FILIPINA GAL hails from Mindanao Philippines, but is currently in the US studying at Bryn Mawr. She gives you her take on life, love and relationships.
While I was a student nurse, I distinctly remember conducting an interview with a woman in her mid-thirties who was unemployed and was married to a tricycle driver. They had …
“Once a woman has seen a man’s dick, he has to marry her because either she or her male relatives will beat the man up,” says my program’s in- ...
If he wanted the most awkward post first date conversation topic, this would’ve been it. Backtrack to when I arrived in France. I couldn’t wa ...
Already a few minutes late, I rush into the classroom, plunk myself down on my assigned seat, breathe deeply a few times, turn to face my partner. And ...
I realized recently that I myself might be under the control of traditional values – of cultural norms that don’t help me to understand my body and my sexuality. Check ...
Last year, I talked about how during Valentine’s day, the Philippine Department of Health (DOH) gave away free condoms with roses as a way to advance the family planning program ...
Over the summer, I decided to lose my virginity. …okay, perhaps not really ‘lose’ but more like… be on the path to. I was tired of living vicariously through my ...
Tap. Tap. Tap Nails drumming on hard plastic. Pens scratching away on pristine white notebooks. Bright afternoon sunshine filtering in through the windows, generating dust bunnies and lazy, half-attention on ...
