We discuss censorship in the Philippines and the U.S., Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s passing, Trump’s 1776 Commission as an attack on the 1619 Project, and ethnic studies. Play along with our “Sun, Moon, Rising” game! Then we talk about the t.v. show Riverdale, the New Moon in Virgo, and the poem “Hourglass Flow” by Derrick Weston Brown in Wisdom Teeth.

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00:00:00 - Intro

00:23:32 - Game!

00:48:05 - Riverdale (is trash)

01:42:46 - Pao's reading: New Moon in Virgo

02:00:49 - Janice’s reading: Poem about writer’s block: “Hourglass Flow” by Derrick Weston Brown in Wisdom Teeth

02:13:31 - Shout-outs!

This week, we talk about how Mars Retrograde (Rx) is affecting us. We talk about climate change, how trans lives matter, and we play a guessing game about Filipinxs. We also talk about the t.v. show VIDA, the astro weather about how to keep ourselves accountable (to ourselves), and the poem "How I Learned to Lie" by Norma Liliana Valdez. 

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00:00:00 - Intro

00:21:53 - Game!

00:49:51 - Vida

01:35:38 - Pao’s astrology reading for the week

01:39:52 - Janice’s poetry reading of Norma Liliana Valdez's "How I Learned to Lie" (in Preparing the Body published by YesYes Books, 2019)

01:55:24 - Shout-outs!

Welcome to Pinaystrology!  2 Pinays, 1 podcast hosted by Paola and Janice, talk BIPOC pop culture, poems, and the planets. Listen here for more about who we are, this week's astro weather and what you can do, and a talk about Mary J.--the queen of singing heartbreak and naming the dangers of love and falling inside of it.

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00:00:00 - Intro

00:18:38 - Game/Icebreaker!

00:35:56 - Insecure! + Guessing the main characters' Big Three

01:21:49 - Pao’s astro reading: Issa Rae’s natal chart + September’s astrology forecast

01:39:32 - Janice’s poetry reading of "Mary J." by Nijla Mu'min (published in Temz Review)

01:52:30 - Shout-outs!