The Philippines has become so used to absence that we sometimes forget how strange our family arrangements can look from…
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Death leaves behind a room nobody quite knows how to enter. People can sit with you, feed you, distract you,…
When the Maguindanao massacre happened in 2009, I remember making a conscious effort not to watch any footage from it.…
Some names outgrow the stories they came from. In the Philippines, say “Sisa” and people immediately understand what you mean.…
Several years ago, someone whom I was then seeing asked me a seemingly simple question: In a relationship, would you…
A father returns after a death in the family and behaves as if presence alone should count as reconciliation. That’s…
The first time I saw “The Voice of Hind Rajab” it broke my heart. I found myself having to rewatch…
“A Place of Absence” opens with a voice that feels both steady and wounded. A woman reflects on having lived…
In the lobby of the hospital where her father is receiving treatment, 11-year-old Fuki Okita (Yui Suzuki) pauses in front…
It’s telling that for most Filipinos—especially the younger generation—Manuel Luis Quezon exists not as a person but as currency. His…