Category Archives: 2021 Call for Stories

TW: This piece deals with suicide and rape.
All Souls Day
by i

To stand by things decided /
The twice-timed heart’s disease /
When the stars in your eyes have faded /
A dull ache unappeased

I used to color the world in grey. It started in childhood, when I chose to hide parts of my self after realizing I was gay. Color only had a place in the closet, in spaces hidden from the world. Living in grey helped me survive. It let me finish my studies, find a stableContinue reading “Reflections on GBV in Pop Culture: Gaya Sa Pelikula”

There was a time in my life when I was going through a terrible thing, and life was just getting worse and worse. When something really bad happened again, I had already cried so much that I already felt numb, and I couldn’t get angry anymore.

It took me more than half a decade to finally get myself help.

I still remember it all very clearly. The slow dimming and brightening of the Christmas lights in his room; the smokey smell of his skin.

Feel free to say no
is perhaps the utmost courtesy
we can give to fellow
human beings

Through this year’s call for stories, Time’s Up Ateneo hopes to promote supportive and caring communities for survivors and advocates.