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Women, Culture & Society: ‘Spoken Word/Short Story’

Women, Culture & Society: ‘Spoken Word/Short Story’

“The Beauty” by Marnie Pili “When I was a young girl, I grew up with an earthly childhood. In my eyes, the grass was greener. The sun was brighter. My surroundings were greater. Everything was bigger. The beauty was surreal. A careless childhood that was filled with arts and crafts that encouraged you to go beyond your creativity. To dream big and to never let yourself be discouraged. Growing older, my inspiration slowly drifted away and I became needier to the things of this world. To have ‘this’, and to have ‘that’, and to ‘want’ every ‘thing’ that came into…

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Bes! What IS a ‘dalagang Pilipina’ or a ‘typical Filipina woman’ these days?!

Bes! What IS a ‘dalagang Pilipina’ or a ‘typical Filipina woman’ these days?!

‘Typical Filipina Woman’ Representation To all my fellow Filipinos out there, what does ‘dalagang Pilipina’ mean or a ‘Typical Filipina woman’?   “The traditional dalagang Pilipina (Filipina maiden) is shy and secretive about her real feelings for a suitor and denies it even though she is really in love with the man.”   I had also asked on my social media to provide me with a definition and this is what I got:   Although, as the term derives from tradition and Philippine culture, social media has made an impact yet again, on today’s society. So whilst ‘dalagang Pilipinas’ are…

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Are Women More Active On Social Media Than Men?

Are Women More Active On Social Media Than Men?

WHO’S MORE ACTIVE ON THE INTERNET? Here’s a quick question: if you are socially active online, is it mainly women or men that you see update their status 24/7? There are many factors that need to be considered when thinking about these questions. For example, are the majority of your Facebook friends male or female? And if you are socially active yourself? I made a status on Facebook and asked “ARE WOMEN MORE ACTIVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAN MEN?” Funnily enough, mainly women responded with a “Yes” on my status on my Facebook page, and men just liked, or reacting…

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Woman ‘Foot Binding’ in Chinese Culture

Woman ‘Foot Binding’ in Chinese Culture

Is Facebook trying to humiliate women with ‘lotus feet’?! Every day I check my social media on my phone or on my laptop. A video came up on my Facebook feed shared by a friend. The video showed Chinese women with ‘lotus feet’. At first, I had no idea why these women had feet like this, which made me curious. From my research, I saw that ‘foot binding was ‘the cruel practice of mutilating the feet of young girls. It was seen as a sign of wealth and marriage eligibility from the 10th to 20th centuries in Chinese society’ (Strochlic…

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