How to live within my means?
How do I accept the lifestyle I have and face the reality that I am not rich?
Dear Meg
Overthinking, trauma and anxiety
You deserve a partnership that is equal and open and honest and supportive, one that honors both your strengths and your weaknesses, your courage but also your scars.
What can we do when comrades feel down?
I wouldn’t say there had not been instances when I felt this will was not strong enough. But I’m saying that at many important moments and sometimes in the most unexpected situations, people do rise to the occasion.
Isang liham sa mga bilanggong politikal
Pinatutunayan ninyo at ng marami pang aktibista na maaari palang mag-asam ng pakinabang na lagpas sa sarili, na ituring ang ating kapakanan na mahigpit na kaugnay ng sa iba.
Do I need to talk to my former partner to heal better?
It’s good that you wish to reflect on what happened, but I believe this is something you can do later, when emotions are not high, and even on your own, when you’re in a calmer place.
Is it possible that I am not truly revolutionary?
How can I overcome my debilitating fear of leaving my current organization to move to where I am needed?
Dear Meg, how do I progress?
Is there ever a way of pushing aside this capitalist mindset of comparing to others? Can academics be a vessel for change and a causative form of activism?
A letter to a young activist
May dahilan kung bakit kilusang mapagpalaya ang tawag sa atin. Hangad natin ang pagpapalaya ng bayan at ng uri, na isang matagal, malalim, at masalimuot na gawain.
How do I prepare my boyfriend for a married life with an activist?
I’m planning to ask my boyfriend to marry me. He's been my rock throughout all the years we've been together. But I know doing what I do—community organizing and political work—will put us at risk of attacks by state forces and by those who wish to oppress the communities I serve. I know this because I’ve already experienced it myself. I'm afraid that I'll be dragging my boyfriend into that if we spend our lives together. He's not an activist but he knows and understands the work that I do. How do I prepare him for it?
Can I still be a good person even if I’ve hurt a lot of people in the past?
One of the great privileges of my vocation is being able to see, beneath that complexity, people at their barest. In their most honest, most vulnerable moments, my counselees taught me that everybody, almost always, simply wants to do the right thing.