Part of We Are The Ones’s series of shoots for Arm The Girls, a mutual aid initiative building power and safety with BIPOC queer and trans femmes + a conversation with Guerrilla Davis and Pearl Teese on their experiences as Afro-Filipinos navigating anti-Blackness, gender- and sex-based hate in our communities

how bad girl narratives both free and foil pinays

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

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

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

"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."

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

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

On making new year’s resolutions while having depression

Reflections on motherhood and Filipina identity in the diaspora

On being Filipino and American in honor of FAHM

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

Reflections on a Philippine Folk and Herbal Medicine Workshop with Angela Angel and on decolonizing the body through Plant Medicine

Reflections on Sisterhood in Celebration of Womxn's History Month

"It's in our blood to adorn ourselves with tattoos and embroidery, beads and gold."

"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?"

"Sometimes our happiness and sadness are linked so closely, they are the same thing. Two different sides of the same coin."