body
Feminism demands a future free of fat shaming, body obsession and the male gaze.
Body Acceptance. Top Story - March 2022.
Like most (if not all) women and girls, I have insecurities about my body. I’ve had these insecurities since I was nine years old. I take after the women in my mother’s family, curves everywhere. Even when I’ve been at my skinniest, I’ve had curves. Wide hips, big chest, and always a bit of fat around my belly, thighs, calves and upper arms. I’m 5’5, and my skinniest was 135lbs, wearing a size 2. My weight has gone up, then down, then up, then down, then up again. I’m currently 255lbs, wearing a size 20. I feel the same way about my body now, as I did then. As far as I can tell, those curves and that thickness is always there. The only difference is how obvious it is in photos, how big those curves are. I’ll never have a flat stomach. My arms and legs will never look skinny in proportion to the rest of me. These are facts.
By Erin O'Neil4 years ago in Viva
Dear mirror, please tell me why should I trust you?
"For I do not exist: there exist but the thousands of mirrors that reflect me. With every acquaintance I make, the population of phantoms resembling me increase. Somewhere they live, somewhere they multiply. I alone do not exist." - Vladimir Nabokov
By Bérengère Balteau4 years ago in Viva
The Playlist for Your Entire Cycle
Let’s be real – periods haven’t had the best PR team. They’re positioned as the biggest inconvenience with no fun to be had (and for some folks, yes this can be the case). Which certainly doesn’t set the stage for a healthy and positive relationship with our periods.
By Emily the Period RD4 years ago in Viva
My Birth Control Pills Gave Me a Blood Clot
The pain was sudden. Unfamiliar. Uncalled for. Throbbing and heavy. Unlike anything I had ever felt before. It was a Wednesday evening. I had just gotten home from work and popped a migraine medicine for the persistent headache that had been with me all day. I had plans I wanted to keep for the night. But as I was about to leave the house, I felt it. A sudden aching pain in my arm.
By Caitlin Wachs4 years ago in Viva
My Experience With Sexual Harrassment in Nollywood - Linda Osifo
Nigerian actress Linda Osifo is one of Nollywood's newest and biggest stars. The actress has experienced a meteoric rise to fame and has acted in such blockbuster movies as A Naija Christmas, Tanwa Savage, Unroyal, Merry Men, Devil in Agbada, and more.
By Jide Okonjo4 years ago in Viva
what happen when a fat girl wants to be a actress?
i always thought that i had to be skinny and pretty to be on tv or to be a model, at least skinny pretty wasn't such a big deal, turning 15 and watching netflix movies that "try to make you feel accepted with your body" i thought that maybe it wasnt that necessary to be skinny, and also i realize that a lot of teenagers movies on netflix were so bad.
By Valeria Viveros 4 years ago in Viva
My Period Really Affects Me
My period really affects me. Everything starts out fine, I am functioning. I am working, going to school and hanging out with friends. I am happy. Living each day like it's my last. I go to the gym, I make myself a smoothie. I journal and I read. I make a cup of tea.
By Amira Buckly4 years ago in Viva
Jellybean . Top Story - December 2021.
“I’ll start my diet on Monday” “I’ll lose the weight next year, I promise” “Once I lose this weight my life will be so much better”. I tell myself these small platitudes and for the briefest of moments, I truly believe them. I think I want to believe them because we’re so conditioned to believe that our worth is tied to our outward beauty.
By Miranda Mariana Maloy 4 years ago in Viva
