Voices — Articles — Hella Pinay

how bad girl narratives both free and foil pinays

Voiceskali diwaFebruary 25, 2021asianamerican, Roots + Identity, identity, filipinoidentity, filipinx, naturalhair, curlyhair, Identity, feb2021, selflove, filipinas with curly hair, bastos, queerness, kalidiwa, popular

Filipinas With Curly Hair (& Other Phrases I've Googled)

On learning to love my natural hair texture through unlearning colonial mentality

VoicesMaxine DimalantaFebruary 16, 2021asianamerican, Roots + Identity, identity, filipinoidentity, filipinx, naturalhair, curlyhair, Identity, feb2021, selflove, filipinas with curly hair, popular

Curves In My Eyes and Sides

Growing up Pinay, self-love and acceptance are ever growing and transforming

VoicesIsidora TorresJanuary 17, 2019identity, Roots + Identity, representation, filipinoidentity, january19, selflove, beauty, voices, Identity

Smashing Hollywood’s Stereotypes

On being “Filipino enough,” reclaiming our narratives, and the importance of representation in film

VoicesGuest ContributorOctober 6, 2018identity, october, Roots + Identity, hollywood, representation, fahm, hapa, filipinoidentity, voices, Identity

Undocumented & Filipinx: Kat's Story

"When you come out as gay, you risk being rejected by your family and friends; when you come out as undocumented, you risk being rejected by an entire country."

Voices, PoliticsMelissa PandikaJune 27, 2018melissapandika, undocumented, daca, dreamact, dreamers, undocumedia, mkfabila, immigrant, Roots + Identity, identity, feature, voices, Identity, culture, queerness, filipinoidentity, filipinx

In The In Between: Women's History Month + Being Non-Binary

Thoughts on being an enby & WHM

VoicesAC DumlaoApril 6, 2018acdumlao, identity, qtpoc, Roots + Identity, depression, mentalhealth, womenshistorymonth, nonbinary, thegoodplace, internationalwomensday, intersectionality, april, gender, queerness

In The In Between: Selfies + Myself

On how a selfie can be more than "just a selfie"

VoicesAC DumlaoFebruary 28, 2018acdumlao, identity, qtpoc, Roots + Identity, depression, mentalhealth, february, Identity, filipinx

fo(u)r generations

Reflections on four generations of womxn reclaiming archetypes found in Philippine literature

VoicesJazlynn PastorJanuary 16, 2018jazlynnpastor, chineseexclusionact, fahm, filipinoamericanhistorymonth, asianamericanhistory, asianamerican, Roots + Identity, january, essay, Identity, filipinoidentity

In The In Between: Depression + A New Year

On making new year’s resolutions while having depression

VoicesAC DumlaoJanuary 9, 2018acdumlao, identity, qtpoc, Roots + Identity, depression, mentalhealth, january, Identity, filipinx, queerness, gender

I Got It From My Mama

Reflections on motherhood and Filipina identity in the diaspora

VoicesGuest ContributorNovember 14, 2017ronatecson, Roots + Identity, november, identity, Identity

In The In Between: Filipino + American

On being Filipino and American in honor of FAHM

VoicesAC DumlaoOctober 31, 2017acdumlao, fahm, filipinoamericanhistorymonth, identity, qtpoc, Roots + Identity, ac, Identity

Confronting Appropriation and the Struggle to Re-member Self

Real talk on the process of re-membering of self and navigating representation of ancestry with the spirit of Kapwa

VoicesJana Lynne "JL" UmipigMay 7, 2017cfbs, babaylan, centerforbabaylanstudies, culturalappropriation, appropriation, jlumipig, Roots + Identity, identity, Identity, culture

Sisterhood is Sacred

Reflections on Sisterhood in Celebration of Womxn's History Month

VoicesJana Lynne "JL" UmipigMarch 31, 2017womxnshistorymonth, sisterhood, women, indigenous, babaylan, center for babaylan studies, feminism, jlumipig, Roots + Identity, essay, identity, Identity

Finding Home: Remembering Indigeneity

"Where is home when you are a settler on stolen land of the “Americas”? Where is home when your people have been divided: indigenous vs. forced to forget?"