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This is a recording of the presentation Dear Survivor, Nandito Ang Lunas: A study on promoting care to improve help-seeking behaviors and attitudes among service users of the Lunas Collective Helpline by Sabrina Gacad, Julie Jolo, and BL Lanot in 2023 youtube.com/watch?v=FZkV4u…

A beautiful plot twist facebook.com/TheOther98/pos…

Read Engendering Inclusive and Transformative Early Childhood Care and Development (2021) drive.google.com/file/d/1jJpquw…

When fashion critiques are more about the person's body than what they are really wearing facebook.com/intersectional…

"We’re looking at you in the locker room", "You can identify us by our flannel", and other myths about lesbians are discussed in this article. It also talks about how problematic and incorrect these myths are teenvogue.com/story/lesbian-…

EuroSEAS 2025 at UPCWGS The aim of this PhD workshop was to bring together young academics from different disciplines focusing on a diverse range of topics concerning Southeast Asia. Watch the highlights of this dynamic academic exchange. youtube.com/watch?v=OI-DqH…

Did you know that you can be allergic to semen? It's called seminal plasma hypersensitivity (SPH). Learn more about this allergy in this article rappler.com/life-and-style…

Because bras are oppressive facebook.com/tomboyx/posts/…

Work is work facebook.com/photo?fbid=119…

From PwC: Answer survey using this link (tinyurl.com/yvumd3wx) or QR Answer by 31 July 2025. Contact us at ph_flexible_working_arrangements_study@pwc.com, or reach out to Kendrick Uy at (+63) 917 845 1522 or Kamille Lim at (+63) 952 480 3759.

Read Engendering Inclusive and Transformative Early Childhood Care and Development (2021) drive.google.com/file/d/1jJpquw…

Louder for people at the back facebook.com/intersectional…

Make It Look Real is a documentary about intimacy coordinators. It shows how these people keep actors safe while shooting really intimate scenes. jezebel.com/make-it-look-r…

When "just asking a question" is such a lame excuse. They are actually on the side of prejudice facebook.com/allfeministsun…

Though the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) issued official show-cause orders against sexist speech during electoral campaigns, misogyny persists. eastasiaforum.org/2025/07/12/mis…

On politics facebook.com/mygayday/posts…

This podcast series is about The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir. The fifth episode talks about Chapter 3: The Point of View of Historical Materialism (pages 87–94). open.spotify.com/episode/2whqFP…

Academics from Europe and Southeast Asia gathered at the conference room of the @UPCWGS on July 15 for the opening ceremony of the 3-day European Association for Southeast Asian Studies PhD Masterclass 2025. More photos here: web.facebook.com/upsystem/posts…

We will express ourselves and fight for our rights facebook.com/WorldWideWomen…