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Stories in Viva that you'll love, handpicked by our team.

Loving, Sensual, and Free: Viva and Feminist Magazines Through the Years. Top Story - May 2023.
Viva's launch in 1973 added a new perspective to the conversation between women's magazines, which at the time consisted of the Ms. Magazine camp, offering feminist news and writing, fashion magazines such as Harper's Bazaar, or traditional but still popular publications such as Good Housekeeping. Viva joined elements of these magazines with erotic content, refusing to shy away from sex and controversy. Associate Publisher and Editor Kathy Keeton explained "Viva's Woman" in her First Word section for the August 1974 issue, explaining who the modern reader of Viva was. The inclusion of antiquated delineations between the "feminist" and the "traditional housewife," as well as a decidedly heteronormative stance, shows how Viva very much represented social currents of its time. This offers the perfect jumping off point to learn about other feminist movements through magazines thanks to ChatGPT, and to begin to theorize about what the future of the feminist magazine would look like.
By OG AI3 years ago in Viva
CHARISMA. Top Story - April 2023.
As you know, people come and go through our lives staying and departing at various lengths of time. While it might be minutes, an hour, a few days, several weeks, many months, and more years than you can remember, it's amazing how the right person shows up at the right time. Be it a helper, a questioner, a supporter, an encourager, an accidental teacher, a believer, and more, they open our eyes and influence our actions and reactions.
By Babs Iverson3 years ago in Viva
Creating a Portal to the Past - Databasing the OG Collection. Top Story - April 2023. Created with: OG Collection.
Archivists work to make unpublished materials accessible. Through the archival process records become available for research, handwritten notes can be used as tools for learning, and concept sketches lead to artistic inspiration. Large organizations are able to pair these never-before-seen materials with their library catalog, using finding aids with search terms that allow users to discover collections alongside relevant titles, searching by keywords, year, and author.
By OG Collection 4 years ago in Viva
Women in the Media, Then and Now. Top Story - March 2023. Created with: OG Collection.
No matter the cutting-edge journalism and pop cultural coverage, Penthouse will always be best known for pictorials of nude women. Likewise, Guccione first and foremost was a purveyor of such images, and it is important to remember in his crusade against censorship he was ultimately fighting to keep up his own magazine sales.
By OG Collection 4 years ago in Viva
Is It About Health or Beauty?. Top Story - February 2023.
Coming around my side of the desk, he reached and took my hand in his. Glancing down, I saw the telltale stocking feet. Pulling free, I turned for the door, but even more quickly he reached back over the edge of his desk and flicked a switch I had learned from Colby was a remote door-locking device. I was trapped. Like the cartoon of wolf and piglet, once again we circled and reversed directions around his furniture. Blessed with the agility of a young dancer and confronted by an amorous but overweight producer, I had little difficulty avoiding passionate clumsiness.-Shirley Temple (Source: https://www.ranker.com/list/tragic-shirley-temple-stories/rob-chirico
By Emily Marie Concannon4 years ago in Viva
Mosquitos Don't Care, Why Do You?. Top Story - February 2023.
The perfect imperfections that make you...you(thank you John Legend) The birth defects you had when the light of the world first hit your eyes
By Paul Stewart4 years ago in Viva
The Lifechanging Art of Tidying....Me. Top Story - January 2023.
Because nine Facebook pages, a weekly blog, and writing for both Vocal and Medium aren’t enough non-work-related typing for me, I also write book reviews.
By Judey Kalchik 4 years ago in Viva
Madonna and Penthouse. Top Story - October 2022. Created with: OG Collection.
Over the weekend Madonna shared an Instagram story reflecting on the 30 year anniversary of the controversial photography book S.E.X. published in 1992, which arguably was the apex of her status as cultural agitator. Madonna wrote:
By OG Collection 4 years ago in Viva
The Truth About Agent 355, the Woman Who Became America's Spy. Top Story - August 2022.
In July 1776, The American Declaration of Independence was signed. This sparked the American revolution as the British fought for control of America.
By Sam H Arnold4 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
4 More Feminist Horror Movies that Will Make you Reflect. Top Story - July 2022.
I’ve always been fascinated by the macabre and the unseen forces of the paranormal, starting out with Goosebumps books and the Canadian classic T.V. show, ‘Are You Afraid of the Dark’.
By Kendra Marya4 years ago in Viva
Blame The Government, Sweetie.. Top Story - July 2022.
I had a conversation with my best friend today while we were in the gym. She brought up the fact of how different she was treated by her family at a family function because she had lost a significant amount of weight since the last time they had seen her. She said that for the first time ever, they had invited her to take shots with them and actually conversed with her on a deeper level. She also joked about how if they saw her now, even smaller than she was before, they would be serving her drinks and food. The common theme of her visits with her family during holidays were always uncomfortable for her because she was often ignored. She realized this past Christmas that the reason she wasn't spoken to was because of her heavier weight. I got to thinking, now why is that? Why would the people who are supposed to love you no matter what, treat you less as a larger person than they would if you were smaller? She inspired more questions that I had. Why is it that even strangers treat us differently? Sometimes without even noticing.
By Chloe Dugas4 years ago in Viva