Each of us has his own way of emerging from the underworld, mine is by writing. That's why the only way I can keep going, if at all, is by writing, not through rest and sleep. I am far more likely to achieve peace of mind through writing than the capacity to write through peace.
you got to forgive yourself for hurting. you got to remember that your heart is not a clenched fist your heart is not a bruised face your heart is a mango full to bursting with sunlight oh sticky heart, smooth substance, there is joy in your aching, refuse to surrender the memory of your flavour. delicious heart, refuse to forget. boy, you got to love the girl in the boy in the girl in the boy in you in you in you.
excerpt from girlboy, you femme femme fabulous | A Place Called No Home by Kai Cheng Thom
filipino indie films i've binged so far this year...
(that i think y'all should watch too)
BILLIE AND EMMA dir. Samantha Lee (2018)
this one is gay. so, to all my filipino sappic mutuals, you guys should watch this.
ULAN dir. Irene Villamor (2019)
I URGE U TO WATCH THIS FILM. this isn't ur typical filipino romance film. it is so good! i wish we had more films like this.
BAR BOYS dir. Kip Oebenda (2017)
this is one of those feel-good films, that one should watch when they miss their friends.
PATAY NA SI HESUS dir. Victor Villanueva (2016)
hands-down one of the best movies i've seen. i swear to god this was so good. its got trans representation, dark humor, great cinematography, seriously what more can u ask for?
WATCH. IT. NOW.
ANG SAYAW NG DALAWANG KALIWANG PAA dir. Alvin Yapan (2011)
I MEAN LOOK AT HOW GAY THAT PIC IS, NEED I SAY MORE? if u're a gay poet this film is for u.
SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION FROM LILIA CUNTAPAY dir. Antoinette Jadoane (2011)
this is Jadaone's first film. a mockumentary about the most famous horror bit player in all of philippine cinema, lilia cuntapay. this film made me feel a lot of feels.
ANG HULING CHA-CHA NI ANITA dir. Sigrid Andrea Bernardo (2013)
i think every queer kid should watch this film and every queer parent should too. i love this film with my whole heart.
MA ROSA dir. Brillante Mendoza (2016)
because this wouldn't be complete without this a brillante mendoza film. I THINK EVERY FILIPINO SHOULD WATCH THIS. such a damn good film.
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welp. that's it for now. i just really think that more people should watch indie films and see that filipinos are more than capable of writing damn good films, instead of the mainstream movies y'all watch that are just cringey and too generic at times. anyway, there'll prolly be a part 2 to this because there's a shit ton of films i wanna share. but watch these for now. oh oh oh! and feel free to flood my asks about films, i would absolutely love you forever if u sent me an ask!
i was made far away / & born here / after all the plants died / after the earth was covered in white / i was born among the stars / i was born in a basement / i was born miles beneath the ocean / i am part machine / part starfish / part citrus / part girl / part poltergeist
Not only did he hardly speak, but Pran’s footsteps were also soundless, and so mute was his presence that Chareeya thought of hanging a cat’s bell around his neck to signal his approach so they wouldn’t have to endure mutual shocks when he appeared suddenly behind her. But, in actuality, Chareeya always knew when Pran was within a ten-metre radius; in the same way that laundry hung on a line to dry outside retains that halo of balmy sunlight, she could sense an ethereal, tender aura, invisible but perceptible, almost like a fragrance pasteurised in the air.
The Blind Earthworm in the Labyrinth by Veeraporn Nitiprapha, translated by Kong Rithdee
It was surprising that strangers could see her but the inhabitants of the house couldn’t, both when she was dead but also when she was still alive; transparent, intangible, unaware of the eyes peering at her from the wall as she moved slowly behind Father, through the labyrinth of the furniture in the house that had been conquered by silence.
The Blind Earthworm in the Labyrinth by Veeraporn Nitiprapha, translated from Thai by Kong Rithdee
Forgetfulness is a wonderful defence mechanism. Humankind would have long become extinct were it not for our ability to forget: to forget how pathetic and contemptible we are to have been born alone and naked on this cruel earth, born without claws, tusks, or strength. We would have been long gone had it not been for our ability to disremember, to banish from our hearts the fact that to simply exist is agony and tribulation in itself, to erase from our heads who we are, what we’ve had to feel happy or sad about, or that we ever had anything to remember.
The Blind Earthworm in the Labyrinth by Veeraporn Nitiprapha, translated from Thai by Kong Rithdee
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