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Posts published in October 2022

“I’m glad it went viral”: How social media is changing sex work for Filipinos

“Shame cannot feed my father,” said Rico, one of the over a million Filipinos who find their livelihood through sex work. 

Sex work is not only illegal in the eyes of the law in the Phillipines, but also in the eyes of the general public.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD): Eternal cycles of the extraordinary mind

*Trigger warning* – suicidal ideation Howard Hughes, American business magnate and record-breaking pilot – portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio in the Academy Award-winning biopic, The Aviator – perishes on his bed, completely consumed by his degenerative mental condition. Hughes died in…

“Ayatollah Zuckerberg”: Online censorship of Iran’s protests

Mark Zuckerberg, a software prodigy from suburban New York turned billionaire tech mogul, has little in common with Iranian theocratic ruling class like Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei. But the two both possess immense authority and influence, and the way that power has been wielded is what drew the ironic comparison.

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