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Archive for August 2009

I wanted to paint

inspiration… all together…

Another post from the angry Pinay

So according to the Pilipino American Identity Development Model, I would assess myself to be at Level 5: Ethnocentric Realization. “This stage is triggered by an event (either negative or positive) that helps the pinoy/pinay understand that he or she has been unjustly classified in the Asian American paradigm.  He or she has become aware of … Continue reading »

What’s the other side of the story?

It seems to me like a lot of the efforts made to combat sex-trafficking and sex tourism are focused on the perpetrators.  I read the Department of Justice’s stance on sex-trafficking and what laws are being put in place.  As I read the pages of cases of convicted sex-offenders, what I kept wondering was what happened to … Continue reading »

this is me, justine may

Hi ya’ll Well I just came back from Peru last week.  I spent a month in Cusco studying Spanish and development in Latin America and volunteering with a non-profit organization called ProPeru.  I still can’t stop talking about my trip, and I have a habit of saying “Salud” instead of “bless you”. They say that … Continue reading »

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