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Andrea Panaligan

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18-year-old Andrea Panaligan is a writer and photographer from the Philippines. Currently a behavioral sciences student, her work usually revolves around coming of age and how adolescence is simultaneously nothing and everything. Her other passions include film, ideas of identity and the process of selfhood, feminism, mental health, and young adult literature.

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Life

What Sex and Healing Are Like for Survivors of Female Genital Mutilation

I first heard of female genital mutilation as a hypothetical. It served as solid evidence of how the patriarchy punishes women, perceived as something that only happens in the backward…

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Sex & Love

Why Is Being Loved by Straight Men So Draining?

Inside Frances’ mind was a to-do list. On it was a small pile of laundry, an almost-due lab worksheet, and an internship deck still missing its final touches. Also a…

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Culture & Entertainment

Sexist Men on Letterboxd Are My Joker Origin Story

Mia Vicino, most well known as Brat Pitt on Letterboxd, was receiving death threats. She recently called attention to the gross, misogynistic reviews posted on the platform by one of…

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Sex & Love

Our Lady of Autoeroticism: Catholicism, Capitalism, and Female Masturbation

Catholic News Service (CNS) takes its Movie Reviews section very seriously. Propelled by their mission to evaluate films based on their alignment with Scriptures and prominent religious teachings, the CNS…

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Culture & Entertainment

16 Best Movies of 2020, According to Gen-Z Critics

I’ve always viewed film criticism—and really, the film industry in general—as behind an impenetrable sheen. The nepotism and sheer inaccessibility of both fields blinked bright red anytime I considered being…

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Sex & Love

Prude in the Sheets, Slut on the Screen

Maybe it’s because I’m such a God-honoring Christian woman, but I’ve always been averse to sex. Not that I didn’t want it or that I thought it was immoral, like…

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Life

All My Homies Hate Retail Therapy

In my six months of quarantine, there have been many days when I’ve only gotten out of bed to retrieve my latest Lush Cosmetics impulse buy. Getting a whiff of…

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Andrea Panaligan

What Sex and Healing Are Like for Survivors of Female Genital Mutilation

Why Is Being Loved by Straight Men So Draining?

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We Can Still Be Vulnerable in the Eyes of Others

Lena Dunham’s “Sharp Stick” Nails Sexual Awakening in the Digital Age

F*ck Your Boy Genius—He Doesn’t Exist

It’s the Perfect Time to Watch Todd Haynes’s Films

Our Lady of Autoeroticism: Catholicism, Capitalism, and Female Masturbation

16 Best Movies of 2020, According to Gen-Z Critics

Prude in the Sheets, Slut on the Screen

Trending posts

We Can Still Be Vulnerable in the Eyes of Others

Lena Dunham’s “Sharp Stick” Nails Sexual Awakening in the Digital Age

F*ck Your Boy Genius—He Doesn’t Exist

It’s the Perfect Time to Watch Todd Haynes’s Films

All My Homies Hate Retail Therapy

Trending posts

We Can Still Be Vulnerable in the Eyes of Others

Lena Dunham’s “Sharp Stick” Nails Sexual Awakening in the Digital Age

F*ck Your Boy Genius—He Doesn’t Exist

It’s the Perfect Time to Watch Todd Haynes’s Films

Society Has Progressed Past the Need for Indie Men

We Can Still Be Vulnerable in the Eyes of Others

Lena Dunham’s “Sharp Stick” Nails Sexual Awakening in the Digital Age

F*ck Your Boy Genius—He Doesn’t Exist

It’s the Perfect Time to Watch Todd Haynes’s Films

The Feminine Urge to Not Shower