Hello people of BlueSky! I’m currently doing research on the role of GenAI in political meaning-making. This project focuses on how Filipinos used AI tools to choose candidates in the 2025 midterm elections. If you know someone, feel free to message me! #AcademicSky

New research publication] Sharing the Sexualities Journal article "Situating queerness in Filipino experience: The bakla, the parlor, and the paglaladlad" by JM Embate and I. journals.sagepub.com/eprint/8V8Q4...

I recently presented a part of my MA thesis at the NCRC 2024, exploring how Rodrigo Duterte employed three types of securitization rhetoric to frame the pandemic. I also argued that securitization is inherently hegemonic, reflecting traditional masculine ideals in Duterte's crisis management.

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”

James Baldwin

Happy to announce that I passed my final master's thesis oral defense at UP Diliman! Grateful to all my panel members for a smooth and insightful discussion. Inching closer to wearing that sablay, almost there! 🌻

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#academicsky Let’s get to know each other!

1) A project you are working on: Duterte's Gendered Securitization of the COVID-19 Health Crisis

2) An idea you aren’t working on but keep thinking about: Generative AI construction of LGBTQIA+ activism in the Philippines