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Rainbow blues: The politics and dangers behind pinkwashing

Through pinkwashing, politicians show their surface-level support to queer causes while diluting their meaning and significance.

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Pride in pomp: Redefining the status quo through gay pageantry

Gay pageantry is more than a spectacle of beauty and talent; these contestants represent a loving community of queer people hoping to be embraced by the Filipino society.

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Capturing visual truths: Zooming in on Filipina and non-binary photojournalists

The field of photojournalism is rife with systemic injustices against women and non-binary individuals. But times are changing, and they are gradually making spaces for themselves.

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Writer’s Recap: LSDC Contemporary starts anew with ‘Tabula Rasa’

LSDC-Contemporary takes to the stage once more to celebrate their 42nd anniversary and their first on-site performance after the lockdown with their dance concert, “Tabula Rasa”.

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Beyond the binary: Women’s trials and tribulations in tech

Women break the glass ceiling in a continuous effort to fight for their place in the tech industry.

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Molded to perfection: The art of food models

There is much passion and precision that goes into the act of creating eye-catching pieces—more so if it involves catching one’s appetite, such as in fake food art.

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Writer’s Recap: Finding our voice with Pelikulove’s “Shoutout Pinas 2023—Maghayag at Lumikha”

Pelikulove and the Harlequin Theatre Guild partnered up for the hybrid film event, Shoutout Pinas 2023: Maghayag at Lumikha last May 24 and accomplished hard-hitting portrayals of sociopolitical commentary.

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Rant and Rave: Seventeen’s FML is super f***ing good

Seventeen has never failed to give their fans another chance to love and appreciate them. Coming off of a scintillating album release last year with Face the Sun, the boy group shows no signs of slowing down. After they ran their world concert Be The Sun from July to December, while dancer Jun and rapper…

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Writer’s Recap: ‘DLSU Danz Dish 15: Taympers’, a social commentary through dance

Last March 16 to 18, the La Salle Dance Company-Street (LSDC-Street) debuted its production Danz Dish 15: Taympers at the Teresa Yuchengco Auditorium after a year of preparation—both online and in the studios. Through the art of dance, Taympers aimed to highlight various socio-political issues and injustices faced by Filipinos. The production also serves as…

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Rant and Rave: ‘Suzume’ is magnificent from door to door

Disasters are senseless tragedies. At any moment, while all may seem normal, the rapid force of wrath could thrash and crumble our reality. In its wake, it only leaves death, ruin, and witnesses who carry nothing but the weight of traumatic grief and the burden of comprehending the absurd. There never really is an easy…