Some nights the cruel ceiling condemns you, Mocking your choices and where you’re at, Not here, not there where you wish To be strong takes courage and guts You don’t have, for you are sleeping with the devil And you’re too scared to walk away. He beats you, hurts you, pins you down With empty…
By Daniella Djiogan One of the most famous femme fatale in history, Cleopatra. A pharaoh who had beauty, wealth, power, a self proclaimed goddess. A woman who had everything one could ever hope to have in this life. The queen who ruled Egypt as the last pharaoh of the Ptolemaic dynasty. During her reign, she was known to have…
By Devina Gunawan We are free to choose our paths, whatever they may be. We were born alone and free to write our own stories and choose our destination; however, a lot of the times we forget as we grow up. We tend to believe that we were born to please others, to blend into…
by Devina Gunawan I told my family, “Just because I was born with the biological ability to become a mother, does not mean that I have to be one.” One can easily tell you to honor your gifts and potentials, but what if there are other things in life you find more worthy of going…
He was violently raped and abused He complained, but they didn’t believe him All they did say was…”HOW?” “That’s not possible” “A guy can’t be sexually abused…impossible!” Ok, perhaps he can be emotionally/verbally abused But sexually…NO I mean who would…a woman? No, she’s too weak She doesn’t have the strength to do so. But I guess,…
by Devina Gunawan Why do people find it difficult to let go of expectations? It is as if expectations are the ultimate guides to life, in how to behave, how to love, how to live, etc. They aren’t. They are just simply standards we set up for people we keep in our lives. They are…
by Daniella Djiogan Society says she’s promiscuous because she wears a short skirt She’s paid less than her male co-worker because she’s a woman She wears tons of makeup in order to hide her insecurities She can’t be the president or CEO because that’s a male dominant occupation She must be married by her 27th birthday…
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