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Philippines: Sexism in activism

Written byTonyo Cruz

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Posted 9 October 2007 5:17 GMT

Penned by a Filipina novelist based in New York, Lily Pad replies to two letters asking about political sexism and models for activist women. Interestingly, the term Lily Pad seems to be a successful play of words and can mean “to fly” if heard by a Tagalog-speaking Filipina or Filipino.

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