WOMEN'S 'OWN PREFERENCES' SEEN AS FACTOR
Filipinos are having the fewest children ever recorded, with the national fertility rate continuing falling below the level needed to replace the population, according to a new survey by the Philippine Statistics Authority.
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i have decided to close this account permanently. most people write long paragraphs when closing these sort of accounts, and i have been racking my brain for days trying to come with the correct words that would capture the sadness that comes with leaving this account i have dedicated so much of my time to.
it's been an incredible 5 years running wordsbyexo, and more years being a fan of this incredible group. i have supported them through thick and thin, and will continue to do so in other ways than making words and lyrics edits. it saddens me that i do not have the energy and time to run it anymore, but i'm happy to see new accounts pop up from time to time, knowing exo's fanbase is evergrowing and meant to be longlasting.
as a proud and dedicated activist in real life, i hope we continue to educate and help them grow as we would with our acquaintances, our friends, our families, for there is no cause that isn't worth our time and empathy, no age limit on educating ourselves and each other, and it's especially never too late to do the right thing as it is a fundamental human quality to make mistakes and learn from them.
i have personally donated €300 to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund, and i invite you to do the same should you have the means to.
all the love, luna ★
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Zohran’s latest statement is disgraceful. It hides behind the language of morality while reinforcing the same frameworks that dehumanize Palestinians.
He begins by calling October 7 a “horrific war crime,” centering Israeli suffering as the starting point of the story. That framing erases the decades of siege, occupation, and systematic killing that led to that day. It makes Palestinian resistance seem like senseless violence rather than a response to unending colonization.
He follows with mourning for Gaza, but only after reaffirming that Palestinian resistance must first be condemned. This is what passes for “balance” in liberal politics: treating a colonized people’s fight for survival as a moral failure while describing their annihilation as a humanitarian tragedy.
By calling for “diplomacy, not war crimes,” Zohran implies that both sides are equally guilty, softening the reality of a one-sided genocide into the language of “conflict.” He refuses to name power, which is the easiest way to protect it.
Invoking “universal human rights” sounds principled, but it empties the struggle of its political meaning. Palestinians are not asking for abstract ideals. They are demanding freedom, return, and liberation from a settler state built on their destruction.
At a time when Gaza is being erased, statements like this do not show courage. They show complicity.
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Good afternoon. I'd like to invite everyone to come to our benefit show we're organizing next Thursday, September 18 at Mow's Bar, QC. 100% proceeds / entrance fees will go directly to the families of Gazans in Cavite. 🇵🇸🇵🇭 (1/n)