This is for the cynic, the optimist, the disenfranchised, the rebel, and the Filipino voter.

My anxiety and trepidation concerning the 2022 National Election (and the one from 2016, for that matter) have been bubbling to the surface recently, so I decided to hash them out with my dear friend Mia Marci. Mia is an educator, a writer, a cynic at heart, a foul-mouthed Christian, and one of my favorite people in real life and on the internet, where she chronicles her journey of “decoñofication” and, more recently, her thoughts and feelings about the pursuit of justice alongside the Laban ng Masa coalition. We talk about our struggles during the 2016 Election season, we articulate the journey of choosing her candidate in Ka Leody De Guzman and mine in Leni Robredo, and we attempt to process what it might mean if the villain wins next week. All of this and more in this very special one-off episode of the Hurry Up the Cakes Podcast!

This episode was recorded on Star Wars Day 2022.

Links

On Voter’s Remorse, Democracy, and Hope — Hurry up the Cakes

“The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” by Ursula Leguin — Wikipedia, Amazon

Laban ng Masa

Vice President Leni Robredo

Ka Leody accepts the invitation to debate in enemy territory

Leody de Guzman says he’s not invited to GMA-7 interview of presidential hopefuls

Rebellions are built on hope

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This is for Max, 20 or so years from now.

It’s the season finale of the Hurry Up the Cakes Podcast! Special guest Maximus Finn is the valedictorian of the Squishy Days Preschool, a Tyrannosaurus Rex, and just such a trooper. He joins me on the last episode of the show to share some tips on how to protect yourself from COVID-19, and to really just be a goofball. Also, I tell the story of our COVID scare, and reflect on the adventure that has been this podcast.

From the bottom of our hearts, thank you so much.

• Sparky (Super Wings Wiki)
• This Tiny House Is Actually A Submarine! - Living Big in a Tiny House
• Dwayne Johnson says he and his family are on the mend from coronavirus (CNN.com)
• How to Protect Yourself & Others (CDC.gov)
• Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) advice for the public - World Health Organization
• @kookeeforest on Instagram
• Milk Tea Friday features Samosas by #CucinaDeBoni (Facebook)

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This is for the feminist, the ally, and the accidental misogynist.

Special guest Jenn Lazo is a feminist in the truest sense of the term—she has taken on various roles throughout different stages in her life in which she advocates for gender equality. She is also endlessly entertaining, and one of the people that I always wish to hang out with more often. I’m so glad we got to do that in this episode. Jenn shares her journey as a feminist, and she shows me around the different battlefields in the fight for gender equality—helping me navigate my own battlefields in the process. Also, she introduces me to the BTS rabbit hole.

• Rude Mechs Theater on Facebook
• Philippine Business Coalition for Women Empowerment
• Coffee Tonya
• Globe Telecom’s Parental Guidance Facebook Group
• Pastaleria Costa Brava on Instagram

I. Bangtan Sonyeondan (BTS) translation: Bulletproof Boyscouts

• BTS English Single, Dynamite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdZLi9oWNZg • BTS, a history crash course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M40jsKiIcm8 • BTS 101/Get to know the members https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu0IfBvZMRs&t=140s • Fun stuff to watch/James Corden's Carpool Karaoke https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4x7sDevVTY • WHAT GOT ME INTO BTS HOLY KAMOTE CHOREOGRAPHY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwMa6gpoE9I

II. BTS and Gender Equality/Gender discourse

• https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/42565/1/bts-gender-fluidity-teen-angst-column#::text=Because%20BTS%20takes%20a%20different,pants%2C%20women's%20and%20men's%20clothes. •

III. BTS and Social Good

https://www.soompi.com/article/1405305wpp/watch-bts-delivers-moving-speech-for-youtubes-virtual-graduation-ceremony?fbclid=IwAR0q0-PDMEGM_eV1D31vrWzQ3KrykUXv3F6NEBi2l5Qrx3I6ZY8MEjMq4EA

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-52960617

https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/all-the-times-bts-donated-to-causes-they-care-about.html/

IV. My BTS Media Exposure HAHAHAHA

A reporter friend mentioned me in her Inquirer article hahaha https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/363477/bts-start-two-week-birthday-celebration-tomorrow/

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