Tag: Active Audience
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An open letter to the universe (aka UP Manila Administration)
An open letter to the universe: Still in light of the GAB Caf issue
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Word Vomit: GAB Caf
Rant about school, administration and state universities with their cool logic. …No judgment, this is a word vomit of feelings.
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How cellphones will be MRT, LRT tickets | ABS-CBN News
How cellphones will be MRT, LRT tickets | ABS-CBN News. Gist Ayala Corp. and Metro Pacific Investments Corp. bagged a contract for the LRT and MRT one-ticketing system; the starting idea is to use cellphones as the ticketing medium.
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Pope Francis Condemns Racism And Declares That “All Religions Are True” At Historic Third Vatican Council
Originally posted on Diversity Chronicle: For the last six months, Catholic cardinals, bishops and theologians have been deliberating in Vatican City, discussing the future of the church and redefining long-held Catholic doctrines and dogmas. The Third Vatican Council, is undoubtedly the largest and most important since the Second Vatican Council was concluded in 1962. Pope…
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On Ken
THE MOST FAKE THING ABOUT KEN IS NOT THAT HE’S PLASTIC. IT’S THAT HE’S “STRAIGHT.” Screenshot from http://fckh8-tees.tumblr.com/post/67279559310 Not all of our social constructs —like gender roles— are entirely digested and understood by even my most “enlightened” university friends (and not even by family). Here in the Philippines, being a male homosexual is almost always…
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On Marriage
Some days, why. Others, why not? Marriage, 1 a (1): the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law (2) : the state of being united to a person of the same sex in a relationship like that of a…
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Let’s Talk About the Me and You
Highschool, St. Scholastica’s College Manila. Home of women leaders, social activists and articulate speaker. Set the stage. The commute home from school is long. I have to ride the LRT, a handful of jeepneys and tricycles. Time and time again, I’ve seen the same beggar on the flight of stairs going up to the LRT.…
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Art Recs: Spoken Word
There are a few things in life that leave me honestly breathless: the suspense of a novel, the progression of a musical piece, the unabashed movements of a singular person. And there’s spoken word poetry, which leaves me breathless not once or twice, but all throughout a performance. There’s something so raw and so personal about spoken…
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Essay: TH does not believe in religion
I had a nightmare earlier. I had a nightmare, and I woke up praying to the lord for strength. How odd, that for a person who professes no affiliation to a religion, I find myself coming back to the same rituals and the same prayers when I am reduced to my lowest. It must be…
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