#american in Philippines

[viraltrendsspot]

American YouTuber Elliot Eastman Philippines Update

Here's an update on American YouTuber Elliot Eastman, 26, from Vermont, who reportedly passed away in the Philippines.

[rachy-chel]

ceramic Filipino food and banana leaf plate. the siopao, gyoza, and lumpia are filled with: clay and burnt newspapers :)

[cheesy-cryptid]

Vampires & Vampire Hunters but make it about during the late 1800s in the Philippines

[mankadavi]

bontoc gothic

[shiftythrifting]

Recent-ish Admin BT finds - clothing edition! (various thrifts in the Boise, ID area)

A lot to unpack here, so I'll attempt to be brief with my commentary.

The Phillipines shoes are OLD. Perkins Coie is a law firm, idk why they would have made branded socks. ACAB including vintage cops who donate their cop jackets. I didn't know the Sharper Image sold anything other than electronics, let alone american flag merch made in Canada. The Boise State flip flops are the most hideous thing I have ever laid my eyes on, and I am only a little sorry for showing them to the masses.

[captain-price-unofficially]

M4s in the Intramuros, Manila. 1945

[pinoy-culture]

Hi folks! So, besides writing about pre-colonial history, culture, and beliefs in the Philippines, especially on my Instagram nowadays, I'm also a photographer based in NYC.

One of my main themes as a photographer is doing cultural heritage photo sessions! This latest one was with a friend of mine during my recent trip to Detroit. She is of Karay-a descent and the focus here was to honor her ancestors by dressing up in pre-colonial clothing in the Bisayas. She also had a top woven by the Panay Bukidnon, who speak Karay-a.

Are you interested in honoring your culture and ancestors by doing a photoshoot wearing traditional and pre-colonial attire?

➡️ Then send an inquiry on my website! I also do travel.

thepinayphotographer.mypixieset.com

I also work with others who are not of Filipino descent in helping them honor their own ancestors and heritage. So if you or anyone you know would be interested, send this to them or tag them!

You can also follow me on Instagram @ thepinayphotographer

[arkipelagic]

An early Philippine flag dated to the Philippine-American War. (Source)

[datura-tea]

still thinking about filipinos in the fallout wasteland, but now in the context of my headcanon that fallout america annexed the philippines in 1946 instead of granting the nation its independence.

what made me think of this headcanon? the timeline between our world and the fallout world splits at about that period, and, well, there's precedent for the annexation: in real life, there were 50 years of american occupation, and there's ongoing american intereference in our politics, economy, and culture (essentially making the philippines an american neo-colony, but i digress), and considering how fallout america is just america turned up to 11, these things will just be magnified, and so: the philippine annexation of 1946.

now, there's nothing in fallout canon about the philippines except for a brief off-hand comment from the newscaster at the beginning of fallout 4 about american troops in mambajao (an island in camiguin) but this already tells me that, by 2077, if american military presence in the philippines has managed to reach that part of mindanao, the american occupation has intensified.

that little nugget already paints such a vivid picture of what's happening in fallout philippines - an american military base in mindanao tells me that more indigenous communities were displaced (real life example: the aeta and ibaloi communities in luzon, who still, to this day, cannot return to their ancestral lands), that sexual exploitation of women and children was rampant (irl: the sex industry in angeles city, among other areas), that american soldiers were free to enact violence on filipinos without facing any consequences (irl: jennifer laude's murder at the hands of joseph pemberton), that american imperialism is thriving in the archipelago, and that the sino-american war is serious and ramping up.

but let's see what the newscaster actually says:

"It would also appear our troops stationed overseas are experiencing some unusual weather, as well. On the Island of Mambajao the nights are cold. Unseasonably so for Southeast Asia. But for the 5th Infantry, that's as comfortable as an Autumn jamboree. All the easier for our mechanized hellcats to drive any screaming Commie meanies right into the Bohol Sea."

"screaming commie meanies" tells me that there's a significant communist presence in the philippines, which i am taking to mean that the communist party of the philippines and the new people's army are alive and well and fighting against the american occupation. i really don't think there'd be many chinese communist spies in the philippines at this time since filipino communists are against chinese imperialism as well, but tbh this part isn't solidified in my brain as much... anyway

essentially, fallout philippines has the problems of current, real life philippines, just amplified. american occupation on one hand, chinese imperialism on the other, unusual cold weather (which tells me that climate change was also a problem in the fallout universe), the threat of nuclear war... all with ordinary filipinos in the middle. would it be a stretch to say that a lot of them fled to america and established their own communities there? that those communities would have thrived and retained our creativity and sense of community/pagkakapwa abroad? that those communities would have survived the bombs and banded together and kept themselves and their culture alive, in the apocalypse?

[illustratus]

The Battle of Manila

[blee-bleep]

the US is genuinely pissing me off, how easy could have that decision been??? man literally said ON LIVE TELEVISION that people are eating cats and dogs on the border???

[motziedapul]

As a Filipino, I'm never surprised by the ignorance of the Global North when it comes to the reality of the Global South's life and history, but it still does gall me to have Americans, from whom the worst and most damaging colonial violence that STILL affects Filipinos today, try to Americasplain activism to me as though it is not one of the world's worst terrorist nations.

America committed a 250000-1 million Filipino genocide against my people using tactics the NAZIS copied including concentration camps and torture just as we were about to win our independence from Spain, AND stole our money and resources for decades after they "gifted" us Independence from their violent colonial rule AND still terrorize us with army bases full of murderous rapists and pull us into wars while profiting off our impoverished overseas workers.

But Americans on socmed still act like they know better about what activism looks like but can't stand to criticize their genocidal leaders for a second because it's inconvenient.

Be for fucking real. The Philippines isn't even TOP OF THE LIST of nations most abused by the USA and we were literally genocided.

[chovyst4r]

Congratulations to the winners of the Rev Hunger Games🎉🎉

Philippine revolution

Emilio Jacinto

French revolution

George Danton

American Revolution

Deborah Sampson

[cheesy-cryptid]

American occupation era Philippines but our girlie here is secretly a vampire hunter at a fancy party looking for her target 🦇🧛‍♂️🌴

[postcard-from-the-past]

Moro Carabao Sled on the Mindanao Island, Philippines

American vintage postcard

[captain-price-unofficially]

U.S. Army troops entering Rizal Baseball Stadium during the Battle of Manila, Philippines. 16 February 1945.