Tag: culture
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IWD + A Bone to Pick with Anti-Feminists
Women are awesome. I can’t really write a lot about IWD, since I failed to celebrate it this year (or every year since I learned about it, actually), but there is something I can say for or about women, and it began with these posts:
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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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Awesome poetry things
The same hand which wrote Mouvement also wrote Nos fesses ne sont pas les leurs. Brilliant art things, honestly.
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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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Opinion: Paano na si Dolly?
There’s a lot to be said about education in the Philippines. We have the rising tuition fee, competitive education, K to 12 benefits, the lack of teacher incentives and teachers in general… valid and very concrete concerns which have echoing repercussions on the national academic community. But there are also other concerns that are more…
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Responses: The Gist (RAAAAAAGE)
Catholic Church equates Pro-RH as Pro-Death, and says it out loud The gist: The Diocese of Bacolod has come up with a 6 feet tarpaulin featuring the names of running candidates and their stance on the RH bill. Quite clearly, those who are pro-RH bill were labelled TEAM PATAY (Team Death), while those against the bill…
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Politics & Culture: the old issue of Sotto
Several weeks ago, a buzz cropped up regarding the many cases of plagiarism committed by Senator Sotto (in assembly). It was revealed that he had lifted words of his speech against abortion from different bloggers. This article Why Tito Sotto’s plagiarism matters is a well-written account of what happened and some of its implications. To quote, …the senator had…
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