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Aiko Lactaotao

A Post-Valentine’s Day Love Letter To God

If I consider myself lucky, would that be a sin? You are, after all, not a god of chances according to Ms. Bless Pascual, my theology…

4 min readJul 4, 2023

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A Post-Valentine’s Day Love Letter To God

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Aiko Lactaotao

Democracy Is The Opium Of The Masses — Not Religion

It takes a certain kind of wisdom to condemn the atrocities of Communism in a world that is blatantly tolerant of such. Enlightened minds…

5 min readJul 10, 2022

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Democracy Is The Opium Of The Masses — Not Religion

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Aiko Lactaotao

Don’t Believe A Word: A Look At Language And Power (A Book Review)

Personally, I’m always suspicious of linguists (I’m looking at you, Steven Pinker) who trumpet their aversion to so-called ‘language snobs’…

4 min readJul 10, 2022

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Don’t Believe A Word: A Look At Language And Power (A Book Review)

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Aiko Lactaotao

My Challenge To President Bongbong Marcos As A Small, Insignificant, and Powerless Filipino

This presidency is his LAST CHANCE to redeem his family’s name and reputation. If he fucks up, then not only is his family screwed, the…

3 min readJul 10, 2022

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My Challenge To President Bongbong Marcos As A Small, Insignificant, and Powerless Filipino

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Aiko Lactaotao

30 Ways To Eat Birthday Cake

The following scenes are from my 30th birthday:

16 min readJan 20, 2021

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30 Ways To Eat Birthday Cake

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Aiko Lactaotao

On The Appreciation Of The Beautiful

What makes art real art? I ask this within the context of our time, my generation as I do not feel like repeating the words of dead sages…

5 min readJan 4, 2020

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On The Appreciation Of The Beautiful

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Aiko Lactaotao

War Of Melancholia

The package came in the mail just as I was about to take my Siesta. I was in my house clothes which really, was nothing else but a loose…

6 min readJan 3, 2020

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War Of Melancholia

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Aiko Lactaotao

Idols Of The Theater

If Education were born as human, its first words would be “come one, come all.” Precisely in all nations that practice Social Democracy…

6 min readMay 9, 2018

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Idols Of The Theater

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Aiko Lactaotao

The Epistemology Of Selfie

The days of the MySpace angles are long over but that doesn’t mean we’ve forever escaped the phenomenon of people plus camera. In a…

5 min readMay 7, 2018

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The Epistemology Of Selfie

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Aiko Lactaotao

Give Them A Finger And They Demand The Whole Arm

Charity may be among the three essential virtues which Apostle Paul wrote in the Book Of Corinthians, but too much of it is a mockery of…

5 min readFeb 18, 2018

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Give Them A Finger And They Demand The Whole Arm

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Aiko Lactaotao

Aiko Lactaotao

Writer whose heart is in the avant-garde, in dire need of therapy for Logolepsy, while being a lifelong hesher living the br00tal lyfe in her parent’s basement.

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