Today’s View: The Protesting Body

The body is and will continue to be an important instrument of protest for two reasons. First, in societies where nothing seems to be controllable by the disgruntled masses - not the wages, not the prices of commodities, not the dispensing of justice nor the actions of political leaders - the body would seem to be one of the last bastions of individual autonomy - clothes, hair, what you put on it and what you take (or not take) into it. Second, it is easily perceivable that this autonomy itself can come under attack by exactly the same uncontrollable and repressive factors and conditions.

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TODAY’S VIEW : Towards a humane humanity

By Don J. Pagusara In our little corner of humankind -- in the center of the Pork Barrel Scam and the little war between the Moro rebels and the government soldiers -- the long-term need for genuine leaders is cried out silently, eternally. This is also found in the heart of every Filipino who has long been deprived of the quality of life that equals his/her dream for a humane humanity.

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TODAY’S VIEW : Moving

by ANDREA MALAYA M. RAGRAGIO This packing up and moving out, in turn, form ideas of what choices are more valued, or esteemed, in our collective hearts and minds. If moving abroad or into the national center (working, studying, marrying) is seen as a sign of having made it economically, socially, and even culturally upscale, then my move would be deemed unusual indeed.

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