Kia writes fiction, poetry and essays, and blogs about food, travel and art.

My Other Mother’s Day

I was my yaya’s girl. As needy as I was and as much as she spoiled me, ours was not a unique love story.

Things Gay People Are Still Told (Rappler)

For starters, what I’d like to know is why I’m still being told the same things I was told a decade and a half ago. Read more.

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Motherhood Statements

My essay “The Santol Tree” is included Motherhood Statements, an anthology edited by Rica Bolipata Santos and Cyan Abad-Jugo. Released in time for Mother’s Day, Anvil Publications is launching this …