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Review: Next to Normal

Next to Normal is the Tony-Award winning stage musical about a family trying to cope with the ups and downs of having a loved one in the throes of mental illness. It mixes equal parts of pathos and dark comedy to narrate the tragedy of losing someone you love little by little until the familiar is all but replaced by the unrecognizable.

Empathy is Passé

Frightening news, in itself. And I didn't even have to see a glimpse of GMA-7 News' sensationalist coverage of it to freak me out. A couple more minutes on that channel would drive me nuts. A friend of mine is suggesting I should be embarrassed to admit trying to empathize with crisis victims. That is another emotion I am very much accustomed to. Just as well, I admit to be friends with him despite his solemn respect for Deepak Chopra.

Sigaw ng Kababaihan: Secular Advocacy Group Stages “Bloody” Protest for Women’s Rights

“Tama na! Di dapat makialam ang pari, sa aming mga ari!” (Enough! Priests should not interfere with our private parts!) This was...

Divorce, Annulments, Broken Families and Religion

Theists think that secularists who grew up from broken families associate their secularism or atheism with that experience. That common misconception has been the reason why this was created. Statistics and research say that conservative Christians and Jews have the highest divorce rate, while mainline Christians have less divorce rate. Atheists and agnostics have the lowest divorce rate at all.

March 12 (Saturday) Meetup Anson's Starbucks Meetup

Location: Starbucks at Anson’s (Google map) Date: Saturday, March 12, 2011 Time: 2:30pm – 5:30pm RSVP on Facebook It's been one month since the last...

The Filipino Freethinkers Perform at the Women’s Day March for RH

UPDATE: Watch the video of the performance here. On the morning of the 100th Annual International Women's Day, the Filipino Freethinkers were...

On Violence

Before my life as an animal rights advocate, I was exposed to domestic violence. I was an observer, perpetuator, and victim...

God Won't Make a Way

If the deity exists, would you believe he’s a god of love or a god that’s indifferent to the people’s affairs...

Women’s Day: 11 more women will die today

A hundred years after the first International Women's Day, Filipinas still do not have power over events only women face—risks...

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