February 2012
69 posts
Queer, Femme, and Filipina: Charm Torres →
Because i am empowered, i was able to navigate and find community that was safe for me as a Filipino person, but at the same time, i did not have a Filipino community that also embraced my radical gender politics. I found Filipino spaces in Toronto still very heteronormative. And i find myself displaced and isolated wherever i turn – in queer spaces, i found many amazing people of colour, but...
Watchsuzy-x:
About The Help— which I just watched tonight at my mom’s urging!— I feel like this is another film that’s more useful in quelling the conscience of white America than in challenging racism. There is no question that Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer are excellent actresses. But, as evidenced in past interviews, they knew that their options had been limited in Hollywood, even in 2012. And...
Cognitive Dissonance: My submission to Wyoming... →
cognitivedissonance:
Wyoming Monologues was a blast. Everyone’s monologue was amazing and performed wonderfully.
As promised, here’s the text of mine:
Going Hungry Meg Lanker-Simons
My stomach growls, but it does not distract. I’m used to it. Sometimes, I’m hungry because I don’t have enough money to buy lunch on campus. Occasionally, my hunger is intentional.
I fear eating in front of...
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“There is no power without potential refusal or revolt.”
– Michel Foucault (Omnes et Singulatum: Towards a Criticism of Political Reason)
a. bayani: this is a post about my nose (and my... →
a-bayani:
i love my nose.
i have never said that before.
my lola raised me until i was about 10 years old. every night before bedtime (and invariably during the day, but at least once at night) she would hold my nose and pull on it. hard. she wanted it to grow longer and pointier, that was why she was…
Yeah for Filipino noses!!!
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If you live in the United States and don't have... →
Oh maybe I could have gotten my scabies lotion on the cheap a few months ago….
cakemeister:
Today in Useful Fucking Things That No One Tells You About: the Prescription Assistance Program (PAP) offers a discount drug card to uninsured Americans. The card is accepted at over 56,000 pharmacies nationwide, including CVS, RiteAid, Walgreens, and Safeway, and offers a discount of up to 75%.
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Pinoy Tumblr.: “The most homophobic people I know... →
pinoytumblr:
“The most homophobic people I know are closet homosexuals themselves. Loudly they proclaim order, an adherence to what is natural (however they construct the notion of “natural”), the true and straight path. When your TV host, government official or even religious leader (especially of the…
lookbackandlol:
PAINT IT BLACK | Labor Day
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