Re-Entering the Dark
On finding my way through grief in a dark political time
5 min readMay 18, 2022
I’m deep in grief. My country, the Philippines, has elected as president the unapologetic heir of a murderous and plundering dictator we’d ousted in a dramatic show of people power almost 40 years ago.
Months prior to election day, many of us turned to the streets again and again in a similar show of people…
