“Tang tells the heartbreaking story of one woman, Daisy, who’s given up so much. Sadly, it’s the story for so many.”
Philippines
‘My Tongue Swallowing the Taste of Home Soil’: On Filipino Food, Family, and Identity
“Far from our barrios, mountains, and islands, we cook, so that we may practice swallowing our undesirable truths, acidic and blood-heavy.”
Dirty Kitchen
“Far from our barrios, mountains, and islands, we cook, so that we may practice swallowing our undesirable truths, acidic and blood-heavy.”
Frenzied Woman
Cinelle Barnes considers how the chaos and discipline of dance kept the disparate parts of her being stitched together.
Facebook Isn’t the Same as “The Internet” Except When It Is
What happens when a tool created by a bunch of developers in California becomes the main news source of a country 7,000 miles away? Nothing good.
‘Nobody Is Safe’: A Dispatch from Manila
At The New York Review of Books, James Fenton reports from the night shift in Manila, giving us a glimpse into the war on drugs in the Philippines, from “buy-bust” undercover operations to EJKs (extrajudicial killings).