Don't Lose Hope.

After watching our candidate, her team, and supporters put all their work, effort, time, money, and tears into the 2022 Elections, it feels like a dark shadow has been cast on our country again and there's nothing we can do about it.

I'm so sorry to the families who were victimized by the Marcoses. I'm so sorry to those who died trying to stop a ruthless and corrupt dictator, only for his son to wind up as President of our poor and starving country. I'm sorry to victims of the Marcos family, to those victims whose bodies were found and those whose bodies are lost in a place that their loved ones cannot find. I'm sorry to those who witnessed Martial Law and celebrated when Ferdinand Marcos was ousted, thinking their children won't have to suffer the way the Filipinos did in the 70s-80s. I'm sorry to those in lower socioeconomic status families who voted for Leni with hopes that she would be able to bring about change as our President. I'm sorry to everyone who hoped for a better future, only for evil to prevail.

Our hearts ache. Today, I watched my 81 year old grandfather sit on his own in a depressed mood because he couldn't believe that after doing his part in history by joining the EDSA revolution and voting on May 9, he was watching history repeat itself. He is too old to worry...but he worries because he cares the future of his family and country when he is gone.

But this is only the beginning. Before things will get better, they will get worse. But things can still get better. We cannot lose hope, because that's exactly what our corrupt government wants.

If you are lucky enough to be in class A and B, please do your part to help the less fortunate. We will suffer, but we will not suffer as gravely as those who live hand to mouth on a daily basis. It is easy to think that they might deserve it because they were the bulk of the voters who supported the Marcos family's return. But the truth is that their return has been carefully prepared for, for decades. Fake news, vote buying, poll manipulation, cronyism, corruption, political dynasties. The real evil lies in those with power and privilege who are educated enough to know better but choose not to do better. There is a reason why education is normally given the smallest budget, because these corrupt politicians benefit from the less fortunate's ignorance and miseducation.

The day will come when we are called to rally again and fight for our freedom. Until then, do not lose hope and do not forget to act as the miracle in other people's lives. The evilness of our government should not push us to tolerate and enable such behavior or worse, be as uncaring and without compassion as they are. Our country can be better if we continue to push ourselves to be better and demand our government to be better.

God bless you guys. To the non-Filipinos, please pray for our country or help spread the news about what is happening to us. We really need it.

I'm pretty desperate. Do you know where to find free pdfs of books talking about martial law in the Philippines? I want to download as many as I can.

Oh dang. I learned about martial law in elementary so I don't have pdf copies, BUT! Thanks to my older sister collecting a butt ton of things about the Marcoses, convictions and cases and all! I'm not sure if this is complete (and it's not exactly a book), but it's a good read :))

Here you go <3

some filo on tiktok was talking about how they deeply relate to the way propaganda was shown in toh and how scarily accurate it is to what filipinos are going thru rn but like also. i already knew that, it's just they pointed out that in the show belos literally calls it the "day of unity". bbm, son of late dictator ferdinand marcos, also used "unity" as a way to gather votes. omfg.

You don't remember the Wall, do you? Same as I don't remember the Great Purges, my father doesn't remember the Tsars.

Funny thing about Russia, we stand on what other men made and then we've forgotten so much. We don't build things anymore. We build lies.

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Duos who's creators insist are romantic soulmates but come across as more an egg and her bestie who gives her gender envy than anything else

No,i don't perfer and relate way more to female characters who're super weird over ones who're super ideallic and call characters who were intended as cis men but got accidentally transfem-coded instead canon women and feel the same way i do about them i do weirdgirls too because i'm 'a pick me' and 'don't care about actual women',it's because i'm a black autistic punk woman who's bigender so it's very rare i actually see myself in female characters that are written to be as really normal or high up in societal standards and that's why i love autistic and trans femmes in media because they're actually fucking like me.Sorry i can't relate to Taylor Swift music and think Pride & Prejudice and Spy x Family are ass i guess

On push for additional US military bases

"The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and all patriotic and revolutionary forces in the Philippine vigorously opposes proposals to establish more US military bases in the Philippines, in addition to nine sites already at different states of construction and operation."

anyways now that I'm back on this site, let it be well fucking known that this filipino musical theatre rambler absolutely abhors the Here Lies Love musical and I am absolutely ashamed that it is gonna be known as the first Broadway musical with an all-filipino/fil-am cast BECAUSE GLORIFYING A PERSON (imelda marcos) INVOLVED IN A CONJUGAL DICTATORSHIP (wife of ferdinand marcos) THAT CAUSED HUNDREDS OF DEATHS AND AN ECONOMIC CRISIS DUE TO ILLEGALLY ACCUMULATED WEALTH FROM PHILIPPINE TAXES ESPECIALLY WHILE SAID PERSON IS STILL ALIVE WITH HER SON (ferdinand "bongbong" marcos jr) BACK IN POWER IS ALL SORTS OF WRONG

[Marco Bruto, a tragedy by Antonio Conti, 1744.]

@soldatrose because you liked the messy family themes in Marco Bruto, here is a little translation of the part that made me do a double take.

Porcia.

I myself chose,

I myself prepared the sharp blade

that must save the Latin liberty.

It is the same blade that pierced my father,

and that he sent to me from Africa as a gift,

writing on it, with his own hand, in blood:

"To the wife of Brutus". I often kiss it,

often take it off this image,

in which you see Cato

tear his entrails like a wild beast.

PH GOVERNMENT CONTINUES ATTEMPTS TO DESTROY FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND RIGHT TO INFORMATION UNDER MARCOS PRESIDENCY

Rappler is a digital media company that was founded by Maria Ressa, a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. Maria Ressa is a hero that has fought and continues to fight for the Philippines despite everything and everyone who's tried to put her and her team down.

She was a lead investigative journalist in CNN Southeast Asia who was critical of Rodrigo Duterte's "War on Drugs". She was also falsely accused of cyber libel and tax evasion on several accounts, because our government has been repeatedly trying to shut her down and control information, the same government that is led by a man who LIES AND REFUSES TO PAY 203 BILLION IN ESTATE TAX DEBT. THE SAME GOVERNMENT THAT REFUSES TO PUT IMELDA MARCOS IN JAIL BUT WILL HAPPILY JAIL A STARVING 70+ YR OLD MAN FOR STEALING A FRUIT.

Rappler is not the first victim of this, and it will not be the last. Please please please share what is happening in the Philippines, this could happen in your country one day.

It's physically painful to hear family members you care about praise the Marcoses lmao. I can't help but scoff because I can't do more than that.

I'm already pretty upset at the marcos apologist, I don't know what I'll do if I were ever to live with them (probably commit arson but we'll see). Most of my family relatives are apologists too and it's pretty infuriating. Hindi ko rin alam kung pano sila nagkaganyan :')

History is the truth. It's not an opinion.

I'm sorry but I'm gonna have to disagree strongly with these people. I can't respect it either because it's morally wrong to support a dictator and his son who was involved in robbing their country mind you.

I can only imagine what the youth and the Filipinos who hoped for a better future went through. Betrayed by their own families. I was lucky enough to be taught by my parents (and my 4th grade teacher) who experienced Edsa Revolution themselves.

Hang it there. Know that you are not alone in this battle <3

visuals for days in the goalkeeper department

Why i think Starco ruined s4

Characters who're undeniably trans to me(with evidence):

Marco Díaz:This one needs no explanation,there are literally thousands of posts by irl trans women talking about how she's an egg and there was a official concept art of a doll of her in a trans flag dress so the only way it's not canon is that she didn't come out on-screen

Hiccup Haddock-A lot of his story is about not being seen as 'manly enough',he looks exactly like his mom which is a common trope amongst afab characters,his personality is like that of an irl trans man to a T(pun intended)and puberty hitting him like a truck can be read as a metaphor for going on testosterone

Hobie Brown-Being punk(and alt in general)has been historically tied with queerness,his canon style in particular is something i've amongst many black nonbinay people and he's best friends with the canon trans Spiderverse character(Gwen)thanks to bonding over their similarities + 'I don't like labels'.'Nuff said

Percy Jackson-Her moments of reinforcing her 'manhood' are extremely forced with the rest of her personality in context(By which i mean how respectful of other women she is and not being particularly masculine in her presentation),she connects to other girls much easier than she does boys(See how many girl friends she has vs how many male ones and how she reacts to goddesses vs gods),a common trait amongst eggs and Perc*beths feels more like her confusing her gender envy towards Annabeth for attraction than a romance.Also this last one is just my opinion but i feel like she'd be a lot happier and that it would improve her writing if she were super feminine-Perce should get to be a skater girl and amp up her Team Mom energy towards Nico and Hazel even more,as a treat

Toph Beifong-Classic 'tomboy with slight Not Like Other Girls tendencies because of being a baby transmasc' situation overall but see her literally getting overjoyed onscreen because a man played her in the Ember Island play.'I sound like a guy!' is a canon line from her,i can't make this shit up y'all

Bow-His voice still cracks,he wears what's essentially a binder in the hot springs scene,him keeping his friendship with Glimmer and work with the Princess Alliance a secret from his dads is played like a coming out metaphor and like Hobie,his gender presentation is very accurate to that of black gnc trans people in real life

Penny Polendina-Her arc is about feeling like a real girl,the first person to validate that to her is her first female friend who also ended up becoming her bestie,her original body was a boy's and i've yet to meet a transfem Rwby fan who dosen't connect to her experiences

Luz Noceda-She refers to herself as a 'bad boy' and canonically got even more tomboyish as an adult and then there's how the whole point of her Grom outfit was to be androgynous.She's a boy in a girl way fr fr

Trans Marco Díaz was a bigger queerbait than any white ass mlm ship you can think of.TRANS QUEENS FOREVERRRRRRRRR,WONDERBREAD YAOI NEVERRRRRRRRRRR