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Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder is a Vicious Cycle...
What is PMDD? PMDD stands for Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder. It is thought to affect around 5.5% of women, and other individuals assigned female at birth, during their reproductive years.
Vicious CyclePublished 4 years ago in VivaShe Who Becomes the Portal
"A Midwife must have the Eyes of a Hawk, the Hands of a Lady, and the Heart of a Lion." Here's a riddle for you: What is the only experience all living humans share?
Madison CheshirePublished 4 years ago in VivaPrincesses Against The Patriarchy
Women are the strongest creatures on the planet. From giving birth to the world, to risking their lives fighting for equal rights, women are the backbone of this fragile world that we live in. Women aren't just these soft and nurturing creatures. Women are also warriors, strong and battle ready, in the military, classrooms and boardrooms, and even in homes raising families. From Eartha Kit to Malala Yousafzai and all the amazing women in between there is so much to be inspired by.
Kailyn WilkersonPublished 4 years ago in VivaA Rough Go Of It
CW: rape, suicidal thoughts, PTSD My friend and I are sitting on his balcony. He is passing me a half smoked joint through the cold night air. We’re talking about a girl we both know, who was going through a breakup at the time. I make a comment about how terrible her ex was, to which he responds “yeah as far as guys go, she’s like you, you’ve both just objectively had such a rough go of it”. At the time I remember agreeing and laughing it off with a comment about how I always have had bad taste in men. But that comment kept me awake at night. How do you know? I think. Do you know about it?
purple and bluePublished 4 years ago in VivaThe Real Calamity Jane
The biography of Calamity Jane is a mix of fantastic tales and some accurate facts. Many of these tales she created and promoted herself in her autobiography, written in 1896. However, she was a woman living in a man’s world, occasionally taking on men’s work and sporting men’s clothes. She could ride a horse, shoot, drink and chew tobacco like the toughest cowboys. She was a woman who did not confine herself and became known for her daredevil ways. She was a woman who became a legend.
Reija SillanpaaPublished 4 years ago in VivaBorn a feminist.
I grew up in a very traditional family. From a young age, my extremely inquisitive self couldn’t understand just why they call the girls to the kitchen to do simple things like the dishes when there are equally capable boys to do them. But it wasn’t until I got into reading articles and listening to what others had to say about it that I realized that that “feminist” term was one I identified with.
Other Girls.
No, mum. I will never “be like all those other normal girls”. Yes, mum. I know I’m not enough and that you stopped loving me a long time ago. I don’t remember exactly when, but I do remember that you told me so yourself.
Eva BeatricePublished 4 years ago in Viva#metoo
This is a story of a day I can't seem to forget. Believe me, I've tried. Caution: this may be a trigger warning for some people. Read with caution and exit if needed. Thank you for reading.
Madeline KeysPublished 4 years ago in VivaTop 10 Inventions Created By Women That You Never Knew About
On May 5, 1809, Mary Kies became the first woman to receive a patent in the United States. It was for her technique of weaving straw with silk.
John TasciPublished 4 years ago in VivaFilmmaker 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 Viva