Portia Placino

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Sleep and immaterial labor

On sleep and translations. #formerwest #hkw #berlin A post shared by Portia (@portiaplacino) on Mar 21, 2013 at 4:04am PDT Being online is a very distracting process. Years before, we … Continue reading →

March 16, 2015 · Leave a comment

Reflections on Former West Propositions

Former west brown bag from Portia Placino The Former West Congress: Documents, Constellations, and Prospects was participated in by around 150 students form all over the world. The levels of … Continue reading →

September 27, 2013 · 1 Comment
A Woman’s Story: From Feminism towards Post-Feminism and Back

A Woman’s Story: From Feminism towards Post-Feminism and Back

by: Maria Portia Olenka C. Placino What is a woman? What defines her? Is she different? How so? These are some of the questions I asked as the strength of … Continue reading →

September 30, 2011 · 1 Comment
Perception and Theatrical Embodiment

Perception and Theatrical Embodiment

by: Maria Portia Olenka C. Placino Once again, I am staring at a blank sheet of paper as I struggle with the topic I am working on–psychoanalysis and phenomenology. Neither … Continue reading →

September 22, 2011 · 2 Comments

Marxism at the height of Capitalism

by: Maria Portia Olenka C. Placino “Iskolar ng Bayan, ngayon ay lumalaban!” This is a familiar battle cry. What kind of UP student are you, if you have never heard this … Continue reading →

August 25, 2011 · 3 Comments

Eye of the Flâneur (?):Re-Evaluating Modernism

Soft lighting, generic jazz music, cheap wine, flowing beer, canapés, dimsum, finger foods and pretensions—that pretty much describes the stereotypical gallery opening in the “modern” art world of Manila. People … Continue reading →

July 28, 2011 · 4 Comments

Seeking Beauty and the Sublime

by: Maria Portia Olenka C. Placino This specific topic has been troubling me. After pondering long and hard about it, I am stuck. I’ve read all of the reading assignment. … Continue reading →

July 9, 2011 · 1 Comment
Janet Wolff’s Social Production of Art Critique

Janet Wolff’s Social Production of Art Critique

The Social Production of Art: Neo-Marxism in Aesthetics and Art Criticism by: Maria Portia Olenka C. Placino   Janet Wolff provides a neo-marxist take on aesthetics and art criticism. Neo-marxism … Continue reading →

March 30, 2011 · Leave a comment
David Davies’ Art as Performance Critique

David Davies’ Art as Performance Critique

Art as Performance: Performativity in Aesthetics and Theoretical Practices by: Maria Portia Olenka C. Placino “Artworks must be conceived not as products (decontextualized or contextualized) of generative performances, but as … Continue reading →

March 30, 2011 · 1 Comment

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Sometimes, Momma Kangaroo needs to take care of herself. Been sick and stressed, so its time for a cut. We found a magic window of time when bébé just finished nursing and there's an available stylist on the dot. So here we are. #babynarratives
Pssst! Pikachu, come here, I have something to tell you. Lol. Its nice to see the little one happily play. She's been irritable last week, and as her pedia confirmed yesterday, she has atopic dermatitis (eczema). Good thing the anti-histamine helped her. I've been worrying about her rashes and I thought we did something terribly wrong. All her clothes are cotton or organic cotton and washed with delicate detergent, her body wash js hypoallergenic, and she's exclusively breastfed. With a bit of poking around, turns out its genetic, she got it from her Dad's side of the family. The doctor said she may still outgrow this. Tomorrow, we'll be out shopping for skincare products specifically for baby eczema. I was advised to continue breastfeeding her and to exclusively breastfeed as long as possible, the pedia said it is her best hope of outgrowing this. In a way, it is good that it was diagnosed early, so it can be addressed. The greater fear is for the condition to develop into asthma, something we really hope to avoid. The stakes for continuing to breastfeed just got higher. Sigh. Also, I need to avoid food with high allergens, as it may trigger flare-ups. As for the environment, we need to constantly keep dust in check and keep the air quality as good as possible. Hopefully this may convince people that smoke such as those from katol is indeed very bad. We'll work through this hiccup. 1 in 5 babies are apparently affected with atopic dermatitis and most will outgrow it by age 2. I really hope our little one does so as well. #babynarratives
This is why co-sleeping is really not for us. Aside from my fear if SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome), the little girl just won't stay still. Being on bed just isn't safe for her. But this is so funny. She loves moving towards her Daddy and beating him like crazy. Lol. #babynarratives
You ARE your father's daughter. Lol. She fell asleep while playing. The little one attended my meeting with me. Then decided to pee, poop, poop, and poop, while her Daddy was changing her nappies. Suffice it to say that as challenging as today was, it was hilarious. #babynarratives
I got this catalog from the mail today. I miss Korea so badly... I wish I was able to see this show, but at least I got to see the catalog. Thanks @jpark782 and congrats @mark_salvatus #art #catalog #korea
The little one is 15 weeks old today... She's so active and she grew up so fast right before our eyes! She's having a bit of sleep regression right now, she can't seem to get back to sleep after waking up at 4-5 am. Still a good sleeper, considering, as she's in bed by 7pm. But rashes have begun to plague us, and we're still figuring it out. Our pedia thinks it might be allergic dermatitis, good thing we have a scheduled visit soon. Thank goodness I can text her anytime and send pictures through Viber. Her trunk, arms, and legs are affected. She already uses hypoallergenic soap, 100% cotton clothes, and her clothes are washed with gentle detergent. Next to check is the diet, as she only eats breastmilk, we are now checking MY diet. For now, no deep sea fishes, shrimps, or shellfish. I've already cut down on milk when she pooped watery green poop, especially with fenugreek, that I've also cut out. I ate peanut butter in the morning, and as nuts have high allergens, we're cutting that too. My goodness, this is not easy. We've also allowed a visit from the pet poodle the past week, so I'm cutting that again, just in case dander really irritates her. We'll just do a slow reintroduction of stuff once she gets better and older. So many worries, though the pedia told us not to be. Back to anti-histamine, amd hope we defeat the rashes soon! This is my last weekend as a stay at home mom and I'm still working on my syllabi for the upcoming semester. Whew. #babynarratives

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