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Feminists from all generations need to get along, these girlbosses explain why
Header photos via Dr. Pinky Valdez, Susan Quimpo, Karen Ferry-Fernandez, and Alexandra Ramos-Padilla Whenever women gather to tell their stories, it’s a revolutionary act. Especially when these women...
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The Gigs Are Alright: the new prods keeping the local indie music scene alive
Photos by Karen De La Fuente It’s tempting to say that the gig culture is dying. Venues have changed (no smoking inside Route?!); fave music prods are on a seemingly permanent hiatus (huhu, Salad...
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Girls just wanna have sun: an ode to all summer bodies
The myth of the “bikini body” hangs heavy in the air. Like humidity in the summer, it’s invisible, oppressive, and makes you want to stay inside. It becomes hard for us to enjoy the beach and to let...
View ArticleLove is not a warm, fuzzy feeling
Header by Ina Jacobe “Love is not a warm, fuzzy, feeling!” my Philosophy professor said, in a voice that was gleeful, incredulous, a bit disgusted, and weary. “Fee-LING!” Hear how he emphasized the...
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gavel&block gives auctions a millennial update
Auctions are weird. I mean, the idea’s about as antiquated as the lots they’re bidding off. Old, moneyed people doing eyeball ping-pong with paddle boards. The referee is a man on a podium with a...
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The relevance of ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ and the wars we’re fighting now
Spoiler level: mild A ragtag group of kids, some with special powers, one especially powerful, try to fight the forces of evil. Sounds like I could have described any other plot of any other film, or...
View ArticleSaved You A Google: Tito Sotto is Senate President, CJ Sereno’s been ousted,...
You are not alone. The past two weeks have been a whirlwind of bad news after another, like sitting beside the farty kid in class with the room closing in on you. Young STAR’s fact-finding commission...
View Article5 ways Tito Sotto is not your typical senator
Just this week Tito Sotto, Senate President, threatened a national broadsheet with a lawsuit if they don’t take down three articles which implicate him in the rape (or murder?) of Pepsi Paloma. Such...
View ArticleBooba ATBP: What to expect in a Joyce Bernal-directed SONA
Joyce Bernal is directing the State Of the Nation Address (SONA) happening Monday, July 23. Her predecessor, Cannes Best Director winner Brillante Mendoza, showed us extreme close-ups, tilted angles,...
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Thai actor Nonkul’s rise to stardom is no fluke
Photos by JV Rabano Who the hell is Chanon Santinatornkul? The 24-year-old Thai star is foreign to most, except to the hundreds screaming in SM North Edsa SkyDome. I am at his fan meet, it is Nov....
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