I'm still trying to figure out how I feel about the Tizon story. It was incredible how it made such a bizarre story seem so universal...
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It could have used several doses of self reflection. I'm also not convinced she ever asked to be called Lola.
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Lola means grandmother in Tagalog. Definitely no way she asked to be called that.
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and that's not even her name.
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I'm reminded of reporting in the Philippines. Duterte supporters would tell me he was helping the poor bc their drivers loved him.
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And I was like... well, what else would they say to you?
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Probably right but the complaint seems somewhat contradictory--it should have been less about Lola, more about the author?
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This line really stood out on the self reflection front for mepic.twitter.com/3JiASWJGmr
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yes. this, too: "15 minutes in the kitchen reminiscing about the old days in the province, and Lola would seem to forget years of torment."
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This is so important.
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i haven't read it yet, but children, if they indict their own parents must become orphans.
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