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The [UN]safe space
There is a specific kind of discomfort that comes from watching someone in power say something they shouldn’t, and then watching everyone around them decide whether or not to pretend…
Making Herstory: Can’t Drag Me Down
It would have been a normal Thursday morning. The usual humdrum on the grounds of De La Salle University – Dasmariñas (DLSU-D): students drifting from class to class, voices overlapping…
Labored Breath
Morning smoke billows through cracks of broken windows, and the air tastes of iron—like rusty old coins on the tongue. Even the wind tires of threading through the same narrow…
Everyone’s An Actor: The Performative Fe/Male Phenomenon
Performative behaviors are far more common than we realize. In fact, we have witnessed versions of them our entire lives. It’s the friend who pretends to love things they don’t…
Periodic Tirades
I was on my second set of lateral pull-ups when I heard an idiot say to another idiot: “I was having intercourse with my girlfriend when she started her period.…
The Price of Impunity
The rise of Rodrigo Duterte in 2016 marked a dark shift—his so-called War on Drugs unleashed a brutal, government-backed force without precedent. Sold as a quick fix to crime and…
Futureproof (and other lies we tell ourselves)
Remember those classroom exercises where teachers asked where you’d see yourself in ten, fifteen years? You’d write it down dutifully: a successful professional, an apartment of your own, maybe a…
[sub]Standard Operating Procedures
A day in my life as the head of Heraldo Filipino’s operations side may sound simple because I rarely produce written or visual content—but wait until you hear about the…
I want to be an architect but I can’t draw
Becoming an architect isn’t easy. It demands great skill to master mathematics, illustrate ideas, and practice more patience than most people expect. Instead of pursuing my first choice, civil engineering,…
Tipid Gourmet: The Price of Taste
Across the Philippines, the simple act of eating has become one of the clearest mirrors of our times. Morning meals that once felt ordinary now reveal the quiet shifts happening…