Yes, I am angry. Yes, it’s personal; and it’s hard not to take it personally…

Oh, to be a woman in the Philippines. It’s all about waging war every day on everything from microaggressions to blatant offenses, then getting gaslit into silence.

This opinion column was written for 2nd Opinion‘s June 2017 issue, but its contents are still true today in the 2020s.

The online version of this column’s posted over here.