‘’Lots of people in my town still believed in the culture…like getting married, have children early…to me, it was different, I wanted to push up my career. I wanted to be somebody else. When I go back and I look at my old schoolmates, it sometimes comes to my mind what they would be if…

Yes, yes, I know. You humans have seen me everywhere- ponds, lakes, rivers and even at the water tank behind your home! We mallards love the waterways you make! We eat everything like you. Usually, around 70% of the food we eat are plants and the other 30% animals. But during the time we hens…

Ten years ago I graduated from a state university in a provincial town in the Russian Far East. At that time many of my girlfriends in their early twenties were getting ready for marriage and motherhood. I was thirsty for knowledge and ambitious about my career so I decided to leave my hometown and continue my studies abroad….

“I was born in silence and have stayed in silence since then. I have fought against the traditional norms of the Chinese society just to be an ordinary good person. Even though I cannot hear anything, it is not as important to me as you might think. Instead of trying to live in the world…

“I am 2 years old this year, a mid-age snow monkey. I was brought up by an aunt in my group, although most of us grew up with mothers. I have sex with the male leader, and I also do it with one of my best female friends. What? You call me a lesbian? I…

“When feminism became an international buzz word in 1975, my mother was already living it for at least three decades – training her four sons to respect girls and share in reproductive chores; educating her five girls and driving them to non-traditionally female careers; teaching her kids that independence is power; and making sure that people…