Mar 6Member-onlyClassic-ficationNote: I wrote this in February 2022. This morning, I was dropping my lovekids off to school. Like many mornings, I engaged my children in a discussion about the use of a word. Today it was the descriptor classic. If you’re like me, as long as we can remember, music…Classical Music4 min readClassical Music4 min read
Feb 7, 2022Member-onlyinabel : curiosities are not coincidencesI didn’t know I was going to change my name. Spirit, ancestors, the universe, all the galaxies made it very clear it was time and synchronistically confirmed what my new name was going to be multiple times. Before I tell you about the funerals, I’ll breifly share about the birth…Inabel7 min readInabel7 min read
Aug 28, 2021Member-onlySomeone else’s Grandmother’s houseToday we spoke about Native Land Acknowledgements in a facilitator skill sharing space. I was invited to lead the conversation about them because I recently shared about some of the ways I was trying to be in right relationship with this inquiry. I am a queer Ilocana — Chinese person…Land Acknowledgement7 min readLand Acknowledgement7 min read
Jul 24, 2021Member-onlyThey / SiyaMy pronouns are they and siya. I will accept the pronouns she and he. I prefer they/siya, because it’s how I feel as a gender fluid person. It’s how I feel in my inner landscape. Siya is a non-gendered pronoun in Tagalog used for all persons. Isuna is the equivalent…Siya3 min readSiya3 min read
Jul 13, 2021Member-onlyAnimistWe’re all animists. Some of us have just forgotten. I know I had forgot. We’re taught by chipwac that communicating with “things” is childish, not for smart grown ups. We’re beginning to remember that plants and animals have something to say to us, but animism takes us into enlivening a…Asian4 min readAsian4 min read
Jul 6, 2021Member-onlyABC Pin@yABC Pin@y My friend, who I nicked-named, Mindanao, asked me what it means to me to be ABC Pin@y. I’ve adopted the term ABC Pin@y as a way to quickly describe some of my ancestral ties via romanized letters, so that I might connect with you a little more. These letters don’t…Pinay4 min readPinay4 min read
Jun 8, 2021Member-onlyQueer enough.My queer story. I’ve known I was queer definitely since I was in kindergarten. I had a crush on Wanda and Pedro. In the 5th grade I was envious when I heard that Maritza had been making out with Laverne. In 6th grade, I was obsessed with Veronica. Taking photographs…Queer4 min readQueer4 min read
May 10, 2021certified by our ancestorsWe don’t need to wait to be certified. Or for some of us, we don’t need more certifications. Certified just means documented as truth. Documented means that someone put it on a piece of paper. Certified means that someone other than you put it on a piece of paper and…Somatic7 min readSomatic7 min read
