tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124690.post114832672673464960..comments2023-10-30T01:39:44.302-07:00Comments on Nesting Ground: The Skin We're Inverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18059954107392477750noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124690.post-1148957324566208152006-05-29T19:48:00.000-07:002006-05-29T19:48:00.000-07:00I bought a few of those books (when I was last in ...I bought a few of those books (when I was last in Manila--I always shopped at the National Book Store)to read to my apos, but like you, I found myself having to do some quick read-aloud editing! at times I felt, no I can't read that to them!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124690.post-1148506925000534522006-05-24T14:42:00.000-07:002006-05-24T14:42:00.000-07:00It's terrifying how this desire for pale skin beco...It's terrifying how this desire for pale skin becomes an obsession for many pinoys. I remember waiting for two hours for a friend to come out of the bathroom, because she was soaked in a mixture meant to bleach her skin and make her look fairer. ( Me: Don't you know that can really harm your skin? <BR/><BR/>She: Basta, I just want to be whiter.)<BR/><BR/>I kept saying, what's wrong with being rcloenen-ruizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11189637138470008526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124690.post-1148403587248458812006-05-23T09:59:00.000-07:002006-05-23T09:59:00.000-07:00Hi Bec! So, yes, just by virtue of the fact that t...Hi Bec! So, yes, just by virtue of the fact that these books are from the Philippines and have such lovely illustrations, etc. etc. I had a false sense of...I don't know...<I>oh aren't these quaint, won't these be great</I>. I was even feeling a certain sense of nostalgia which is, of course, a longing for something that never really was. Crazy. The number of mistakes we can make as mothers—even verhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18059954107392477750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124690.post-1148402458445527272006-05-23T09:40:00.000-07:002006-05-23T09:40:00.000-07:00Never more frightening words were spoken than when...Never more frightening words were spoken than when my OBGYN said:<BR/><BR/>You're having a girl. <BR/><BR/>You're right, you're right, you're absolutely right, Ver. <BR/><BR/>Like a mother bear protecting our cubs, we move to protect our daughters from that which could unravel them while their weaving is still open. <BR/><BR/>Thansk too for the warning that just because a book is a folktale from Rebecca Mabanglo-Mayorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04207083816496893894noreply@blogger.com