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The Familiar Weight of a “Comment”
A woman is objectified even in moments and spaces they have no choice in. They become unwilling participants in someone else’s fantasy, reduced to figures of desire in narratives they never consented to join. Because these remarks are often defended as mere imagination, accountability rarely follows.
Of silence, stigma, and a senator
Speaking about personal struggles takes courage, and enduring them demands resilience. Choosing to be open reflects strength, not weakness—though some still mistake vulnerability for fragility rather than recognizing it as bravery.
Conditional Nationalism
When being right comes before empathy, we lose what makes us human. Dismissing grief as political is both cruel and un-Filipino.
The nation is burning and the youth is ablaze
After all, a nation in flames produces a people that dares to play with fire.
Maraming nasa kalsada pero napaninindigan ba natin lahat ang laban?
Ang tunay na bigat ng pagiging iskolar ng bayan ay nasa kung paano natin ipinagtatanggol ang mismong sambayanang nagpaaral sa atin.
The erosion of choice
If we want a council that truly represents the student body, we must first respect the many ways it chooses to speak
The UP Fair is facing a major existential crisis. Who do we blame?
Its cultural reorientation away from commercial and capital interests has never been this urgent
SHREK 5: ‘Til Death do us Part
The nation must reject the allure of political spectacle and confront the deeper issues at play
Development or displacement? Reexamining UP’s priorities
Public institutions like UP should never become commodities in the free market, where educational values are undermined for corporate profit
Maskom to Medcom: Rebranding o balatkayo?
Kaliwa’t kanan ang pagbabagong-bihis ng Maskom: mula sa renobasyon ng Batibot, o iyong popular na tambayan sa harap…