Sade Andria Zabala

Filipina mermaid. Author of WAR SONGS and Coffee & Cigarettes.

Is Miss Universe Sexist Or Feminist?

In the Philippines beauty pageants are welcomed with enthusiastic fervor comparable to that of an Olympic competition. I will even venture to say Filipinos are obsessed with pageants and I don’t exaggerate.

The Ghost Sighting That Haunted Me For Life

I’ve never shared this experience to the public before. The only ones I’ve relayed it to are a couple of close friends, not because I think no one would believe me but because when I dig up this deeply repressed memory it still scares me shitless.