#kawomenan

[radikalchick]

Care. Been thinking more and more about this as we hit a year under versions of lockdown and quarantine, given how things are so so much worse, and how headspace now has to accommodate so much more given 2022. I tell my squad: I think we’re all a little crazy at this point, and I feel it in many ways that I cannot put into words (yet), as I do think it’s my way of making sense of a year on lockdown, in the country with one of the worst pandemic responses, as I have been brought to the point of wondering if the care work we do in @pagasa.ph has been as much about keeping sane as it has been about extending compassion and kindness on a year when a majority got none. ✊🏽🇵🇭❤️🍋 @everythingsfineph is hosting this Q&A of women questions for #womensmonth2021! Do send any question at all. I promise to answer all of ‘em, no matter how difficult. 🍋❤️🍋❤️🍋❤️ Posted @withregram • @everythingsfineph When we’re a year into a pandemic, and there are absolutely no signs of things getting better, there is no reason to frown upon self-care. But can it be a feminist gesture? ❤️✊🏽🇵🇭🍋 Keep your questions coming! #kawomenan #feminism #feminist #feminismo #loveandlemons #loveandlemonseveryday #ofloveandotherlemons #essays #booksph #books #readindie #readindieph https://www.instagram.com/p/CMW8seRhXjR/?igshid=o7k5xap6uhka

[radikalchick]

Ask. Because as I said in the @shetalksasia interview, I am the persom who will always ask: what do YOU think? does this make sense? And that’s a good thing, to always ask questions, before moving forward. Am doing this with @everythingsfineph for #WomensMonth2021, probably the most critical time for women given the 2022 elections. 15 months to go. 🇵🇭❤️🍋✊🏽#kawomenan #feminism #womanhood #beingbabae #babae https://www.instagram.com/p/CL5rN6jhHKI/?igshid=mm68ks5bd893

[aninafish]

VDay Roundup: Day 1

Because it is always worth doing, I’ll be posting my favorite love poems until Valentine’s Day. Here’s the first one:

Pagbati sa Pagsinta

Joi Barrios

Nakatindig akong babatiin ang pagsinta. Hindi nakahimlay at nahihimbing na kailangang gisingin ng halik, hindi nakaupo’t naghihintay na para bang ang kanyang pagdating ang kabuuan ng buhay, hindi nakatingkayad o lumilipad na nakikipaglaro sa hangin at pangarap. Nakatayo ako’t sumasayad ang paa sa lupa, pagkat lagi’t lagi, nakayapak ako kung umibig.

(emphasis is mine)

For a schoolgirl who grew up with fairy tales, really waiting to to be the princess and not the ogre—this poem has and will always be a revelation. It is nice to be swept off your feet, the head rush of losing control and falling headlong into a love so new, but I find that the loves that have lasted around me are quiet and constant and grounded.

What I find most beautiful really is that, the last line is not only about having your feet planted firmly on the ground. But about them being bare, skin against the soil. So vulnerable, so unafraid, so connected.

I’ll add more things (maybe, a piece of art or a piece of music) as we progress. But today, Joi Barrios and her voice is more than enough.

If you’d like to contribute a favorite love poem or a song or an artwork, please send me a private message on FB or Twitter, so that it can be included.

[radikalchick]

Saturday! Hope your weekend’s spent with a lot of hilata time wherever you are.💋💃🏽 #Repost @tiendetitas with @get_repost ・・・ And what are weekends like for you? This beauty’s for sale at P450 inclusive of shipping and an #AlpabetoNgPagkababae zine. Order form’s in the bio. #handmade #embroidery #embroideryart #women #bodies #realbodies #letsbemakers #letsbemakersph #crafts #TitaProjects #kawomenan #ListenToYourTita #weekends

[radikalchick]

Stillness. Passed by this exhibit again on my way to lunch with Bebang. Still eerie. Still so so good. #MarionneContreras at the @culturalctrph #visualarts #art #installation #kawomenan

[radikalchick]

Babae. Did reach Letter B. Should do more for Lit Month, yes? So many letters in the alphabet. #AlpabetoNgPagkababae #womensmonth2018 #zines #zinePH #zinefest #essays #kawomenan

[radikalchick]

Make. I realize the thing I like about making zines is that I can make them by myself — no imprenta, no other people, no men (who usually handle the imprenta) involved. Of course it takes longer to make because you write the essay, you design the zine, you layout, you print, you fold, you staple, and of course I usually ever make them when there are events I want to participate in, so often what I plan as a series is stuck on one issue. BUT. This #kawomenan alphabet is in collaboration with @aninafish (we pick the words, much of the essays are borne of conversations we’ve had), and she does the embroidery (swipe left), and it would seem so incomplete to stop at A, yes? Come through #CCP for the #GGSS women’s zine, book, stuff fest! Happening today from 9am to 6pm at the Silangan Hall. #zine #make #makezines #zines #zinefest #essays #womens #womensmonth2018 #AlpabetoNgPagkababae

[radikalchick]

Words. This, my daily reminder that words are important, that we women hurt each other with words all the time. Off the book (swipe left) with probably the dirtiest cover ever. My goal this year is to print more of the second edition, which had all these men in it because women hold up half the sky, but that would make it only half lifted. 💋✊🏽🇵🇭 #OfLoveAndOtherLemons #books #booksPH #makebooks #bookmaking101 #lovelemons #kawomenan #womensday #internationalwomensday #womensmonth