IN HIDING: Sex (Trafficking) and the City
By Marivir R. Montebon Tim Sheard’s eighth crime novel “In Hiding” (published by the Hard Ball Press, fiction, 2013, 299 pages) is a gripping, breath taking story of the invisible crime of sex trafficking in New York City. Having Peter as the main character – a clueless, hopeless romantic in search of his ‘crush’, […]
Your Faith Has Grown
By Marivir R. Montebon New York City — For a span of three years, all indications show that the enterprise of Filipino brother-sister Abe Medenillo and Shanna Wallace tandem, YUFFLUFF (Your Faith Looks Familiar) has thrived well here. Who wouldn’t smile and love at such creations like Momo, Beel, Jay C, Nino, and Shivz and […]
Award-winning Authors at May 18 NWU International Writers Conference
New York — The National Writers Union invites you to take part in the 2nd annual International Writers Conference, WRITING ACROSS BORDERS, Sunday, May 18, 2014, to be held at University Settlement, 184 Eldridge St., Manhattan on the lower east side. Filipino writers Gina Apostol and Ninotchka Rosca will be among the 12 panelists who […]
Events
Rosca to Speak at Rutgers University on Haiyan Mission New Jersey — On Friday, April 25, 2014, AF3IRM member Ninotchka Rosca will give a report on the aftermath of the super-typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda). The Rutgers Association of Pilipino Students (RAPS) is hosting the event which is open to the public at the Asian American […]
Dawn Petter: On the High Road to Creating and Healing
By Marivir R. Montebon New York City — The crowded room of the Huge Holistic Bazaar in mid-Manhattan’s Subud New York was a vibrant energy of exchanges of people reawakened to healthy living. At one corner, there was the stress busting tea from Brazil. On the other side, there was vegan pizza and […]
OSM! Vlog: Marina Rubin
New York City — My anxiety was high that afternoon, for I was to interview for the OSM! Vlog a writer whom I never met or talked personally. I wish I can I jive comfortably with my new source now, had been my constant silent wish throughout the day. Amazingly, we did a great job. […]
OSM! Celebrates Year 2 with a Party and Over a Million Hits
New York City — When OSM!, the online magazine for awesome global citizens celebrated its second year in March, it reached a remarkable total of 488,551 pages read and 1,087,836 hits. Not bad for a New York based two-year old online magazine professing positive journalism for its readers worldwide. The US, China, Philippines, Hongkong, and […]
Of Queens and Goddesses
Editor’s Notes By Marivir R. Montebon The consolidation of the patriarchal relations and the formation of classes is symbolized by the creation of the ‘tree of knowledge of good and evil.’ This was in contradiction to the tree of life which was symbolic of the whole, under the era of the goddess worship of the […]
Stand with Grace: SC Nods Mom’s Right to Pass Family Name to Children
By Ivy Quicho AF3IRM LA Los Angeles — The transnational feminist group AF3IRM and supporters of the Stand with Grace Coalition celebrate another win, as Grande’s right to pass her last name to her children is preserved. On March 5, 2014, the Philippine Supreme Court ruled that the, “Respondent’s [Antonio’s] position that the court can […]
Lensanity
My “Little Quiapo” By Arlene Donaire My first encounter with Quiapo was over three decades ago after graduating from a public elementary school in Cebu — when my parents sent me off to Manila for a reward summer vacation. It was a rarity in those days of limited travel opportunities for our family. Back then, […]
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