So when President Duterte makes jokes about shooting vaginas, at the first instance this is, of course, a grave form of symbolic violence against all Filipinas. But making light of the vagina – by joking about it, by devaluing it – is merely a cheap attempt to put the disarray back together to the old order, where vaginas are forced back into control as mere sites of misogynistic violence or objectifying sexual desire.
We can vividly remember this administration’s campaign promise in February 2016 to provide food for every household across classes. However, as for how to fulfill such promises is another thing. With much certainty, Piñol’s PR circus cannot solve this.
Each time I give birth to my children, I die a little. I was, and still am ready to give up my life for them if need be to protect…
For a week now I have been attending forums about Charter Change. One forum sponsored by the Center for People Empowerment and Governance (CENPEG) was an academic approach to dissect…
Being a bit of a cheesecake, my most favorite episodes of Black Mirror are “San Junipero” and “Hang the DJ,” in either-or order. Black Mirror fans would know these two…