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“Manila, Philippines. It is like everything imagined in some dystopian novel in real life.”

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Not liking or consuming literally any Filipino media. Seriously, you don’t like ONE Filipino song or band?

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Whether you loved it or not, if you ever grew up studying at a Catholic school you’ll probably know what I’m talking about.

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“In other words, the PNP is saying that the number of killings remains the same, but instead of innocent victims of crimes in the past, it is now the drug personalities who are being executed.”

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Pakikisama threatens that if you think differently from the group then you can be considered an outcast. It promotes the mindset of “If I can’t be myself, neither can you.”

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Where I come from children are not allowed to be children.

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That woman your husband will cheat on you with. That woman who will be all over you because you have white skin and/or deep pockets. The easy lay.

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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.

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Sure, posting your rant on social media may seem trivial, but it encourages the culture of internalized misogyny we’ve been brought up with. Unless Filipinas actively pull against the tide of cultural sexism, our feminism is for naught.

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This is a world-historical phenomenon nowadays, a revolt of urges, passions and unreason against the forces of Reason. Hence, the speed of the Overturning is even becoming faster.