"It is a failure of society to push the ideas that we are equal, that we are a united people, when entire ethnic groups can be treated as disposable and only called upon when the majority group is threatened or in need." 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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THE AETA SQUADRON 30 of the Bruce Guerrilla unit that fought during World War II. The photograph was taken in Bamban, Tarlac province, in 1945.
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The Aeta Squadron 30 consisted of more than 100 Aetas organized by Capt. Alfred Bruce in the subvillage of Mataba in Barangay Sto. Niño, Bamban, as well as in Flora and Kalangitan at the boundary of Bamban and Capas immediately after the fall of Bataan on April 9, 1942. They were among the bravest of the Filipino guerrillas who fought the Japanese. The Aetas actively sought out downed US pilots and crews to offer them protection from Japanese patrols who were also tracking downed allied aircraft. The Aetas used their crops to feed American and Filipino forces who used their ancestral lands as safe haven from Japanese forces that found the Aetas too formidable a foe to try and subdue. When provisions ran low, the Aetas raided Japanese supplies for rice and weapons. They were heroes that have for most of the nation's history failed to be recognized for their bravery. Worse yet, the Philippines, having been given authority to issue pensions for service in World War Two, has seemingly failed to pay the Aeta guerrillas for their patriotic service to a county that neglects them in every possible way. They fought for their homeland only to have their ancestral lands denied to them. They fought so that colonial rulers could live on and yet they were not recognized for that sacrifice. It is a failure of society to push the ideas that we are equal, that we are a united people, when entire ethnic groups can be treated as disposable and only called upon when the majority group is threatened or in need.
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In love with this portrait by @lewanda.art! 😍😍😍 I'll be writing about Asian fetishization this week. Gabriela Silang destroys those pathetic, disgusting Asian woman stereotypes. 😁
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Gabriela Silang (1731-1763) was a fearless warrior and great leader. She led the resistance to Spanish colonialism and is known as "The Joan of Arc of the Philippines". In 1999, artist, Lewanda, was commissioned to paint a portrait of Silang for a documentary film, Tea and Justice. As a tribute to Gabriela Silang and a fundraiser for the "Telling Our Story" project please share the link below, buy or gift a shirt or donate. Thanks for your support! #art #artist #kickasswomxn #gabrielasilang #resist #tanktop #badasswomen #feminist #guerillagirls #kickasswomen #feminism #warriors #decolonize #filam #filipinx #artproject #filipino #history #filipina #fundraiser #donate #womenempowerment #hiddenfigures To order link here: https://goo.gl/DZnARv To donate: www.gofundme.com/mgakwento.
Some days I do the hard work of spending my mornings cuddling and nurturing a 3yo still in the throes of grief and confusion after saying goodbye to her old home, goodbye to new friends who were in her life just long enough for her to care about them deeply, goodbye to visiting family members who leave so abruptly they fracture the part of her heart that wishes they could live with us forever...
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This is part of her work, just as much as play is. She understands this. .
Yesterday, she said, "I have to cry. I have to let all the sads out. It's not kind to my heart to hold onto them."
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Oh, my wise, beloved baby girl...
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On other days I wake up to the shining eyes and thoughtful smile of a child who has healed a little bit more, who's released so much grief and confusion, who's ready to play and join the day in jubilant abandon. Days when she can play easily by herself. When her imagination runs free. When she replies, "Okay, Mom," when I tell her I have to go to work instead of bursting into tears and crying, "Nooooo, I want to cry with you. I want to be with you."
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These roller-coaster days are so hard. Holding space for the depth and breadth of a child's emotions is so hard. But then I imagine how hard it must be to manage all these giant, all-consuming feelings in that little body, in that young life despite her old soul...and I remember that this is my work. To hold space. To be the calm amidst her storm. To love her in both laughter and tears, silliness and anger. To be the unwavering reminder that she is loved, not for what she does or how she behaves or how she feels, but because she IS love. She was born of love. She is made of love. And there is nothing she can do to make me love her, and there is nothing she can do to make me not love her. She is simply loved.
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The poem is a snippet of a longer poem I wrote years ago. These past few days reminded of it, so I thought I'd share. 💖
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