@Mocha_Bites I have very poor mental health, I really wouldn't want someone else to see me when I'm suicidal, I still care a lot about others but a relationship is too close
@user10qq7910 Yes, diasporas form complex identities. Im fine with admitting I am not much a Filipino but its at least influenced some distinct hybrid identity I have from growing up in Europe
@datprettyguarl Long thread haha, also citation: Elizalde, María Dolores. (2022) “Colonial Government and Social Organization in the Spanish Philippines: Interactions and Ruptures.”
@datprettyguarl The Spanish restricted immigration to the Philippines from outside of the empire for most of the colonial era but Muslim Arab and Muslim or Hindu South Asian traders settled in small numbers without approval by authorities