The moment they called themselves "FilipinX", they relegated themselves to hopelessly full of crap. FilipinX is as absurd, acceptable and rare amongst those it denotes as LatinX. What hypocrites to accuse you of white supremacy when they've aided and abetted linguistic imperialism. I can guarantee none of them speak Tagalog as a first la…
The moment they called themselves "FilipinX", they relegated themselves to hopelessly full of crap. FilipinX is as absurd, acceptable and rare amongst those it denotes as LatinX. What hypocrites to accuse you of white supremacy when they've aided and abetted linguistic imperialism. I can guarantee none of them speak Tagalog as a first language.
That said, I can empathize with you as someone who works in the film industry. My right leaning politics have had me cancelled from a once promising cinematography career. So I get it. But please, whatever you do in the future, and you may realize this by now after your ordeal, apologizing when you've done no wrong to those suffering from Post Modern madness syndrome, always backfires. The apology does nothing to fulfill their sense of justice. It's but an unsatisfactory tribute to be paid at their behest for eternity or until they find a new oppressor du jour. Also, an apology in your case is taken as an admission of guilt - punishment at the discretion of your accuser.
But unfortunately, you set the table for this fracas. By purposefully catering to "marginalized" voices as opposed to just relying on the merit of the work, author's demographics be damned, lets the cats into the hen house. The moment anyone prefaces their argument, position or art with "as a ...(fill in the blank with any marginalized or intersectional profile)", that whatever comes next is built on shaky grounds.
Maybe in Verity Las resurrected form, how about publish the works of blind submissions like the way great symphonies and opera houses audition behind a curtain? I have to believe there will be donors willing to fund an artistic endeavor based on the work and nothing but the work.
Wise words! I’ve come to the same conclusions after my experience. I’m sorry you’ve had to as well. It’s so against everything I ever wanted or expected from being involved in the arts. On the upside, Verity La is now slowly rising from her ashes as Verity La La, and we will indeed be auditioning from behind the curtain! Thank you.
I'll look out for hit. I'm sure you'll rise as a stronger and better publication. And who knows, it may break out to a wider audience. As the success of many a heterodox platform shows, there's a hunger for arts and discourse forged outside a bubble. Ask Joe Rogan.
The moment they called themselves "FilipinX", they relegated themselves to hopelessly full of crap. FilipinX is as absurd, acceptable and rare amongst those it denotes as LatinX. What hypocrites to accuse you of white supremacy when they've aided and abetted linguistic imperialism. I can guarantee none of them speak Tagalog as a first language.
That said, I can empathize with you as someone who works in the film industry. My right leaning politics have had me cancelled from a once promising cinematography career. So I get it. But please, whatever you do in the future, and you may realize this by now after your ordeal, apologizing when you've done no wrong to those suffering from Post Modern madness syndrome, always backfires. The apology does nothing to fulfill their sense of justice. It's but an unsatisfactory tribute to be paid at their behest for eternity or until they find a new oppressor du jour. Also, an apology in your case is taken as an admission of guilt - punishment at the discretion of your accuser.
But unfortunately, you set the table for this fracas. By purposefully catering to "marginalized" voices as opposed to just relying on the merit of the work, author's demographics be damned, lets the cats into the hen house. The moment anyone prefaces their argument, position or art with "as a ...(fill in the blank with any marginalized or intersectional profile)", that whatever comes next is built on shaky grounds.
Maybe in Verity Las resurrected form, how about publish the works of blind submissions like the way great symphonies and opera houses audition behind a curtain? I have to believe there will be donors willing to fund an artistic endeavor based on the work and nothing but the work.
All the best.
Wise words! I’ve come to the same conclusions after my experience. I’m sorry you’ve had to as well. It’s so against everything I ever wanted or expected from being involved in the arts. On the upside, Verity La is now slowly rising from her ashes as Verity La La, and we will indeed be auditioning from behind the curtain! Thank you.
I'll look out for hit. I'm sure you'll rise as a stronger and better publication. And who knows, it may break out to a wider audience. As the success of many a heterodox platform shows, there's a hunger for arts and discourse forged outside a bubble. Ask Joe Rogan.