Patricia Arcilla

In a time of skyrocketing prices and housing insecurity, tiny homes are increasingly sold by developers, architects and design bloggers as a sustainable and ethical ideal. But in reality, cramming more people into less space and charging a premium for the privilege is the embodiment of late capitalist dystopia.

The two most prominent images of the Filipina abroad are beauty queens and domestic workers—archetypes of conventional femininity which play into the hands of the country’s male leaders. Who is Miss Philippines, really?