Not exaggerating when I say the future depends on this catching on en masse. Kids, adults. Book clubs, silent reading groups. For the past twenty-five years tech has corroded our attention, intelligence and basic pleasure in living, and books are the key to winning them back.
Isnโt it odd that a woman whoโs built her career around being relentless for copyrighting and licensing her likeness and music is now suddenly silent on this plagiarised version of her tour poster, and has been for three whole days now.
โMaybe for someone like Iga who has won so many slams โฆ or maybe someone like Serena or Venus this achievement may seem small, but for someone who grew up in the Philippines. โฆ for her this is everything.โ
Alexandra Eala after her win โค๏ธ
As a woman I am extremely aware that the reason I have my rights is because a woman somewhere got up, got MOUTHY, organised, raged, made herself INCREDIBLY inconvenient until things changed for the better for all of us. Which is precisely why I see women who uphold the patriarchy as traitors to all women.
Every Filipino, including the faithfuls of Iglesia Ni Cristo, has the right to protest. But the rest of us also have the right to ask: why would a religious organization stand in defense of someone who has admitted to receiving large sums of money from private individuals while serving as a public official? On his own, and unprovoked, Senator Marcoleta has publicly and personally admitted to it. No faith, whatever the religion may be, should be used to shield corruption or place anyone above accountability and the rule of law.