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The political is personal
By Joel David One curious development, still within the first quarter of the third year of a history-changing global pandemic, is that the audiovisual material which most Filipino netizens are burring over at the moment is expectedly streaming, but it’s neither a film nor a TV series. It’s the latest installment of the decade-plus Adrian […]
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6-year-old Caydence Pinola-de Leon speaks out vs bullying
By Vicky Vitug “I’m calling on all of you! I need you to take a stand to help stop and prevent bullying. If you see something, say something to an adult or trusted guardian. Share laughter and share a smile. Always be kind to others.” If there’s a TED Talks for kids, Caydence Pinola-de Leon, a 6-year-old student […]
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‘The Batman:’ Bold and brooding
By Wendell Gaa Batman has been my favorite superhero from as far back as I can remember. Yes, the fact alone that he is a mere mortal with no superpowers yet relies solely on his wit and resources makes him unique, but moreover he is such a complex and multidimensional antihero who has been reinterpreted […]
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NYC in the 1970s: Crime-infested, but life was good
By Cristina DC Pastor Fifty years ago, everything that could happen was happening in the city that calls itself the center of the world. You got crime, drugs and prostitution. Porn kept Times Square open 24/7 for the ‘johns’ and girls up and down 7th Avenue. There were homeless and drunk people passed out on […]
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Beware of receiving packages you did not order; it could be a ‘brushing scam’
Have you received a package you did not order online? The package has your correct name and address but the sender is not someone you know, or worse, there is no return address? And you thought, ‘What the fudge?’ The New York State Division of Consumer Protection (DCP) has warned about a “brushing scam,” which […]
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Filipinos will recognize family, politics, social class in Sabina Murray’s fiction
By Tricia J. Capistrano My FilAm writer radar did not immediately spot Sabina Murray. I think it’s because, in the last decade her novels have been about Caucasians. “A Carnivore’s Inquiry,” published in 2007, is about Katherine, a young white woman in her 20s who wanders from city to city in Europe and then the […]
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Springtime unveiling of Historic Filipinotown Eastern Gateway
“After many years, countless meetings, and a lot of blood, sweat, and tears, I’m proud to share that the Historic Filipinotown Eastern Gateway will be installed and unveiled this spring,” said Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell, who represents Historic Filipinotown on the Los Angeles City Council. “This project has been a labor of love by so many […]
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The legend of Ferdinand Marcos began a hundred years ago: journalist Sheila Coronel
Investigative journalist Sheila Coronel delivered a cogent and well-chronicled presentation about Ferdinand Marcos, the former Philippine president and rapacious dictator and father of now presidential aspirant Bongbong Marcos Jr. In Coronel’s lecture — organized by the Adrian E. Cristobal Lecture Series and the Unyon ng Mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas – she reflected on the rise […]
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Asian women on how to move beyond hate attacks
By Jenny Manrique Asian American women are experiencing a fresh wave of violent, hate-related attacks. According to the web portal Stop AAPI Hate, since March 2020, there have been over 10,000 attacks, 16 percent of which have been physically violent. Elders were the targets in the majority of incidents. A poll commissioned by The National Asian […]