The Folly of Brown Pride

A copy of a recent article I put up on the Get Real Post:

It already irks me to keep hearing Filipinos complain about other Filipinos using skin whitening products or liking foreign shows and products, saying it’s a sign that Filipinos are ashamed of themselves. I disagree with that view. I think loving white skin has nothing to do with shame.


(Please go to the Get Real Post for the full article)

The Kulo Exhibit: A Kettle that Needlessly Boiled Over

Since I'm an artist myself, I might as well comment on the Kulo Art Exhibit issue. 

As the story goes, Mideo Cruz and several others displayed artwork at the Cultural Center of the Philippines that mixes religious imagery and phallic symbols. The Catholic bloc of the country took offense at the imagery and demanded its closure. It was closed, and the artists and other blocs of society complained that it was a suppression of freedom of expression. For some reason, it got so popular that it became the subject of a Senate hearing.