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Monica

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A digital strategist with a background in anthropology, I love social and technological change. I have lived, studied and worked in Manila, Singapore, London, Bangkok, Kathmandu, Edinburgh, Los Angeles and New York—a life long third culture kid! I'm passionate about participatory user cultures and aesthetics. Female fan fiction? Tolkien elves? Beautiful cities? Online communities? Indigenous knowledge systems and practices? Yup, thats what I'm into.


Colonialism’s continuing influence: Colorism in the Philippines

It's 'color', not 'race' I was sitting near a mother of two young sons in Manila. I could tell when...

1 Comment / August 2, 2016


Writers and reasons

“You’re too emotional, unable to think reasonably,” I’m often told. I arrived at the Quezon...

0 Comment / June 13, 2016


The Internets in 2004: MMORPG, Tolkien, Game Addiction and the Relics that Remain

"You like stories and getting into stories then making them your reality. And computers are just...

0 Comment / May 21, 2016


A modern pilgrim: Walking Spain’s Camino de Santiago

"To walk as a pilgrim is to see the sky,  the stars and earth in a new way - to meditate upon them with...

0 Comment / April 25, 2016


Overheard in New York City

9 year old New Yorker interrupts your meeting to pick up a call from her real lawyer "Sorry...I...

0 Comment / April 12, 2016


Autumn Leaves of London

TO AUTUMN. 1. SEASON of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring...

0 Comment / November 17, 2015


On our minds, 1st Edition

Hi readers of 11&more, Much has been happening in the world and among friends in our listserve....

0 Comment / November 17, 2015


Beirut to Paris – Cities Are About Life and Love

I’ve never been to Beirut. But I’ve been to Paris countless of times – more than I can recall....

2 Comments / November 16, 2015


November in Paris

Autumn sliped into Paris yesterday, came silently down Boulevard St Michel, In sultry heat, past boughs...

1 Comment / November 9, 2015


11 Ways Mad Max Fury Road is the Most Erotic Movie Ever

1) This 2) This 3) And this 4) This 5) Let's not forget this 6)...

0 Comment / June 14, 2015



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