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The Philippines elects a new president on May 9. Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos, son of the late dictator, is poised to win. His opponent Leni Robredo could still pull off an Election Day surprise.
The Sunday Read: Joshua Bote on the secret history of SF's Macintosh Studios April 30, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail A picture of Anita Navalta Bautista's husband Cornelio (right) with two of his cousins in the 1930s.Courtesy of Anita Navalta Bautista A few weeks ago, I reached out to the Filipino American National History Society’s Stockton chapter and found something incredible. The small but tight-knit network of historians, both hobbyist and professional, keep the legacy of Filipinos in northern California alive through storytelling. I had reached out about this academic analysis I had stum...
Movie stars and anti-Filipino race riots: The secret history of San Francisco's Macintosh Studios FacebookTwitterEmail A picture of Anita Navalta Bautista's husband Cornelio (right) with two of his cousins in the 1930s.Courtesy of Anita Navalta Bautista Jerry Paular fondly remembered the Filipino farmhands he grew up with. They were so well-groomed and well-dressed, he said, that “you would think they were movie stars.” “They wore suits that were just unbelievable,” Paular, a traveling suit salesman, once recalled. “They would never go to a store and buy a $20 suit and hit the stree...
This new chapbook proves that writings by farmers and peasants are overdue Written by Catherine Orda enablePagination: false endIndex: Gantala Press’ collaboration with British publisher Tilted Axis Press is translating Filipina stories for a wider audience. Cover photo from TILTED AXIS PRESS Metro Manila (CNN Philippines Life) — Published by feminist press Gantala, the digital zine “Kumusta Kayo? Naratibo ng Kababaihang Magbubukid Ngayong Pandemya” documents the experiences of peasant and rural women. But it is long overdue, says Gantala Press founder and poet Faye Cura. Because mo...