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Last August, I attended a panel called Shades of Purple: Bisexual & Pansexual Experiences in Singapore. It was moderated by a nonbinary bisexual person, Stephanie Dogfoot (poet, comedian, and my personal hero), so I entered the experience with high expectations.

Perhaps those unrealistically high expectations were part of the reason why I was so thoroughly disappointed, but I was also able to pinpoint a very specific sentiment that bothered me about the talk: the idea that, as a bi person, I am some sort of in-between straight ambassador for gay people and vice versa. It’s taken me five months to write this article because that sentiment made me so deeply uncomfortable that it’s unearthed some previously repressed emotions, so this’ll be a ride and a half.

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Sometimes I watch movies or read books and compare the romance to my own relationship. On screen, love is often this all consuming, raw, passionate, enviable masterpiece that only magic soulmates could achieve. It’s hard not to look at my own relationship and wonder if I’m doing something wrong, or even ponder the possibly that I’m with the wrong person altogether. I have seen very few depictions of independent love like the relationship that I have with my boyfriend. 

Honestly? I wouldn’t trade it for the world.

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We’ve all seen those memes about anxiety: the ones about someone curing you by saying “don’t be anxious,” or the ones where problems get solved with a simple suggestion to “go outside.” They’re funny, albeit a little too relatable at times, but that begs a bigger question: does anyone really mean it when they ask, “are you okay?”

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FemNet is looking for Writers!

If you’re interested in topics regarding feminism, want to express your authentic self and share your thoughts and ideas about life and everything that comes with it and are passionate about writing in general, you sound like someone who’s exactly right for us!

FemNet was started in October 2017 and we’re a group of young women who are passionate about being real and honest and educating everyone who’s willing to read it about the reality of being a young woman growing up in, and under the influence of, the 21st century. 

We’re looking forward to adding a ton of new writers to our wonderful group of people and bringing more posts and great writing to our followers. Please do not apply if you know you won’t be able to stick around for long. In this case, please consider becoming a guest writer instead. We are looking for writers who are interested in becoming a part of Team FemNet long-term!

If you want to apply, please use this application form. You can expect a reply from us within 7 days if you’ve been accepted.

Please feel free to reblog and spread the word. Thank you for being such a wonderful community and thank you for your continued support.

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PSA EVERYONE!

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Society wants women in power. Some governments have gender equality quotas so that a certain percentage of seats in a political party are women and some nations have women holding the highest office that can be offered. Globally, more women are being included in the political process and being offered positions that can help change society. In Britain, during the 2017 General Election, 208 women were elected to represent electorates in Parliament. This translated to 32% of all members of Parliament being women, a record high in the United Kingdom to date. Cuba, Mexico and Grenada posted the second, fourth and fifth highest proportion of women in politics respectively after 2018 national elections. This emphasises that there is an upwards trend of female representation in politics.

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We’ve all seen those memes about anxiety: the ones about someone curing you by saying “don’t be anxious,” or the ones where problems get solved with a simple suggestion to “go outside.” They’re funny, albeit a little too relatable at times, but that begs a bigger question: does anyone really mean it when they ask, “are you okay?”

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Since the Antiquity, humans have developed many different ways of communicating with each other: writing, symbols, imagery, etc. These types of communications have allowed our species to interact more efficiently and share ideas, thoughts, and important messages among ourselves, and the generations that follow. 

Writing, the second most used type of communication, has become today, after centuries of refinement, an art. It is quite difficult to master perfectly, but it is nonetheless used to create a vast majority of the most important documents (ie: the Declaration of Independence of a country). Furthermore, many modern careers are arousing based on this discipline, and hence a big question has also surfaced: How to develop solid writing skills? The answer can be summarized in three concepts: daily practice, constant reading, and honest feedback.

Writing has evolved to become not solely putting words together, but also expressing emotions, and connecting with others from a long distance. Thus, writing requires experience and creativity to solidify the message that you're trying to express. When athletes want to reach an objective, such as winning a competition, they must train on a daily basis to improve their capacities. The same goes for writers. Producing texts every day increases your ability to make quick connections between your thoughts and the words you put on paper; it also accelerates the rapidity of writing. Daily writing practice can come in different ways, such as producing a text by taking prompts from the lyrics of a song. Some individuals may prefer inventing alternative endings to stories or writing verses by embellishing what the pragmatic human eyes take in through the day. What is important is to keep the brain literally active.

Aspiring writers also need examples and ways to widen their horizons. Most authors recount having read, since childhood, a wide variety of literature in order to amplify their vocabulary range and sharpen analytic skills. The British Cohort Study, which has observed 17,000 people’s evolution ever since their birth, has come to the conclusion that reading really does improve a person’s glossary, highlighting that, out of all the individuals they have evaluated, those that read the most have a greater intellectual progress than those who do not frequently open a book. Reading allows us to soak in other writers’ style, structure, ideas, and expressions. The brain, loyal companion of human beings when it wants, later allows the reproduction of the absorbed knowledge. 

Practice and learning are pillars of good writing, but they are not yet sufficient. Next to them, in-depth self-examination comes hand in hand with outer peers’ critical feedback. What is a writer if nobody enjoys their work? Just like any other artists, writers depend on the public. Although you cannot ask the entire Earth population to judge your works, friends and family can replace worldwide rating by honest criticism. Their opinions and ideas can sometimes turn out to be very helpful, both for the pieces itself and the expected reaction it will receive. 

Solid writing skills can be developed with dedication and practice. It is important to write often, about any topic; read and experiment with different types of works and styles, to get new ideas and vocabulary; and to receive honest feedback. To become a successful writer, one must undergo these essential steps.

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October, Sat urday 5, 2019. It’s like today is some inside joke of the universe or whatever. 

Some hours ago, I must have taken the SAT. Unless something happened yesterday or I didn’t wake up on time this morning.

Okay, it’s all messy. Let me start again.

This is a scheduled post, which I have written long ago. On September 15, to be precise.

Somebody told me that the best way to make stress go away is to talk about the experience that stresses you, so this is my SAT emotional support article.

Let’s make it Wikipedia-ish.

(Disclaimer: study tips are from the point of view of a homeschooled student living outside the USA.)

1- What is the SAT?

The SAT is a standardized college admissions test, organized by the College Board, mainly based on multiple-choice questions. Nobody really remembers what the letters in the name stand for, but the legend has it it’s Scholastic Aptitude Test. Then there were some changes and good luck understanding what became who.

There are different types of SAT. The core one includes: 

section one: 65 minutes of Evidence-Based Reading (52 questions), a 10 minutes break, 35 minutes of Writing (44 questions), 

section two: 25 minutes of Mathematics without calculator (20 questions), a 5 minutes break, and 55 minutes of Mathematics with calculator (38 questions).

There is an optional Essay that you have 50 minutes to write, immediately after the Math part.

Then there are as many SAT Subject Tests as there are hydrogen molecules in a pond, from Literature to Modern Hebrew. They cannot be taken on the same day as the regular SAT.

The core SAT score has a lowest point at 200 per section (400 in total) and peek at 800 per section (1600 in total).

The SAT score you get will hugely affect your chance to get into uni(versity), if this is the test that you choose to use for admissions.

2- Who can take the SAT?

Anyone. That’s one of the great things that the USA have. No matter where you’re from or where you live, if you can pay for education, then you can get education. I am homeschooled, using a program from Florida, and I will take the SAT in a school near home, in the Dominican Republic. 

There is no educational condition to taking the SAT. You don’t have to have studied in an American school. You just sign up, pay the fee, and wait for the testing date to roll by. And it’s good, because it’s internationally recognized.

There is no age restriction to taking the SAT. You can take the SAT when you are 12 years old. You can take it in 11th grade (this is recommended, as finals in 12th tend to occupy students too much, and adding SAT to that is not goodTM). 

There is even a window of years after you get out of high school during which you can take the SAT just how many times you want. When this post-high-school period is over, you still can take the SAT, you only have to explain for what reason you’re waking up after so long. 

The College Board stores your score indefinitely (if you take more than one of the same test, you can even choose which results send to colleges), but some colleges may require seeing SAT scores that are not more than 3-5 years old.

There is no area limitation to taking the SAT. As long as there is an approved College Board center in your country/area, you don’t have to travel to America.

3- What costs does the SAT bring along?

Good thing you don’t have to travel too far to pass it, because you’re going to have to pay a little to book your seat.

It’s honestly such a pain to understand exactly how much you should pay, because there are some many ‘if’s that it’s much simpler when you see it all on the final bill. 

Inscription is $26.  The core test costs $49.50, if you want to pass the Essay too it’s $64.00, Subject Tests are worth from $22 to $26. Depending on your region, you will pay a fee, there is additional money to throw in if you want to send your score to more than the number of colleges they allow (four), you can get the right answers along with your score for $15, and the list goes on. 

It looks like a menu, and you can pick whatever you want. 

I paid around $115.

4- How to study for the SAT?

Money is invested. And in this case, you’re investing into your future.

So let’s invest time to justify investing money.

What you need to know about the people who write the test is that they’re told to be very, very, veeeery tricky. The goal is seeing how much you are able to focus in addition to evaluating your academic knowledge. (If you only want to prove the latter, you might want to check out the ACT.)

I hope you laughed at that good ol’ meme, because that is kind of what you will have to face: information twisted in a way that will make it hard to grasp. 

They tell you to read the question thrice, in SAT prep.

As you have to prepare yourself not only academically, but also adapt your brains to the question format, you should check out this amazing, life-saving, College Board supported, completely free Khan Academy program. 

Another helpful resource to break the ice with SAT is PrepScholar. It has been created by people who have scored the maximum. Pearls and nerds. You don’t have to purchase their program (thanks again, Khan), but their blog is full of hyper-complete information.

The College Board’s official site will give you hints, if you’re a good enough digger *anxiously raises hand*.

You can look for advice from people who have passed the SAT before you. You will find that on YouTube, Khan Academy, and blogs mostly. The tips and tricks are always worth it, so you can spend some time researching that as well.

It is not recommended to get enrolled in random SAT prep programs you find online, because most of the times the tests are not based on actual SAT questions. As a result, you might get the academic building but not the brain twisting.

For the SAT Essay, here’s the tea.

The most important step: DO NOT PROCRASTINATE. Make a study plan. Stick to it.

If you have the resources, use them. Khan Academy has helped raising my score from 1270 to 1440 in two months.

What a bomb of information, isn’t it? But it’s better than starting from scratch… 

For everyone who sees this after having taken the SAT today… I’m pretty sure you did well. Kudos your way. 

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I was a celebrity's booty call. And I was also another celebrity's “side-chick”. For a while. It's not a good feeling, despite what fanfiction wants you to think. I have a feeling none of them have ever actually experienced what they write about in their stories.

This was all before I started seeing my boyfriend, just to be clear. The first one is a famous TV producer from the United States, and he started following me back in 2011 after I complimented him on how gorgeous his wife was and how lucky he was to be dating someone like her. I was born in 1994, so I was 17 when he started following and talking to me. He started liking a bunch of my tweets, and we'd just have conversations that soon after turned into more than just conversations. 

We were sexting. He would go on holiday with his wife and three kids and he'd send me a message first thing in the morning to tell me he had a hard-on. When I would tweet about a male celebrity I liked, he'd DM me and say he was jealous of that person for having my attention. Now, mind you, I was a virgin at the time and had absolutely no idea what to reply to any of this, but I humored his behavior and made stuff up. Apparently that worked because our conversations went on until 2015, when I deleted my Twitter. 

I was stupid. I figured it was only texts; we're never gonna meet, right? And of course, that is still true, we never met. But now I know that if he did this with me, the chances that he also did this with other girls behind his wife's back, and maybe more than just sexting, are high. Which is what ultimately really hurts me to think about. He's always been very vocal on his political opinions, on his drug and alcohol abuse, he's a big member of the social justice community, fighting for people's rights, and his tweets really take off a lot of the time. He gets a lot of positive attention. In addition to that, he's also a huge part of the show he produces, so people know him. They like him. Except maybe Republicans.

The second big time (in between were a couple rather meaningless flirts: all of the guys were taken, I was single and figured I had nothing to lose) was with a famous guy from my country, who also happens to play for a national team as well. 

I met him for the first time when I had just moved to the city I live in now. We had a mutual interest for sports, so I told him I was going to see one of his matches and he said he could get me a ticket, which I thought was kind. He asked me before if I had a boyfriend, and I said no. And I asked him if he had a girlfriend, and he dodged the question but because in my stupid mind I thought „he would totally tell me if he has a girlfriend“, I figured: that means no then, right?

Before I even saw him play for the first time, I went to his place. I stepped into the apartment and everything in there screamed: girlfriend. Her shoes, pictures of her and his family, pictures of their families together, her jewlery, her toothbrush in the bathroom. I had made it clear to him before that I wasn't looking for anything, but still we ended up making out and I told him there and then „I think you have other plans than I do“. 

We didn't have sex that night, I ended up talking to him about his girlfriend, actually, and made him tell me about her. They lost their virginity to each other, he told me funny stories about her, and so I asked him „then why am I here?“ and he said „it's been three years“, and then said he'd slept with someone the year before. Two years, now three, and he couldn't be faithful to her. 

That really made me realize how disgusting some people are, and the fact that he was one of many men I'd met between 2011 and 2015 was really starting to take a toll on me. I didn't sleep with him, like I said, but I felt some sort of responsibility towards his girlfriend. I didn't have a name and couldn't find any clues through his Facebook or their apartment, so I ended up going home and immediately asking him for another meeting, promising him sex this time. He got me tickets to his game, took me home with him afterwards – to this day I still listen to Style by Taylor Swift and think of him, because that song described that night perfectly – and we got to his place and immediately got down and dirty. I didn't sleep with him, because I had a plan in mind, but we ended up on top of each other, in our clothes, and I was about to take off his pants, but I realized that sleeping with him first and then planting my proof that I had been there wouldn't be right. So I got up and said I wanted to go home. 

I cried because I felt terrible, even though he was the one that should've been feeling like shit for doing this, but he didn't. I felt bad for his girlfriend (now wife), and I felt bad for being in his apartment. I never felt bad about what I did next, though: I had taken a pair of my underwear with me and put it underneath his couch, because I figured if anyone was going to look and clean there, it would've been his girlfriend, right? He didn't seem like the kinda guy who cared about anything and just kept his girl around as a housekeeper, really, who just happened to be gone for the month on an internship while he had me over twice, trying to have sex with me both times and effectively cheat on her. I personally already consider kissing cheating, but I guess that's up for debate.

I don't think she ever found my underwear, or maybe she did but she's too in love with him to think that this meant anything. Maybe she thought it was her own, maybe he convinced her it was hers. We talked for a little bit after that, I was an idiot and actually apologized for not sleeping with him, which is something I wouldn't do now. The last two or three years have really taught me a lot of self-respect, being 25 and having been through all those weird, awkward encounters... it really made me re-think my self-worth and how I let others treat me.

It wasn't really their stardom that got me. They were being nice and „not“ famous to me, that's the point. They were just like me and you and that caught my attention. But I did admire their craft and what they stood for, I had talent crushes, if you will. Having had those experiences with famous men and realizing that they're just awful, trash people, really broke down a barrier for me.

 The celebrities that are supposed to be some sort of role model and be a good influence on the world and young people – and don't even get me started that that isn't their responsibility – can be just as disgusting as your Average Joe. No, it's not that they can be that; they actually are that. I have trouble trusting famous men now. I don't want to be around them on my own, no matter how big or small their fame and success may be. I have been thinking about going to a convention in the UK for two men whose craft I admire, but I'm not sure if I really should. In the back of my mind I can't help but think „if I feel like this, how many thousands of other women have also gone through the same thing“... if not worse. 

I didn't have to sleep with those men but I still felt dirty and weird and just wrong afterwards. I know even if I had ever spoken up about these people, nobody would have believed me. If I didn't have pictures and screenshots I probably wouldn't even believe myself, and this is small scale. This is nothing compared to what other women have to go through with famous people who take advantage of their attention and their crush (or their need for a job) so much more than these men did of me. 

It's a strange world out there. Famous people, your celebrity crush… they're no different and no better than you and me. I've experienced this first hand, in a very unfortunate way that'll stay with me for the rest of my life.

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Am I skinny? Fat? Tall? Small? Intelligent? Naive? Straight? Gay? Bi? A girl? A boy? Why is it so important to define? As long as I am happy, can’t I be anything, without putting a name to it?

Labels hurt, because they are subjective. 

Being excluded because you don’t “fit”... 

We let labels hurt us because society decides so. But what society?

I come from Europe, but I live in Central America, and I am constantly torn between labels. 

While in my native land it is praised to have curly hair and a tanned skin, in my residence country, women are considered more beautiful when their pigment is as milky-like as possible, and their hair kept straight.

Does that mean that I am pretty in one place, but not in the other? What kind of logic is that?

The same happens with personality: while European women are proud to be independent and yearn to travel, most Latinas are expected to settle as soon as possible and form a family. 

Then what mindset should I adopt to be a “correct and respectable” woman?

What about being “skinny”? In my home country, skinny girls have very little body fat. Where I live, skinny girls need big breasts and strong legs, but a wasp’s waist.

Labels, labels, labels…

Useless.

Useless, because they are like currency: when you cross a border between nations, they may or may not be valid. When you cross a border between populations, ethnicities, societies, they may or may not apply anymore.

Labels are just abstract. Can you touch pretty? It’s not even written or pronounced in the same way in other languages: jolie, linda, carina.

Who defines who is a boy or who is a girl? With what right? What omnipotent power, what supremacy have these people been granted to divide the population in just two genders and that’s it?

Normal. Normal? Normal? 

I am the one living with and within myself. Who dares affirming that they know more about me than me? I know who I am, I know how I feel, and even if I didn’t, I wouldn’t need someone to point stuff out at me like they know better. Because, hey, they don’t.

Labels, and I am talking labels forced on someone without their consent, are just a flimsy try by people with narrow minds to keep control. Yes, they want to know about everything, have everyone put in boxes.

They could put this energy and will to have everything organized into useful activities, like cleaning beaches, reforesting their region, or helping out the poor. How about that?

Then, they’d label themselves as heroes or noble hearts, but at least those are labels that don’t hurt.

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Roses are red, violets are blue,

The sun rose and she did too.

Roses are red, violets are blue,

It had rained and her nose she blew.

Roses are red, violets are blue,

Her breakfast seemed stale, hard to chew.

Roses are red, violets are blue,

Her shirt she stained with some fondue.

Roses are red, violets are blue,

What an embarrassment, she had no tissue.

Roses are red, violets are blue,

The shower was cold, there was no more shampoo.

Roses are red, violets are blue,

Her lipstick she smeared with a loud “achoo!”

Roses are red, violets are blue,

Out of her flat she walked, glasses askew.

Roses are red, violets are blue,

All this misery, what a deja-vu.

Roses are red, violets are blue,

When her phone rang, picking it up she had to.

Roses are red, violets are blue,

From the other end rang a voice she well knew.

“Roses are red, violets are blue,

Candies are sweet and so are you!”

Roses are red, violets are blue,

Those kind words brightened her day’s view.

Roses are red, violets are blue,

She set off toward work with an energy all new.

Roses are red, violets are blue,

See how much a little thought can do!

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Next year, I want to leave the Caribbean country where I am living to enroll in a university in the United Kingdom. I want to start my life as an adult, and kick off my future in the best direction. Sounds nice, doesn’t it? Except I can’t get there by just snapping my fingers.

I turned eighteen years old a couple of months ago, so I am now legally entitled to my own actions. Well, let’s make the best out of that.

As a twelfth grade student, mature and conscious that my path will be my own, I have jotted down a list of new school-year resolutions that will help me reaching my goals by next September. 

1- Study, study, study!

Disclaimer: I am allergic to extremes. This is not about locking oneself in a dusty monastery and bury under a mountain of books. Balance is the key.

Yes, this is the tea. I was used to hearing people say that I should “enjoy my time as a youngster, you’ll have time for working later.” However, ladies and gents, here is the truth *drums roll* PROCRASTINATING ISN’T ENJOYING. How are you going to secure yourself a bright future if you don’t build the basis for one as early as possible? 

One of my friends, who studies psychology and philosophy, surprised me by saying that you have until the age of twenty-two to create proactive habits. Later, it’s harder (but not impossible!) to develop new neural connections, so teenagers should give their best at learning.

Also, who said that scrolling down our Instagram feed is better for our health than studying? Honestly, if we make the latter become fun, we will be able to harvest much sweeter fruits.

2- Collect money

Not talking about Monopoly bills nor videogame coins: get a job! Even the little ones are worth it. Why? 

First of all, we’ll have to have a job at some point. The earlier we learn about the professional world (think taxes system, work relationships, money handling), the easier it will be to grow in our niche after studies. 

Secondly, what college student is happy to be broke? *Buzzer* NonE! (Hint → that’s the right answer.) 

Earning cash (and not spending it on clothes or candies) before living on our own allows us to build a soft reserve that will cushion our needs later! The money I am making as a journalist and translator will go towards clothes and food when I move to the UK. It’ll be something less to worry about once I’m far from my family! 

3- Eat culture: educate myself

This goes hand in hand with the first resolution, except we’re not talking about actual subject studies.

I spent this summer surrounded by only adults. What happened? Big conversations happened! The belief that teenagers have today of handling serious dialogues is true to a certain extent. We like to be very idealist, and would love to make the world a better place, but tend to be only one-sighted. Most adults who have been around for longer than we have take another approach to everyday news. Once in the grown-ups’ world, it will be crucial to keep update on the actuality and explore a palette of perspectives and knowledge. It is better to know something about everything rather than everything about something (and then be the ignorant of the group when our favorite topic is dropped). 

4- Get started on the diet TODAY

Disclaimer: I am not necessarily talking of a diet to lose weight. Think healthy diet, or student diet (best quality-quantity-price relationship). Also, the diet is an example. Think about all the things that you should do today, but always find an excuse not to.

*Underlines, highlights, circles the last word of the subtitle.* 

“Yes, I’ll get started on the diet tomorrow,” she said, every day, for the past two years.

Long story short, tomorrow never arrives, every day is today, so let’s get started right now and be done with the wistful sighing.

I have adopted a gluten and sugar-free nutrition since some months now. While it was hard to say no to pasta, pizza and chocolate at first (the Italian in me was tortured), I found out after a couple of weeks that I didn’t even feel the yearning for those products. It’s all about getting used to a certain habit, and keeping a strong mind about the decision in the first days.

5- Get up from that chair and move

Most students’ big problem: we stay sat for too long. 

Among other ultra-valid reasons that should encourage us to move more, let’s talk about the relationship of physical activity and studying. It has been demonstrated that movement helps the blood--which carries oxygen and nutrients--reaching the brain much more easily. I made my own little experience to prove this.

Using Khan Academy, I passed two SAT exams within a week. I made sure to go to bed at the same time the day before, and to eat the same breakfast in the morning, so the conditions would be very similar. I passed the first exam exactly as if it were a real one, respecting the times of pause and not getting up from my chair between sections. Without studying any more, I passed the second exam a few days later, except I got up and walked a bit between each sections. Not only did I feel much more concentrated during the second exam than the first one, but I also improved my results by 60 points!

6- Yoga is a daily thing

Meditation, respiration, balance… Yoga combines all of these and thus joins sport and relaxation for both the body and the mind. It helps regulating the flow of hormones, the blood circulation, the digestive system, etc. I am not inventing anything.

Introducing yoga in my daily schedule has been a helpful step towards becoming more of an adult. I know that I will be able to cope with new steps and stresses because I have my own self by my side. Quite the change from the self-deprecative marathons so popular among teens.

7- Stand my ground, but accept genuine critics and advice

As a child, I used to get rebuffed a lot by my parents and brother, and I have grown up convinced that whatever I said was silly and others were always more right. I became taciturn, and repressed my own thinking a lot. Now, I have understood (thanks to some time spent with different people) that I am more than capable of saying smart stuff too! I am conscious that what I say is valid and that my opinion has to be respected, so I do not have to change my mind and adjust to others. When I don’t agree, I say it. When I want something, and feel like I deserve it, I claim it. And this is just right. 

However, I make sure not to cross the border: I accept critics and advice when they are helpful. I make sure to complete the information I get, compare it with other opinions. We have to remember that some people know more than us about certain things, and this is just right too.

8- Pick up my blogs from the ashes and build a temple from the rubble

You can tell that I love drama. This point for me is about blogs, but consider hobbies in general.

Because a healthy person has an open mind, having different occupations is strongly advised--most of all if those occupations help us polishing our values and qualities.

What I mean from “picking up my blogs from the ashes” is that I need to start working on them again, counting it as one more necessary periodical activity. I am too quickly excited by ideas, and then burn the eagerness too soon. This aspect of personality is not a great asset for someone who wants to study marketing and communication during four years. 

By “build a temple from the rubble,” I mean that I have to make something useful out of what I have created. Not only will blogs look nicely on my curriculum and personal statement, but they could be a way to earn some exposure and a little money. Making the most of what we have is the first step towards success.

In case you’d like to see what my blogs are about, here are the links: x   x

9- Take care of my appearance

Taking care of one’s appearance isn’t only a way to demonstrate people around us that we value them and consider them worthy of seeing the best of us, it is also a self-compliment that leads to a healthy relationship with ourselves. Taking the time for facial masks or choosing clean outfits will do as much for our outside than our inside. We are our own best friend, let’s treat us accordingly.

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As women we love strong female characters. Whether that’s on TV, in movies or in books or video games. Unfortunately as women we are also very familiar with the fact that strong female characters are far and few between. 

Meet Donna Clark and Cameron Howe, the two leading ladies of AMC’s Halt and Catch Fire. Warning: this is not a completely spoiler-free post! 

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What better thing to write about for my first post on Fem Net than my identity as a female? Because the thing is…

I’m a cis female, but I don’t feel like a “woman.”

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Don’t worry, this isn’t one of those self-deprecating stories. 

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A “good morning” playlist!

i. Walking on Sunshine - Katrina & The Waves ii. Don’t Worry Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin iii. Age of Consent - New Order iv. Boy (Extended Mix Version) - Book of Love v. Charmed Life - Leigh Nash vi. China - Red Rockers vii. Feeling Good - Nina Simone viii. Here Comes The Sun - The Beatles ix. Hooked on a Feeling - Blue Swede x. Just Can’t Get Enough - Depeche Mode xi. Pumpin Blood - NONONO xii. MMMBop - Hanson xiii. New Shoes - Paolo Nutini xiv. Something Good Can Work - Two Door Cinema Club xv. Tainted Love - Soft Cell xvi. The Bare Necessities - Phil Harris & Bruce Reitherman xvii. The Gambler - Kenny Rogers xviii. You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet - Bachman-Turner Overdrive

(Click here to listen to the playlist on Spotify)