Darío Villanueva: “El Problema Está en Confundir La Gramática Con El Machismo”
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
This bias runs deep. English... See more
Babaylan, Bye Bye Lang : The National Colonial Amnesia
Languages change and evolve organically. But it is perhaps paradoxically necessarily that languages must remain mostly unchanging — mostly common between their speakers — such that change can be recognized and contextualized, rather than simply disorienting.
Sacha Meyers • Bitcoin Is Venice: Essays on the Past and Future of Capitalism
Siempre todo ha tenido que ver con la identidad. La identidad es el subconjunto de rasgos que contrastan y siempre ha existido, no es posible vivir sin fenómenos identitarios. Yo creo hay una parte de la gente que para quitarle el estatus político a estas categorías las llama políticas identitarias. Pero un asunto de la colonización se trató de lo
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