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Discernments: A look from the eyes of a Critic—and why you should be
The status quo will always be questioned, challenged, and criticized, in the name of a higher state of being, in the name of surpassing past achievements—over and over again. To do this, someone has to look deeply into things, see beyond the superficial,...
Elmer Ordoñez’ “Father’s Doppelganger”: Old friends & memories of war on a rainy afternoon
Photos courtesy of Arkibong Bayan, Dr. Elmer Ordoñez, and Ishmael Ordoñez
Maybe, it is his favorite—dark pants and that green-ochre polo shirt with vertical black stripes. He had worn a similar outfit (or was it the same?) in December 2016, when he launched “Red...
Lualhati in the City
HINAHABOL ang bawat pangyayari. Hindi mabitawan ang mga pahina hanggang ‘di natatapos basahin. Nariyang mangingiti at maiinis ka sa mga nagaganap. Mapaiisip. Mapatatango. Ganyang-ganyan ang pakiramdam ko sa tuwing pinapasadahan ko ang mga libro ni Lualhati Bautista. Lagi’t lagi rin akong nananabik sa...
“Dutertismo” in focus: An academic discourse
Two years as the President of the republic, Rodrigo Roa Duterte, known as the “Iron Fist of Davao” has gathered a large number of apologists who seem to have the exoteric hermeneutic power to interpret his statements.
Aside from the frequent cuss words spliced...
Pedagogy of poetry in the time of “tokhang”
Slavoj Zizek quoted in his book, “The Years of Dreaming Dangerously,” a Persian expression; War Nam Nihadan which means, “to murder somebody, bury his body, then grow flowers over the body to conceal it.” This makes me wonder if it is applicable to...
Speaking Genital in translation: Beverly Wico Siy’s ‘Pukiusap’
Where Eve Ensler gave us the freedom to use the many words there are for lady bits in “The Vagina Monologues,” Beverly Wico Siy gets the conversation about all things vaginal going on a two-way street with her translation of Swedish comic artist...
