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Eldery people visit profound places
I found this meme today scrolling on Facebook. It was the most profound one I read and decided to write a poem and an article featuring this. Where do you think the elderly or the poor hang out? Some roach infested ghetto apartment or a sparkling clean dazzling condo overlooking the ocean? Both? Some elite gated nursing home featured on Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous or some decaying old building with overworked and underpaid nurses calling it an Assisted Living Facility? A tent in the backyard where Granny fights the dog or the cat to call it "her" tent? A car that's over 20 years old and needs a new transmission and has no air conditioning or heater, but still lets Grandpa take a nap in the Walmart parking lot? Some old dusty hall where they gave the old homeless bum a free pack so he could play Bingo and try his luck? Yeah, I'm sure you can find the elderly at all of the above, but I think the meme is directly referring to places where the elderly have been much more than those younger folks. Typically, young people (child age to say around 30 somethings) are not typically hanging out at the hospital, the prison, or the cemetary unless they are employed there.
By Shanon Angermeyer Norman3 months ago in Viva
Body Image in Aging
As I mentioned in my previous article, my focus is on the topic of aging especially regarding women so I'm thinking about old ladies which is what I consider myself since I am "over the hill" (over 50 years of age). Though wise men will say that we ought not compare ourselves to others as it is a source of emotional havoc, I notice that sitting in front of a television or computer screen in a female aging body is a source of loneliness and restlessness. Though I may be wise like those men or other notable wise women in the famous stories, I see daily that comparisons are often made (intentionally or not) almost as if it is impossible to get through the day without doing so. Scroll on Facebook because you're bored and see a joke about sagging breasts. Lots of laughs but would it be funny without comparison? If we didn't have plastic boobs or 15 year old boobs to look at, would the saggy drooping old lady boobs be funny? I'll try not to compare us to animals, but when I get in a serious mood I tend to compare human behavior to the animals and the animals seem to be more civilized. Maybe I shouldn't have said that. Maybe that was as cruel as laughing at your grandmother's breasts. Did you laugh at the porn stars breasts the same way? Oh right, it isn't wise to compare. What? The laughs or the breasts?
By Shanon Angermeyer Norman4 months ago in Viva
Discipline, Vision, Community: TT Torrez Returns to MCNY to Unlock the Leaders of Tomorrow with #GoGetHer Summit
Full Circle - TT Torrez Returns to MCNY to Unlock Leaders of Tomorrow When Vision Meets Access: The Official Line Up - How TT Torrez Is Redefining Leadership for Young Women of Color
By NWO SPARROW4 months ago in Viva
Braids, Pride & Power: How Joetta Dugbo’s Independence Day Hairstyle Went Viral and Honored Liberia’s Legacy
In the world of creative expression, few can braid culture, art, and identity into a single vision the way Joetta Dugbo , known widely as Queen Jo, can. A self-taught hairstylist, fashion design graduate, body art visionary, and rising podcaster, Queen Jo wears many crowns. But this past July 26, she added another jewel to her collection with a bold and symbolic hairstyle that went viral across social media in celebration of Liberia’s Independence Day.
By NWO SPARROW5 months ago in Viva
The Israel-Iran War Just Changed Everything. AI-Generated.
The Cold War has turned hot overnight in the early hours of June 13th Israel launched preemptive strikes on Iran multiple explosions were heard across Thran with online footage showing blasts lighting up the capital but the fire that started in the city didn't stop there additional explosions occurred in Isvahan Tabris Karman Sha Hamadan K and Piranha cities that host nuclear military or strategic sites separate strikes also hit the Natans nuclear site the Arak heavy water reactor and the Parchin military complex satellite imagery for instance shows considerable but likely superficial damage at Natans. Either way the initial 24 hours have been nothing short of a disaster for the Iranians Israeli jets are flying almost uncontested over Iranian airspace Mossad operatives are roaming freely launching drones and anti-tank guided missiles at key Iranian systems all while Hezbollah remains on the sidelines already multiple senior nuclear scientists and highranking military leaders have been killed as was bound to happen Iran responded harshly and launched waves of loitering munitions and ballistic missiles at Israel most of these were intercepted in the air. Some made it through tel Aviv was hit multiple times and significant damage has been reported at Israel's central military command center what we're seeing is unlike anything the region has witnessed before the firepower unleashed makes Hezbollah and Hamas rockets look like toys by comparison meanwhile Netanyahu has urged Israeli citizens to prepare for a prolonged conflict and so it begins when sirens replace speeches war is no longer coming it has arrived.
By taylor lindani7 months ago in Viva
Una crisis política
I am not in Los Angeles. I do not care, not because I know myself too well. I know that at this moment, I could not resist the urge to protest by any means necessary. And I know that my fire, unchecked, would not help. Not yet. Not like this.
By Jasper Blackwood7 months ago in Viva
Most Sports Should Not Be Segregated By Gender: Here's Why
As a child, I sat on the floor in front of the TV. Summer sunlight streamed through the windows as I watched my professional baseball team, the Seattle Mariners, play during their record-breaking and epic seasons in the early 2000s. I would go to my first Mariners game on my seventh birthday, and I kept a poster of Bret Boone up in my bedroom until I moved out after college. This period instilled a love of baseball that I still have today.
By Alisan Keesee7 months ago in Viva
