An earthquake in search of its intensity Political cartoonist | Believer of Homosexual Audacity | Tropical Queer Asst. Prof of Visual Communication University of the Philippines Fine Arts | Posts are my own views | Fulbright-CHED 2018 scholar | Mamsirhttps://bsky.app/profile/chonggo.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/chonggo.bsky.social/post/3mkrsosuhzc2wI was rummaging through my stuff and saw this print out. It was for a paper I was thinking about queer allyship between women and gay men. Of course this is Global North, white supremacist. Is there a theory of the good old Filipino Baklang Babae?01 May 2026 09:25 +0000at://did:plc:3ji4zeirbbgmkyhsst7v6q3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkrsosuhzc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/chonggo.bsky.social/post/3mkpxq33i7k2pAs May is about to make its entrance, let this be my theme song for the month, maybe the year, maybe my 40s? https://youtu.be/x-FLnQrUGTc?si=Ryi-Ao_lbrFOkRfu30 Apr 2026 15:50 +0000at://did:plc:3ji4zeirbbgmkyhsst7v6q3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpxq33i7k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/chonggo.bsky.social/post/3mkkta45rw22rThank you, DDS, for giving me occasional joy.28 Apr 2026 14:46 +0000at://did:plc:3ji4zeirbbgmkyhsst7v6q3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkta45rw22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/chonggo.bsky.social/post/3mk64uwi3qs2pI think I may wear my hoochie daddy shorts for a conference presentation because i ain’t wearing something formal in this summer heat. And I usually sweat more when I read at an academic presentation because I guess my sweat glands welcome academics? Anyway, here’s me surrounded by bears.23 Apr 2026 13:34 +0000at://did:plc:3ji4zeirbbgmkyhsst7v6q3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk64uwi3qs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/chonggo.bsky.social/post/3mk2llsu4ss26A cousin sent old photos to my sister. Saw this and lost it. I remember this. This was in Baguio. I was told to touch the statue. It was wet with morning dew. Hence check out my manner of contact. Wala na talagang kaduda-duda dati pa.22 Apr 2026 03:47 +0000at://did:plc:3ji4zeirbbgmkyhsst7v6q3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk2llsu4ss26https://bsky.app/profile/chonggo.bsky.social/post/3mjytfsgg3c2mA day before my birthday, I met with some cartoonist friends for a meeting. Then i stumbled into a vlog shoot. Lol. Here’s me with my mekmek shorts after minute 4. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/14hLRDsvuve/?mibextid=wwXIfr21 Apr 2026 11:01 +0000at://did:plc:3ji4zeirbbgmkyhsst7v6q3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjytfsgg3c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/chonggo.bsky.social/post/3milw3w5b7k2dIt sucks that I lost the newspaper gig. I was let go a few days after i lost my eye. I hope i can contribute to another newspaper.03 Apr 2026 14:20 +0000at://did:plc:3ji4zeirbbgmkyhsst7v6q3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3milw3w5b7k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/chonggo.bsky.social/post/3milw25uyss2dAn exhibition essay I wrote was appreciated by the artist himself. I feel good. But maybe i should do my art and have my exhibit instead of writinf about somebody else’s, yes?03 Apr 2026 14:19 +0000at://did:plc:3ji4zeirbbgmkyhsst7v6q3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3milw25uyss2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/chonggo.bsky.social/post/3mih66b4uks2p@ernestopriego.com thank you for sharing your thoughts on the graphic science webinar. I watched it live at midnight here in Manila. Very insightful.01 Apr 2026 17:01 +0000at://did:plc:3ji4zeirbbgmkyhsst7v6q3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mih66b4uks2phttps://bsky.app/profile/chonggo.bsky.social/post/3mfos4egarc2cInside every gay man are two divas. No, they are not battling each other out but coalescing for imperial expansion of fabulousness. These are my two inner divas:25 Feb 2026 13:31 +0000at://did:plc:3ji4zeirbbgmkyhsst7v6q3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfos4egarc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/chonggo.bsky.social/post/3mcwtpjnauc25“HBO Asia decided to stream Heated Rivalry in our mostly homophobic and conservative region. This resulted in compounded traction, with people—mostly women and queer audiences—gagging over the apparent lack of gag reflex the characters seem to have.” https://manilastandard.net/lifestyle/314693744/heated-salivary.html#google_vignette21 Jan 2026 14:05 +0000at://did:plc:3ji4zeirbbgmkyhsst7v6q3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcwtpjnauc25https://bsky.app/profile/chonggo.bsky.social/post/3mbgxmp5bds2fGoing back to the hospital tomorrow. I am trying not to worry.02 Jan 2026 13:07 +0000at://did:plc:3ji4zeirbbgmkyhsst7v6q3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbgxmp5bds2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/chonggo.bsky.social/post/3mbece5gcbk2eFollow my substack, y’all https://substack.com/@lastpieceofshame?r=551rst&utm_medium=ios01 Jan 2026 11:41 +0000at://did:plc:3ji4zeirbbgmkyhsst7v6q3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbece5gcbk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/chonggo.bsky.social/post/3magih5mn7c2zMan, November 2025 was something else for me.20 Dec 2025 15:11 +0000at://did:plc:3ji4zeirbbgmkyhsst7v6q3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3magih5mn7c2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/chonggo.bsky.social/post/3m2shgaifac2aWhen the trailer first dropped, audiences wondered with genuine anxiety: would the dog survive? Online, dog parents half-joked—and half-threatened—that any harm to Indy would cause riots in theaters. https://manilastandard.net/showbiz/314653063/indy-the-retriever-is-2025s-unlikely-horror-star.html#google_vignette10 Oct 2025 00:53 +0000at://did:plc:3ji4zeirbbgmkyhsst7v6q3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2shgaifac2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/chonggo.bsky.social/post/3m2m6z2re7s2r“Saying that all are equally abhorrent is not heroic; it’s pessimism on crack. It pretends to be above it all, yet it directly benefits the violent plunderers.” https://manilastandard.net/lifestyle/314652283/plunder-thrives-among-those-who-are-spineless.html07 Oct 2025 13:06 +0000at://did:plc:3ji4zeirbbgmkyhsst7v6q3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2m6z2re7s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/chonggo.bsky.social/post/3lzycg34hxc2p“One Battle After Another refuses to let its audience settle. It is volatile, outrageous, and, at times, wickedly funny — a collision of militancy and militarization that blurs the line between conviction and control” https://manilastandard.net/showbiz/314648943/militant-meets-militarized.html29 Sep 2025 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:3ji4zeirbbgmkyhsst7v6q3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzycg34hxc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/chonggo.bsky.social/post/3lzj4d2exrc2z“Duterte’s presidency denigrated rallies as communist plots. Demonstrators were smeared as criminals. This left a heavy residue. The once-revered memory of the 1986 People Power uprising was systematically eroded, recast as irrelevant theater.” https://manilastandard.net/lifestyle/lifestyle-columns/314646372/outrage-with-a-punchline-how-humor-fuels-philippine-protests.html23 Sep 2025 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:3ji4zeirbbgmkyhsst7v6q3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzj4d2exrc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/chonggo.bsky.social/post/3lyxio5zfdk27“The pabebe is a national curse of perpetual infantilism, constantly looking for short-term kilig rather than putting in the hard work of the long view on what needs to be done.” https://manilastandard.net/lifestyle/314643713/aldub-nation-returns-in-a-flooded-world-of-plunder-and-anger.html16 Sep 2025 14:08 +0000at://did:plc:3ji4zeirbbgmkyhsst7v6q3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyxio5zfdk27https://bsky.app/profile/chonggo.bsky.social/post/3lwy2n2qyo22lIf anything, the underlying horror in this film is the fear of millennial coupling. This film serves as an analogy for the fear of commitment and the idea of “losing yourself.” https://manilastandard.net/showbiz/314631506/a-body-horror-twist-on-romance.html22 Aug 2025 08:39 +0000at://did:plc:3ji4zeirbbgmkyhsst7v6q3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwy2n2qyo22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/chonggo.bsky.social/post/3lviaxlo7g22oUgh. I am so over this era.03 Aug 2025 08:25 +0000at://did:plc:3ji4zeirbbgmkyhsst7v6q3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lviaxlo7g22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/chonggo.bsky.social/post/3lt32pu2ttk2f“it feels like you’re watching a middling video game, with characters merely being led around to be killed and to progress to the next stage. The story is merely a premise for an eventual theme park ride.” My review for Jurassic Park Rebirth: https://manilastandard.net/showbitz/314611260/a-leviathan-of-nothing.html03 Jul 2025 15:38 +0000at://did:plc:3ji4zeirbbgmkyhsst7v6q3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lt32pu2ttk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/chonggo.bsky.social/post/3lsr3ku3jdk2n“Some online nimrods have been tearing down the recent Pixar offering with the phrase “go woke, go broke.” This is yet another example of smug ignorance aimed at silencing non-white stories and creators.” My thoughts on Elio https://manilastandard.net/showbitz/314609354/its-out-of-this-world-and-still-a-box-office-dud.html29 Jun 2025 16:27 +0000at://did:plc:3ji4zeirbbgmkyhsst7v6q3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsr3ku3jdk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/chonggo.bsky.social/post/3lsireg73gs2xFlowers for Ashurbanipal, 2025, mixed media on rice paper mounted on canvas I carved some East Asian vases matrixes on my last days in Lubbock. Printed them on recycled paper, specifically, I printed on paper used to cover shoes in shoeboxes. I printer on mulberry paper. Glued With acrylic medium26 Jun 2025 09:03 +0000at://did:plc:3ji4zeirbbgmkyhsst7v6q3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsireg73gs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/chonggo.bsky.social/post/3ls3trktwnc2vMan. One bad thing about being single is when one is horny.21 Jun 2025 05:41 +0000at://did:plc:3ji4zeirbbgmkyhsst7v6q3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls3trktwnc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/chonggo.bsky.social/post/3lrxvmwjgrk2z“Boyle returns with 28 Years Later (2025) and, alongside his writing partner Alex Garland, aims to modernize the zombie genre by bringing it back into the realm of myths.” My review on what seems to be my pick for among 2025’s best: https://manilastandard.net/showbitz/314605132/when-monsters-return-to-myth.html19 Jun 2025 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:3ji4zeirbbgmkyhsst7v6q3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrxvmwjgrk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/chonggo.bsky.social/post/3lrsiqv4yq22fIt has been such a taxing day but i got this from a friend. I was part of this pictorial for Ladlad for pride. I would have preferred the sobriquet “Gutter Gay” instead of just “gay.” Sounds boring. Pwede rin “becky lou blanco.” Apparently this is part of an exhibit at a café in QC?17 Jun 2025 12:30 +0000at://did:plc:3ji4zeirbbgmkyhsst7v6q3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrsiqv4yq22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/chonggo.bsky.social/post/3lrn7kerdqk2k“Con asa niadto ang mga nabuang nga iro?” (Whither have the mad dogs gone?) 2025, serigraphy and pen and ink on illustration board 15” x 20”15 Jun 2025 10:02 +0000at://did:plc:3ji4zeirbbgmkyhsst7v6q3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrn7kerdqk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/chonggo.bsky.social/post/3lrkzzmdzks2aStumbled into a work I did in Texas. It was hidden in an envelope. The original photo showed a destroyed Manila Cathedral after the Philippine-American war. Then i let it engulf by a jungle and the archipelago.14 Jun 2025 13:18 +0000at://did:plc:3ji4zeirbbgmkyhsst7v6q3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrkzzmdzks2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/chonggo.bsky.social/post/3lq7merfzqs2t“Filipinos are very much part of the Black dandyism in the United States. Though they are paid dastardly, many of these young men saved up for them to have bespoke Macintosh suits that go well with their relatively more diminutive stature.” https://manilastandard.net/lifestyle/lifestyle-columns/primer-by-chong-ardivilla/314595060/dapper-defiance-what-it-means-to-dress-up-from-below.html28 May 2025 06:49 +0000at://did:plc:3ji4zeirbbgmkyhsst7v6q3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq7merfzqs2t