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Alfonso Manalastas

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Is there a more, I suppose, humane explanation about the support for Trump in the Filipino diaspora imagination? One that doesn't oversimply them as merely blind to their own migrant

I recently sat on the panel for the Huwag Matakot: an Aswang post-screening roundtable with @dakila_ph. I’m sharing here my thoughts about this whole “art for art’s sake” thing, which

“All lives matter” is a problematic mission statement because it presupposes that oppression is the same for all races.Yes, white people die all the time, too, but the history and

Thread of a few of my favorite poems from contemporary Filipino poets! Will gradually add to this list when I find time!https://twitter.com/not_alfonso/status/1264596973258072064 “Alunsina takes a walk in the rain” from

Increased military presence coupled with the sudden surge of “communist insurgency” is no conincidence. This strategy is straight out of the Marcos playbook. None of these so-called communist-led killings are

If you shoot a man twice, and in vital areas of the body, you are not trying to neutralize him. You are trying to murder him. And if people argue

I cook my tocino in water, not oil, because i am not a sociopath This is what it looks like btw.Also, for those of you saying you cook tocino in