there’s something about filipino language with romantic activism…
“politikal ang mag mahal”
“ang mahalin ka ay pakikibaka”
“galit ako sa kapitalismo, lalo na sa bawat kapit at alis mo”
LIKE GETS N’YO BA?!
Unlike films, books ask you to participate. The author offers fragments such as a gesture, a glance, a trembling hand, and your imagination breathes life into them. You become a collaborator in the story’s existence. Every reader directs it differently. I love how dreamy it is!
“romcom is cringe” as opposed to what? love itself is inherently absurd. yearning is embarrassing, devotion is theatrical, and vulnerability has always carried a certain humiliation to it. that’s precisely what makes it beautiful.
if you want to watch a series about a young boy brought to a magic school who has an evil being possessing him and scars on his face, whose mentor is gay for a Wizard Bigot, you do not need to watch a harry potter reboot. the series is called jujutsu kaisen
the formatting of penance is like a true crime documentary while grotesque is like a court investigation both requiring an amount of patience. i haven’t finished grotesque even though i have started reading it since 2024.
one of the craziest parts of love is how it turns ordinary things sacred. a side of the bed. a street corner. a stupid coffee shop. suddenly everything is haunted by tenderness