I remember listening to lola's radio. It would always play her favorite songs. Lola and I would dance along to the tunes.
When she died, I tried asking mom what station it was. She told me that she had no idea since we kept listening to static.
#ManilaEncounters
Thought about this.
You know what I found to be pretty sweet?
That we all answered Elmo.
We're grown, but when Elmo asked how we're doing?
"You know what..."
Elmo is still a safe space.
That's beautiful.
Read one (1) damn book about the AIDS crisis I am fucking begging you.
1. No one knew what AIDS actually was or how it could be spread for at least a couple years. People were legitimately throwing everything at the wall to see if it stuck
in 2003 my mother staged a photoshoot with me in the front lawn on our cul de sac so she could take pics of the aftermath of a domestic kerfuffle that ended with a wife throwing her husband's things out on their lawn (and later burning them)
for context: Arshie works at a pharmacy and helps poor folks get access to free medications thru the help of donors from social media.
in the Philippines, meds are pretty pricey and a lot pf people have to make the tough choice between meds or food for the day.
all this is to say! this is one of many more incidents where critical thinking and information literacy is crucial to prevent immediately pointing fingers at certain groups and causing mayhem within communities.
tl;dr being information literate is sexy and cool π«Ά
LOOK: The New Darna Jane de Leon speaks up
"PRAYERS are always the strongest and most powerful weapon in this time of crisis. Let is keep faith. God bless po sa ating lahat! This is Jane de Leon, your Kapamilya." β€ππ
When I was raped by #rhymeswithwrong still famous celebrity who had smear campaigns to destroy my career&raped many more,i was wearing a Tshirt and jeans.
He drugged me too,so trying to take my jeans off was difficult for him.Hard to rape an unconscious person in jeans. #HijaAko