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Celebrity role models and inspiring feminist celebrities for girls and women everywhere.
Reconstructing the Norm
In honor of Black History month, I must say there is not enough ink in a box of pens to commemorate the multitude of black creators who have inspired me. While I reflect on challenges past and continuous, I can celebrate in strides the overarching progress made within the community. So much of this progress either acknowledged or overshadowed by events of the past year.
By Luna Jupiter5 years ago in Viva
Who Are T.V.'s Toughest Ladies?
Hollywood. The glitz and glamour of the screen, the center of entertainment in America and the world. Known for its' famous people, beautiful women, and the hustle and bustle lifestyle. Many have gone there seeking fame and fortune only to end up strung out and used by the magic city. For all of its' glitz and glamour, its' triumph and tragedies, there are those that get there and make good on their dreams of being stars. In the center of the action that is Hollywood, there are those that thrive by being absolutely badass. These stronger, bigger-than-life characters, take us on their adventures and capture our imaginations with their grandiose stories and incredible, god-like physiques. These are my picks for the toughest of the tough chics gracing movies and television screens.
By Jason Ray Morton 5 years ago in Viva
"The Lady with the Lamp"
We know her as “The Lady with the Lamp.” Florence Nightingale can be called ‘the mother of nursing’ as she did so much within her life-time to change nursing to the standards, the very high standards, which we see today. Her life is an interesting one.
By Ruth Elizabeth Stiff5 years ago in Viva
The most prominent women in the world of technology
Only 26% of computing-related jobs are held by women. Given the fact that IT spending worldwide is projected to total $3.8 trillion in 2021, women are misrepresented in a field where the potential to grow and advance in one's career is one of the highest.
By Daniel Markuson5 years ago in Viva
Anna M Mangin invented the pastry fork
If Anna M Mangin's name and photo are foreign to you then I am very happy to introduce this innovative young woman to you. She invented the pastry fork and the pastry fork spatula in 1891, and they continue to be widely utilized today. (The actual first spatula was invented one year earlier by John Spaduala, in 1890.) When it comes to Black History, I am different from most and search for the unsung heroes. When my children were in school, I advised them to not write about Dr. King and Rosa Parks whose works are already well known.
By Cheryl E Preston5 years ago in Viva
All Passion Spent
Vita Sackville-West, the author of All Passion Spent, was more than a simple author-- she was a poet, a novelist, and a gardener. She was the only person to win the Hawthornden Award for poetry twice — first in 1927 and again in 1933 —, was made a Companion of Honour for her services to literature in 1947, and created the elaborate gardens at Sissinghurst Castle, her home later in life where she would one day die at age seventy. Sackville-West used her own background, personal and familial alike, as detail and setting for what would be one of her most successful novels. She came from a wealthy, high class family filled with titles of Lord and Lady, and in 1913, Sackville-West married diplomat Harold Nicolson; she was well-versed in the politics of society, and the games its elite population play. Sackville-West was a highly intelligent and fiercely opinionated woman, and had a wide defiant streak that made itself known not only in how she chose to live her life but also appeared in much of her writing. All Passion Spent centers around the control women do and do not have over their own lives and society’s constrictions. It was published in 1931 by the Woolf’s Hogarth Press, and the cover art of the novel was actually done by Virginia Woolf’s sister, Vanessa Bell.
By Clara Reinke5 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
