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What is the difference that I see between websites about Filipinas and websites for and by Filipinas? 
I have friends and made friends with those who have published and/or used both types of sites above. So this is a matter-of-fact examination with no judgment and I invite you readers to comment.
Websites about Filipinas  
These days, and [...]

Traditions and groups of support are all in the eyes of the beholder. Do you see with the ego and thoughts of rank, privilege and power? Or do you see with love and the joys of life?
For many years, during mealtimes or family get-togethers, my husband would witness my mom remind me to make a [...]

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 [...]

This came from my pinoy friends (from way back in High School), Bob and Peter, who I reconnected with through Facebook. nice how they’re guys and aware.
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Please read the online petition to pass the Reproductive Health Bill and “sign” it if you agree that the RP gov’t must provide for the needs of Filipino women [...]

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 [...]

Driven: Shai Agassi’s Audacious Plan to Put Electric Cars on the Road

A few years ago, my husband asked me what I wanted for my birthday and I told him I wanted an electric car, solar panels, battery-backup and a rain water reservoir!! As we live in suburb with a homeowners association, we can’t get [...]

Synopsis:
CALL+RESPONSE is a first of its kind feature documentary film that reveals the world’s 27 million dirtiest secrets: there are more slaves today than ever before in human history. CALL+RESPONSE goes deep undercover where slavery is thriving from the child brothels of Cambodia to the slave brick kilns of rural India to reveal that in [...]

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 [...]