Flipping The Narrative

<p>Hospitals, airports, cruise ships ... Filipinos are EVERYWHERE. So why are we nowhere? Or why has it taken this long for us to appear, as us, as Filipinos on TV shows and in movies? We chat with two industry experts...

<p>Girl can’t help it, she needs to tell stories. Ramona Diaz, the award-winning documentary filmmaker, has brought to the screen some of the most disturbing, heart-rending, inspiring and ultimately illuminating tales...

<p>We took a break. It was unplanned. Like many Filipinos, we needed a moment. The last elections were ... something. There are certain things — like the party line, hours of zero electricity, mullets, "salvaging" (the...

<p>Children in the Philippines are often raised to be obedient and respectful; independence of thought and purpose is unfortunately not as vigorously encouraged. But times they are a-changing. As a demographic, Gen Zs...

<p>The noontime variety show is a staple of Philippine mass culture. A celebration of the kitsch and the banal, it is often a formulaic whirl of trite skits and musical entertainment marked by toilet humour and even...

<p>It was the revolution that stunned the world. Millions of Filipinos managing to oust — without a single drop of blood shed — a brutal dictator who ruled for 20 years that included glory days, torture, and killings...

<p>It’s not every day that we have a Nobel Prize winner as a guest flipper. Award-winning journalist, icon of press freedom and all-around badass Maria Ressa talks about fighting for truth, navigating a sea of trolls on...

<p>Let’s be honest. We’re a halo halo nation in large part because of the interracial relationships that have been taking place since precolonial times. Yes, love is love is love, but people consciously or...

<p>Learning to love yourself is the greatest love of all, sang the late vocal powerhouse and gay icon Whitney Houston. For the month of love, we talk self love and inclusive love. Drag is a form of self-expression...

<p>What a Flipping Year!</p><p>2021, that’s a wrap! Seven months and 14 episodes later, Laura Verallo de Bertotto, Luis de Terry and Bambina Olivares reflect on the year that was, the issues that were flipped in...

<p>As a people, Filipinos love to dance and sing, get up and do their thing. There’s no doubt that ours is a country whose cup runneth over with the sheer amount of musical - and performing arts - talent. And yet the...

<p>If anyone thought Filipinos had seen the last of the Marcoses when they fled to exile in Hawaii in 1986, they were sorely mistaken, as events have clearly born out. “Enough!” we said, “Never Again!”. Yet years later...

<p>Let the games begin! With the presidential elections looming, election fever is starting to heat up. A bevy of candidates have thrown their proverbial hats into the ring of what are probably the most consequential...

<p>The love language of the Filipinos is food. “Kain tayo” - let’s eat - is almost always the follow up to hello. Food for us is kinship, and is always meant to be shared. After decades of being under the radar...

<p>Perhaps the most enduring legacy of the American occupation of the Philippines is the dominance of the English language. It is one of the country’s official languages, and most Filipinos claim to speak it, albeit...