“The people are our bosses. The masa, everybody. The street sweeper, the janitor, the security guard etc. are our boss because they elected us. Our powers emanate from the public so we have to respect that.
Kung yung amo namin ay nagtatrabaho, paano naman kaming mga utusan na nakaupo lang at pasarap-sarap? Mag-iinternet lang?
Samantalang 'yung amo namin, kailangan magtiis sa traffic, pumunta sa factory na mainit. Magtatrabaho 'yung construction worker, napaka-init ngayon ng panahon, pumupukpok doon. These are the people paying our salaries, Ms. Karmina, and yet for us in the comforts of our home, airconditioned? We don't need to go to the Senate for session kasi pwede ang teleconferencing, videoconferencing? Kaya nga we objected, nakakahiya!”
The questioning of THE Karmina Constantino and the response of Senator Erwin Tulfo??? LOUDER!!!!
They think that by erasing the person, they erase the protest.
We shot this in 2013. In 2026, the script remains the same--only the names of the disappeared have changed. They kill the messengers to bury the message. But the truth is not so easily erased
they create this bullshit system so the middle class will burst their anger towards marginalized people
'di niyo pansin pinagaaway tayo ng sistema at pagmukhain na ang kalaban ay ang mga taong tumatanggap ng ayuda
REDIRECT OUR ANGER TO THE PEOPLE WHO MADE THIS BULLSHIT SYSTEM!
Bonifacio was an activist. Rizal was an activist. They were killed and executed for fighting for the rights of Filipinos.
They were considered heroes.
So anong pinagkaiba ni Alyssa Alano at ng daan-daang aktibista na pinatay sa pakikipaglaban para sa karapatan ng Pilipino?
Namumundok din kami.
Dahil sa mga bundok matatagpuan ang mga katutubo. Kami ay mga boluntaryong guro, hindi terorista.
Bago mo tanungin kung bakit may mga kabataang pinipiling tumungo sa mga kabundukan, tanungin mo muna kung bakit hindi inaabot ng gobyerno ang mga lugar na ito.
I don't know if I should be sorry or proud of my husband.
Over the weekend, my in-laws came to visit. We all sat around the dinner table when his older sister made a comment about the food I cooked.
Before I could even respond, he looked at her and said, "That's how we like it here.
When you get back home, you can cook yours the way you like it."
The table went silent. I held my breath.
Because standing up to family like that? It's never small, it echoes.
He didn't soften his tone. He simply drew a line, right there, in front of everyone.
And in that moment, I realized my husband isn't just my partner. He's my defender.
I know they'll probably call a family meeting about him later... but me? I'm nothing but proud.
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This is what oil price hike actually looks like for a jeepney driver. Explained to us by our lovely transpo workers at AGUAJODA!
My coworker used to take the long way home every night. Two extra bus stops, more walking, more money, more time. One day I asked her why she didn’t just take the shortcut alley behind our building.
She laughed and said, “Oh, because a guy followed me there once and told me he could ‘do whatever he wanted’ and no one would hear me scream.”
So now, every night, she calls a male friend and pretends she’s on the phone with her “boyfriend.” Sometimes she even laughs loudly and says things like, “Yeah, I’ll see you in five minutes, babe,” even when she’s completely alone.
Not because she wants attention.
Not because she’s dramatic.
Because sounding “taken” and “protected” is safer than sounding like a woman by herself.
Men cannot even begin to understand the calculations women make every day just to get home alive.
The most destructive piece of internet lore ever created is the phrase: "If they wanted to, they would."
It sounds empowering, but it is actually deeply narcissistic. It assumes that a person’s actions are dictated 100% by their desire for you, while completely ignoring their capacity.
A partner can desperately want to give you the world, but if they are fighting a silent financial war, battling burnout, or dealing with a health crisis, their capacity is at zero. Measuring a stressed partner's love strictly by their ability to "perform" is a lethal mistake. "If they wanted to, they would" is the fastest way to lose a fiercely loyal partner over a temporary lack of bandwidth.
Someone said, "What’s an area you lack in friendship?" and someone replied, "If you voluntarily don't tell me your business, I won't ask. That doesn't mean I don't care about you. I just avoid nosiness in case you aren't comfortable talking about it.” And I wholeheartedly felt that.
my therapist was telling me today that there's no disappointment when you accept things or people for what they are. but you don't always have to cut people off when they don't meet your expectations sometimes you just have to adjust the relationship + accept their capacity.
The concept of calling women “man haters” for criticising men’s behaviour
but not calling men “women haters” when they are literally unaliving, abusing, beating, r4ping and t0rturing women on a daily basis.
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i don't know who needs to hear this but in order to become a better person, you must first realize how horrible you really are. not in the dramatic sense, but in the quiet ways you sabotage yourself, repeat unhealthy patterns, hurt people who care about you, or tolerate what wounds you. you cannot grow if you keep pretending you’re innocent in the story you created