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Filmmaker Lucia Senesi captures The #MeToo Movement in ‘A Short Story’
Director and writer Lucia Senesi’s recent film ‘A Short Story’ centers on three women — one professor, Annie, who is married with children and a husband and a beautiful house; one student, Julia, who has her whole future in front of her and presumably can be anything she wants; and one housekeeper, Rosita, a woman of color with her own complex past, present, and future. The three women exert their power in different ways, and it is unclear who wins and who loses.
Shahbaz AbbasiPublished 4 years ago in VivaWomen's Ancient Healing Power
Separated by decades, space, and death her words reverberated from the past. Echoing into my future they found me Waiting…
Gabrielle FoxPublished 4 years ago in VivaAngelic Outcast, Lewd Heroine: Inspiration from the Wild West's Greatest Loose Woman
Why have I grown so fascinated by Martha Canary, the woman we know best as Calamity Jane? Most of us know the brusque gun-touting menace behind the charismatic Doris Day bombshell. The real Martha Canary, aka Calamity Jane, was born around 1852 in Princeton, Missouri, and made an orphan by age of 12. She went on to live a wayward life filled with immoral and riotous behaviour: she was an alcoholic, a prostitute, went on drunken sprees, robberies, and spent much time in jail. She smoked cigarettes and drank whisky at a time when such things were a vice. Historians have hosted a slew of reasons why she earned her well-known nickname, and just as many doubts and discrepancies over every single fact about her life. She even wrote lies about herself, to the point where fact and fiction are inextricable.
Natalie LennardPublished 4 years ago in VivaBeing 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.
Misha AlslebenPublished 4 years ago in VivaHow 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
teisha lesheaPublished 4 years ago in VivaWomen...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.
Kathleen ThompsonPublished 4 years ago in VivaMisrepresentation 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.
Salomea BecquerelPublished 4 years ago in VivaFree 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.
Cristina RoxanaPublished 4 years ago in VivaWhen 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.
Nancy AhujaPublished 4 years ago in VivaI 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.
Yessica KleinPublished 4 years ago in Viva- Top Story - April 2020
How A Girl At Summer School Changed My Life In A Week
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.
Natalie LennardPublished 4 years ago in Viva Innocence.
as·sault /əˈsôlt/ a physical attack a concerted attempt to do something demanding If you're reading this it's because one of two things. Either you're looking at the cover photo and thinking "Why is this girl laying on a rock and crying? I would think that would be rather uncomfortable.” Or you've come because you’re here to read a very unfortunate story that was my reality.