Category: Interviews
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Mother Tining: A Narrative
Handwritten account by Leticia “Tining” Bula-at of the people’s resistance against the Chico River Dam in Kalinga, 1970s-1980s. Mother Tining’s story is adapted in comics in Let the River Flow Free/Lasst Den Fluss Fliessen/Dawwang for Goethe Institut’s Movements and Moments: Feminist Generations project. 1. It was between 1974 and 1977 — this was how long…
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Going behind the zines
Indie publishers Megan Flores and Gantala Press speak of the importance of community in art-making From the more structured comics to the loose, experimental pieces of art and poetry, zines have always been rooted on political matters. In the Philippines, we have witnessed its rise to fame through art expos such as Better Living Through…
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On Feminism
Drawn from interview questions by students. How would you describe your organization/group? What are its main objectives? Gantala Press is an independent, all-women, feminist collective that seeks to enrich and promote Philippine women’s writing by publishing works for, of, and by women. Since its establishment in 2015, it has published varied materials such as anthologies,…