Archives

• 24-Jan-2018
  Asec #Mocha is correct …
• 09-Jan-2018
  State of blogging, microblogging, media #crisis
• 05-Jan-2018
  Putting out fires
• 16-Dec-2017
  A Duterte debut: thoughtlessness and excess
• 13-Dec-2017
  Why say #NoToMartialLaw in Mindanao
• 24-Nov-2017
  Pinay call-out culture: the good, bad, ugly
• 08-Nov-2017
  This Mocha catastrophe #StandWithMedia
• 08-Nov-2017
  When the #DDS can do no wrong: victimizing #HarryRoque
• 06-Nov-2017
  A hooray for Harry, a test for Duterte
• 31-Oct-2017
  A Battle Against Exhaustion
• 13-Oct-2017
  Crazed tirade against EU: #DutertesMen doing him in
• 06-Oct-2017
  Name the enemy: #FakeNews
• 03-Oct-2017
  Sotto VS #SilentNoMore, fake news VS opinion, anonymity and double standard
• 28-Sep-2017
  Ressa, Amnesty International, Duterte, words
• 26-Sep-2017
  Two Mochas too many
• 19-Sep-2017
  Unity, protest, cultural work #Sept21 #Luneta
• 17-Sep-2017
  Duterte spins the #Sept21 protest #Luneta
• 13-Sep-2017
  How we lost our rights in 15 months #Duterte
• 10-Sep-2017
  Sabotage, malignant elements, damage control
• 04-Sep-2017
  Ghosts of August and Duterte’s drug war
• 24-Aug-2017
  Mocha and the end of troll discourse
• 19-Aug-2017
  This is on you, President Duterte
• 16-Aug-2017
  Common sense dictates: Confirm Judy Now!
• 13-Aug-2017
  Andanar’s PNA train wreck
• 11-Aug-2017
  #Andanar’s learning curve, social media user accreditation, #PCOO’s downward spiral
• 09-Aug-2017
  Andy-Tish, smoke-mirrors: who gains from this teleserye?
• 07-Aug-2017
  Emily Alvarez: The case for dissolution of marriage
• 28-Jul-2017
  Writing, criticism, hope
• 25-Jul-2017
  Everything I needed to learn about writing, I learned through blogging
• 12-Jul-2017
  A whiff of corruption at DoT
• 11-Jul-2017
  The question of Bracken
• 08-Jul-2017
  Political insidiousness, public complicity
• 08-Jul-2017
  MMFF, transparency, big words
• 07-Jul-2017
  Welcome to hell
• 05-Jul-2017
  A year of candidate Duterte
• 28-Jun-2017
  Truth, fake news, propaganda
• 27-Jun-2017
  A year of anti-information
• 19-Jun-2017
  Terrible tourism
• 16-Jun-2017
  Death of culture (3): Lizaso’s vision for stagnation
• 12-Jun-2017
  Death of culture (2): Cultish leadership for CCP
• 09-Jun-2017
  Lizaso at CCP: Death of culture (1)
• 07-Jun-2017
  A portrait of a Tourism Secretary as failure
• 06-Jun-2017
  Andanar sa PCO: Isang kasaysayan ng kapalpakan (2)
• 02-Jun-2017
  Andanar sa PCO: Isang kasaysayan ng kapalpakan (1)
• 01-Jun-2017
  The Senate disappoints #MartialLaw
• 29-May-2017
  Out of control
• 26-May-2017
  Driving distractions
• 22-May-2017
  Duterte, Manay Judy, Ka Paeng
• 20-May-2017
  Demeaning human rights
• 15-May-2017
  Duterte, Lapanday
• 08-May-2017
  What mining lobby?
• 04-May-2017
  Dear Smart,
• 01-May-2017
  Elitism in the time of Duterte
• 01-May-2017
  Ressa, Mocha, Fake News
• 28-Apr-2017
  Torre de Manila: a review
• 21-Apr-2017
  TIME 100 and Duterte’s communications
• 19-Apr-2017
  Duterte chauvinism: Sino bang walang babae?
• 03-Apr-2017
  Portrait of a UP teacher as mining lobbyist
• 03-Apr-2017
  London Biennale Manila Pollination: The Revolution Loses Steam
• 31-Mar-2017
  That New York Times documentary: the photographer as hero
• 31-Mar-2017
  The Singapore Biennale 2016: An Excess of Rhetoric
• 27-Mar-2017
  The VP’s missed chance, the President’s opportunity
• 25-Mar-2017
  From neglected houses, to homes for the poor
• 20-Mar-2017
  Losing Leni
• 17-Mar-2017
  ‘Madam Secretary,’ politics, gender
• 13-Mar-2017
  The embarrassment of mines, the fortitude of Gina Lopez
• 10-Mar-2017
  Unwell, unjust: #NoToDeathPenalty
• 09-Mar-2017
  Mines are ours
• 06-Mar-2017
  Oceana Gold: history, abuse, mining
• 03-Mar-2017
  STRIKE!
• 27-Feb-2017
  Tweeting EDSA1986
• 26-Feb-2017
  Owning EDSA: Freedom in independence
• 25-Feb-2017
  Owning EDSA: Silencing the critic
• 24-Feb-2017
  Andanar imagines destabilization, drowns in own false claims
• 24-Feb-2017
  Owning EDSA: Living EDSA
• 23-Feb-2017
  Owning EDSA: EDSA on repeat
• 23-Feb-2017
  Owning EDSA: A daughter of uncertain times
• 22-Feb-2017
  Owning EDSA: Silent in the State U
• 22-Feb-2017
  Owning EDSA
• 20-Feb-2017
  The party’s over
• 17-Feb-2017
  Zambales mines: A history of questionable practices
• 14-Feb-2017
  Bad romance
• 13-Feb-2017
  DENR’s daring, mining’s crisis
• 12-Feb-2017
  HTI fire: Cover-up?
• 11-Feb-2017
  Dear Miss Canada Siera Bearchell,
• 10-Feb-2017
  Who will benefit from the jeepney phase out?
• 30-Jan-2017
  Portrait of a communications secretary as failure
• 27-Jan-2017
  Taxes, freelancers, cultural work: Amnesty and kindness
• 23-Jan-2017
  Good news, bad news for culture
• 20-Jan-2017
  RH push overshadowed by Sotto, Leni condom-talk
• 16-Jan-2017
  Who’s afraid of a yahoogroup?
• 16-Jan-2017
  Social class before beauty
• 13-Jan-2017
  Selling relevance, using current events
• 05-Jan-2017
  The Uncritical Subjects, Or How The Empire Strikes Back
• 05-Jan-2017
  Beyond the horror
• 02-Jan-2017
  The noise of 2016: lessons for 2017
• 02-Jan-2017
  Attempted rape as teenage dream?
• 29-Dec-2016
  The septic tank as critique
• 23-Dec-2016
  Film, art in a time of change
• 12-Dec-2016
  Andanar, VP Leni, De Lima: Taking the public for fools
• 05-Dec-2016
  Protest culture VS troll discourse
• 25-Nov-2016
  No color, no politico, no party
• 18-Nov-2016
  From misinformation to confusion: Dysfunctional communications
• 14-Nov-2016
  Is silence Andanar’s communications strategy?
• 08-Nov-2016
  History #MarcosNotAHero #November8
• 04-Nov-2016
  Media, gov’t comms, #LawinPH
• 02-Nov-2016
  Sacred cows, criticism, and the media as enterprise*
• 21-Oct-2016
  Brutal: the police and the President’s public
• 10-Oct-2016
  OVP versus NAPC: poverty, aid, vision
• 07-Oct-2016
  Rein Them In
• 07-Oct-2016
  #EveryONE: A call to protect human rights and uphold democratic principles
• 03-Oct-2016
  Stop right there, congressmen!
• 27-Sep-2016
  Killings, resignation, out of context (pa rin!)
• 20-Sep-2016
  A Senate coup #Sept19
• 13-Sep-2016
  Dear President Duterte,
• 08-Sep-2016
  Liza Diño, FDCP workers, martial law #culturalcrisis
• 06-Sep-2016
  Stand against a Dept of Culture
• 02-Sep-2016
  Who does #NoPlaceForHate displace?
• 02-Sep-2016
  Notes on an arts and culture agenda: a lack of representation
• 31-Aug-2016
  Notes on an arts and culture agenda: A situationer
• 30-Aug-2016
  Notes on an arts and culture agenda: Freddie, Liza, Cecile, Nick, Irene
• 13-Aug-2016
  A sense of cultural history #BriccioSantosAtTheFDCP
• 04-Aug-2016
  Freedom of anti-information
• 28-Jul-2016
  Media madness #DuterteSONA2016
• 20-Jul-2016
  From #WestPHSea dispute to … impeachment? #mediacrisis
• 14-Jul-2016
  From Luneta to the Hague: a timeline of the #WestPHSea dispute #mediacrisis
• 02-Jul-2016
  Inauguration day #Du30 #Day1
• 29-Jun-2016
  ridiculous #MediaCrisis
• 12-Jun-2016
  Dreaming of a People’s TV
• 10-Jun-2016
  Possibilities for a (real) People’s Television (finally!)
• 10-Jun-2016
  COMELEC rules, the Liberal Party, #mediacrisis
• 23-May-2016
  a shred of truth?
• 24-Apr-2016
  The urgency of the environment #Eleksyon2016 #EarthDay2016
• 23-Apr-2016
  Climate change and matuwid na daan #Eleksyon2016 #EarthDay2016
• 23-Apr-2016
  Environment, development, cities #Eleksyon2016 #EarthDay2016
• 22-Apr-2016
  Leading by example #Eleksyon2016
• 21-Apr-2016
  Divorce and freedom #Eleksyon2016
• 20-Apr-2016
  The Lumad and mining #Eleksyon2016
• 06-Apr-2016
  Tungkol sa kultural na paggawa
• 31-Mar-2016
  don’t believe those surveys #Eleksyon2016
• 29-Mar-2016
  Social / media bias #Eleksyon2016
• 15-Mar-2016
  #womensmonth2016: censoring our words, our bodies
• 13-Mar-2016
  #womensmonth2016: those darn shoes
• 17-Feb-2016
  Pacquiao self-destructs
• 31-Jan-2016
  Art Upstaged: The National Gallery Singapore opens
• 28-Jan-2016
  Ai Weiwei, beyond Western claims
• 25-Jan-2016
  Blaspheming against the bul-ol
• 04-Jan-2016
  Tita Baboo, 1948-2015
• 04-Jan-2016
  15 from 2015: kultura
• 04-Dec-2015
  december 3: count
• 29-Nov-2015
  Deserving Duterte
• 15-Nov-2015
  Of silence, Paris, the Lumad
• 05-Nov-2015
  Lumad, first
• 30-Oct-2015
  Meet the Lumad
• 06-Oct-2015
  Poe and Pinoy cinema #Eleksyon2016
• 20-Sep-2015
  letter from China 1
• 11-Sep-2015
  #StopLumadKillings
• 27-Aug-2015
  Women. Freedom. Rakenrol.*
• 27-Aug-2015
  The portrait of a columnist as plagiarist
• 17-Aug-2015
  The Mar Roxas site does an EDSA Uno #Eleksyon2016
• 14-Aug-2015
  The real state of the nation*
• 11-Aug-2015
  Identity crisis #Eleksyon2016
• 05-Aug-2015
  The burden of the unexplained #Eleksyon2016
• 30-Jul-2015
  Jim Paredes: The burgis as bastos
• 22-Jul-2015
  Parental guidance #OhNoGracePoe
• 18-Jul-2015
  Traffic!* #LiberalPartyGovt
• 16-Jul-2015
  Say Chiz #Eleksyon2016
• 28-Jun-2015
  Success: #BuhayMedia
• 22-Jun-2015
  Don’t make pakialam my hashtag!*
• 16-Jun-2015
  the F question #mystealthyfreedom
• 08-Jun-2015
  on Rai Cruz’s Urban Modifications
• 26-May-2015
  #Katakot2016: Duterte
• 14-May-2015
  Mary Jane #donotforget
• 07-May-2015
  third world tech conundrum: or where do old printers go to die?
• 05-May-2015
  beyond boxing
• 19-Apr-2015
  download NOW #HiMaamSir #IWBTSBNQTS
• 18-Apr-2015
  A case for creative critical engagement #OnLiteratureMonth
• 12-Apr-2015
  the voice of celebrity: love and alex gonzaga, life and bianca gonzalez*
• 09-Apr-2015
  yaya meals and the sushal indignation
• 06-Apr-2015
  Against divorce #WomensMonth2015*
• 04-Apr-2015
  Game over
• 21-Mar-2015
  competition* #WomensMonth2015 #IAmNotMyShoes
• 19-Mar-2015
  different women* #IAmNotMyShoes #WomensMonth2015
• 16-Mar-2015
  relationships and freedom* #WomensMonth2015 #IAmNotMyShoes
• 15-Mar-2015
  motherhood in a time of war* #SAF44 #WomensMonth2015 #IAmNotMyShoes
• 13-Mar-2015
  the decision to be alone* #IAmNotMyShoes #WomensMonth2015
• 13-Mar-2015
  the violence of choice* #WomensMonth2015 #IAmNotMyShoes
• 12-Mar-2015
  the violence of words* #WomensMonth2015 #IAmNotMyShoes
• 12-Mar-2015
  #IAmNotMyShoes Redux #WomensMonth2015
• 10-Feb-2015
  the President’s confidence level: the Mamasapano clash
• 29-Jan-2015
  the tale of the absent President: the Mamasapano clash (updated)
• 28-Jan-2015
  taking stock: Mamasapano clash
• 23-Jan-2015
  The end of the (art) affair*
• 16-Jan-2015
  #DearPopeFrancis*
• 04-Jan-2015
  Marian’s freedoms*
• 15-Dec-2014
  The human rights report card
• 01-Dec-2014
  review: on ICON the concert
• 26-Nov-2014
  the last of kolchor for 2014
• 08-Nov-2014
  Kuya Joseph, Brgy. Burayan, San Jose, Tacloban City
• 05-Nov-2014
  Balangiga, Eastern Samar
• 03-Nov-2014
  Quinapondan, Eastern Samar
• 01-Nov-2014
  Guiuan, Eastern Samar
• 16-Oct-2014
  Justice for Jennifer
• 13-Oct-2014
  Failing the figurative, a review of Bwaya
• 08-Oct-2014
  The National Historical Omission!
• 04-Oct-2014
  the Marcoses’ embarrassment of riches
• 10-Sep-2014
  Storytelling and Dani Girl
• 04-Sep-2014
  No Junk In This Trunk*
• 02-Sep-2014
  thank you!
• 14-Aug-2014
  CinemalayaX: the year of self-indulgent film and creative conceit
• 04-Aug-2014
  The Fluid re-write
• 21-Jul-2014
  Kleptomaniacs*
• 03-Jul-2014
  Downward spiral*
• 14-Jun-2014
  Freedom*
• 09-Jun-2014
  notes on Gawad Buhay, democratization, and the anxiety of smallness
• 05-Jun-2014
  #YesAllWomen
• 13-May-2014
  for Joelle: how are these days?
• 23-Apr-2014
  Lola Nita, 1923-2014.
• 06-Apr-2014
  rising to the occasion: on “Cock” and the text as king
• 01-Apr-2014
  Activism* (or what is wrong with the STFAP and STS)
• 01-Apr-2014
  Rage* (or what is wrong with the STFAP and STS)
• 30-Mar-2014
  12 Pinay celebrities to be thankful for
• 28-Mar-2014
  dear UP Manila,
• 13-Mar-2014
  slow and disjointed: on August Osage County
• 27-Feb-2014
  not everyone can make a rom-com: a realization from watching Starting Over Again
• 25-Feb-2014
  remember by reading: EDSA Revolution 1986
• 19-Feb-2014
  space for troubled youth: on Toilet The Musical
• 16-Feb-2014
  on friendship and sisterhood #beforeiforget*
• 08-Feb-2014
  the anxiety of rain: on Rak Of Aegis
• 04-Feb-2014
  Criticism: not (fun) in the Philippines*
• 28-Jan-2014
  some waiting required: on “Wait Until Dark”
• 27-Jan-2014
  Dolphy, national artist*
• 20-Jan-2014
  powerless
• 17-Jan-2014
  kim chews their heads off
• 14-Jan-2014
  in defense of Enteng Kabisote*
• 12-Jan-2014
  beyond 13: last hurrahs for Pinoy theater in 2013
• 10-Jan-2014
  about those bunkhouses #typhoonHaiyan #reliefPH
• 08-Jan-2014
  neither spectacle nor escape: a review of “Grease”
• 06-Jan-2014
  Pinoy social and online media 2013 (Part 3)
• 05-Jan-2014
  missing the point
• 04-Jan-2014
  Pinoy social and online media 2013 (Part 2)
• 03-Jan-2014
  Pinoy social and online media 2013 (Part 1)
• 02-Jan-2014
  13: Pinoy theater’s highs and lows in 2013 (part 2)
• 01-Jan-2014
  13: Pinoy theater’s highs and lows in 2013 (part 1)
• 12-Dec-2013
  (not) back to business
• 09-Dec-2013
  silence / absence
• 30-Nov-2013
  Credibility
• 20-Nov-2013
  si Andres Bonifacio
• 20-Nov-2013
  rage, still
• 17-Nov-2013
  nothing else matters
• 14-Nov-2013
  #YolandaPH #reliefPH
• 04-Nov-2013
  on “I used to be able to talk to myself. Now we just argue.”
• 31-Oct-2013
  PNoy and that legal card
• 26-Oct-2013
  people before buildings
• 15-Oct-2013
  miracles
• 14-Oct-2013
  the unedited “Closer” review
• 12-Oct-2013
  on “Der Kaufmann” … and on an editing fail
• 09-Oct-2013
  OTC: on the contrary (OTJ, Transit & the indie)
• 06-Oct-2013
  freeze
• 27-Sep-2013
  not a Santi Bose
• 26-Sep-2013
  distractions
• 24-Sep-2013
  on “Ang Kwento ni Mabuti”
• 23-Sep-2013
  faith
• 21-Sep-2013
  on “The Mind’s Eye”
• 10-Sep-2013
  dear Harvey Keh
• 03-Sep-2013
  in the midst of relief and rallies, i wrote about art
• 29-Aug-2013
  first #ScrapPork rally lessons
• 27-Aug-2013
  one post-#ScrapPork rally reflection
• 24-Aug-2013
  why should you go to the august 26 rally?
• 18-Aug-2013
  let us PLAN THIS MARCH!
• 10-Aug-2013
  No deception: “Babagwa” in 500
• 08-Aug-2013
  Give up that pork!
• 07-Aug-2013
  online journalism fail 3: the “i-was-first!” syndrome
• 06-Aug-2013
  Long-drawn & non-instant: “Instant Mommy” in 500
• 02-Aug-2013
  this happy nation*
• 01-Aug-2013
  The risk of “Katy”*
• 29-Jul-2013
  the calm in “Owel”
• 23-Jul-2013
  #SONA2013
• 17-Jul-2013
  dear Bistek,
• 14-Jul-2013
  The epic fail that is “Pramoedya”*
• 06-Jul-2013
  the Virgin Labfest 9 haul
• 29-Jun-2013
  WTF KWF! or what is wrong with Pilipinas?
• 25-Jun-2013
  online journalism fail 2: rappler’s churnalism!
• 20-Jun-2013
  online journalism fail 1: c’mon rappler
• 17-Jun-2013
  on words
• 06-Jun-2013
  on Charice
• 03-Jun-2013
  Vice Ganda’s false apology
• 24-May-2013
  hell is here
• 20-May-2013
  strike
• 18-May-2013
  post-election blues
• 15-May-2013
  partylist-fail
• 02-May-2013
  Why Teddy
• 29-Apr-2013
  #DearPH
• 26-Apr-2013
  Cheers to “The Graduate”!*
• 23-Apr-2013
  on Lola Nena*
• 21-Apr-2013
  so Kris pays her taxes
• 14-Apr-2013
  shameless
• 08-Apr-2013
  (mis)handling heritage
• 02-Apr-2013
  12 Pinay celebrities to be thankful for
• 21-Mar-2013
  Rage
• 20-Mar-2013
  explaining Kristel away
• 18-Mar-2013
  Frolic and fun in “No Way To Treat A Lady”*
• 18-Mar-2013
  black monday: mourn the StateU
• 14-Mar-2013
  Tourism and the poor Filipino face
• 10-Mar-2013
  on Robin and the Sultan
• 28-Feb-2013
  on Bam Aquino and social entrepreneurship
• 22-Feb-2013
  the 2013 kick-off
• 03-Feb-2013
  on Of Love and Other Lemons, v.1*
• 01-Feb-2013
  Where’d your glam rock go?
• 27-Jan-2013
  see you University of Baguio!
• 19-Jan-2013
  the media creatures in our midst
• 16-Jan-2013
  dear NBDB,
• 20-Dec-2012
  a letter to Secretary De Lima: justice, please.
• 28-Nov-2012
  on pinoy pride
• 27-Nov-2012
  #SpeakUp about the violence against the Pinay
• 22-Nov-2012
  on the working artist, on artistic labor
• 20-Nov-2012
  Salvatus for the Sovereign Asian Art Prize! :)
• 18-Nov-2012
  a quickie: prostitution ain’t witty
• 15-Nov-2012
  i have no specific expertise
• 07-Nov-2012
  you indie? we BLTX.
• 19-Oct-2012
  Mario O’Hara’s swan song
• 18-Oct-2012
  Desire and disappearance in “Stageshow”*
• 17-Oct-2012
  on kabastusan and Akbayan
• 04-Oct-2012
  wanted: cyber righteous indignation
• 02-Oct-2012
  Cybercrime ba ‘to ser? Rally: October 2 2012!
• 29-Sep-2012
  Enrile’s memoir, and defamation
• 28-Sep-2012
  historical significance? cultural capital!
• 27-Sep-2012
  #AnonymousPhilippines rocks my world
• 23-Sep-2012
  independence is a dangerous thing
• 21-Sep-2012
  no freedom
• 04-Sep-2012
  Cinemalaya 2012: youthful excess & indie on overdrive
• 01-Sep-2012
  Some wishin’ for original Pinoy music and musikero*
• 28-Aug-2012
  buddha blues you, baby!
• 28-Aug-2012
  Notes on OPM: Lea & Anne, and the curse of celebrity
• 28-Aug-2012
  Notes on OPM: Music by the tingi
• 28-Aug-2012
  Notes on OPM: Re-considering pop
• 28-Aug-2012
  Notes on OPM: the fact of celebrity
• 28-Aug-2012
  Notes on OPM: The reality talent sings
• 27-Aug-2012
  click for project stitch!
• 10-Aug-2012
  puso, hindi plastic
• 09-Aug-2012
  10 out 17 Cities in a State of Calamity
• 29-Jul-2012
  the emperor’s new what?
• 25-Jul-2012
  ang saklap maging Pilipino
• 17-Jul-2012
  this book Of Love and Other Lemons
• 14-Jul-2012
  Dolphy, national artist
• 27-Jun-2012
  cynthia and the narrative of leaving
• 12-Jun-2012
  independence, not just freedom
• 08-Jun-2012
  Bid Bad Bayo
• 29-May-2012
  convicted #cjtrial
• 24-May-2012
  today: indie books!
• 10-May-2012
  Claudine’s cojones
• 09-May-2012
  rage
• 05-May-2012
  so late but still valid: on “In The Heights”
• 04-May-2012
  beyond that house: compass & mt.cloud
• 23-Apr-2012
  burn baby burn: criticism, jargon, power
• 22-Apr-2012
  burn baby burn: the falsity of FB engagement
• 05-Apr-2012
  criticism, feudalism, freedom
• 30-Mar-2012
  rappler and the enterprise of spin
• 27-Mar-2012
  on #noynoying & Rocamora’s failed response
• 22-Mar-2012
  before the auction
• 20-Mar-2012
  read those contest rules, read them well (UPDATE)
• 17-Mar-2012
  on racism, in the meantime
• 15-Mar-2012
  i’m-an-artist stereotype in Bacolor’s “Leavings”
• 06-Mar-2012
  Dear Pinay,
• 03-Mar-2012
  BLTX TALX today!
• 01-Mar-2012
  Independent life is good for you.*
• 28-Feb-2012
  WTF FHM!
• 24-Feb-2012
  on Repertory Philippines’ “Leading Ladies”
• 22-Feb-2012
  on Lirio Salvador’s “Sandata”
• 19-Feb-2012
  february in fact, is national arts month
• 17-Feb-2012
  On New, Gaga, Enteng
• 15-Feb-2012
  poverty, human rights & PNoy’s devt plan
• 14-Feb-2012
  on Caringal’s “Status/Hiatus”
• 11-Feb-2012
  the death of us all
• 06-Feb-2012
  Malacanang’s miscommunications team strikes again!
• 02-Feb-2012
  criticism interrogates, questions, shatters
• 31-Jan-2012
  in the end, it is just about love
• 27-Jan-2012
  declared absences in nothing to declare
• 24-Jan-2012
  silence
• 20-Jan-2012
  love & clothes & western kawomenan
• 18-Jan-2012
  Picasso at The Met: sex to begin with
• 16-Jan-2012
  on ignorance and vampires: self-/auto-plagiarism
• 12-Jan-2012
  Tito Jorge
• 11-Jan-2012
  going to the dogs
• 09-Jan-2012
  the dangers of fun
• 05-Jan-2012
  Optimistic about the Pinoy indie: Graceland campaigns for pledges
• 04-Jan-2012
  yearenders and firestarters
• 03-Jan-2012
  grace in the land of Pinoy film
• 02-Jan-2012
  on (the) line: credibility, the academe, journalism
• 01-Jan-2012
  on self-help and the Pinay
• 30-Dec-2011
  on Asiong Salonga, from one of the few Tunay na Lalakes i love
• 26-Dec-2011
  on volunteerism, and the disaster of a government
• 26-Dec-2011
  the question of CareDivas*
• 22-Dec-2011
  #sendong relief drive!
• 21-Dec-2011
  take it personally
• 20-Dec-2011
  and just like that…
• 19-Dec-2011
  nasaan si PNoy? or where’s the party?
• 18-Dec-2011
  nasaan ang pag-asa?
• 15-Dec-2011
  in fairness to the president
• 12-Dec-2011
  the Marge and Jeremy show
• 11-Dec-2011
  for Dr. Margie Holmes, an apology
• 11-Dec-2011
  when pop pervades
• 07-Dec-2011
  why free Ericson Acosta
• 03-Dec-2011
  reputation, credibility, disclaimer
• 02-Dec-2011
  Dear Teddy Boy Locsin
• 02-Dec-2011
  because you still wrongly think that Cobonpue-Layug-Pineda were not given this project by govt
• 27-Nov-2011
  bad vibes for NAIA 1 rehab
• 24-Nov-2011
  on PNoy’s 1% of Hacienda Luisita
• 24-Nov-2011
  lives were lost
• 23-Nov-2011
  The (Un-)Worth of Words*
• 21-Nov-2011
  machismo according to Malacanang
• 18-Nov-2011
  Rodel Tapaya WINS!
• 16-Nov-2011
  on Manolo Sicat’s Matayataya
• 15-Nov-2011
  Notes on TEDx Diliman: ideas worth sharing? #4 & #5!
• 11-Nov-2011
  Aquilizan-loving!
• 10-Nov-2011
  notes on TEDx Diliman: ideas worth spreading? #3!
• 10-Nov-2011
  Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo & Jett Pangan FTW!
• 08-Nov-2011
  on “pseudo-history” & the end of discourse
• 07-Nov-2011
  notes on TEDx Diliman: ideas worth spreading? #2!
• 05-Nov-2011
  notes on TEDx Diliman: ideas worth spreading?
• 04-Nov-2011
  admitting to class differences, the dream of readers at home: Butch Dalisay and Phil writing
• 28-Oct-2011
  because literature IS serious business
• 25-Oct-2011
  on Digging In The Dirt, an exhibit
• 25-Oct-2011
  ingress
• 24-Oct-2011
  poverty ain’t a blessing
• 23-Oct-2011
  do something
• 23-Oct-2011
  considerations
• 17-Oct-2011
  on naming Ballet Philippines as the Phil Nat’l Ballet Company
• 17-Oct-2011
  celebrating the production of Peter Pan
• 16-Oct-2011
  composition
• 10-Oct-2011
  Kuya and OPM
• 09-Oct-2011
  exigencies
• 07-Oct-2011
  the writing responsibility
• 05-Oct-2011
  Luisa Mallari-Hall, teacher
• 04-Oct-2011
  Tinarantadong Asintado FTW!
• 02-Oct-2011
  give Ate Guy a break, or what’s wrong with that cig?
• 30-Sep-2011
  PAL, PALEA, PNoy
• 28-Sep-2011
  egress
• 14-Sep-2011
  careless banter: PNoy’s speech problem
• 11-Sep-2011
  coming up for air: notes on criticism 1
• 01-Sep-2011
  beyond the penis, do we care about Pinoy art?
• 24-Aug-2011
  on The Manila Hostage Massacre, a documentary
• 23-Aug-2011
  no apologies, no excuses: on The Manila Hostage Massacre*
• 17-Aug-2011
  the path for Revolutionary Routes
• 17-Aug-2011
  media & mideo
• 13-Aug-2011
  Kulo: before/after hysteria
• 09-Aug-2011
  boiling over: Kulo
• 03-Aug-2011
  the industry of offense, art as sacrificial lamb
• 01-Aug-2011
  Soxie Topacio FTW!
• 30-Jul-2011
  the brilliance of two left feet
• 28-Jul-2011
  the gay gaze & the men in briefs
• 27-Jul-2011
  death and comedy at the Virgin Labfest 7
• 20-Jul-2011
  Rizal as someone who lived
• 19-Jul-2011
  notes on OPM 1: celebrity versus talent
• 18-Jul-2011
  Chris Martinez, FTW!
• 11-Jul-2011
  two plays: Virgin Labfest 7
• 08-Jul-2011
  have cemetery, will thee wed
• 05-Jul-2011
  too much Torre 3: on 100 days to heaven
• 04-Jul-2011
  Jose Rizal: simple pero rock
• 03-Jul-2011
  too much Torre 2: on Sam’s twang
• 01-Jul-2011
  on class, the indie film divide, and what unity must mean
• 29-Jun-2011
  A script that took forever and a day
• 26-Jun-2011
  too much Torre 1: on Amaya
• 18-Jun-2011
  Walang K ang K-12
• 10-Jun-2011
  the gift of elsewhere*
• 10-Jun-2011
  Balut and pinoy pride in Reamillo exhibit
• 26-May-2011
  Lolo Ding
• 20-May-2011
  pacquiao, the pits
• 17-May-2011
  too much, in the name of love
• 12-May-2011
  Cebu, Still
• 06-May-2011
  notes of a TV junkie: the cultural elite & pop TV
• 26-Apr-2011
  urban culture as national discourse
• 24-Apr-2011
  popularizing the way
• 20-Apr-2011
  jesus as pepe smith as rakenrol
• 13-Apr-2011
  are we forgiving plagiarism?
• 11-Apr-2011
  plagiarism apology as can of worms
• 05-Apr-2011
  pinoy rap lives!
• 01-Apr-2011
  Kilig down pat in Catch Me I’m In Love
• 31-Mar-2011
  release Ericson Acosta, now!
• 28-Mar-2011
  why it won’t matter to Willie
• 22-Mar-2011
  on Mga Kuwentong EDSA
• 21-Mar-2011
  Revisiting EDSA ’86, failing the revolution
• 17-Mar-2011
  camera creative 1: notes on the 2011 Singapore Biennale
• 13-Mar-2011
  no, being hospitable ain’t cutting it anymore
• 03-Mar-2011
  dear Jim Paredes,
• 03-Mar-2011
  OPT: original Pinoy talent
• 18-Feb-2011
  unexpected romances
• 15-Feb-2011
  this saturday, art in the park!
• 13-Feb-2011
  dear Manila Contemporary,
• 12-Feb-2011
  entangled and powerful
• 09-Feb-2011
  plump and pretty and political correctness
• 08-Feb-2011
  art art art!
• 02-Feb-2011
  dear Dep Ed, on EFA and another additional year
• 19-Jan-2011
  the Boy of the arts: not even a patron
• 13-Jan-2011
  babae kase!
• 11-Jan-2011
  coming in 2011: The (presidential) Troubleshooter!
• 07-Jan-2011
  may nunal sa paa
• 03-Jan-2011
  2010’s top TV (and showbiz) distractions / destructions
• 15-Dec-2010
  pinky and press ethics
• 10-Dec-2010
  why free the morong 43?
• 25-Nov-2010
  the fight for the RH Bill: the failure of those who party
• 25-Nov-2010
  my body, my life: my stake in the RH Bill
• 24-Nov-2010
  what needs to be said about Manny Pacquiao
• 23-Nov-2010
  the street of my childhood
• 22-Nov-2010
  Layang Bilanggo frees us from the indie!
• 19-Nov-2010
  war and wonder in Tsardyer
• 17-Nov-2010
  the saddest of dreams in Ang Damgo ni Eleuteria
• 14-Nov-2010
  impotence in Astro Mayabang
• 11-Nov-2010
  redefining the Pinoy action movie: or in love with Ishmael
• 11-Nov-2010
  dreaming of Marian’s freedoms
• 08-Nov-2010
  the art of lightness by Arlene Sy
• 04-Nov-2010
  Lucio Tan wins again? (DOLE naman!)
• 28-Oct-2010
  wa’ epek si juana change, or why the RH Bill doesn’t need this
• 22-Oct-2010
  no money, no Muji
• 20-Oct-2010
  some heart for Hubert
• 18-Oct-2010
  a resigned Ressa, a resigned us
• 15-Oct-2010
  suddenly survivor
• 11-Oct-2010
  The Cube redefined
• 07-Oct-2010
  dear P-Noy, on Teachers Day 2010
• 06-Oct-2010
  the revolution cannot be staged
• 04-Oct-2010
  month three of P-Noy: notes of a pinay*
• 04-Oct-2010
  relevant RockEd culture: notes on contemporary Pinoy rakenrol
• 04-Oct-2010
  romance(s) in Catalina Africa’s “The Etymology of Disaster”
• 03-Oct-2010
  the travesty of the Pinoy Church 2: life and death in Quiapo
• 01-Oct-2010
  the travesty of the Pinoy Church 1
• 26-Sep-2010
  because i vote for:
• 24-Sep-2010
  would you marry Robin Padilla?
• 21-Sep-2010
  the Charice challenge is on!
• 20-Sep-2010
  Dep Ed needs to do its homework
• 20-Sep-2010
  Cherie Gil, world class
• 13-Sep-2010
  month two of P-Noy: notes of a pinay or the honeymoon is over*
• 11-Sep-2010
  hits and misses in ManilArt2010
• 07-Sep-2010
  fete dela musique, elsewhere
• 07-Sep-2010
  senior moments, notwithstanding
• 29-Aug-2010
  cheche lazaro retires
• 29-Aug-2010
  paris, without
• 25-Aug-2010
  saved by salvatus! notes on the ateneo art awards 2010
• 23-Aug-2010
  august 23 2010: hostage crisis
• 09-Aug-2010
  ruben de jesus and the simple life
• 03-Aug-2010
  objectifying the male? check!
• 01-Aug-2010
  one month of P-Noy: notes of a Pinay
• 30-Jul-2010
  si kuya at kanta
• 28-Jul-2010
  layers of power in imao’s open endings
• 21-Jul-2010
  check out charice’s cheeks, or it’s a vicky belo world, good lord, save us!
• 10-Jul-2010
  in process: travel with no man
• 01-Jul-2010
  Art For Our Times in Dekalogo 2010
• 01-Jun-2010
  Heroism and cliche in Looking for Juan 2010
• 14-May-2010
  anti-activism, anti-freedom of assembly: who survives?
• 09-May-2010
  SATUR IS THE ONE
• 08-May-2010
  para sa partylist!
• 05-May-2010
  when ‘i love you’ is enough
• 25-Apr-2010
  #33 and #37 on your ballots
• 21-Apr-2010
  Art thinks highly of itself in “The Death of Death”
• 21-Apr-2010
  20 days to go!
• 15-Apr-2010
  the sadness of here in Ypil’s highest hiding place
• 14-Apr-2010
  hypocrisy, plagiarism, and four (not just three) plagiarized speeches from MVP’s speechwriters
• 11-Apr-2010
  When Indie Fails
• 07-Apr-2010
  Why Sorry Ain’t Enough
• 06-Apr-2010
  on rhetoric and presidential platforms
• 03-Apr-2010
  Missing Popoy and Basha: or What Do You Take Me For? Crazy?
• 28-Mar-2010
  in defense of (art) criticism!
• 27-Mar-2010
  Boob slips in the age of technology, Or the victimization of Anne
• 27-Mar-2010
  Anong problema sa walang harapan?
• 20-Mar-2010
  Reconsidering Identity in the Aquilizan retrospective
• 18-Mar-2010
  Meat h(a)unts you in Bacolor exhibit
• 04-Mar-2010
  women’s month 2010: feminism on its head
• 01-Mar-2010
  kawayan takes a walk on the blindside
• 09-Feb-2010
  Lack of irony in Happily Unhappy
• 01-Feb-2010
  election primer of sorts
• 26-Jan-2010
  Lee Navas Olazo rock the new year!
• 16-Jan-2010
  dreaming of a president 2010
• 07-Jan-2010
  2009’s Notable Cultural chevers*
• 04-Jan-2010
  Ethnic-abstraction evolves in Ebarle’s hands
• 03-Jan-2010
  hello, i love you (goodbye!)
• 21-Dec-2009
  the good, the sad, the ugly —
• 15-Dec-2009
  happiness and melancholia
• 24-Nov-2009
  Art of Our Lives in Pacena’s Static Reverb
• 21-Nov-2009
  an ongoing saga: or why Edu has some explaining to do
• 15-Nov-2009
  art on fire!
• 15-Nov-2009
  brecht notwithstanding
• 07-Nov-2009
  kawayan de guia: no compromises
• 03-Nov-2009
  the eyes have it? patricia evangelista votes!
• 23-Oct-2009
  the young and the giddy
• 23-Oct-2009
  the artist as activist
• 30-Sep-2009
  let’s talk about those dams!
• 24-Sep-2009
  N.O.A.H. survives the flood
• 14-Sep-2009
  when art and music collide
• 09-Sep-2009
  gag her! or incredible kris redux
• 06-Sep-2009
  mourning alexis
• 27-Aug-2009
  Manila and the ghosts of directors past
• 26-Aug-2009
  The Truth and Raya Martin
• 19-Aug-2009
  a wonder
• 11-Aug-2009
  plagiarism and karen davila
• 03-Aug-2009
  cory and (lost) memory
• 26-Jul-2009
  seeing yellow
• 26-Jul-2009
  palparan, benigno, bencard: alin alin ang naiba?
• 21-Jul-2009
  big bad randy
• 19-Jul-2009
  tears for harry
• 19-Jul-2009
  the rich ba kamo?
• 09-Jun-2009
  on The Male Voice
• 07-Jun-2009
  what party(list)?
• 03-Jun-2009
  HR1109, ConAss, ChaCha, GMA Forever? WTF!
• 30-May-2009
  Agaton and Mindy: love in the time of indie
• 27-May-2009
  sex without love*
• 27-May-2009
  Finding Juan
• 22-May-2009
  Livin’ Rakenrol!
• 20-May-2009
  Ded Na Si Lolo Lives!
• 15-May-2009
  Rico Blanco Soars
• 06-May-2009
  Fuschia fades
• 13-Apr-2009
  Disparate Voices in Harmony
• 04-Apr-2009
  sugod mga kafatid!
• 20-Mar-2009
  in defense of Nicole
• 20-Mar-2009
  tungkol kay Nicole ni Joms Salvador
• 13-Mar-2009
  FrancisM! National Artist?
• 10-Mar-2009
  today: grieving for FrancisM
• 09-Mar-2009
  in mourning
• 06-Mar-2009
  memory and clemency
• 05-Mar-2009
  On losing the grit and grime*
• 02-Mar-2009
  the enterprise of the impossible
• 25-Feb-2009
  oh boy!!!
• 16-Feb-2009
  classism at its best: the “jologs” and the blogosphere
• 02-Feb-2009
  stimulus via SSS? utang na loob!
• 30-Jan-2009
  Shameless
• 26-Jan-2009
  KC as guilty pleasure*
• 26-Jan-2009
  on Sugarfree Live*
• 12-Nov-2008
  The Nostalgia of the Eheads
• 04-Oct-2008
  on the “fiction” of the “fil-am”
• 13-Sep-2008
  The Reality of the Disappeared
• 12-Aug-2008
  A Dose of Self-Conscious Pinoy Machismo
• 12-Aug-2008
  on the Filipinized Korean-novela
• 06-Aug-2008
  questioning the usual
• 01-Aug-2008
  post-SONA blues 2: what’s in a txt (message)?
• 30-Jul-2008
  post-SONA blues: LFS one point, Dep Ed zero
• 30-Jul-2008
  host creation in contemporary times: part 2
• 30-Jul-2008
  host creation in contemporary times: part 1
• 22-Jul-2008
  don’t forget the woman
• 16-Jul-2008
  romanticizing poverty and wowowee
• 14-Jul-2008
  kidnap: truth as tribute
• 14-Jul-2008
  ano kenyo?
• 13-Jul-2008
  the widow as kapamilya
• 13-Jul-2008
  the young and angsty is all you get
• 11-Jul-2008
  no money for books?
• 28-Jun-2008
  presidential torture
• 27-Jun-2008
  KC and skin whitening
• 27-Jun-2008
  dreaming of difference
• 20-Jun-2008
  of real women: ces and cheche, hazel, mary and juana, karen and sherlyn, erlinda and connie
• 19-Jun-2008
  the rich and their notion of nation
• 17-Jun-2008
  making bastos the flag
• 17-Jun-2008
  Where Songbird fails to fly
• 15-Jun-2008
  a joyride with Marcus Highway
• 15-Jun-2008
  when judy ann and meralco fail to mix
• 17-May-2008
  in defense of Ploning
• 09-May-2008
  kaya ng powers ko! — or the patience for meralco
• 07-May-2008
  pinoy rock ‘n’ roll: dead and alive
• 30-Apr-2008
  preying on the birds
• 18-Apr-2008
  we wish for some truths
• 18-Nov-2007
  why say sorry?
• 23-Aug-2007
  one last time: harry
• 09-Aug-2007
  hello partyline?
• 19-Jun-2007
  Chicks Rule!
• 02-Mar-2007
  On Lumbera’s Plenary
• 16-Oct-2006
  Confessing Selves: Notes on the road to realizing self-centered lives
• 15-Feb-2006
  Getting Away With It
• 04-Nov-2005
  Where Has All the Laughter Gone?
• 03-Sep-2005
  Finding Spaces
• 23-Feb-2005
  Killing Credibility on TV
• 20-Jun-2004
  Boycott!
• 12-Jan-2004
  INCREDIBLE KRIS
• 11-Jan-2004
  Afraid of ABS-CBN
• 21-Mar-2002
  Where’s the Bitch? – A Review of Chinie Hidalgo’s Bitchy Poetry
• 18-Feb-2002
  Lording it Over
• 04-Feb-2002
  This Pinoy Harry Experience