versailles
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versailles
@sai_versailles
digital editor, @rollingstoneph • the views expressed here are my inner demons
Manila Katılım Eylül 2021
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I should note that much of my personal "discourse" these days revolves around this problem: How can we nurture new literature in the digital space without it feeling like an impulsive or reactionary? The answer is time, which the local publishing industry has little patience for
versailles@sai_versailles
since working in philippine publishing, i've become slightly disillusioned with how discourse moves through our fast media landscape and as such, i struggle to contribute any new insight to these new discussions. but hopefully these works are evergreen enough to chip in :)
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I've been feeling that 2026 is my "shut up" era so this quote from Susan Sontag resonates with me a lot right now...
Okay, now it's time for me to shut up. Thanks for reading!
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it's crazy to see Manila nightlife (Esquire PH) and budots (Scout Mag) in parallel discourses right now when 3 years ago most of that literature didn't exist. I thought I'd share some of my related works that hopefully those new to this discussion can gain insight from :) 🧵🪡
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since working in philippine publishing, i've become slightly disillusioned with how discourse moves through our fast media landscape and as such, i struggle to contribute any new insight to these new discussions. but hopefully these works are evergreen enough to chip in :)
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For @CTMFestival, @seanmnl and i imagine possibilities for how the Manileño middle class, budots’ low-income Bisaya-speaking communities, and the “global North” can find solidarity in each other’s intersecting experiences and common struggles
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For @rollingstoneph’s maiden issue (where i’m the digital editor), i unpack the music history of manila’s “rave” scene and how far this imported word has travelled from its original meaning. i also discuss the compromises we make in this “elusive pursuit of fantasy”
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@sai_versailles @itwontworkelija and i went through a RIGOROUS voting process in making this list but number 1 was a no-brainer!! chekirawt!!!
Rolling Stone Philippines@rollingstoneph
To cap off the year, our staff voted on and curated a ranked list of 25 tracks, covering Filipino, international, and majority FLINTA acts. Check out Rolling Stone Philippines’ 25 songs you need to know of 2025 here: rollingstonephilippines.com/editors-picks/…
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Here are the 20 best Filipino songs of 2025, according to critics
rollingstonephilippines.com/music/20-best-…
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This is literally bars bro... But also reads like the plot of Irreversible where justice is never served
Cleve V. Arguelles@CleveArguelles
Enrile is dead. I grieve for the reckoning that never came. This was one of the Marcos dictatorship’s architects, a failed junta leader, a thief of people’s money, and a man whose entire political career was built on impunity. He escaped accountability to the very end, a reminder of how power and wealth can shield someone from the rule of law. And no, history will not deliver the justice we keep deferring. His death only makes clear that the work of holding the powerful to account is something we must do in our own lifetimes, or it will not happen at all.
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Enrile is dead. I grieve for the reckoning that never came. This was one of the Marcos dictatorship’s architects, a failed junta leader, a thief of people’s money, and a man whose entire political career was built on impunity. He escaped accountability to the very end, a reminder of how power and wealth can shield someone from the rule of law. And no, history will not deliver the justice we keep deferring. His death only makes clear that the work of holding the powerful to account is something we must do in our own lifetimes, or it will not happen at all.
ABS-CBN News@ABSCBNNews
BREAKING: Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile has passed away, his family confirmed. He was 101. READ: abs-cbn.com/news/nation/20…
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kung buhay pa si juan ponce enrile in the next 3 days, hindi na yan tao... reptilian na yan
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wish anthony bourdain and carlos celdran were still alive to protect all of us from the government's bullshit
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