Pinsan | Telling Truer Stories IV – 2021
1027
page-template,page-template-full_width,page-template-full_width-php,page,page-id-1027,page-child,parent-pageid-489,ajax_updown,page_not_loaded,,transparent_content,qode-theme-ver-11.0,qode-theme-bridge,wpb-js-composer js-comp-ver-7.9,vc_responsive

Telling Truer Stories IV – 2021

Telling Truer Stories IV

In commemoration of the International Safe Abortion Day this September 28, 2021, WGNRR, together with PINSAN and Filipino Freethinkers, will hold discussions and art workshops to showcase the intersection of abortion rights issue with women’s rights and other social rights and justice issues.

Telling Truer Stories is an initiative that collects feminist narratives in various art forms (visual art, poetry, essays, music, film), all to shift from the usual conservative caricatures and stereotypes to the underrepresented diverse realities that women (and their loved ones) live every day. Since its inception in 2018 through the Philippine Safe Abortion Advocacy Network (PINSAN), Telling Truer Stories took the initiative to seek perceptions on abortion by showcasing stories in different art forms, thus an anthology for safe and legal abortion was born.

The Artworks
My clothing does not measure my dignity as a woman.

Vivien

Because I fought for my autonomy and my rights as a woman.
I can’t believe that choosing my rights is treated as sin.

Download full text here >

WRITING AND PHOTOGRAPHY
“Vivien”
Izzae DG

To put it simply

In five syllables
Allow me to tell you this
My body is mine

Download full text here >

WRITING
“To put it simply”
Addy M.

Three Unnamed Haikus in Succession

Maybe when it’s right
And I am finally free
I will see you soon

Download full text here >

WRITING
“Three Unnamed Haikus in Succession”
Addy M.

Fecund

I could survive. I could weather. I am fecund with wild grass, turmeric fatten under my soil because the rain visits every now and then. I am the pomelo tree that bears thorns instead of fruits.

Download full text here >

WRITING AND PHOTOGRAPHY
“Fecund”
Rae Rival

Untitled

I decided to left home since she can't sent me school anymore and look for a part time job and provide for myself.

Download full text here >

WRITING
Sweet
PHOTOGRAPHY
“Pro-life”
Sed
Behind the patriarchal, and social barriers that restrict her from her rights, the fence metaphorically represents the hindrances that women face from garnering their rights in the society.
PHOTOGRAPHY
“The Barrier”
Supriya
EMBROIDERY
Yllang Montenegro
EMBROIDERY
Sheena
EMBROIDERY
Garden Girl
EMBROIDERY
Izzae
EMBROIDERY
Vonna
EMBROIDERY
Valerie
EMBROIDERY
Patty
EMBROIDERY
Kimberly
EMBROIDERY
Hannah
EMBROIDERY
Lui
EMBROIDERY
Alarie
EMBROIDERY
Raissa
EMBROIDERY
Laalin
ADVOCACY IN PICTURES
Claudine
ADVOCACY IN PICTURES
Sally
ADVOCACY IN PICTURES
Kay
ADVOCACY IN PICTURES
Albertine
ADVOCACY IN PICTURES
Patty
PRINTMAKING
Panj
PRINTMAKING
Pinky S
PRINTMAKING
Patty
PRINTMAKING
Mica
PRINTMAKING
Elle
PRINTMAKING
Dawn Quinidel
POTTERY
Alarie
POTTERY
Kristine Chan
POTTERY
Valerie
POTTERY
Vonna
LETTERING
Alarie
LETTERING
Patty
LETTERING
Lui
LETTERING
Yllang Montenegro
LETTERING
Izzae
LETTERING
Thina
LETTERING
Tine
LETTERING
Mica
LETTERING
Vien