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Society is failing. Thanks to capitalism, political instability, global anxiety, and toxic cultural norms, they’ve checked out.
I have to be frank here. I did not watch the recent SONA as I checked out a long time ago. As such, I only read and viewed some snippets of it. And they just confirmed my assumption that this is all ...
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In the golden age of magazines, short stories reigned supreme. Has the digital revolution killed their cultural relevance?
Those of you who are reading this essay, let me ask you, right away—is your smart phone next to you? Or is it in your hand? Are you reading this on your phone, swiping up the paragraphs, swipe, swipe, swipe, wondering how far you're going ...
When thoughts of home plague me, they take me back to my dad's garden in Cavite. It's his small lot of freedom in an otherwise unfree world.
"Sisibol tayong muli sa lupang tinubuan."When I water my plants in the morning, I think of my father. There is a dialogue that happens between me, these greens, and him somehow. Like him, I make sure to talk to my plants. He tells ...
Was it always meant to be this obnoxious? Probably.
I forget how or when it started, you know? That exact moment in the timeline when LinkedIn became the sum of all the worst parts of Facebook. See, I joined LinkedIn a few years ago just because I felt like I had to. It made ...
Bubbly pop rock? Trippy Pink Floyd-y lights? Versailles decadence? My teenage indiecore angst? Good god, what a show.
Just when I thought Dashboard Confessional was enough to relive the horrors and delights of my 2010s (one of them at least; in particular, my emo-goth-punk-skatercore kid phase), I got to witness the ultimate bubbly feel-good pop rock band of my youth. ...
Partisanship has ruined the way we consume, think of, and engage with politics.
“Politics is pervasive. Everything is political and the choice to be “apolitical” is usually just an endorsement of the status quo and the unexamined life.”- Rebecca SolnitAt dinner back home, everything is on the table, except for politics. It's the big-ass elephant ...
Raising kids in my hometown means that my past and present are always colliding—especially at the movies. I’d like to think my own story will have a heroic ending.
Ilive in the same county where I grew up. So when my family and I drive to the Oldham Theatre to see a movie, almost always a superhero movie, because it seems like there’s a new one every single week, it’s hard ...
Time to update that reading list.
Decolonize your reading lists with these titles, folks. These books are penned by some of the most exciting Filipino authors here and abroad. They offer us stories grounded on Filipino sensibilities and knowledge systems. Each of them addresses a wide range of subjects ...
Celebrities don’t owe anyone the public disclosure of their labels.
Kit Connor, lead star of Netflix’s hit coming-of-age LGBTQIA+ series Heartstopper, recently came out as bisexual. But not in the celebratory way all members of the community wish for.back for a minute. i’m bi. congrats for forcing an 18 year old to ...