Art by Patrick Raphael Ulibas There’s no one more universal than mothers. We grapple with having them and not having them, seeing them in others, and seeing ourselves in them. We learn to be, unlearn, become, unbecome, yearn, and even mock. Mothers are inescapable; in homes, in Vilma Santos’ films, on the streets, in the everyday confrontation of “mother” as a human, perplexing construct. Do we, however, think about “mother” beyond the domestic, private sphere and the biologi

Spend enough time on TikTok, and you might eventually make your way into the land of TraumaTok, where you are never more than one scroll away from encountering someone on the worst day of their life. With the rise of social media and its subsequent normalization in our day-to-day lives, people have become increasingly more comfortable sharing every aspect of themselves online, from the most minute details like their favorite color to more personal experiences like the time wh

Whether it be taking the red Katipunan jeep to go home, to Pop Up, or towards the LRT-2 Katipunan station, I always come across...