#pisay

[anotherpisaygirl]

last first week of school over :33

[kashncheese]

Lifted Burden

Our world is constantly changing; it's not the same as it was yesterday, not the same as it was last week, and nowhere near the same as it was 200 years ago, a time when men and women were crushed by imposed gender expectations. A woman had to be a submissive wife who does housework and be innocent and pure, while a man strong to keep his family safe and able to provide for them alone (Appell, n.d). 

But “Two Words”, a story published in 1989 by Latin American author Isabel Allende, shows how gender expectations have changed since those times; in the past decades, people have been able to slowly accept the idea that we are not confined to these roles.

To show how "Two Words" conveys this idea, let’s talk about two of its characters: Belisa and the Colonel

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Belisa

Child Belisa. Emaze.(n.d.).taken from https://www.emaze.com/@aiiczqcw/Two-Words-(Feminist-Criticism)

Belisa, the female lead, steers far away from stereotypical female expectations, reflecting the significant progress feminism made in Latin America by the 1980s. 

For a point of comparison, let’s talk Pride and Prejudice (P&P). In P&P, marriage is a woman's ultimate goal and the only way for her to have a secure future, meaning a woman could never be independent. A woman couldn’t even own property during the time P&P was set. (Austen,2003)

But times have changed, Belisa’s not confined to that goal. She’s more independent, and this is established as early as the first sentence when it’s explained that her family was too poor to name their children, which means “Belisa Crepusculario” wasn’t something given to her, but something she worked for. Starting from her name, she had to work hard for everything she had: her skills and her business. Belisa is also nowhere near submissive (see page 3, where she gets manhandled and “demanded to know the reason for such rough treatment”) nor is she portrayed as completely “pure” (see page 4, where she suddenly wants to “fondle” the Colonel).

So yeah, Belisa was pretty far from a “traditional woman”.

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The Colonel

The Colonel. Craiyon. (n.d.). taken from https://www.craiyon.com/image/uwTEnbLwRL6dGDmKa1PjCA

The Colonel embodies the flexibility that’s been integrated into gender roles. 

One could argue that the Colonel was just another traditional man, though. He was someone people saw as strong, someone who led and was always at the head, and these were traits expected of a traditional man.

But that wasn’t all that the Colonel was. 

For example: “....the whole world could see the voracious-puma eyes soften as the woman walked to him and took his hand in hers” (Allende, 1989, p. 7)

While it's subtle, this quote portrays a submissive, emotional side to the Colonel, contrasting the victorian/traditional “dominant, stoic, manly man” idea. (Man up – the Victorian Origins of Toxic Masculinity, 2017)

And that’s the thing. Anyone, male or female, should be able to choose what roles they want to fill regardless of who traditionally held those roles and expectations. They aren't trapped just because they chose a “traditional role”, and this idea is perfectly portrayed by the Colonel. 

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"Two Words'' is a story with feminism far from its main focus, but that's what makes it great to analyze from this perspective. From stories like these that don't focus on feminism, we get to see what authors consciously and subconsciously expect of different genders. While one author doesn't reflect the thoughts of society as a whole, the works that an author leaves behind still serve as proof that the ideas they had existed, and sometimes, that's enough proof to believe that our world changed, hopefully for the better.

Allende, I. (1989). Two Words. https://lah.elearningontario.ca/CMS/public/exported_courses/ENG1D/exported/ENG1DU06/ENG1DU06/ENG1DU06A03/_teacher/two-words.pdf

Appell, F. (n.d.). Victorian Ideals: The influence of society’s ideals on Victorian relationships. Retrieved June 2, 2024, from https://www.mckendree.edu/academics/scholars/issue18/appell.htm

Austen, J. (2003). Pride and Prejudice (V. Jones, Ed.). Penguin Classics.

Man Up – The Victorian origins of toxic Masculinity. (2017, May 12). https://projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/thehistorian/2017/05/12/man-up-the-victorian-origins-of-toxic-masculinity/ 

[littlelav107]

hey so forgive my angry rant earlier because the student community led by b29 that decided to connect Bluetooth microphones and their phone to the outdoor snack bar is incredible

now every 4pm here someone just starts using the speaker as a karaoke machine

and honestly, when the student community is made up of people who study microscopes at 8th grade and have readiness exams and UPCAT, AND has a good chunk of campus interns that live in the campus dorms for the whole week, some sort of whimsy and weirdness is indeed needed

"that's just a younger students thing" nope, the seniors are doing it too, and they're graduating this school year

[hitmyheartbrakes]

i will FOREVER remember JL as that kid who wore a regular tshirt and jeans to a formal event while everyone else and especially the girls were all freaking out about what to wear 😭😭😭 didnt think id ever see the day it will happen but i must say that he kinda ate us up 😭 gave no fucks whatsoever

[praints]

dump because I and many others agree that these don't look good enough to be published in my public accounts

[miyamiwu]

The Philippines just won its first gold medal in the 17th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics, which was held in Brazil

Brazilippines is at it again

[jugger-heads]

[did i post this?]

Murphy and Cassandra from last year

[artemisresources]

pisay pao in NCIS: New Orleans gif pack

by clicking this link or the source link, you will find #39 gifs of pisay pao as anada benjawan in ncis: new orleans. and here is a link to the zip file, where you can pay what you want.

trigger warnings: n/a

birth year: 1984

ethnicity: cambodian, thai

Do:

use in roleplay

use in edits/fanvids/oc content

use in edits/fanvids about the celeb

tag or credit me (optional)

Don’t:

use in taboo or celebrity roleplay

[bad-kendi]

what is it w the best known schools having the worst uniforms

[discoidal]

hello friends not from the philippines who wont understand what im trying to say with this, i just want to tell yall that the pisay advantage is NOT real. thank you

[anotherpisaygirl]

my res

my res grades are hurting my feelings

[littlelav107]

the ultimate question of whether to send this to our math teacher (i dont know if it will scare him away)

“This would do numbers on tumblr” you’re so right, 0 is definitely a number

[littlelav107]

PSHS-CBZRC G8 GROUP DYNAMICS LET'S GOOOOOO

VANDA SANDERIANA ❗❗

YAN ANG WALING-WALING ❗❗❗❗❗

[cbholganza]

To Live, To Love, To Learn, To Leave a Legacy... and To Laugh Along The Way.

For those of you who may not have noticed, I made a slight tweak on my tagline recently. It used to be: Living, Loving, Learning, and Leaving a Legacy. I have since changed it to: To Live, To Love, To Learn, To Leave a Legacy… and To Laugh Along The Way. This tweak in the tagline encapsulates the way I intend to live the rest of my life. It shows the continued aspiration to live a life…

[littlelav107]

maybe yall are taking this as writing dust for fanfics and original stories but I AM CONSUMING THE DUST TO REVISE AND ACTUALLY FINISH THIS EDITORIAL ARTICLE I SWEAR-

Made this as a joke when bestie commented her writing fairy must have visited me to get me to pump out 3K words tonight.

[jugger-heads]

what needed to be done