Can’t travel to Kalinga to get tattooed by a legend? Here’s your chance Grace Palicas (photos from her Instagram account) In our pre-pandemic times, getting inked by Kalinga's pride, the mambabatoks of Butbut, is one unforgettable quest. After all, the art of batok is traditionally known as a...
‘Find your happy face’ (36x72 Acrylic on Canvas 2021) If there is a common thread among our pandemic story, it is the sense of loss. During its initial months, we were all confused. Even our leaders were exploring possible things to do, making our early at-home life less comfortable and more...
What if your other half is just, well, half? Among the famous themes Filipino fan fiction readers love are the queer undertones in the country's rich folkloric tales. Examples of these are the Bikolano legend of Bulan and Sidapa and the art of drag that went into male babaylans . Adapting the same...
Manila’s finest drag artists gather to showcase Filipino drag excellence 'Manila Drag Icons' cast Avid fans of "RuPaul's Drag Race" know that if there is a true "make it or break it" part of the competition. It is the part where drag queens have to lip sync for their life. Although the segment is...
Henry Cavill as 'The Witcher''s Geralt of Rivia Late in 2019, the epic fantasy tale of "The Witcher" entered our streaming pleasure and brought us to a world, dubbed as The Continent, where humans, elves, witchers, gnomes, and monsters battle to survive and thrive, and where good and evil is not...
Tiny Nuyda There is something immensely poetic about Justin “Tiny” Nuyda’s art, specifically his mindscape series. And this poeticity perhaps lies within the many husks and layers of contradictions that make up these “landscapes of the mind.” For example, Nuyda’s works can...
What’s up, Gen Z? Raf (Rob Gomez) gatecrashing on Fiona's (Alexa Miro) birthday Since cinemas are still closed, movie watching takes a different turn with Erik Matti’s newest Generation Z romantic comedy, A Girl and A Guy , which began streaming on June 24, 2021 at https://upstream.ph/ . Casual...
Funko-inspired BTS Meal mini figurines Apart from bringing distinct Korean fast food sauces and making ARMYs everywhere feel in cloud 9, McDonald's BTS meal challenged many Filipino creatives to make art out of its packaging. Die-hard fans of the K-pop boy band got craftsy by making art cards and...
If you haven’t seen it yet, you better check it out SB19 and Ben&Ben (Photo from @benandbenmusic) The much-awaited band version of SB19's hit "MAPA" with Ben&Ben premiered early this week and fans are going gaga over it. Who can blame them? This collaboration is one great OPM. First...
Keribels  lang, sis Richard Mercado's 30 Days of Bekimon For years, the Philippines' gayspeak or commonly known as beki lingo has sparked numerous funny moments in modern Filipino discourse. It has produced terms such as " charot " and " jowa " that became so famous that they are now natural...
It’s cute and informative (Still from Javier OE's Facebook page) While the entire Philippines is scared of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, many Filipinos are still not onboard about getting inoculated. This "vaccine hesitancy" even urged President Duterte to threaten unwilling Pinoys saying, "If...
RC Cola Philippines’ and Gigil’s campaign took home a Bronze from the festival’s Film category Still from "Family" "We just won our first-ever Cannes Lions!," announced by independent ideas agency, Gigil, as it took home the Bronze spot in the Film category at the 2020/2021 Cannes Lions...
