We are always the protagonists of our own stories. But just once I had hoped you would play the support in a chapter I had written, laughing and rejoicing in the triumph I overtook. It was a high, it was momentous, it was glory overwhelmed. And it also paled against anything you had to say. I’m sorry….
Tag: response
Haikus to Freedom
I was reading the Inquirer a week and a day ago, and I thought of airing some opinions on Philippine news. With some poetry. I. to think of the world quite odd: easy to clamor easy to forget The Philippines is perhaps one of the few “democratic” countries where a corrupt president –overthrown by a mass…
When Having Opinions Brings Rape Threats: A Captain America Story
When Having Opinions Brings Rape Threats: A Captain America Story I’m just so angry right now. The article boils down to the headline: a woman criticizes the work of a white guy in the comic book industry (Rick Remender) for portraying the Falcon (inebriated, if not drunk) having sex with a 22-year-old woman (who was thought…
The Perception of Sexism and Racism
The whole point of this post —the problem of dealing with sexism, classism, racism and other oppressive behaviors— is captured in this quote from @chocopompcirc: Racism in this day and age is often subconscious and implicit; you may have to think critically about it, rather than just seeing a black body hanging from a tree…
In No Regrets, women writers talk about what it was like to read literature’s “midcentury misogynists.”
This isn’t just about the books. When young women read the hypermasculine literary canon—what Emily Gould calls the “midcentury misogynists,” staffed with the likes of Roth, Mailer, and Miller—their discomfort is punctuated by the knowledge that their male peers are reading these books, identifying with them, and acting out their perspectives and narratives. These writers…
This Girl Gets Told After Saying Disney Makes All Princesses White On Purpose.. | SF Globe
This Girl Gets Told After Saying Disney Makes All Princesses White On Purpose.. | SF Globe. Hi. A response to the person who had the gall to tumblr shout and be all righteous. The sensitive issue (hello, minority oppression) requires a lot more than several lines to address, if you really think you’re right about…
I Am Scout Willis And This Is The Only Thing I Have To Say About Walking Topless Down The Streets Of New York Last Week | xoJane
I Am Scout Willis And This Is The Only Thing I Have To Say About Walking Topless Down The Streets Of New York Last Week | xoJane. Solid essay. I think everyone needs to discuss how seriously problematic it is –how women can’t be seen in mass media without tops on, because of weird…
Foreigner: Pinoy Inability to Improve is due to Escapism
via Foreigner: Pinoy Inability to Improve is due to Escapism. Comments: It is valid to say that we are escapists, preferring to tolerate certain injustices to a certain point. The failure to act is either a product of failure to reach critical mass (that is, the needed number of people who are still willing to…
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:
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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