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I read this article Rabbi unveils a secret of God BY GARY STERN THE JOURNAL NEWS • JULY 21, 2008
Briefly, I am fascinated by Rabbi Mark Sameth’s long, scholarly, exploration that the Tetragrammaton, the four-letter, unpronounceable name of God handed down by the ancient Israelites represents both He and She. 
I posted a response to that article at the website and was moved [...]

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 [...]

 
Copy was initially for the ad going in a local fil-am newspaper to invite people to our booth at the New York City Philippine Independence Day Celebration. This was a time when I began to find the words to articulate my experience and exploration of www.newfilipina.com, what it meant to be a filipina in the [...]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
created in 1998 for the launch of
the original newfilipina.com community site.
evokes for me the fallen chains
of biased concepts that limited the filipina.
the chains have fallen.
she is transformed.
a new person. a new filipina.

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 [...]

in 1998, tish wrote for the site:

written long ago, more meaningful and powerful now

oh, my love, 
true Self knows
no such lover
as misery 
through time
through pain
you find your Self
you come
back to you
you are new
and fresh
and so with me
far away
from the ruins
we rebuild
 

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, [...]

Filipino Women’s Network or FWN has come up with the Shape the Filipina Image Campaign
A recent Google search of “Filipina” yielded 3,770,000 results, a high majority were links to Filipina dating sites, matchmaking, “bar” and “sexy” girls and personal ads.  These sites have defined Filipina women in the U.S.  Perpetuation of this “popular image” is [...]