A few weeks ago, the Internet Outrage Machine caught me in its gears. Someone smugly posted about how Cool and Great mankind (i.e., Western Civilization) is, and of course, I have Opinions. I came across it a few weeks ago, and it’s been annoying me ever since. Check it out:

So. Update: stuff is getting increasingly dicey. As per usual, here’s the transcript: just reiterating: I don’t want donations or tips. I need job. We live in a capitalist post-industrial dystopia, and I need to keep building my Reputation and/or get something steady. Please direct me towards any possibilities. My…

Thoughts from a poor little rich girl — Before I start, I’d like to put a lampshade on who I presume my readers to be. You are likely to be someone who is well educated, who is in a comfortable position in your career, but who is hungry to advance. You are probably from either the Global North…

Below are a series of screenshots of a blog entry newly-30 me wrote in early 2017. What follows are some late 2022 thoughts.

Note: A friend suggested that this essay is challenging to digest, and that I could break it down into a minimum of two articles for easier reading. I’d fully intended to do so, but then realized that I’d used up all of my energy just writing this in the first…

(edited to add: Here’s a link to a YouTube video of me reading this article aloud in case you’d prefer to listen rather than read.) So. Today, I received this email:

On the 24th of February 2022 in New Bataan, Davao de Oro, two drivers, a community health worker, and two teachers were murdered by the Armed Forces of the Philippines. The party line goes: “they were killed in a firefight against the New People’s Army (the armed wing of the…

This was written in 2016, shuffled into one of my many confusing folders, and recently unearthed by my search for material to add to my “portfolio.” Because Mama needs extra cash to get through the Holidays. I am a Filipino writing in English, and I’m not sure how to feel…