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An essay about my first loves who I hope I never meet again

  • Posted on February 26, 2021March 3, 2021
  • Zofiya Acosta
The Preen Team is a hopelessly sentimental bunch. Because of this, we’re releasing a series of essays called “Ugh, Love” where we blurt out our feelings and hopefully make you…
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Time’s Up Ateneo wants schools to be survivor-centered when dealing with sexual harassment

  • Posted on February 15, 2021February 19, 2021
  • Nadine Halili
It’s no secret that sexual harassment can take place anywhere. While several students and alumni have spoken up about sexual abusers and predators within the premises of their campuses, what…
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The stories that shaped our 2020—Preen.ph’s best culture articles

  • Posted on December 31, 2020December 31, 2020
  • Amrie Cruz
The end of the year is always a time for reflection and looking back. In 2020, aka THE year of reckoning and changing perspectives, there’s so much that we had…
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Check out this list of donation drives for Typhoons Rolly and Ulysses

  • Posted on November 13, 2020November 28, 2020
  • Zofiya Acosta
Just a week after Typhoon Rolly devastated Catanduanes and nearby areas, another destructive typhoon struck the country. With national government response lacking and many local government units left to fend…
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Don’t tell flood survivors that they should’ve moved houses

  • Posted on November 12, 2020November 23, 2020
  • Amrie Cruz
From the Taal volcano eruption to Typhoon Rolly, Filipinos have faced a number of natural disasters this year on top of the pandemic. It’s within reason to expect deeper empathy…
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Here’s a list of emergency typhoon hotlines in the Philippines

  • Posted on November 12, 2020November 12, 2020
  • Amrie Cruz
Days after the devastation left by typhoon Rolly, we now have to contend with rising floods and heavy rains from Typhoon Ulysses. For people who are stranded and need rescuing…
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Grieving in the midst of a pandemic

  • Posted on November 2, 2020November 2, 2020
  • Lia delos Reyes
It’s not easy to lose someone you love. The loss forces you to live each day with the pain of knowing that you’d never share another hug or conversation, and…
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Two Filipino witches talk hexes, covens and WitchTok

  • Posted on October 30, 2020October 30, 2020
  • Amrie Cruz
The odds of you having already met a real-life witch at least once in your life is higher in 2020, a.k.a the year WitchTok was born. While most of the…
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Meet the Filipina whose ‘XS’ look caught Rina Sawayama’s eye

  • Posted on October 29, 2020October 29, 2020
  • Amrie Cruz
Getting noticed by our favorite celebrity is a fantasy that many of us have. It’s also a fantasy that 20-year-old Filipino artist Camila Sunn got to live out. On Oct.…
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Here’s to all the blurry nights at XX XX

  • Posted on September 1, 2020April 10, 2021
  • Nadine Halili
It’s a sad day for the Manila nightlife scene. Just when we thought that the pandemic was through with hitting our fave venues (we miss you, Route 196 and TodayXFuture),…
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Hey, netizens! The ‘save to draft’ option exists

  • Posted on August 27, 2020April 10, 2021
  • Nadine Halili
Some tweets are better left on draft. While the serotonin kick from getting likes and retweets might be lowkey addicting, you always need to be careful about what you post.…
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This nurse went out of her way to deliver a homeless woman’s baby

  • Posted on August 19, 2020August 19, 2020
  • Nadine Halili
Our country’s frontliners truly are our heroes doing their best to help everyone in need during this time. Earlier today, a nurse on her way to work stopped to help…
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Here’s how this Filipina labor organizer keeps it together

  • Posted on August 15, 2020April 10, 2021
  • Nadine Halili
If you have the privilege of working a 9 to 5 job with stable income and benefits, you most likely have labor unions and workers’ organizations to thank for. Labor…
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Here’s why the Cinemalaya 2020 shorts are worth a binge session

  • Posted on August 14, 2020August 14, 2020
  • Eternity Ines
For Cinemalaya’s 16th year, the festival has gone online, much like many events have been forced to do since the onset of the pandemic. While I strongly believe that going…
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Listen, toxic productivity hurts both teachers and students

  • Posted on July 20, 2020July 20, 2020
  • Zofiya Acosta
It’s a gross understatement to say that the ongoing pandemic is hurting our students. It’s an intersectional problem. There’s the financial cost of online learning—a student came forward recently about…
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