In this episode, we speak with cultural workers China de Vera, Michael Beltran, and Tey Lopez about writer and activist Amanda Socorro Lacaba Echanis whose collected works, BINHI NG PAGLAYA, is forthcoming from Gantala Press. We talk about "redundancy" in writing, writing about fascism in children's books, writing and resistance, and many more. "May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears ..read more

This episode is based on the monthly book discussion organized by the Education Committee of Gantala Press. For the month of February, It features all about love: new visions by bell hooks, which discusses the aspects of love and its role not only in our daily lives but also in the context of our communities and society.  ..read more

‘Ika nga ni Zenaida Seva, "Hindi hawak ng mga bituin ang ating kapalaran. Gabay lamang sila. Meron tayong free will. Gamitin natin ito." Sa karamihan, ang astrolohiya ay tinitingnan bilang pampalipas-oras lamang at kakatwang gabay sa ating araw-araw na buhay. Ngunit sa kasalukuyan, mapapansin natin ang nagbabagong pagtanggap dito ng mga tao bilang higit pa sa mga prediksyon at simpleng sabi-sabi.   Sa episode na ito, kasama natin si Bridgette Diaz, ang founding president ng UP Esoterica at manunulat at mananaliksik tungkol sa astrolohiya at esotericism ..read more

Calendars have always showcased women in sexy outfits, often endorsing cars and liquors. Businesses and political candidates give away calendars as marketing materials. In this episode, Roma, Faye, and Marian discuss the creation of Gantala Press' 2022 Calendar -- how the featured women were selected; some important dates and commemorations, and some tips on illustrating women's portraits ..read more

Bilang  pakikiisa sa 16 Days of Activism, nais ng Gantala Press na maglunsad ng  mga usapan na magbibigay-linaw sa usapin ng sexual harassment at  gender-based violence sa mga bata, kababaihan, at mamamayang Pilipino. Makakasama si Atty Twyla Rubin ng CHR Gender Office ..read more

Ito ay inedit at pinaikling bersiyon ng isang talakayan sa Zoom tungkol sa Eleksiyong 2022 na pinangasiwaan nina Justine Siscar at Shar Soledad ng Center for Women's Resources (CWR) at BaBaE Network (Babae, Bantayan ang Eleksiyon!), at linahukan ng mga kasaping organisasyon ng Southeast Asia Feminist Action Movement (SEAFAM). Tinalakay ang kasalukuyang kalagayang pampulitika, ang kalagayan ng kababaihan sa ilalim ng Gobyernong Duterte, ang halalan o pagboto bilang demokratikong karapatan ng mamamayan, ang Pulitika ng Pagbabago, at ang Eleksyong 2022 at ano ang ating kailangang gawin? Para suma ..read more

In recognition of the International Day to End Violence Against Women and 16 Days of Activism, we spoke with Sharon Cabusao-Silva, Executive Director of Liga ng mga Lolang Pilipina or LILA Pilipina, on the legacy of our former comfort women, their fdemands for acknowledgment, compensation and justice, and the responsibility of our youth in continuing the fight of/for our Lolas.  LILA Pilipina is a partner of Gantala Press in producing MY MOTHER IS MORE THAN A COMFORT WOMAN, a storybook in three languages (Filipino, English, and Japanese) put together by Friends of LILA Pilipina. The book ..read more

In this episode, we celebrate World Mental Health Day (October 10) with Meg Yarcia, the Marxist psychologist and development worker behind the "Dear Meg" advice column in Facebook and Pinoy Weekly. We speak of alternative, accessible ways of caring for one's mental health and that of the collective; using the right language in talking about mental health; what activists need to recognize when dealing with mental health; how to balance motherhood and activism; what it means to be mentally healthy, and others. Faye Cura hosts ..read more

In this episode we speak with China de Vera of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers, Jandeil Roperos of the National Union of Students of the Philippines, and Kathleen Obille of the University of the Philippines School of Library and Information Studies about the recent purging of books on the people’s protracted war and the National Democratic Front from universities and libraries in Northern Philippines by the reactionary government through its state forces. We talk of the dangers of censorship, the consequences of the book-purging in education, and what we can do to resist this yet another fa ..read more

For  our Martial Law episode, we are featuring poems by Aida Santos, Lorena Barros and Mila Aguilar.    1. Jessica De Borja reads “Memories” by Aida Santos (in Mangled Mornings:  Collected Poems, Gantala Press: 2019) 2. Rae Rival reads an excerpt from Lorena: Isang Tulambuhay (UP Press, 2018) by Pauline Mari Hernando, and two poems by Lorena Barros 3. Angelica Takashima reads an excerpt from an introduction to Mila Aguilar by Carolyn Forché 4. Kezia Lao reads “Pigeons for My Son” by Mila Aguilar   5. Ka Rosario sings “Bayan Ko,” a popular song during Martial Law ..read more