My camera failed to launch despite a sound check the day before that showed it was fine. However, that didn't stop us from having fun on Juliette Wade's Google Hangouts show! We talk about Philippine mythology, Spanish colonization in the Philippines, and how that fits into my body of work.
Author: Vida Cruz
Filipina. 🇵ðŸ‡
Writer. Fiction published or forthcoming in Writers of the Future vol. 34, Expanded Horizons, Lontar: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction, Philippine Speculative Fiction.
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A late announcement and an award consideration post
It's been a while! First things first, I was awarded a 2018 James Tiptree Jr. Fellowship. "In her application, Cruz described the many faces of feminism and resistance in the Philippines: “Together, warrior, witness, writer, and witch amount to a uniquely Filipino feminist identity that live on in strains despite the erasure of colonization. I… Continue reading A late announcement and an award consideration post
Some Thoughts on the Roller Coaster Ride That Was 2018
The last five years have been pretty tough on me, though that seems to be the norm for 20-somethings. But 2018 in particular was a year of upheaval: I had the worst mental breakdown I've ever experienced in my life, quit my third job, twisted my ankle, lost some friends, got into some major fights,… Continue reading Some Thoughts on the Roller Coaster Ride That Was 2018
How to Offer Support for Loved Ones Who Have Been Sexually Harassed or Assaulted
Sexual harassment and assault happen more often than you think. It's just that survivors stay silent for fear of not being believed. Whether you're reeling from the outpouring of sexual predation accusations in Ateneo or the Brett Kavanaugh trial re-triggered awful memories for you/the people you love, I've put together a little primer for the… Continue reading How to Offer Support for Loved Ones Who Have Been Sexually Harassed or Assaulted
Documentary Review: ‘The Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin’
When established actors, musicians, writers, and other people of note die, many people get on social media and write so many words to elaborate on their broken hearts and flowing tears.There have only been two such people for me--Terry Pratchett and Ursula Le Guin.I'd always dreamed of meeting them, Ursula especially, and now I never… Continue reading Documentary Review: ‘The Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin’
Protected: A Letter to a Former Friend
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Publication Day: ‘Call of the Rimefolk’ and ‘Blushing Blue’
Some good news at least 🙂 Philippine Speculative Fiction 11, which has my week 4 Clarion story and first-ever sci fi tale "Call of the Rimefolk," is now available on Amazon, iTunes, and Kobo! If you like solarpunk Manilas, gay interplanetary romances, and psychic ice snakes from Pluto, you'll like this story 🙂 And I'm… Continue reading Publication Day: ‘Call of the Rimefolk’ and ‘Blushing Blue’
