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LGBTQ în România – o scurtă istorie

LGBTQ in Romania – a short history

text: Maia Popa illustration: Cristina Rădoaica For centuries, this topic has been taboo around the world, despite the fact that the LGBTQ community has existed since the beginning of time, whether people like to believe it or not. In the...

Johnny Depp și abuzul domestic al bărbaților

Johnny Depp and male domestic abuse

text: Maria Bogdan illustration: Adriana Tomeci I think we've all heard lately about the famous defamation lawsuit between Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard. Depp started the process of suing Heard for defamation in response to...

Women who rule the world

Women who rule the world

text: Ștefania Gheorghe ilustrație: Husaru Medeea Recently, we've been talking about women's employment, tangentially addressing the "politics" profession, which is dominated by men and is rarely accessed by women. To demonstrate that politics is for everyone, I wrote...

O scrisoare pentru voi

A letter for you

text: Fabiola Girneata și Alexa Serban ilustratie: Ana-Maria Mihailidis Drag feministx, Sau persoana care crede in egalitatea în drepturi și oportunități, indiferent de genul, etnia, rasa sau orientarea sexuala a individului; sau persoana convinsă că leadershipul nu...

Interviu cu Andreea Porumbel

Interview with Andreea Porumbel

text: Irina Voiculescu illustration: Bianca Popescu Behind the scenes of a career in education - interview with Andreea Porumbel "Career" - a word so common and, at the same time, so differently perceived. If we think about what career means, the DEX tells us that…

Istoria tumultoasă a scriitoarelor

The tumultuous history of women writers

text: Csereș Karina Nicoleta ilustratie: Larisa Petcut   Dintotdeauna scrisul a reprezentat o exercitare a nevoii cognitive a omului de a cunoaște și în același timp de a lăsa precedenților săi o parte din cunoașterea sa acumulată de-a lungul vieții. În același...

Valul trei si patru de feminism

The third and fourth wave of feminism

text: Stefania Gheorghe ilustratie: Ana-Maria Mihailidis Așa cum am promis, am revenit cu o continuare a articolului despre primele două valuri de feminism. Continuăm discuția cu valul trei și ceea ce teoretic se numește "valul patru". Deși aici discuția este mult mai...

We are talking about feminism

The educational system vs. The women

text: Andreea Decean ilustratie: Diana Marina Având în vedere perioada în care ne aflăm, am decis ca așa de începutul anului școlar să vorbim, evident, despre educație. Ca să ne nișăm, totuși, un pic mai mult pe zona noastră de interes, am zis să vorbim despre acest...

Why do people dislike feminism?

text: Stefania Gheorghe ilustratie: Adara Cheles Ce este feminismul? Prima clarificare care trebuie făcută din start se leagă de definiția FEMINISMULUI. Dacă ar fi să luăm explicația din dex, feminismul este o mișcare socială, care pledează pentru egalitatea dintre...

Interview with a "Fempreneur"

-    ADA GALEȘ   -  interviu realizat de: Maria Bogdan Ada Galeș este una dintre femeile care m-au inspirat în perioada aceasta de pandemie și m-a ajutat să îmi dau seama de valoarea pe care o pot aduce în această societate, ca și femeie, în domeniul businessului, dar...

I learned that I cannot be a feminist without knowing what this movement entails

In the light (I honestly don't know how favorable) of the last few weeks of high school, I instinctively go back, I think, to all the beliefs I had about myself and about femininity (a principle that seemed completely inaccessible to me and which, invariably, constantly rejected me so as I rejected him too) at the beginning of the ninth grade.

My path to self-love

When someone asks, "What is your greatest accomplishment?" we tend to list things like getting a driver's license, getting into a college that our parents or others sometimes wanted, we say we've traveled to beautiful places, and coveted, but we don't realize that it takes an extremely long time until "I learned to love myself" is the first thing out of our mouths.

So you think you were born in the wrong era?

Since you clicked on the article, I assume that you have also seen period movies and series or read books from the same register: Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, maybe The Vanity Fair? Whatever they are, one thing is certain: vintage productions have a special air, something that catches you in its nets and makes you transpose to another point in time.

Am I in a toxic relationship or not?

Surely many of you have once found someone, you liked them, you decided to hook up, and after a period when you noticed certain negative changes in the relationship, you asked yourself the question: "Am I in a relationship?" toxic?".

Spinning out

I think we've all seen a movie or series centered around skating at one point or another. Movies like Ice Princess, in which the nerd who has no social life, through about 3 trainings becomes the national champion, a classic "coming of age" movie genre. Or maybe when I said skating you automatically thought of the classic combination of figure skating and hockey, such as Go figure, which has become the most used plotline in the creation of movies that include skating.

Her Story

Her Time Romania is organizing the Her Story contest for the first time! If you want to present your story and your own experience, now is the time! Through the submitted articles, you will have the chance to promote your personal platform, and the text written by you will appear on our blog. 

Why do we need to normalize acne? 

Of course, the society that conditions us to believe that we MUST achieve unrealistic standards such as having perfect skin all the time, without pimples, pores or other "impurities".

Gamer girl – prejudice versus reality

Call of Duty, FIFA, Fortnite (or PUBG, if you finished high school in 2017-2018), Minecraft, GTA, League of Legends, Counterstrike.. Let's be serious, you don't have to have played them to know about them. Even if you only heard of them when the guys were breaking the video card in the computer lab after cracking the admin password, it's impossible not to sound familiar. Right, boys.. and girls?

"And are you on your period?"

text: Andrada Sima illustration: Diana Visinescu What is menstruation? Menstruation or the menstrual cycle is defined by a series of processes by which your body...

21 things learned before turning 21

Spoiler alert: driving is not among them, because I haven't allowed it so far either.

Bullying

Each of us has heard the term "bullying" at least once, but not many have expressed concern or interest in fully understanding its meaning. We would be surprised to learn about the vast roots of this alarming phenomenon, which unfortunately has become an accepted behavior in society and considered "normal"

Mom, I had sex!

The most important thing about the conversation you are about to have is whether you feel comfortable or not. No one is forcing you to talk if you don't want to, but if you do decide to share this, do it once you are ready.

Celebrating women

Atunci vs. Acum text: Andrada Sima ilustratie: Diana Visinescu    Sunt sigură că nu există vreo persoană care să nu fi auzit de ziua de 8 Martie, însă nu toată lumea știe ce s-a întâmplat cu adevărat în această zi. Am întrebat mai multe persoane dacă...

Womxn Develop

Womxn Develop at Ubisoft is a mentoring program that aims to attract and develop diverse talents for Ubisoft studios around the world, focusing on womxn in video games.

Complex PTSD – the new elephant in the room?

Today, the elephant in the room is Complex PTSD – a pathology that occurs mostly in childhood, after chronic exposure to trauma such as physical abuse, domestic violence, sexual abuse, captivity, crisis/war conditions, or human trafficking.

How was the Her Business Entrepreneurship Competition

2 weeks ago, Her Time Romania launched the "Her Business: Social Entrepreneurship Competition", which came to the aid of young aspiring entrepreneurs. They were given the opportunity to present their plan that could win them the grand prize of 500$ offered by Bennington College to start their business.

Book Review: Florence at Sunset by Jessie Chaffe

Although it seems easy to read, the book really shows that we have to keep fighting especially when the going gets tough.

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