Sade Andria Zabala

Filipina mermaid. Author of WAR SONGS and Coffee & Cigarettes.

Is Miss Universe Sexist Or Feminist?

In the Philippines beauty pageants are welcomed with enthusiastic fervor comparable to that of an Olympic competition. I will even venture to say Filipinos are obsessed with pageants and I don’t exaggerate.

5 Ways You Can Practice Courage

Brave does not equal cold-heartedness, lack of softness, or constant strength. Brave is the ability to perform under duress while remaining true to yourself in the process.

Grab This New Year By The Throat

2017 I hope you’ll be gentle, but if you mess with me I will fight you. Bye 2016. You were a major bitch, but now I’m a bigger one.

When You’re The ‘Bad Girl’

People expect you only know how to be sexy, because you seem ‘slutty,’ because you’re an attention-seeker, because you’re shallow, stupid, unclean.