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👁 “To me, being Filipina is a mix - not only of cultures, but a mix of the work hard/play hard lifestyle, a mix of many skills/ talents and a mix of quirkiness and passion.. We are like the halo-halo of Asia." ⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ Salamat @makinthebacon1 ! Your fearlessness to express how you feel through your photos is inspiring. ✨⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ Let's inspire and build a community! What does it mean to be a Filipina to you? DM us, we'd love to know! 💭 #pinaycollective #pinaygrown .⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ #browngirls #explore #browngirlbloggers #filam #asian #pacificislander #ph #pilipina #komunidad #pagkakaisa #pamilya #family #community #brownwomanrise #lipi #tampok #babae #community #pinas #pinayigers #familia #filipina #tribe #herstory #sisters #kapatiran #woc #reclaimyourpower #kaibigan (at Toronto, Ontario)

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Mahalo @pinaycollective for shining a light on the many ways we define culture and self-love. 💞💖💗🌈🌻✨📷: @whitelotusmaui #Repost @pinaycollective with @get_repost ・・・ 👁 “I understood what being Filipina meant after I learned my history. It is connecting my privileged present to the struggles of my ancestors and parents, and the sacrifices I now make for my children. Being Filipina is to navigate the world with courage and passion to speak and live our truth while nurturing our families and communities, and carving spaces for joy, for love, for music, for food and for simply being.”⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ Thank you @edub33 🌻 ⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ Let's inspire and build a community! What does it mean to be a Filipina to you? DM us, we'd love to know! 💭 #pinaycollective #pinaygrown .⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ #browngirls #explore #browngirlbloggers #filam #asian #pacificislander #ph #pilipina #komunidad #pagkakaisa #pamilya #family #community #brownwomanrise #lipi #tampok #babae #community #pinas #pinayigers #familia #filipina #tribe #herstory #sisters #kapatiran #woc #reclaimyourpower #kaibigan

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👁‍🗨 "For me being pinay is upholding and honoring the strong women leaders in our history and our communities. I'm so proud to be a Filipina because our legacy is one of strength, loyalty, resistance and love. We can and do embody it all: beauty, strength, independence, fierceness, compassion and love." . . . Thank you @aubsventurer . .............................................. Let's inspire and build a community! What does it mean to be a Filipina to you? DM us, we'd love to know! 💭 #pinaycollective #pinaygrown 🇵🇭 (at Prambanan, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia)

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Sending good vibes to all ✨ ⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ Thank you @pinaypages for the mantra to start the week! 🙌🏽.⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ #mantras #pinayph #pilipina #filipinas #mondayvibe #filam #inspirationalquotes #kulture #communitygroup #artistofinstagram #tribegoals #browngirls #brownwomen #pov #woc #supportwomen #exploreyourself #mabuhaypilipinas #pinaygrown (at Planet Earth)

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👁‍🗨 "Our heritage plays a major part in the root of who we are. We must embrace this difference & make it a responsibility to spread our unique culture to the world. Because being Pinay is also just being a proud, kind, & loving human being, but in a different light that needs to be seen in the sea of diversity." . . . Thank you @rnleyco . .............................................. Let's inspire and build a community! What does it mean to be a Filipina to you? DM us, we'd love to know! 💭 #pinaycollective #pinaygrown 🇵🇭 (at Freeport, Grand Bahama)

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👁‍🗨 "To be a Filipina-American means that I have a lot of history and culture that I need to learn more about! I am supported and loved by a giant family who, too, is continuously learning about our culture. It also means that as an artist I'm able to share my experiences and a culture that I am part of through my own perspective." . . Thank you @annmarizmilagros! ------------------------------Let's inspire and build a community! What does it mean to be a Filipina to you? DM us, we'd love to know! 💭 #pinaycollective #pinaygrown A special thank you to our kibigans at @tfcuofficial! We would have discovered the talented @honeysoakedpeaches . 🙌🏽 (at California)

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👁 “For me, being Filipina means being community and legacy minded and staying true to my identity. In the UK I’m considered exotic. In Philippines I’m foreign. I’m constantly challenging stereotypes in both cultures so I can represent Filipinas fiercely, and encourage the next generation of flyyy Pinays!”⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ Thank you Mika! @thoughtscapes.tv ! Hella related to your video! ✨ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ Let's inspire and build a community! What does it mean to be a Filipina to you? DM us, we'd love to know! 💭 #pinaycollective #pinaygrown .⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ #browngirls #explore #browngirlbloggers #filam #asian #pacificislander #ph #pilipina #komunidad #pagkakaisa #pamilya #family #community #brownwomanrise #lipi #tampok #babae #community #pinas #pinayigers #familia #filipina #tribe #herstory #sisters #kapatiran #woc #reclaimyourpower #kaibigan (at United Kingdom)

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👁 “Being a Filipina means being proud of who I am and where I was born. Being proud means taking the never ending quest to discover the beauty of our culture and history and to honor it through my creations.”⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ Salamat Celine! ✨ @rumpus_studios .⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ Let's inspire and build a community! What does it mean to be a Filipina to you? DM us, we'd love to know! 💭 #pinaycollective #pinaygrown .⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ #browngirls #explore #browngirlbloggers #filam #asian #pacificislander #ph #pilipina #komunidad #pagkakaisa #pamilya #family #community #brownwomanrise #lipi #tampok #babae #community #pinas #pinayigers #familia #filipina #tribe #herstory #sisters #kapatiran #woc #reclaimyourpower #kaibigan (at Manila, Philippines)

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👁 “Being a hapa Filipina to me means walking between worlds. Is half poverty and half privilege. Is being the battle line upon which the revolutionaries and the model minority members of your family draw a truce. Is wearing blood diluted by colonialism like a coat of arms. Is having family look at you sideways for embracing the identity that was beat out of us through colonization. ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ But it’s also sampaguita in my smile, coconut in my curls, and bamboo for a backbone. It’s finding spiritual strength in my middle name. It’s finding myself in a tattoo. It’s a constant process of remembering and re-membering, and a never ending source of infinite strength. Being a Filipina supplies us with a source of pride that only other Filipinas will ever understand, and is truly the greatest gift.”⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ Thank you @malayangelou ! Vividly said ✨⠀⠀ 📷 : @abcitmesarah ⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ Let's inspire and build a community! What does it mean to be a Filipina to you? DM us, we'd love to know! 💭 #pinaycollective #pinaygrown .⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ #browngirls #explore #browngirlbloggers #filam #asian #pacificislander #ph #pilipina #komunidad #pagkakaisa #pamilya #family #community #brownwomanrise #lipi #tampok #babae #community #pinas #pinayigers #familia #filipina #tribe #herstory #sisters #kapatiran #woc #reclaimyourpower #kaibigan (at Florida)

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👁 “What does being Filipina mean to me? It means being part of a lineage of strong womyn and leaders. It means pain + love = growth (@pinayism). It means making mistakes and learning from them. It means queerness in the face of the status quo. It means being so much more than the labels prescribed to us.”⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ Thank you @thatflypinay ! Looking good in your @mabuhayhealthcenter shirt! ⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ Let's inspire and build a community! What does it mean to be a Filipina to you? DM us, we'd love to know! 💭 #pinaycollective #pinaygrown .⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ #browngirls #explore #browngirlbloggers #filam #asian #pacificislander #ph #pilipina #komunidad #pagkakaisa #pamilya #family #community #brownwomanrise #lipi #tampok #babae #community #pinas #pinayigers #familia #filipina #tribe #herstory #sisters #kapatiran #woc #reclaimyourpower #kaibigan (at San Francisco, California)

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👁 “Being Filipina looks like brown skin, thick wavy hair, having a big appetite, and a warm infectious smile. Filipinas have stubborn perseverance, optimism, and are incredibly resourceful. As a Filipina-American it's my responsibility to acknowledge and sustain my cultural heritage, and one way I do that is through my art.” ⚡️⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ Thank you to the talented @jfjalandoni.art ✨ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ Let's inspire and build a community! What does it mean to be a Filipina to you? DM us, we'd love to know! 💭 #pinaycollective #pinaygrown .⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ #browngirls #explore #browngirlbloggers #filam #asian #pacificislander #ph #pilipina #komunidad #pagkakaisa #pamilya #family #community #artsy #instagramartist #brownwomanrise #lipi #tampok #babae #community #pinas #pinayigers #familia #filipina #tribe #herstory #sisters #kapatiran #woc #reclaimyourpower #kaibigan (at New York, New York)

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👁 “Being Filipina to me is empowering and educating fellow Filipinas to be more inclusive. As an indigenous woman, I have suffered what it is like to be excluded from the Filipino community. We need to be more accepting and take away the ego and no one talks about the darkside of our race. I have learned from my ancestors to my family how being Filipina is a bond, one big pamilya. And this is the time even more so now. Being Filipina is evolving and being kind.”⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ Thank you @chainsawsjelly ‼️ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ Let's inspire and build a community! What does it mean to be a Filipina to you? DM us, we'd love to know! 💭 #pinaycollective #pinaygrown .⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ #browngirls #explore #browngirlbloggers #filam #asian #pacificislander #ph #pilipina #komunidad #pagkakaisa #pamilya #family #community #brownwomanrise #lipi #tampok #babae #community #pinas #pinayigers #familia #filipina #tribe #herstory #sisters #kapatiran #woc #reclaimyourpower #kaibigan

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👁 “Being filipina is to have access to the collective consciousness of past, present, future femmes of our diaspora. it is finding power in my multitude, and insisting to be seen in all of its complexity”⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ Let's inspire and build a community! What does it mean to be a Filipina to you? DM us, we'd love to know! 💭 #pinaycollective #pinaygrown .⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ #kimbjanes #empoweringwomen #woc #brownpride #melaninsisters #buildcommunity #poeticjustice #strengthinnumbers #heal #getsmarter #reclaimyourpower #herstory #wordsmith #womenwriters #foodforthesoul

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👁‍🗨 “To me, being Filipina means being open to self-discovery. It means acknowledging the people who have come before me, being mindful of how my words and actions will be interpreted by the people after me, and wading through it all to choose my own path. ⠀ ⠀ My Filipina identity can’t be summarized into a word, a sentence, or a stereotype. I’m a woman, a sister, a daughter, a person soon-to-be-married to my partner. And I’m also an entrepreneur, a Canadian, a proud Torontonian, a French-speaker, a Tagalog learner, a writer, a human rights advocate, a baker. And all the things in-between that make Filipinas fascinating, elusive, and more powerful than you know.” ⠀ ⠀ I’m Gelaine, one of the founders of @cambio_market , an ethical retailer on a mission to break negative stereotypes of what it means to be “made in the Philippines”. We partner with socially conscious brands and local entrepreneurs to find products designed and handcrafted in the Philippines by Filipino artisans, and share them with you in North America.”⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀ .⠀⠀ Thank you for sharing @cambio_market! We love what you’re doing! .⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ Let's inspire and build a community! What does it mean to be a Filipina to you? DM us, we'd love to know! 💭 #pinaycollective #pinaygrown⠀ (at Toronto, Ontario)

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Just a reminder. ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 .⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ Let's inspire and build a community! What does it mean to be a Filipina to you? DM us, we'd love to know! 💭 #pinaycollective #pinaygrown .⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀ #kimbjanes #empoweringwomen #woc #brownpride #melaninsisters #buildcommunity #poeticjustice #strengthinnumbers #heal #getsmarter #reclaimyourpower #herstory #wordsmith #womenwriters #foodforthesoul #womenpower

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👁‍🗨 “Being a filipina means embracing one's natural beauty. Whether you're born with dark or fair skin, embrace your skin color and be proud of it.”⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ • ⠀⠀⠀ • ⠀⠀⠀ • ⠀⠀⠀ Thank you @iamellajean ⠀⠀⠀ -----------------------⠀⠀⠀ Let's inspire and build a community! What does it mean to be a Filipina to you? DM us, we'd love to know! 💭 #pinaycollective #pinaygrown (at El Nido, Palawan)