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I’m sensitive about the whole Filipina cybertyping already. There is a web link below to an online petition to BBC because of the comedy, Harry and Paul, that airs this clip about a Filipina housemaid in Britain:

Recap: The main character is shouting at the character of the Filipina housemaid, already twisting and wriggling, to dance more and [...]

Imperialists would create division among their colonized and conquered peoples.
Here in America, with the elections coming up I feel the division between cultures, classes and parties getting wider and wider. It’s heart wrenching and sickening.
I’ve been reading a few things and I wanted to share them. Dare allow yourself to be challenged?

First, I couldn’t believe [...]

It’s hard to remember or believe, but there was a time that Philippine or American women couldn’t vote at all. There was also a time in America that when women went to the polls that they were harassed and threatened so that they’d be discouraged from exercising their right as citizens.
Today, most of us women [...]

the joke is on the American people. our government sits back and watches as oil companies continue to make increased profits even while citizens are paying more than ever per gallon. militarism, imperialism and oligarchies. mean anything to you? if it doesn’t see if you can push the grey haze of brainwashing aside and become [...]

Are you Ashamed to be a Filipina? You’ve been disempowered then. So take back your power, already!

I am glad to know that there are many, many Filipinos who are proud of being who they are. There is a little thrill within me when I see this in the Mother Land (Inang Bayan) and abroad. Filipino [...]

I was reading and found these words by Maya Angelou on what it took to being a writer: “Something to say, the ability to express it, and finally, the courage to express it all.” And by Sue Monk Kidd on becoming an empowered woman: “A soul of one’s own, the ability or means to voice [...]

Book Review of The Forbidden Book: The Philippine-American War in Political Cartoons by Abe Ignacio, Enrique de la Cruz, Jorge Emmanuel, Helen Toribio. T’Boli Publishing and Distribution.
An astounding collection of political cartoons at the turn of the 20th century that will open one’s eyes to U.S. imperialist ambition as told through the colonization of the [...]

Imagine this. It’s 1996 and The Web is a new experience to explore. It’s exciting and fun… You’ve been using the web to shop for cars and find good prices… You’ve been chatting with friends from around the world… You’ve been reading, writing and posting stuff online about things that interest you… You’ve discovered yahoo.com, [...]

Since 2006, Filipina Images took up the baton and has been hard at work creating a balanced image for the filipina on the internet. They worked with  Wikipilipinas.org to launch a Filipina Stories contest that could generate great material on the topic of filipina image online or filipinas today. In celebration of Women’s Month in March 2008, [...]

cybertyping. a process by which the internet creates a racialized stereotype, false image or cybermyth through search engine results, web advertising and existing web sites on that race or ethnicity. 

filipina cybertyping is articulated when one does a search on “filipina” through search engines such as a google and yahoo and those results show mostly [...]