Not Everyone's Sunshine: Class, Poverty, and Who Reproductive Rights Actually Protect

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Who do reproductive rights actually protect? In this incisive essay, Zoe interrogates the Philippines’ reproductive health framework through the lens of class, exposing how “choice” remains a privilege reserved for the few.

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An Ode to my Mother, to the Manananggal, and to Womanhood

What does it mean to write an ode to a mother who is both familiar and unknowable? In this tender essay, Leanne braids memory, folklore, and lived experience to trace the fractures and continuities of womanhood. From the myth of the manananggal to the quiet violences women endure, she reflects on her mother’s sacrifices, the cost of survival, and the selves women are forced to leave behind. At once intimate and political, this piece invites us to imagine a world where women are not made monstrous, but are finally seen, protected, and whole.

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