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LGBTQIA issues are fundamentally aligned with feminist ones; gender heteronormativity is dead.
Winds of change in Iran.
A Symbol of Resistance The death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in Tehran, allegedly due to improperly wearing her hijab under Iran’s strict dress code laws, has ignited a movement that refuses to be silenced. Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iranian women have been subjected to rigid laws enforcing the hijab, with the morality police ensuring compliance. However, Amini's tragic death has become a catalyst for resistance, turning her into an enduring symbol of defiance.
By Sergios Saropoulos4 years ago in Viva
Exchanging Housekeeping for Soulkeeping
Who are we when no one is watching? How do we spend our time when we have (or TAKE) a moment, free from obligation, expectation, or duty? When you aren’t doing things for other people’s comfort or approval, or to pay the damn bills, how do you spend your time?
By Martha Madrigal4 years ago in Viva
Dare To Be Fierce!
Fierce mean having or displaying an intense or ferocious aggressiveness. Confidence comes from the inside. Being fierce is an external expression of yourself regardless of those who may intimidate you or the atmosphere around you. It's an aggressiveness that's says "No matter what, I'm going to always look my best and feel my best.
By Alexis Patmon4 years ago in Viva
My First Diva Cup Just Brought Me Closer to My Period . Top Story - July 2022.
As a genderfluid individual, who often ignores their female body, I never thought I’d form a relationship with my period. But there I was, at 26 years old, reaching my fingers deep inside to pull out the bloody diva cup- and surprisingly, I felt relief.
By Oneg In The Arctic4 years ago in Viva
Sunbeams in Paris
Cool silk slips over my buzzing skin and I pad across plush carpet to stare out onto the busy Paris street below. The frenzied summer rain beats down on the window and it’s humidity infuses my hotel room with the scent of menthols puffed in the shelter of the awning and the perfumes of the fleuriste below.
By Kayla Noelle Foster-Brandt5 years ago in Viva
Pocket Universe
How many times would it be before Eva could tread down the bus steps without tripping over her own feet? She suspected it wouldn’t be any time soon. The slicked rubber mats had no helpful effect on her incurable clumsiness. Relenting was not characteristic of Seattle rain, notorious for cloaking the city in an inescapable fog blanket. Eva could feel the raindrops running cold trails down her cheeks as she stumbled into the open air. She could only think of the circular timeline she lived life within. There hadn’t been a day in the past five years that felt any different from this one. Each day weighed heavier on her heart, which had started to feel like a solid chunk of lead occupying her chest.
By Ariana Virani6 years ago in Viva
The L Word
I feel sometimes as if I am living my life through a lens. A filter that makes me see things differently from others. I find the most boring things fantastical, and some of the most amazing things, tiresome. I see beauty, reverence and admiration where others do not and where I was raised to not.
By ThatWriterWoman6 years ago in Viva
Top 20 Questions and Comments that I have heard after telling people I was Asexual.
I loath telling people I am an Asexual or Ace for short because most people do not understand it or ask me really stupid questions or make stupid comments. So in honor of pride month, I have decided to write all the stupid things that people have said to me when I have told them that I am an Ace and my internal responses. My experiences and responses are in no way indicative of all Aces and many of these questions are actually very hurtful and invalidating. So lets begin with my least favorite and the rest are in no particular order.
By Sarah Beattie6 years ago in Viva
Lockdown's a Drag
“I need to go lay down in a dark room”, I said to my friend over eggs in March, Fingers rubbing my temples and peeling old eyelash glue off from the night before, a very faint line of makeup around my face from not being washed properly before collapsing into bed, still smelling like sweat and cheap perfume.
By Billie Gold 6 years ago in Viva
Willow Smith and 30 Other Bisexual Female Celebrities
Willow Smith recently came out as bisexual. The 18-year-old daughter of Hollywood power couple Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith joins a growing list of young female celebrities who have opened up about having a non-heterosexual orientation, and she even revealed that her ideal relationship would be a polyfidelotous one with one woman and one man.
By Treva Bowdoin7 years ago in Viva
