JSYK, Uniqlo is opening an online store soon
Heads up to all the fans of the Japanese minimalist fashion store: Uniqlo is opening an online store in the second half of 2020. Working at a publication staffed with…
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“She was not a phase,” a writer shares about her first love
It’s five in the morning as of this writing. I have not slept a wink. And because it’s the beginning of Pride Month, I want to make this confession for…
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Don’t give up, join the Anti-Terror Bill email protests
Today, Jun. 3, 173 lawmakers from the House of Representatives voted in favor of the Anti-Terror Bill. This means that now the bill only needs to be signed into law…
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#WhyIDidntReport shows us once again how rape culture silences survivors
Back in 2018, Professor Christine Blasey Ford wrote a letter accusing Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh for sexually assaulting her when they were in high school in the 1980s. US President…
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Just adding gender quotas won’t fix our institutions, agrees Sen. Hontiveros
On Jun. 1, Sen. Risa Hontiveros tweeted her support for Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa’s bill to increase gender quotas in the Philippine National Police. Dela Rosa sponsored the bill…
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Help out unemployed jeepney drivers with this donation drive
The nonprofit organization Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Operator Nationwide (PISTON) has set up a donation drive for displaced jeepney drivers during quarantine. With Metro Manila easing into…
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Ben&Ben’s upcoming release is straight out of a fanfic
On Jun. 4, award-winning Filipino folk-pop band Ben&Ben is dropping a new single entitled “Lifetime.” In a tweet published on the band’s official account, they included a screenshot of a…
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Connect with your queer family with this open letter initiative
UP Babaylan, the longest existing LGBTQ+ student organization in Asia and the Philippines, launched #PrideLetters, which lets you write an open letter to members of the LGBTQ+ community or their…
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BLACKPINK Lisa’s manager got away with about P41 million of her money
Confirmed by YG Entertainment, BLACKPINK Lisa’s manager exploited a huge amount of money from the K-pop idol—about 1 billion won (around P41 million). According to Korean media outlet Market News,…
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This local org is pushing for safe spaces for this year’s Pride Month
With Pride Month rolling in while most of the country is under GCQ, youth network for SOGIE (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Expression) rights PANTAY Pilipinas recently launched a calendar…
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