Ka-women-an in our minds

THE times are exciting for kawomenan, i.e., ka-Pinay-an, being Pinay, being woman in this country.

Lest you’ve been living under a rock, we got a presidential candidate in Grace Poe, a vice-presidential candidate in Leni Robredo, both celebrated as women who are clean and uncorrupted – incorruptible! – by the political system that we all know is dirty dirty dirty. We’ve got Leila de Lima running for the Senate, as we do Lorna Kapunan. And recently – depending on how public your Facebook news feed is – there’s been a call for volunteers for what looks like a Miriam Defensor-Santiago campaign.