In here, I will discuss what vaccine nationalism is, why it defeats the purpose of vaccines, and how it eventually kills what it supposedly saves. The chaos theory tells us that even a minuscule event can spur an enormous change halfway across the world. This delineates the trajectory of our…

I was once told about a really stupid but fun thing to do whenever I feel like a mass of fog is building up right inside my head. For the lack of term, we’ll call it brain vomit. Brain vomit works pretty easy. You only need: a pen/paper or, in…

The signs and symptoms of mental health issues can manifest in various ways — most times, they do not even seem visible at all. It is hard to resolve problems you did not even know other people have. This is why we must be very careful in talking about issues…

Short Summary: Set in 2081, Harrison Bergeron is a dystopic landscape of a despotic American government characterized by extreme egalitarianism. Laws were passed and enforced (through handicaps and other physical impediments) to achieve equality — be it in terms of intellectual capacity, beauty, strength, etc. Harrison Bergeron was imprisoned for being subversive…

There’s me. Then there’s my intrinsic human need for interaction (and yes okay, validation). Then there’s social media. Then there’s me again, on my phone, constantly, no I’m not kidding, as in on an hourly basis, an almost unhealthy amount of staring at the screen kind of constant, obsessively, too much, way too much, too big, as big as the evergreen cargo that blocked the Suez Canal, all the time, round the clock exiting one platform for another then coming back then…,

“… a fundamental requirement for the revitalization of democracy is the long overdue abolition of prison system.” Angela Davis, Are Prisons Obsolete? The roots of restorative justice can be traced back in the efforts to address injurious acts by encouraging meaningful conflict-resolution between victims and offenders. It rests on the…

Marahil maraming sasang-ayon sa kaisipang malaki at malalim ang kinahaharap na suliranin ng mga Pilipino sa kasalukuyang sistemang pampamahalaan. Ngayon, kinakasangkapan ito ng mga makapangyarihan, talamak ang panggigipit sa mga ordinaryong mamamayan, at hindi sapat ang mga mga polisiya, programang pambansa, at pamamaraan ng pamamalakad. Kailan nga ba tayo dumating…

11 years after its publication, this book stands the test of time and remains very much relevant to this day. Capitalist realism, Fisher writes, stems from Zizek and Jameson’s belief that it’s easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism. The world is now brimming…

The pandemic has brought the whole world into a spiraling slump. Needless to say, our country has long suffered and continues to suffer from debilitating challenges even before the pandemic. Without turning a blind eye on the victims, economic repercussions, and sociopolitical implications of COVID19, this massive global predicament can…