It took a couple of Michio Kaku videos on youtube, a full night's rest, ranting to MS, JM, JK, SS, NP and other women, breakfast and a couple of ciggy breaks to finally calm down after watching "The Labyrinth of the Butterfly" last night. I was prepared for it because The Turtle told me about two years ago that the play (and the book that it was ( Read more... )

I'm procrastinating again. I have a few documents that need some work before I head out to hang out with friends in Malaysia next week. But I'm kinda stuck. So I checked the blog, which I haven't seen in over three weeks. And then I see this from angelicsmile:
Thank you for your opinion. If you read the stories provided by the Filipinas around the world, you ( Read more... )

I seem to be on a roll here ( Read more... )

Everyone's their own porn  producer / director / cameraman / lead actress these days ( Read more... )

Oh, I can go on and on. Then go on a bit further. Then talk about the problem with huge corporations...

But case in point: A website called Change for Equality, which aims to promote equal rights for women in Iran has been filtered by the government three times in less than two weeks. What this means is that the website (despite numerous domain ( Read more... )

Being the Resident Gender Token in most situations has made me reticent to initiate gender-related discussions in mostly-tech gatherings. I don't what to be that chick that everyone rolls their eyes at while thinking "there she goes, harping about gender issues again". Not that I don't think there are glaring gender issues in information and ( Read more... )

Well here you go, a woman who is not afraid to speak her mind. Yay. But what to do when her mind goes against what you believe in?

Over at flinkdesign, a blogger called Mir (a technonerd feminist) has a huge entry against the Take Back the Tech campaign, ranting against how the campaign places women once again in a "victim", us-against-them ( Read more... )

While tv surfing lastnight, Cirio and I came upon the Tyra Banks Show on channel 52. Now my brother, he likes Tyra Banks -- not for the obvious reasons (the female of the species do nothing for him), but because I think he likes that she's proving that there's life after being a super model (not that my brother is a super model but his inner Super ( Read more... )

I don't drive. I could if I wanted to but I choose not to for different reasons -- ranging from having an immature allergic reaction to the idea of owning anything grown-up like a car or a house, to knowing that owning a car in Manila is an exercise in patience because of really horrid traffic jams and a lack of parking spaces, to admitting that I ( Read more... )

It's frustrating chasing Feminists -- to do tech-related things. Frustrating because I know the reason why they're not responding is not a lack of interest or knack for tech-related matters. The reason is that Feminists already have too much on their plates.

I've spent the past week and a half trying to get women to participate in this open ( Read more... )