Monthly Archives: August, 2011

Language, Lifestyle, Privilege, Perspective: What The Language Of The Learned Truly Is

It's Only Words, And Words Are All I Have To Take Your Heart Away Before I get into this, Ruffy Biazon, a...

On the Futility of Church Reform

A 300-strong faction within the Catholic Church in Austria has declared open rebellion against the Church hierarchy, calling for policy changes such as allowing remarried divorcees to take communion and letting women become priests.

On Dicks and Double Standards: Misplaced Reactions to Misplaced Phalluses

An artist puts a penis on a poster of Jesus and on a symbol of the Christian cross. A priest puts a penis inside the mouth and vagina of a 17-year-old girl. Which is more offensive? Which is more deserving of a Christian's disgust and damnation?

Girl, 12, Honored for Blind and Reckless Devotion to Inanimate Object

The men and women of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines should very well know that the country has remained in a poor state for the longest time, and that this has a lot to do with our tendency to make the same fatal mistakes over and over again, with one of these mistakes being our refusal to see the country for what it is and simply aggrandizing the most trivial things in the name of "pride."

There will be poor always…look at the good things you’ve got!

With millions of Filipinos living below poverty line and children dying of malnutrition and disease, it's shocking to read news stories like this: Lay Catholic group raises P2.7 million to buy vehicles for bishops

God Goes to a Freedom of Expression Rally

To the protesters of the artwork “Poleteismo,” The universe is composed of millions and millions of galaxies. Inside a single galaxy are...

Filipino Freethinkers Bag Top Social Media Award

Philippine freethought organization Filipino Freethinkers won in “The One” category at the local T@tt Awards, the first social media-themed tilt of its kind in the country.

Win Php25,000 in Mulat Pinoy’s “We Are RH” video contest

PRESS RELEASE: Win Php25,000 in Mulat Pinoy’s “We Are RH” video contest Amateur filmmakers are invited to submit short films on reproductive health. Do you wish your videos were on TV instead of YouTube? Looking for extra cash to buy that nice phone? Hoping for your own cool video camera? Then this is what you’ve been waiting for. Join “We are Right Here. We are RH.”! This amateur video contest aims to bring into the limelight young people’s take on responsible parenthood, reproductive health, and population and development.

DepEd Interfaith Program Ignores the Faithless

The Education department signed an agreement with the Tony Blair Faith Foundation (TBFF) yesterday (Aug. 24) for the implementation of an...

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