Sasha Martinez

Sasha Martinez served as the head writer and social media director for the PCDSPO. She regularly reviews books for Esquire, and has also contributed fiction to the magazine. Her short stories have been honored by the Philippines Free Press and the Carlos Palanca Memorial Foundation, among other literary institutions.

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Profiles

Her Excellency, Vice President Leni Robredo

Perhaps for the first time in living memory, we have a vice president who is more than a ceremonial figure. We should be paying attention to Leni Robredo.

Books & Art

The Sacred and the Profane: A Not-So-Holy Reading List for Your Holy Week Vacation

Finish these five books in four days.

Movies & TV

The Misunderstood Bromance Between Sherlock Holmes and John H. Watson

This was no hero-sidekick relationship.

Opinion

The Year of Leila de Lima

The former chair of the Commission on Human Rights and the former Secretary of Justice has had a tumultuous start to her career as a neophyte Senator.

Fiction

Houses

Life, love, loneliness, death, and groceries.

Opinion

Her Excellency

Leni Robredo, the duly elected Vice President of the Philippines, amid the sound and the fury.

Fiction

Xiao Long Bae

It is time for teeth, more teeth, a full working of a mouth that’s become the locus of all the hunger within you.

Opinion

Geraldine Roman, role model for girls everywhere

TIME's Motto hails Rep. Geraldine Roman, the first transgender woman to be elected to the Philippine Congress, for her equality crusade.

Opinion

Leni Robredo shares the stories of Martial Law martyrs

No whiff of historical revisionism or Martial Law denialism here: The Vice President shares the stories of the true heroes of the bloody Marcos regime.