though my heart is speaking. When I open my mouth to speak the words come out jumbled and out of order but when I write, it is the purest form of expression. I'm writing this article because I believe I have something to say but I'm really not sure how to say it. The thoughts are fractured and messy and beautiful as they are. This is my attempt to show you the beautiful, crazy mess inside my head, spoken through my heart.
By Kristen Campbell8 years ago in Viva
Low Self-Esteem
In the United Kingdom, three-quarters of the women who live there are unhappy with the shape of their bodies. In addition, a whopping 6 out of 10 feel their bodies make them depressed. If there are this many women in the U.K who are unhappy with the way they look, imagine how many women are in the world that feels this exact same way. There are many causes of low self-esteem and there are many ways to overcome it.
By Amy Zeigler8 years ago in Viva
Failure of Flesh
It sometimes seems as if there is one correct form of body positivity: one that prizes cis, White, abled women thinking that they are beautiful. I am not the first to notice this, or the first to ask, where do I belong in this movement?
By C. B. Blanchard8 years ago in Viva
Not Living Up to Someone Else's Ideal of Beauty...
For too many years I have attempted to live up to someone else's ideals of what I should look like. "But Tiffany, you look better slim."
By Tiffany Allen8 years ago in Viva
Body Positive?
I like to think of myself as outwardly accepting of others, regardless of my thoughts and feelings on their behaviors, beliefs, and beings. But there are three things that truly dishearten me about humans, myself included, I hasten to add and they’ve slotted themselves nicely into the unique-little-snowflake culture that has engulfed us millennials. They call themselves, in the style of a generation raised on spasmodic adspeak “body positive,” “you do you,” and “intellectual differences.” I’ve talked about the second and third before and intend to do so again in the near future but, for now, I’m going to focus on the first one.
By Avi Sato8 years ago in Viva
Products for Your Boobs They Will Thank You For. Top Story - February 2018.
Yes, there are tons of products for your boobs that they will thank you for, and you need them right now. From simple products like nipple covers and boob tape to a face mask made just for your cleavage, there is a product for all of your breasts' needs.
By Leanna Davis8 years ago in Viva
My Experience with Skinny Shaming
I'm a size zero—the size often referenced as the pinnacle of beauty. The phrase "you don't have to be a size zero to be beautiful" is one common to the body positivity movement, and I wholeheartedly agree. What I'm here to tell you is that not only does beauty come in different sizes, but being a size zero does not inherently mean you're confident and love your body. For me, it's meant quite the opposite.
By Katie Burkholder8 years ago in Viva
Plus Size People Who Inspire!
If you're someone that believes someone has to be a size 0 to be attractive then I don't think this post is for you. But if you're someone who needs inspiration to love yourself no matter what size, shape, height, skin colour, then this post is for you.
By Mary Moon8 years ago in Viva
Understanding Silence Is Not Consent
I am posting this on behalf of a friend who asked me to share her story. --- Exposed. Vulnerable. Confused. Every time I thought about it. Every time I tried to write down or verbalise what happened, a voice in my head told me to be quiet, to laugh it off, or stop typing.
By Sophie Rose8 years ago in Viva
Not a Word
I would give you a warning for this article, but there are no warnings in life. Right now, I could literally vomit. My insides are churning-spinning-and I just want to rip them out. I feel disgusted. With myself, my loved ones, the people that walk around me, and social media. I have felt this way for a long time, but have never chosen to say anything except to a few people...until now.
By Echo Jones8 years ago in Viva