This is my first time using Mastodon. I'm guessing the learning curve is going to be lengthy...
Hello to you all, I'm Jco---a grad student from the Philippines. Currently, I major in Philippine society and culture. I also teach public speaking and persuasion.
Americanos are pissed that they can't have bananas year round if #degrowth/ #communism/ #anarchy happens. Banana availability has its roots in imperialism, destructive monocropping, and grueling agricultural labor/slavery.
We literally have a word for client states of #imperialism for the export of bananas: banana republic. Banana imports to the West is drenched in the blood of thousands massacred for your God damn commodities. In the #Philippines, companies told this instruction to banana worker syndicalists: “turn them into fertilizers for the bananas.”
On top of that is the steep ecological and carbon costs to actually shipping the damn things. Do you really need bananas year round?
There's also the problem of monocropping which destroys the biodiversity of forests to make way for plantations, even if we discount the slave labor. Monocropping has made Cavendish plantations at high risk of diseases. It could very well be that Cavendishes would become an endangered species just like the Gros Michel after nature erases its scourge. Maybe the extinction of the Cavendish is already a matter of time, rendering banana disocorse moot.
Americanos just don't understand that in a liberated world, maybe people won't be breaking their backs for some Americano to get their god damn banana. Of course degrowth/communism/anarchism means that relations to luxuries will change.
Besides, Cavendishes suck. They literally taste terrible. Y'all seriously live like this? Lakatan, Señorita, and Sabah tastes way better. Yeah, they can't be exported, boohoo. Not everything has to be a commodity, much less to please some Americano half a world away.
I'm Agas Ramirez, host of the #HERstory#SoutheastAsia#Podcast. I share women's history from the region, like the stories of Supayalat of #Myanmar , the Trung Sisters of #Vietnam , Prinsesa Urduja of the #Philippines , & Emiria Sunassa of #Indonesia . My latest series is on the #Manila Carnival (1908-1939).
Follow me for all things Southeast Asia! Looking forward to reblogging your posts. #TootSEA
Today is the 125th anniversary of the start of the Philippine–American War, which is the #UnitedStates‘ biggest conflict in the period between the Spanish–American War and World War I. The Americans‘ victory by 1902 cemented the U.S.‘ reputation as an imperial power with colonies across the Pacific from Manila to San Juan, Puerto Rico.
What I find really sad is that most Americans don’t even know about this war, which is glossed over in American history school books.
Travelling to the #Philippines? Here's a random tip of the day.
“Motel”.
In the West, a “motel” means a “motor hotel”. Meaning, a road hotel or road inn where motorists travelling far can stay and have a break.
In the Philippines, a motel is what is called in #Japan as a #LoveHotel. A “Love Hotel” is a type of inn where people who want to have sex can stay for a short time. Stay is paid by the hour.
If you want a place to stay for less than a day, a “capsule hotel” or “pod hotel” (originally from Japan) is also common in the country.
Or, if you're cool staying in a motel, that's fine and usually cheaper. Nothing wrong with it. You won't hear the other rooms anyway. (Wait, how did I know that…)
Parang ang konti natin and I am having trouble finding you. I need to compile a kickass Follow Friday list so pakiusap can you either boost or reply to this toot. 😂
No need to follow me or anything I just need you to call out from the void. Hopefully you have a profile photo and bio. Homeland and diaspora and intergalactic beings welcome!
Since my self-hosted Mastodon instance seems to have stabilized now, it's time for an #introduction! :ad:
I am Francis Rubio, a :bisexual_flag: web developer and designer from the #Philippines. I also created @antaresphdev to talk about web dev to #Filipino devs in #Tagalog
Post from Manila! My book review of "Sine ni Lav Diaz: A Long Take on the Filipino Auteur", edited by Parichay Patra and Michael Kho Lim, has been published and I'm super chuffed to see that my writing has made it to the Philippines as well 🙂
My friend Maryanne Moll's new novel The Maps of Camarines is now locally available from Fully Booked (on their website, or on Lazada)! It's also available on Amazon, for international readers.
#TodayILearned that the delicious Mexican fruit sauce #Chamoy probably derives its name and recipe from the #Philippines’ “kiamoy”, which is a fruit sauce made with the same recipe. That recipe was in turn derived from a #Hokkien#Chinese recipe brought by Chinese immigrants, who called it 鹹梅 “kiam-mui” (literally: salted plums).
As a Hokkien descendant who loves #Mexican#fruit salads, this makes me happy.
Are you an #OpenStreetMap contributor? We're currently running a survey of our communities in the #Philippines, but anybody can participate even if you're not in the country, or a @pinoy .
The short survey is anonymous, and can help us plan for more engaging activities in our communities in the near future.
For fun and camaraderie, some @pinoy#OpenStreetMap folks are taking their #bicycles around Marikina, to collect street-level imagery this coming weekend.
This is a delicacy common in Mindanao and the #Sulu Archipelago in the #Philippines . It is also referred to as jaa in Sulu. Usually served on special occasions like Eid al-Fitr. Extremely crunchy. Chanced upon this at Palenque yesterday!