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itsthemissamericana · 2 years

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Silenced and Attacked: The Struggle for Right to Free Speech

(by Resha Kaye Sarita)

Miss Americana highlights the talk of historical and cultural interest, as well as the relevance of the narration in the Philippine context in the prologue story of “America Is Not the Heart” by Elaine Castillo. This section presents and expounds on how Castillo opened the discourse of one of the two issues that are relevant in the Philippine context: the political turmoil that is prevalent in the country that leads to human rights violations (deprivation, killings, and illegal arrests, among others).

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Living in a democratic country, we are granted a plethora of rights that shall be highly upheld and valued, as well as inherently enjoyed by every single citizen in the country. If a leader of the nation, together with the higher echelons of the government, fails to uphold these and neglects the rights, this is subject to the human rights violation. With the growing relationship between this political turmoil in the narrative itself and the prevalence in the Philippine context, this photo essay is sought to address and highlight one particular event in the narrative which is Tato’s unfortunate event that is grounded in a violation of the right to freedom of expression which leads to illegal arrests and killings during the Martial Law.

Remembering the character of Tato in the prologue story of America Is Not the Heart, he was then the cousin of Paz who was studying either law or politics and was involved with student rallies and protests. Later on, it revealed the unfortunate fate of Tato as being reported as dead by the soldiers after having disappeared for so long. Given this scenario, this implies how grave the situation was during that certain regime to the Filipino activism, the press, and the movements. There was certainly a looming threat to freedom of expression which is our right.

It must be immensely understood that the reason why people you see outside the streets voicing out, carrying placards and protest signs, or even standing out amidst the crowd is because these are driven by the product of oppression, exploitation, marginalization, injustice, and inequality. And a politically awakened individual, like Tato, would most likely start to voice out these issues in the country to fight for what is right. However, movements before by people were thrown out to the drainage when Martial Law came which ended with numerous people and activists being arrested or worst, tortured to death. A total nightmare for family members to have known that someone in the family hadn’t come back one day.

If we will not speak, then who will? The freedom of expression, as our right, is a powerful right to have and that is to be able to speak out and express, be critical, and acknowledge what is right. But during the Martial Law, it was clear enough that what happened was the other way around in which Marcos manifested the characteristic of silencing and depriving people of their rights to free speech. Not to mention, the press media as well, depriving people of their right to truth and the free press. For most activists and people joining societal and political movements, it wasn’t always that easy for them. Today, they are attacked and most often than not, red-tagged, and seen as brigner of a ruckus to the public that generates traffic and whatnot. In the first place, they shouldn't be seen as bad or something that has a negative connotation because these are the people who risked their welfare to speak up for everyone.

In light of this matter, our voices and freedom to speak are edges in our system, and criticizing the government is a right granted by our Constitution. Thus, all the protests, movements, and activism, may it be in the streets or online, is a legitimate exercise of democratic freedom. However, a system that yields power and control over this right is a downright factor in achieving this goal. Mongiello (2016) stated that “a political system that invites change is always way better than those which generate rebellion”. Therefore, we must continue to encourage the citizens to aim and support a system that offers opportunities for political participation and walkouts, whatever forms they may be, and leave no room for oppression, inequality, and tyranny to foster. And lastly, a nation needs a system that values this right to avoid leaving people deprived of free speech, or worst, leaving someone with a bullet stuck on their head.

PHOTO: Freedom of Speech (Adolfo Mexiac, 1984)

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supernovalunare · 5 months

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lauraswiftie24 · 6 months

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beautysology · 2 years

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✨ 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗮 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘇𝘂𝗲𝗹𝗮 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮 🇻🇪 Comenzamos el dia con buenas noticias 😍 Carla Romero (@carlaromeroch) será nuestra representante en el #MissAmericanaInternacional2022 en #Ecuador portando la banda de #MissAmericanaVenezuela2022 Carla sera enviada por la organización @miss_misterzulia @missamericanainternacionalvzla @missamericanainternacional 🔹Producción: @ed_jmr 🔹Dirección: @mapago_ @intmagency 🔹Fotografía: @miguel.pazfoto 🔹Estilismo y Maquillaje: @makeme.glam @andryukaroba @bchourio 🔹Corona: @carlosqueros_palacios 🔹Banda: @mercadeando @miguelangelazuaje 🔹Traje de Baño: @byaliciabracho_ 🔔 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬⁣⁣⁣ 👥 𝐄𝐭𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐚 𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞 ✍️ 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚 𝐬𝐢 𝐭𝐞 𝐆𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐀⁣⁣⁣ 📲 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐬 @𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐲𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• #Beautysology #TeamMissologosVenezuela #MissAmericana #MissAmericanaInternacional #MissZulia #MissZulia2022 #MissVenezuela #MissZulia2022 #Miss #Model #MissosologyBig5 #PageantsThatMatter #GrandSlam #RelevantPageants #PowerHouse #beautypageants #Caracas #Venezuela #zulia #maracaibo #picoftheday (at Maracaibo Edo. Zulia .venezuela) https://www.instagram.com/p/CeGo-S5u15y/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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septembersghost · 1 year

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Wow, additional lights… twitter. com/eboyanti/status/1655807713690124288?s=20 twitter. com/missamericanas/status/1655795069419388928?s=20

this is visually arresting and also completely terrifying afsgdh i'm so glad everyone was safe and okay that night

#ways in which i am an indoor girl for sure #anonymous #letterbox

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kahlangrl09 · 2 months

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#OnlyTheYoung #MissAmericana #TaylorSwift

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mywingman · 7 months

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My breakup was so bad I became a Swiftie. #taylorswift #taylornation #taylor #taylorswift13 #taylornation13 #fearless #speaknow #red #1989 #reputation #lover #swiftie #swifties #swiftieforever #tayloralisonswift #istandwithtaylor #missamericana #folklore #taylorswiftfan #taylorswiftnow #taylorswiftfans #taylorswiftfanpage #evermore #FearlessTaylorsVersion #RedTaylorsVersion #midnights #ErasTour #tstheerastour #traviskelce #chiefs #jetsnation #KCvsNYJ #speakNowTaylorsVersion #1989TaylorsVersion #nfl #enchanted #undergroundcomix #art #mywingman 10/2/23

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gotzyredlips · 7 months

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I love you and will continue to do so throughout your every eras!

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misguided-madness · 7 months

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Finally was able to watch “Miss Americana: Taylor Swift” On Netflix - Much respect to Taylor Swift - I’m actually now really a big fan - this documentary changed some thimgs for me - she deserves her success! #taylorswift #swiftie #missamericana #netflix #music

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coolkidzliveforever · 2 years

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Hello family & friends!!! I am competing in the Miss Ohio USA 2022 pageant May 20-21st in Portsmouth, Ohio. I am currently Miss Heart of Ohio USA and need your help! I’d appreciate any and all support in pursuit of becoming the next Miss Ohio USA you can vote for me for the PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD & OVERALL FAN FAVORITE. The contestant with the second highest votes advances straight to the semi-finals & the contestant with the highest votes advances DIRECTLY TO THE FINAL FIVE !!!! You can place an unlimited amount of votes until May 21st at 6 AM EST. To vote click the link below or in my bio! Cast your vote under my photo & title Heart of Ohio below: http://www.missohiousa.com/ohusa2022/#voteForm Please let me know if you vote for me so I can thank you personally 💗 . . . . . . . . #missohiousa #missoh #missohusa #procprod #pageants #vote #missohio #missohioamerica #missamerica #miss #amazon #revolve #zara #handm #ambassador #collab #collaboration #benefitcosmetics #amazonfinds #pageants #pageantryreimagined #pageantheadshots #pageantry #pageantcoach #missohamerica #missusa #missuniverse #missamerica #missamericana #pageantlife #ootd (at Columbus, Ohio) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdvuCXOrwWf/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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augustrainnn3 · 2 years

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there is no other songs i relate more than miss americana and the heartbreak prince.im not talking about the politics.the lyrics is soo related to my heart. "They whisper in the hallway she is a bad,bad girl". thats just explains my whole secondary school life. i was not a bad girl or a whore. i was just a girl who was trying to be happy. but you know,people like to call you a whore while they have no opinion about you and your life. "You play stupid games,you win stupid prizes" thats just it. i never played any stupid games and i sometimes won,sometimes lost.but they played tons of stupid games and they always won. "Go! Fight! Win!" these are the lines i always heard. but i feel like i have to say something. i dont have to go,fight and win all the time. sometimes staying and loosing can be better. I love this song so so so much. I love the things it makes me feel.It makes me feel like someone in understands me. Thank you Tay<13 #missamericana&theheartbreakprince #tay #taylorswift #go #fight #win @taylorswift