The 2020 office heartbreak? Losing coworkers
Losing a coworker didn’t use to bother me. True to my Gemini brand, I didn’t mind the parade of faces that came to and left the office. It was a…
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Here’s why we need to support student strikes
On Nov. 14, students from the Ateneo de Manila University filed a petition to call for a mass student strike against government’s criminal neglect in the face of recent typhoons…
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Why is a learning module fat-shaming Angel Locsin?
Content warning: fat-shaming and fatphobic rhetoric Another day, another opportunity for fat-shaming, apparently. Recently, a post made the rounds on social media showing a school learning module that asks the…
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Check out this list of donation drives for Typhoons Rolly and Ulysses
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
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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Lesley Mobo and Renz Reyes: Is Fashion Week going out of fashion?
Can we go back to the way things were before the COVID-19 pandemic made 2020 a year of reckoning? How has the fashion industry been changed by limited face-to-face fittings…
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Who should “Emily in Paris” end up with? Here’s my answer
Note: This article contains spoilers. Love it or hate it, “Sex and the City” creator Darren Star has made another bingeable guilty pleasure with Netflix original series “Emily in Paris.”…
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Watch the queer slaysians of radical dance party Bubble_T
What’s your favorite place in the world? For queer folks, this question can hold a lot of weight. In a world that’s still in the process of learning acceptance, it…
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My mom got into K-pop ‘cause I won’t shut up about it
As a newbie K-pop stan, getting into the community is pretty exciting. Seeing so many back-to-back releases (from new groups to comebacks) and the creativity poured out to make up…
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The House of Mizrahi and Elephant talk Philippine ball culture in 2020
“The category is love, y’all,” said Billy Porter in his acceptance speech for winning an Emmy last year for his role on “Pose” as an emcee for house balls and…
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A ‘Temptation Island’ fan’s guide to the dolomite beach issue
It’s nearly October and we’re all feeling a little drained, a little irritable and a little beach-y from being stuck with a suffocating routine—it’s like we were thrown into the…
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Let’s talk about grooming and predatory behavior
Content warning: The following story mentions predatory behavior, grooming and sexual abuse Grooming and predatory behavior will always be wrong no matter how we look at it and, sadly, our…
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The internet in the hands of Issa Pressman
Editor’s note: This shoot was conducted before quarantine. Nowadays, people are glued to their phones seeking either answers or an escape from the world around. And in the process, we…
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Trans women aren’t pretending and they don’t owe anyone disclosure
Content warning: This story discusses transphobia and accounts of anti-transgender violence and murder Have you been on Omegle lately? Personally, I haven’t used the online chat website since high school.…
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On #HijaAko and her triggers—a conversation with a sexual abuse survivor
Trigger warning: rape, sexual abuse If you’re a sexual abuse survivor, it can be difficult to not be retraumatized by the content you see online. You could be simply scrolling…
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