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With the way things have gone over the last few decades (and more so in the last few years) it’s been so easy to imagine just upping sticks and leaving the Philippines for something better. But what happens when the opportunity to leave home comes along—and you grab it? This month’s digest presents perspectives from every point of that journey (and back), with pieces from @anasantoswrites, @catedeleon, @leoniddyfjr, @s0nnys and others. Check it out through the link in the bio. by @stacknatin

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4 days ago

As kids, summers were about seemingly endless days playing games with neighbors, cousins and other kids. But in those moments of mindless fun, the deepest of secrets may be formed. @nellwrites tells us of the time when an afternoon with her cousins led to a secret that an entire family has taken pains to keep for years. Read her piece through the link in the bio. by @stacknatin

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9 days ago

We’re still accepting your submissions for our sixth round of, well, submissions! If you’ve got a piece on the theme of “due dates”, whether it be fiction or non-fiction, send it to us and we might publish it on Stack Natin. Check out the link in the bio for details. by @stacknatin

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Literature is more than just escaping to a good story wherever you may be. @marikit_tara argues that literature broadens the imagination to the extent that it can tell us what is possible, compel us that we don’t have to be complacent with what we have and where we are, and perhaps even spur us to fight for changes in the world we live in. Now, if everybody read, wouldn’t that be a great outcome? Her piece and others’ are in this month’s digest—check it out through the link in the bio. by @stacknatin

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19 days ago

How do you raise a generation of readers? Give them access to books. How do you give them just that? Well, buy them… but that costs a lot of money, and that’s whether you’re building a library for your kid, or giving a book to a kid as a gift. And right now not everybody has money to spend, I mean, “dispose” of. We’d rather buy food, gas… and you still wonder how people can go to the @manilabookfair, browse the aisles, and then boldly go, “I’ll just pirate this”? @roannereads outlines the challenges of raising a child reader, and really, this covers more than just the kids in your life. Her piece and others’ are in this month’s digest: check it out through the link in the bio. by @stacknatin

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24 days ago

Often it feels you can split the Philippines into two separate countries. On one side, in this case, you have the people who love to read, who spend a lot of money on books, who make reading their entire personality trait, even. On the other, you have stark reality: our children lag severely against our neighbors when it comes to reading, a difference made more clear when you factor in who can afford to read and who can’t. @girlmakesworldmag makes the case that, while the interest in reading is there, the problem is far from solved. (I think it clearly means we just are stuck in our echo chambers.) Her piece and others are in this month’s digest; check it out through the link in the bio. by @stacknatin

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This month’s digest is partly inspired by the @manilabookfair (which I never cared much for), partly inspired by the controversy surrounding the rerelease of a seminal Filipino novel, and partly inspired by news that we have a learning crisis in the Philippines. It’s all about reading and the politics of it, with pieces from @girlmakesworldmag, @just.cloudedwrites, @koji.reads, @marikit_tara, @roannereads and others. Check out the digest through the link in the bio. by @stacknatin

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When our dreams come true—if our dreams come true—they often happen in the least straightforward manner we want. We romanticize the fairy-tale ending to the point of dismissing the messy journey as unnecessary—but does that mean we get to throw away the journey once we have reached the destination? mayari’s piece on her love of cooking and how it took her a while to be able to do it for a living reflects much on that roundabout trip as it is about the barriers that prevent us from pursuing our passions, which are often reality, and just how screwed we can be made to feel by our leaders. Her piece and others’ are in this month’s digest: check out the link in the bio to see it. by @stacknatin

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Get ready—Stack Natin’s sixth round of submissions is now open! And now the clock is ticking, because we’re looking for your fiction or non-fiction pieces on the theme of “due dates”. If you’re of Filipino descent and want to take part, jump on it! The deadline for this round is on 25 November. More details on the link in the bio. by @stacknatin

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a month ago

We’ve just endured another weekend of monsoon rains and the resulting floods, and I’m certain this opinion is prevalent: how come the reward we get for playing it fair is to suffer anyway, at the hands of those who cheated their way to the top? And I’m afraid to say so many see this as a never ending cycle with no escape. salt of the earth's piece and others are in this month’s digest—check it out through the link in the bio. by @stacknatin

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2 months ago

Considering @onionvivares is now walking his way around the whole Philippines, he probably would want you to read his posts on the people he’s met and the places he’s been to—but arguably his piece on being disillusioned in the corporate world is necessary context. I suppose it’s easy to say people get burnt out too quickly and want it easy, but put yourself in the shoes of those kids who just can’t see a way to balance making a living with keeping their sanity. Wouldn’t you do what he did? His piece and others are in this month’s digest—check it out through the link in the bio. by @stacknatin

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2 months ago

This 37-year-old finds himself relating hard to angelojace’s post—and he’s barely out of college, I think! His metaphor is realizing you might not have enough money for a jeepney ride. My reference is realizing that, despite reducing electricity use as much as possible, my prepaid account (it came with the flat) still deducts roughly the same amount every day. Being away from your safety nets makes you realize just how difficult living in the Philippines can be, or at least in Manila—and you cannot help but be resentful. This piece and others are in this month’s digest; check it out through the link in the bio. by @stacknatin

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2 months ago