Ethan ChuaIt is Democratic to Resist: Bongbong Marcos, the 2022 Elections, and Filipinos’ Ongoing Struggle…It’s a heartbreaking day for me — May 10th, right after the close of the 2022 Philippine elections, with Bongbong Marcos claiming what…May 10, 2022May 10, 2022
Ethan ChuaFilipino, Fil-Am, Filipinx? Reflections on a National Identity CrisisIf you’re a part of the Filipino (Filipinx?) community and have been on Twitter recently, as I unfortunately have, you’ve probably seen a…Sep 6, 20202Sep 6, 20202
Ethan ChuaHungry Ghost Festival: Day 1“Gui jie or zhong yuan jie, the Hungry Ghost Festival, which occurs on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month … held special…Apr 7, 2020Apr 7, 2020
Ethan ChuaRodrigo Duterte’s Unnatural DisastersOn January 12 of this year, Taal Volcano in the Philippines was placed on Alert Level 4 by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and…Mar 23, 2020Mar 23, 2020
Ethan ChuaCurseThis curse was read by members and supporters of Stanford Students Against War and the Multo Collective outside the Hoover Institute on…Mar 12, 2020Mar 12, 2020
Ethan ChuaFor All the Students Leaving HomeWhenever my uncle, who lives in Hong Kong, visits us in the Philippines, we always prepare him a few bottles of calamansi juice…Sep 12, 2016Sep 12, 2016
Ethan ChuaTricycleThe rear view mirrors are each wreathed by a rosary, and a calendar is strung between them with the Sundays marked out in red.Jun 24, 2016Jun 24, 2016
Ethan ChuaFireflies, Fog, and Poetry ElsewhereI’ve spent the better part of the past year collating, editing, and proofreading poems for the release of a literary folio, “Misc.” It’s a…Apr 19, 2016Apr 19, 2016
Ethan ChuaBostonThe story of collapse is imprinted in the geography of our archipelago: Before fire was first discovered in caves, before balangay boats…Mar 20, 2016Mar 20, 2016