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Monday, September 14, 2026

My Life As Art

Pink literature with ThePSN, Part 2

WHO HAS time for poetry these days? But I thought that if I could put a pink twist on poetry, maybe, just maybe, some people...

Pink literature with ThePSN, Part 1

I WILL be traveling most of December, January, and February. By the time you are reading this, I would have been six days in Whiston,...

The Pink Bias, Part 6

SA NGAYON, leading sa survey ang anak ng diktador. Noong 1986, hindi kami nagpadala sa surveys. Ipinaglaban namin si Cory. Against all odds. Alam ko naman na marami...

The Pink Bias, Part 5

NASAAN ka nang idineklara ang Martial Law? Nasaan ka nang inassassinate si Ninoy Aquino? Nasaan ka nang 1986 People’s Power sa EDSA? Nasaan ka nang dinestabilize ng...

The Pink Bias, Part 4

THE INTERNET is also a Misinformation superhighway.  Kapag inabuso kasi ang technology, nagiging masama ito. Troll farms. Smart-shaming. Palaban attitude ng mga bobo. Self-celebrity ng mga pangit. Hubaran...

The Pink Bias, Part 3

MY FRIENDS ask me, “Why do you even look back (to the Philippines)?” Maayos naman daw ang buhay ko sa America. May pera naman daw ako....

The Pink Bias, Part 2

Wala akong utang na loob sa diktaturya ng mga Marcos. AKO ANG NAGPATAYO NG CCP AT NG SAN JUANICO BRIDGE! — You can quote me on that! Buwis...

The Pink Bias, Part 1

FOURTEEN years old ako nang maintindihan ko ang salitang “assassination”.  As in, ni-research ko talaga ang pinagkaiba ng “assassination” (pagpaslang for political or religious reasons) at “murder” (pagpatay for personal reasons). Malay...

The Pink Ambassador

JUST because I believe in the Pink Revolution, people expect me to campaign for the pink lady candidate. In most likelihood, I will campaign for...

My life in boxes

I WROTE this piece instead, because I was dreading the task of packing. I was supposed to finish packing two balikbayan care packages for the Philippines. By...