Originally written for Love, Girls! zine A universal experience one could relate to in high school is seeing your male high school classmates huddled up together at the back of the classroom. Boys at the peak of their puberty are very loud; annoying their classmates with no-filter topics, comments, and…

Originally written for Love, Girls! zine Companies are hypocrites when it comes to Pride month. They spread the message of diversity, equality, and authenticity in exchange for profit gain. People are tired of the never-ending performative activism that they put forth every Pride month, and it’s time for a change. …

Having homosexual relations was common in the pre-colonial Philippines. Some men were regarded to possess extraordinary powers of intercession with ancestral spirits because of their femininity, according to early records. …

The year 2022 did welcome us with an unexpected bang, literally and figuratively. Who would have thought that this year would include a brewing war in our bingo card right now? Not one thought of that to happen in our present time, given that the pandemic has affected how we…

February 20, 2022 May was a bittersweet month as a child. Whenever my mother would rip the April page out of the calendar hanging on our door, I would think about the new school year slowly looming in, and I despise it. It is bittersweet because as much as I…

February 17, 2022 I have always been fascinated with the dedication and passion people would pour out to the less fortunate people through volunteer work. Being a volunteer was a thing on my bucket list that I haven’t crossed out yet, and that is why whenever I had a chance…

February 8, 2o22 ( i realized during the short amount of time that i allotted on waiting for my bathwater to boil is that you really question a lot of things when you’re doing nothing but stare at the void. …

(I never had the chance to submit this because I didn’t push through with my application at Ateneo de Manila University. Nevertheless, I still kept it and read it from time to time, despite its flaws because it is an essay that is personal to me. I wrote this when…