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Hungry for resilience
On the 2021 community pantry phenomenon in the Philippines as an example of “social innovation.” Written in December of that year for a graduate course, while trapped in a Christmas COVID quarantine at that. This is by no means my… Continue reading
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To the disabled future, with love
A review of The Future is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mournings Songs by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha. Written in May 2023 in grad school for a portfolio course. Underneath the hoity-toity academic tone, be assured the book moved me and… Continue reading
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The border that cuts the heart
An review of binary thinking and politics in Locust Girl: A Lovesong by Merlinda Bobis. [Written in December 2016 for an English class and excavated ten years later, like some long-maturing insect rising out of the earth…] From rising tensions… Continue reading
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Buggy ethics, part 2: Arthropod agency
This post is the second of a two-part series “Buggy ethics,” wherein I explore ethics, morality, and the insect-human eco-cultural relationship. This second part features an essay I worked on in July 2023 for an environmental philosophy elective, lightly edited… Continue reading
