Women, Culture & Society: ‘Spoken Word/Short Story’

Women, Culture & Society: ‘Spoken Word/Short Story’

“The Beauty” by Marnie Pili “When I was a young girl, I grew up with an earthly childhood. In my eyes, the grass was greener. The sun was brighter. My surroundings were greater. Everything was bigger. The beauty was surreal. A careless childhood that was filled with arts and crafts that encouraged you to go beyond your creativity. To dream big and to never let yourself be discouraged. Growing older, my inspiration slowly drifted away and I became needier to the things of this world. To have ‘this’, and to have ‘that’, and to ‘want’ every ‘thing’ that came into…

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Women, Culture & Society: The Video

Women, Culture & Society: The Video

“So at least, take a moment, to put the phone down, and admire the beauty again that’s right in front of you.”   Context This video was shot from my holiday on the cruise ‘Harmony of The Seas’, last August 2016. I travelled with my family, and other family friends around Europe to Spain, France and Italy.     What? Most of the shots used in this video had featured a phone, or a camera and throughout were polaroid pictures of the pictures that were actually taken at the time. The whole video was in the perspective of how I…

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Bes! What IS a ‘dalagang Pilipina’ or a ‘typical Filipina woman’ these days?!

Bes! What IS a ‘dalagang Pilipina’ or a ‘typical Filipina woman’ these days?!

‘Typical Filipina Woman’ Representation To all my fellow Filipinos out there, what does ‘dalagang Pilipina’ mean or a ‘Typical Filipina woman’?   “The traditional dalagang Pilipina (Filipina maiden) is shy and secretive about her real feelings for a suitor and denies it even though she is really in love with the man.”   I had also asked on my social media to provide me with a definition and this is what I got:   Although, as the term derives from tradition and Philippine culture, social media has made an impact yet again, on today’s society. So whilst ‘dalagang Pilipinas’ are…

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Just another pretty ‘#Basic’ blog…

Just another pretty ‘#Basic’ blog…

What is this year’s #BasicStarterPack?! *Warning! Offensive language may occur* In this generation, everyone is involved with what goes on in the media as the majority of our resources are all technological. All we do is soak in the content that we see online and accept it just as it is, which means that most people that are involved in the internet world have all become robots. Looking the same. Acting the same (by trying to be different without realising that everyone strives for that same goal in life). Having the same interests. All of which best describes what ‘basic’…

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Its that Time Of the Month again: #TAMPONGIRL

Its that Time Of the Month again: #TAMPONGIRL

Remember #TamponGirl?! Before I begin, a bloody disclaimer… WARNING: EXPLICIT CONTENT MAY VARY Here’s the link to the full video: Girl sucking her own tampon! But why do such a thing, though?! What were her intentions? Is it an American thing maybe? Or is she going through a societal crisis where she is trying to impress her peers? Many questions go through my head yet again. Here I’ll go with my assumptions that by the majority of the responses I am aware of, most people are saying that this is purely for attention seeking purposes. Why do girls feel the need…

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