Category: women
on self-help and the Pinay
or let’s begin 2012 by talking about oppression, shall we? radikalchick My issue with self-help books is that they are mostly American. And anyone who lives off of the Philippines’ contradictions and silences, crises and sadnesses would know that not … Continue reading
armed women & children?
got this from the grapevine via the friend of an uncle of a family friend of a soldier who was wounded in the deadly clash in al barka. allegedly, our soldiers did not, could not, fight back, not because they … Continue reading
RH hurrahs! and a boo
the first HURRAH! is for dr. sylvia claudio, director of the u.p. center for women’s studies, who spoke up in congress at the 2nd deliberation of the house committee of population and family relations on the critical question of when … Continue reading
abortion
it’s something women don’t really talk about, even among themselves, but if one needs that kind of help, it’s not hard to find out where to go, depending on one’s paying capacity. there are crude back-alley operations (catheter style, the … Continue reading
media, priests & abortion
media is plural for mediocre, rene saguisag says in his manila times column on the same day that mark robert b. baldo in a letter to the inquirer editor decries the failure of media to level-up the public debate on … Continue reading
careless women
had a real good laugh over dzmm teleradyo‘s latest version of “woe is me, shame and scandal in the family” : “o diyos ko, kay laking kahihiyan nito” *LOL* referring of course to the hayden kho – katrina halili sex … Continue reading
screwed by manangs
read ricky carandang’s screwed and manuel buencamino’s “manangs” acquit a rapist. my sentiments exactly. what a huge setback for the women’s fight against sexist politics. biglang we’re back to the dark ages when women were seen as sex objects incapable … Continue reading
noli, loren, manny & the RH bill
congress reconvening today. sana matuloy ang promised testimony of scam & escape artist jocjoc bolante sa senado. lalo pa, lalo na, sana matuloy ang long-delayed showdown on the reproductive health bill sa konggreso. kung magkasabay, which one kaya will … Continue reading
liars! liars! pants (& skirts) on fire!
it is clear naman to the informed public that the celibate bishops and priests plus fundamentalist preachers like mike velarde who insist that contraception is a kind of abortion and therefore evil are LYING, no ifs or buts about it. … Continue reading
poor women
habang di ako maka-decide kung alin ang uunahin kong alipustahin – gma’s damnable refusal to scrap VAT or the bishops’ criminal campaign to stop the reproductive health and population bills in congress – heto muna ang isang komentaryong lumabas today … Continue reading