Literary

No One Likes a Mad Woman

No man is an island. But a woman is. Most of my childhood was spent on learning and unlearning many things. I only knew how to read and write, do chores and follow instructions from other people.  It did not come as a surprise when the people who used to…
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Cinepanalo Shorts: Get by Without Haste

IN THE spirit of celebrating Filipino film excellence, the Puregold CinePanalo Film Festival is screening from March 15 to 26 at Gateway Cineplex 18. It offers six full-length films and 25 student-produced short films. This year’s festival categorized the short films in five sets.  UST communication senior Dizelle Masilungan's film,…
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Two navels as one

Two navels as one

Pastel skies were visible outside my room. The air I breathed inside the constraints of these four walls Was shared by four people I barely knew.   We exchange greetings in the morning as we depart, and state our dreams over dinner, Yet we still walk softly around each other…
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The Morning Crisis

The Morning Crisis

IF ONLY I had the courage to slip a “good morning” into his inbox, I would have finally justified my sleep deprivation. I can only imagine the sensation of waking up with his name and response etched on my phone’s screen every day instead of a message announcing the Zoom…
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A Quarter of Change

THERE IS an aching, blinding hue of orange in the sky as the sun rises. It is not warm like sunrises should be—it is almost as if the sun is swallowing the world whole, and it is just a quarter to six. The streets are also deafeningly quiet, in contrast…
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Barcelona: A bleak world with historical reveries

IN A dystopian world filled with watery graves and remnants of history, romantic gestures sink underwater as social and ecological issues submerge cities. Barcelona is an adverse product of an alternative reality draped in mangled motifs. Published by Avenida Publishing House, Barcelona is a dystopian graphic novella by Criselda Yabes, a Filipino writer,…
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