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Yvette Tan

@yvette_tan

2 years

My new collection, Seek Ye Whore and Other Stories, is available on the Anvil website. Get your copy now!

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Yvette Tan

@yvette_tan

5 years

So mad about the doctor who died because a patient lied about their travel history. That's a death that could have been prevented if people weren't so selfish. It's a pandemic and people would still rather infect someone else than risk embarrassment. How selfish and dangerous.

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Yvette Tan

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4 years

A death in line to get food from a community pantry isn't the fault of the community pantry but of a system that forces people to line up for food from a community pantry to begin with.

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4 years

Please stop thinking of farmers as old and poor. How are we supposed to attract people of any age into agriculture if we keep perpetuating this stereotype. I know farmers who look like they live in BGC. Tilling the soil should not mea poverty. It should be the opposite!

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Yvette Tan

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1 year

Today’s cheerful reminder:

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Yvette Tan

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3 months

If you’re mistaking Dionysus for Jesus, you must not be a very good Christian because the imagery is very, very different. You also probably failed your Western literature class.

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The interpretation of the Greek God Dionysus makes us aware of the absurdity of violence between human beings. #Paris2024 #OpeningCeremony

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4 years

I’m sick of people who don’t take agriculture seriously because it’s not glamorous. Honey, starving is not glamorous.

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3 years

I work with the guy whose family owns Chocnut. He said they actually had a giant bar before but stopped making it because it tended to fall apart.

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Yvette Tan

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3 years

So glad that the Filipinas dominating current headlines don’t look like beauty queens. In a culture where you aren’t worth anything if you don’t adhere to a certain physical standard, it’s inspiring to see women celebrated for their talents and abilities, not for their looks.

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Yvette Tan

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2 years

Any country that relies on “diskarte” to make it through the day is not a country that’s friendly to its people.

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Yvette Tan

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1 year

I hope they also do one where the reporter also has to carry a bag, and one where they make a person with mobility issues roam the metro. Metro Manila is so unfriendly to able-bodied pedestrians, what more to the disabled.

ABS-CBN News

@ABSCBNNews

1 year

“Ay, ump!” Walkable nga ba ang EDSA? Nilakad ni @michael_delizo ang ilang spot sa EDSA para malaman ang karanasan ng mga pedestrian. #PatrolNgPilipino Kaugnay na balita:

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Yvette Tan

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4 months

🧵of some of the things I saw at the anting-anting (Filipino folk talisman) exhibit at the Ortigas Foundation Library: (Entrance is free and the exhibit runs till Aug 25, 2024)

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Yvette Tan

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3 years

There's a Filipino (I think) superstition that says that if a pet dies for no reason, it's because it exchanged its life for its human's. Some people believe that this is what's happening in my sister's cat's case. It literally took a bullet (well, pellet) for one of us. 😢

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Yvette Tan

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1 year

Filipinos who have trouble using they/them, just think of it as an English version of siya. You’re welcome!

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Yvette Tan

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5 years

Go see a therapist. If your family is againt seeing a therapist, go in secret. That's what I did, and I don't regret it. Also, don't be afraid to try meds. Didn't like the idea of meds until I tried it, and it's changed my life for the better. #WorldMentalHealthDay

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Yvette Tan

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2 months

Some people mistake my wanting to ride the MRT as a financial thing. They don’t understand that I like taking public transportation and every time I do that is me making a wish and a prayer for a walkable Manila with an efficient, vibrant, and accessible public transport system.

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Yvette Tan

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4 years

Now that I have everyone's attention, please read this book! Also, put your money where your mouth is and support farmer-led initiatives and environmental advocacies. Hwag hanggang Twitter lang ang outrage.

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Yvette Tan

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4 years

@imnotyomom @AshleyySpencer Maybe they were expecting Scarlett Johansson to play her?

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Yvette Tan

@yvette_tan

1 year

All these able-bodied people taking videos of themselves walking around the metro to prove that it’s either walkiable or not, depending on who you’re talking to. The real test would be to have a mobility-challenged person walk the city.

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Yvette Tan

@yvette_tan

9 months

Free Jade Castro now!

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Yvette Tan

@yvette_tan

9 months

Please continue to clamor for the release of Jade Castro and his friends. They have been arrested without a warrant and detained for days now. There has been sufficient proof that they were not the perpetrators of the alleged crime and yet the police refuse to back down.

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Yvette Tan

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1 month

Manila is so hostile to people with disabilities.

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Yvette Tan

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6 years

I have been told to watch Captain Marvel because it's a superhero movie WITH NO ROMANTIC SUBPLOT WHATSOEVER. TAKE MY MONEY!!!

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Yvette Tan

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8 years

You can tell that the admin is scared of what VP Robredo can do because they’re attacking her personal life instead of her professional one.

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Yvette Tan

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5 years

I have a friend who was born in the Philippines and grew up here yet doesn't identify as Filipino because they're ethnically Chinese. I'm also ethnically Chinese and that offended me so much. Like, everything you have is because of the Philippines. How can you be so ungrateful?

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Yvette Tan

@yvette_tan

4 months

Visited the anting-anting exhibit at the Ortigas Foundation Library. Drop by if you can!

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Yvette Tan

@yvette_tan

5 years

This is blowing up so here goes: Please donate to the NCMH. There are about 3500 patients, all clumped together, so if one gets infected, it'll spread easily. They're running on a skeleton staff. They're not a major hospital so aren't top of mind but also really need supplies.

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Yvette Tan

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5 years

Now that we've realized how important the frontliners in different sectors are, I hope this means we'll be pushing for higher wages for them. This includes health workers, farmers, grocery workers, deliver guys, etc.

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Yvette Tan

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9 months

#FreeDirekJade #FreeJadeCastro

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Yvette Tan

@yvette_tan

5 years

Grabbed from a chat group:

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Yvette Tan

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4 years

So many Pinoys interested in the occult but very few who will take up local traditions. Is it because it’s not as glamorous as Western magic? I’m not casting stones here, I use tarot and pendulum divinations myself.

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Yvette Tan

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3 years

Someone shot our cat. Thankfully, the bullet missed all vital organs though it got lodged in his back and needs an operation to be taken out. Whoever did that is an awful person. Our cat is sweet and kind and trusting. He was probably an easy mark for a coward.

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Yvette Tan

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3 years

I feel like it’s my duty to post this once in a while. Feel free to share to all your tito and tita’s Viber groups, char!

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Yvette Tan

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5 years

Nobody tells you that part of self-care is believing you're worthy of self care.

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Yvette Tan

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3 years

Good news! He’s out of surgery and seems to be doing okay! :D

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Yvette Tan

@yvette_tan

9 months

The police say CCTV recording—a literal recording of what went on—is not enough? That's s new level of gaslighting.

TV Patrol

@TVPatrol

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EXCLUSIVE: Kita sa CCTV na nasa katabing bayan ng Mulanay, Quezon ang grupo ni film director Jade Castro na inaakusahang nanunog umano ng modern jeep sa Catanauan. Hindi naman kumbinsido ang pulisya na inosente ang mga suspek. Buong ulat:

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Yvette Tan

@yvette_tan

2 years

If the law makes it illegal for PWDs to buy alcohol does this mean someone with thick glasses cannot purchase alcohol but someone with a history of violence under the influence but hasn’t seen a professional for it (hence no diagnosis) can? How does this help anyone?

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Yvette Tan

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3 years

Apologies, this post made it seem like we lost him. He's still alive and is stable enough to undergo the operation to remove the pellet from his neck. He's old and immunocompromised, so it's a risk,. but we're hoping he pulls through. Thank you for your concern.

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Yvette Tan

@yvette_tan

9 months

Free Jade Castro! Their group wasn’t even in the town where the arson happened!

Grupo ng film director wala sa Catanauan nang mangyari ang arson: CCTV

May kopya na ng CCTV ang pamilya ni Castro, na patuloy pa rin nakakulong sa Catanauan municipal police station.

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Yvette Tan

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7 years

Apparently, there are Chinese Filipinos who, despite having the Philippines to thank for their prosperity and freedom, still do not want to be associated with it. I cannot.

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Yvette Tan

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5 years

I dislike people who have pretty priviledge. They don't have to actually be good looking. They just have to be told that their whole lives so they think that they have to be treated better than other people.

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Yvette Tan

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2 years

Not your grandmother’s liniment. Apparently, White Flower changed their packaging to appeal to a younger market. This is their lavender variant. Not a hint of purple!

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Yvette Tan

@yvette_tan

5 years

Grabe naman yung mga taga UP, parang di sanay matalo sa basketbol. (Please don't revoke my diploma! ✌️)

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Yvette Tan

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8 months

It’s been 34 days since Jade Castro and his friends were wrongfully arrested. #freejadecastro

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Yvette Tan

@yvette_tan

5 years

It used to take 30 mins to get to UP Diliman from San Juan in the 90s, and around the same time to get from Diliman to Makati (I know because I had a friend who'd go to Italianis in Greenbelt if she had three hours free in between classes). Now? Hahahahahahaha. *chokes on coffee*

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Yvette Tan

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4 years

In the Phil, one way to soften the edges of a harsh message to make it palatable to people who don't want their vibe ruined is to add 'char' at the end. Ex. If we don't start worrying about our farmers and agriculture systems, it'll be bad for our nation's food security, char.

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Yvette Tan

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9 months

It's been a week. Jade Castro and his companions still languish under police custody despite being arrested without a warrant and evidence that they were in a different town from where the crime happened. This is a guy with connections. Imagine what happens to those without?

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Yvette Tan

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4 years

Pre-coffee me is very different from post-coffee me.

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Yvette Tan

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2 years

Some lawmakers want to make it illegal for disabled people to buy alcohol?! What’s the logic behind this? What a way tell PWDs they’re leas than human.

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Yvette Tan

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5 years

When will we realize that by putting the welfare of our farmers first, we are securing everyone's, including out own, future?

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Yvette Tan

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1 year

How is this accessible to the disabled and elderly? It’s barely even accessible to anyone who isn’t a professional athlete or gymbro.

Teta Limcangco

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1 year

DESIGN PROPOSAL FOR MRT STATION 7. Siguro kung habang pumipila ka sa mrt7 nanonood ka ng KDrama, pagdating mo sa tuktok, tapos mo na yung 16 episodes 😂 From @KakanTuring 's IG acct.

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Yvette Tan

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6 months

Guess who won a Nick Joaquin Literature Award! 🥰

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Yvette Tan

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5 years

There are some friends who you can be vulnerable with because you know you will be supported, and there are some friends who cannot wait for you to trip so they can magnify your smallest weakness just so they feel better about themselves.

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Yvette Tan

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4 years

Since a lot of people are taking my badly worded tweet wrongly, all I wanted to say is this: most of our farmers are old and poor, but telling young farmers they "don't look like farmers" because they aren't old or in abject poverty isn't doing the industry any favors. 1/2

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Yvette Tan

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5 years

Free mental health services in Metro Manila: #MentalHealthAwarenessDay

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1 year

@TanginaTibs Grabe ang misogyny. Some gay men even go so far as to use their not being attracted to women as a reason to hate them. I've seen it in action but I'm still shocked that people will act that way during Pride, of all times. But also, not surprised. 😞

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Yvette Tan

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2 years

I used to work for a guy who didn’t believe in menstrual cramps. Said it was an excuse by lazy women to get out of work. Why yes, he’s a boomer. How did you know? 🫠

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Yvette Tan

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3 years

Been following the graphic novel since it started so it's pretty wild to see it as a top rating animated series. Congratulations @budjette , @kajobaldisimo , @mihkvergara , @zigmarasigan , @typix , and everyone else! You've made everyone proud!

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Yvette Tan

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5 years

Ok Bomer.

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Yvette Tan

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6 years

@EngineerDoctora It wasn't designed by Eiffel, but it is crumbling because of rust, among other things, and needs massive restoration. The San Sebastian Basilica Conservation and Development Foundation could use some funding. Thank you for calling much-needed attention to this cause!

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Yvette Tan

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3 years

Not only is a vaccination center a bad idea because of the big probability that the crowd it will draw will hasten the spread of the virus, cutting down a forest, especially in an urban area desperate for greenery, is dangerous for the environment.

Resigned Nayong Pilipino executive director responds to Razon's tirades

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Yvette Tan

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1 year

By mobility-challenged, I don’t just mean a disabled person. Could be a senior. Could be someone with a kid. Could be someone with a heavy bag. Could also be someone with a dog. Even an able-bodied person temporarily in crutches will find it difficult to walk anywhere in Manila.

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Yvette Tan

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4 years

I'm disabled but I love walking. Unfortunately, Manila isn't pedestrian friendly, even to abled people.

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Yvette Tan

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3 years

We’ve been forced to literally wear the products of corruption in front of our faces every day.

Jilson Tiu

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3 years

Goodbye faceshield. #plasticpollution

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Yvette Tan

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4 years

Working in agriculture is an eternal quest for relevance. Nobody thinks agriculture is important until they've run out of food.

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Yvette Tan

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7 years

So many good laws being approved! I hope they get properly implemented. Onward and upward, Pilipinas!

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2 years

@goodkidbikecity If the boss invites, shouldn’t they pay?

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7 years

If you're against contraception, don''t use it? Why deny it to people who need it? What have they ever done to wrong you? #ImplementRH

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Yvette Tan

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2 years

I said this because I know rich people who spend all their time complaining about the Philippines without bothering to give back to the country that nurtured them or try to solve the problems that bother them. That they think I’m the wrong one when I point it out makes me livid.

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Yvette Tan

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7 years

The FDA has declared all contraceptives sold in Ph as non abortificients, so abortion is not an issue. #ImplementRH

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Yvette Tan

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4 years

@Punongbayan_ We asked a psychic that around 2015-2016? She said that a soul chooses the life they live on earth, and those who chose to be Filipino at this time did so because they need/want to experience injustice, either to atone for something in their past lives or just to experience it.

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Yvette Tan

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3 years

There's a very strong connection between horror and agriculture. For example, the grim reaper, one of horror's most frightening icons, wields a scythe, an agricultural implement used for harvesting. The dictionary defines reaper as "a person or machine that harvests a crop."

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Yvette Tan

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2 years

Changed my profile photo to one of me holding a rooster so that when people ask which profile is mine, I can say “the one with a huge cock next to her face.”

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4 months

An anting-anting undergarment from the Katipunan period. Such garments were believed to render the wearer impenetrable to, depending on how it was programmed, knives and/or bullets.

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Yvette Tan

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2 years

OMG Pahirapan kumuha ng PWD card. Very anti-disabled ang proseso.

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Yvette Tan

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5 years

Why do people think that saying 'pasensya' automatically means everything needs to be okay? A sorry without an action to make up for the wrong isn't an apology.

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Yvette Tan

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3 years

Guys, I'm not the Yvette Tan who wrote the BBC piece on Trese. What a coincidence, though!

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Yvette Tan

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5 years

I used to hate the holidays. Then two things happened: 1. I saw a therapist, confurmed that I had depression, and now manage it. 2. I worked so much I missed all the Christmas parties. If anyone wonders why I love my job so much, it's because it's saved me.

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Yvette Tan

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4 years

The stereotype is keeping young people from going into farming and it's an unneeded aggressive that young farmers get. But just doing that won't solve anything. There are systems to fix and fight that go back generations. Our farmers shouldn't be poor and yet they are.

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Yvette Tan

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9 months

It's been 15 days since @castrojade and his friends have been illegally arrested and detained in Catanuan. Here’s hoping that justice prevails and thay they are freed soon. #FreeDirekJade

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Yvette Tan

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7 years

Sex education doesn't mean learning how to be promiscuous; it means learning to keep oneself safe. #ImplementRH

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2 years

@Watdahel_MarceI I don’t think it counts as culture to him unless it’s Instagrammable pretty.

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5 years

IT'S NOT PARKINSON'S!!! :D

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7 years

Sentaors JV Ejercito & Sonny Angara, privleged scions of political families making light of the concerns of the people they claim to serve.

JV Ejercito

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7 years

Dumami ang mga constitutionalists and security and defense experts dito sa Pinas nitong mga nakaraang mga araw.

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Yvette Tan

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7 years

@shakirasison Actually, no. I'm on Twitter because the people here are saner.

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4 months

A whip made from what I think (couldn’t find the exhibit card) is the tail of a stingray, said to deter aswangs.

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Yvette Tan

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4 years

Nice does not equal kind. You can be a nice person but it doesn't mean that you are also kind or compassionate. Nice, most of the time, just means socially acceptable.

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Yvette Tan

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2 years

Learned over the weekend that Mike Dizon (Teeth, Sandwich, Pedicab) has a popular food vlog called “Nagsimula sa Patikim-tikim.” Hoping there’s a drinks vlog called “Pare, Shumat Ka Muna.”

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3 years

You know I love a good horror story - and Trese After Dark is just the thing if you’re looking to find out more about the story behind Trese. Now streaming on Netflix. #TabiTabiPo

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Yvette Tan

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9 years

Luckily for the government, the public (myself included) is easily distracted by hot men.

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7 years

@IamEthylGabison You are the philosopher we need right now. Charot!

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BusinessWorld

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Philippines approves Daylight Saving Time bill, aligning with global time practices. The new legislation will impact nationwide time management. For details, see:

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7 years

I am super grateful that this wave of feminism has given me the vocabulary to label my experiences. Patriarchy. Mansplaining. Ladysplaining. Gaslighting. Toxic masculinity. Fragile male ego.

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Yvette Tan

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4 years

While people are discussing alternative modes of transportation, can we talk about making the metro PWD-friendly as well? We can start by making sidewalks and walkways accessible.

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2 years

Drinks at Mayari, a Filipino myth-themed bar along the restaurant and bar-lined Ventura street in Angeles City, Pampaga.

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6 years

Heard on the radio: Caller: I have three daughters. Young-sounding female DJ: Three daughters? Who’s going to carry your family name? You should try for a son. Women can be the worst flagbearers for the patriarchy.

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Yvette Tan

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3 years

Thanks, @VoodooChef !