Is it being ‘performative’?
It has become a great source of anxiety to enjoy things nowadays, especially aesthetic things. “Men are from Mars, women...
Embracing the food that embraces us
One cloudy morning last year, my partner and I met the residents of the Aeta neighborhood who welcomed us to...
Perks of the chronically online
If you spend enough time on the internet, not just scrolling but really absorbing its strange rhythm, your brain eventually...
Raised by roosters
My childhood mornings in Isabela began with the cry of roosters. For most people, it was just countryside background noise,...
The quiet accusation
They don’t have to say it out loud. I’ve learned to recognize the silence. Every time a professor mentions “ISIS,”...
‘Hoy, Pinoy ako!’
Many Filipinos, who are born and raised locally, are familiar with the catchphrase “Hoy, Pinoy ako!” sung by the prominent...
Season to taste
When I was 9 years old, I tasted something new. I was visiting the Philippines with my father. Red-hot charcoal...