EI: POVERTY PORN

Email Interview by Quennie Aguirre <kittyquennie@yahoo.com.ph>. Ms. Aguirre's questions are in itals and boldface. My answers are in plain format. Questions sent via email on August 31, 2011. On Poverty Pornography Mykel Andrada 1. Have you ever directed any film, or have you been involved in film productions, specifically independent film productions? I have been...

EI: Andres Bonifacio Act of 2011 / House Bill 4353

Here are my answers to an email interview by Rachel C. Barawid, Reporter, Manila Bulletin Students and Campuses Section. July 10, 2011. Her questions are italicized here. Read her article "Teaching Bonifacio" by clicking on this link: http://mb.com.ph/articles/327687/teaching-bonifacio. Many thanks! 🙂 On the Andres Bonifacio Act of 2011 or House Bill 4353 filed by Kabataan...

Form is Ideological

Form is Ideological by Mykel Andrada   Let's oppose censorship! Let the masses/audience view Mideo's work and let them decide if the said art is acceptable or not. I believe we are not here to defend Mideo and his art. Rather, we're here to battle censorship. It is one thing to oppose censorship. And it's...

Raymond Williams’ “Marxism and Literature”

  Click the link and download the book and read and share and be among the many pirates, haha! 🙂 --> Raymond Williams - Marxism and Literature

Membership Form – All UP Academic Employees Union-Diliman Chapter

For UP Diliman faculty members and REPS who are interested to become members of the All UP Academic Employees Union-Diliman Chapter, please download, print and fill out the attached membeship form (click on this link: Membership Form All UP Acad Union Diliman). You can send or bring it to the union office: Room 102, Vinzons Hall,...

RH Bill & Sexuality Education

HINGGIL SA COMPREHENSIVE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH BILL.   Nagsagawa ang UP Diliman University Health Service (UHS) sa pakikipagtulungan sa UP Diliman Gender Office (DGO) at Gabriela Women’s Party (GWP) ng forum na “Comprehensive Reproductive Health Bill Action Forum” sa Conference Room ng UPS, UP Diliman noong Marso 18, 2011. Nagsalita si Ma’am Ger ng Gabriela at...

SIPON

Sipon Mykel Andrada   Bukas raw ay magtataas na naman ng presyo ang langis. Dumaloy ang masaganang sipon mula sa kanang kuweba ng aking ilong. Ipinampunas ko ang kamisetang may mukha ni Superman. Kumapit ang ilang natirang lagkit sa aking kaliwang hintuturo't hinlalaki. Piningot ko ang sariling ilong at dahan-dahang suminga para bumulwak ang naimbudong hangin sa...

ELBI

Elbi Mykel Andrada   Isinisingit kita sa pagitan ng pagsusulat Ng mga bagay na mahalaga sa akin Tulad ng papel para sa klase, Polyeto para sa kampanya natin, Tugon sa mga tanong ng estudyante, O mga tala ng huling pulong na lihim. May mga lihim akong nagsusumiksik Para magpailandang at lumaya: Isang bungkos ng mga...

EI: FlipTop ng Ating Panahon

Magandang araw po. Ako po si Marcel Angelo C. Balabbo, isang estudyante sa UP Manila. Ako po ay kasalukuyang gumagawa ng pagsasaliksik tungkol sa FlipTop bilang makabago at modernong anyo ng Balagtasan para sa aking asignaturang Komunikasyon 2. Ako po ay estudyante ni Prof. Rose Roque at nasabi po niya na naging guro daw po...

Transgressing Transphobia, Transgressing Labels

by Mykel Andrada What needs to be addressed in this issue is the subject-position of the persons and ideologies involved. It is clear that the teacher, in a classroom set-up, occupies the position of power, while students struggle it out to empower themselves. Religion becomes an issue in an institution that supposedly believes in academic...