Language and ritual aren’t missing pieces of identity. They are tools of agency. We shouldn’t just be fluent in grammar, but also in memory.

Teach each other. Love the language, the history, the culture.

Language fluency is activism. This is not about reclaiming purity, but embracing pluralism and contradiction. We reject colonial amnesia through language learning, even informally.

The babaylan carried identity not just in words but in gesture, song, and ritual. These were embodied truths, not textbooks. Indigenous memory was, and still is, a full-body practice

We need to challenge the idea that English is the sole marker of intelligence or modernity. This belief traces back to Rizal’s time and persists even in media, like in the Maria Clara at Ibarra Netflix series. The shock when a woman speaks fluent English reflects a deeper social bias, that English equals higher status.

This bias runs deep. English... See more

When the Spanish colonizers arrived, their Christianization project began by destroying the very foundation of our indigenous faith. They broke the Anitos. They silenced the chants. They erased every ritual that didn’t serve the cross. What was once sacred became feared. What was once power became persecution.

Colonizers didn’t understand that. In... See more

Language fluency is activism.

Memory isn’t only academic. It shouldn’t be reduced to a school requirement or a shallow trend. It should be embodied, oral, and alive.

But neutrality is not always innocent.

not just for performance but for practice. Performance is easy to spot. You know when someone is faking it, and you know when someone is sincere. When you truly know something by heart, you don’t need an audience.