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Biggest Bubble
When a bubble gets big, it doesn't float any higher. It only becomes big when there is too much air and too much space inside. It can fit...
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May 7, 20222 min read
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Highest Bubble
The hardest bubbles to prick are the ones that cannot be reached, for reason cannot exalt to the height of the blows sustained by lies...
Oikonomos Nexus
May 7, 20222 min read
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A very specific bubble
A sudden blow brings smaller bubbles, and a thousand others already burst. Only one may remain to fare the open space. It’s lonely and...
Oikonomos Nexus
May 7, 20222 min read
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A Fresh Bubble
Slowly blowing bubbles make it sog and watery. Quickly blown bubbles are small and too uninteresting to enjoy. Only the bubbles blown by...
Oikonomos Nexus
May 7, 20222 min read
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Most Problematic 150
"Psst! Kuya, wampipti!" Above is a common slur used to generalize the gay community as desperate enough to pay in exchange for sexual...
Oikonomos Nexus
Apr 2, 20222 min read
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Cherry Lips
Forty minutes left. She stared at the big vanity mirror. Twirling her sequenced frame, hair flowing like waterfalls highlighting her...
Oikonomos Nexus
Apr 2, 20222 min read
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A Woman and A Gold
Why do we have to ask, "When was the first time women joined in sports?" and not "First time sports have been institutionalized?" Why is...
Oikonomos Nexus
Apr 2, 20222 min read
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PINK TAX IN THE PH: AN ECONOMIC GENDER DISCRIMINATION
“Freedom cannot be achieved unless women have been emancipated from all forms of oppression” - Nelson Mandela Over the years societal...
Oikonomos Nexus
Apr 2, 20222 min read
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Maria Ressa: The First Filipino Nobel Laureate
Filipino-American journalist Maria Angelita Ressa was declared Nobel Peace Prize laureate on October 8, 2021, for battling valiantly to...
Oikonomos Nexus
Apr 2, 20223 min read
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Looking at the bigger picture: homophobia is more than hating on the LGBTQ community.
If we’re talking about homophobia, we also need to talk about isolation and socioeconomic deprivation. In many instances, the...
Oikonomos Nexus
Apr 2, 20223 min read
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Women on the move: Filipinas shaping the country's business industry
The system of patriarchy has been gradually reaching its dissolution since the time women started to realize their rights, worth, and...
Oikonomos Nexus
Apr 2, 20223 min read
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Hold Me Through the Gap
Mesmerized by the beauty of the sea reflecting the sunlight in its waves. It was surely the view that Ada will miss as soon as she starts...
Oikonomos Nexus
Apr 2, 20223 min read
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F*** the Patriarchy
History tells us that women always rise whenever things go awry. History tells us that women play more of an integral role in building...
Oikonomos Nexus
Apr 2, 20224 min read
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Community Pantry relives Filipinos’ Bayanihan Spirit
“Magbigay ayon sa kakayahan, kumuha batay sa pangangailangan.” This has been the slogan of the famous community pantry that relives the...
Oikonomos Nexus
Apr 2, 20221 min read
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A feminine brand of honor and excellence
Of the high profile cases preventing presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos from running in the May 9 polls, it was those...
Oikonomos Nexus
Apr 2, 20223 min read
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Ang Paborito kong Kulay
Simula noong ako’y bata pa, Hinubog ako sa pangaral nila Isa na riyan ang mga lilim ng kulay, Dapat daw angkop sa aking tinataglay Asul...
Oikonomos Nexus
Apr 2, 20221 min read
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Proper Labels: What’s in a Gender Pronoun
Referring to a person has been confined to the norms, equating sex to gender. A perfectly fine-looking guy is automatically called...
Oikonomos Nexus
Apr 2, 20223 min read
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NEWS ANALYSIS | A Tale of OVP’s Angat Buhay Program
Vice President Leni Robredo maintained good governance despite the attacks of trolls and other oppositions through false information...
Oikonomos Nexus
Apr 2, 20225 min read
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NEWS ANALYSIS | A long and tough journey towards Reproductive Health
President Benigno S. Aquino III signed Republic Act 10354, also known as the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012,...
Oikonomos Nexus
Apr 2, 20223 min read
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When the cake sours
It’s not that I do not like my family to sing me a ‘Happy Birthday’ song whenever my birthday comes. I just wanted to see someone sing it...
Oikonomos Nexus
Apr 2, 20223 min read
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