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Talong/Tahong: Mga Kwentong Homoerotiko
TALONG/TAHONG
Mga Kuwentong Homoerotiko
Iba-iba ang temperamento ng mga akda.
May nakakatawa.
May medyo seryoso.
May romantiko.
May madrama.
May nakakatense.
Pero may iisang pisi na nagbubuhol
sa mga ito, ang homoerotiko.
Mga Kuwentong Homoerotiko
Iba-iba ang temperamento ng mga akda.
May nakakatawa.
May medyo seryoso.
May romantiko.
May madrama.
May nakakatense.
Pero may iisang pisi na nagbubuhol
sa mga ito, ang homoerotiko.
151 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2011
About the author
Rolando B. Tolentino
62 books113 followersRolando B. Tolentino is an associate for fiction of the UP Institute for Creative Writing. He is a faculty member of the UP Film Institute. He is the founding chair of Katha, the fictionists group in Filipino, and is a member of the Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino and the Congress of Teachers and Educators for Nationalism and Democracy (CONTEND-UP). His works include: Sakit ng Kalingkingan: 100 Dagli sa Edad ng Krisis (2005), Kuwentong Syudad (co-editor, 2002), Sapinsaping Pag-ibig at Pagtangis: Tatlong Novella ng Pagsinta’t Paghinagpis (1999); Fastfood, Megamall at iba pang kwento sa pagsasara ng ikalawang milenyum (1999); Relasyon: Mga Kwuwento ng Paglusong at Pag-ahon (co-editor, 1999); Ali*bang+Bang atpb. Kwento (1994); Habilin: Antolohiya ng Katha Para sa Pambansang Kasarinlan (co-editor, 1991); Engkwentro: Kalipunan ng mga Akda ng Kabataang Manunulat (co-editor, 1990).
He has received many awards here and abroad, namely: Distinguished Visitor, UC-Berkeley and UCLA Southeast Asian Studies Consortium (2006), Visiting Fellow, Sociology Department, National University of Singapore (Jul 2005-Dec 2006), Obermann Summer Research Fellowship (2004), Best Arts Book, Gintong Aklat, (2002), Writer’s Prize, National Commission for Culture and the Arts (2001), Manila Critics Circle Award for Best Film Criticism Book (2001); Gawad Chancellor for Best Literary Work (2001); Lily Monteverde Professorial Chair (2000-2001); UP International Publication Award (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003); Henry Sy Professorial Chair (1998-1999); Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, 1998, 1994, 1991; Research Grant, U.P. Office of Research Coordination, 1998-1999, 1999-2000; Research Grant, U.P. Center for Integrative Development Studies, 1997-1998; Angara Fellowship, U.P. Women’s Studies Center, 1997-1998; Belmonte Creative Writing Grant, U.P. College of Arts and Letters, 1997-1998; Research Grant, Sumitomo Foundation, 1997-1998; CCP Gawad para sa Alternatibong Pelikula at Video, 1996; All University Predoctoral Merit Fellowship, USC, 1993-1996; Fulbright Grant to pursue Ph.D. in area of Critical Theory and Cultural Studies, 1992-1996; Writing Grant, Cultural Center of the Philippines; Thesis Grant, Philippine Social Science Council, 1991.
He has received many awards here and abroad, namely: Distinguished Visitor, UC-Berkeley and UCLA Southeast Asian Studies Consortium (2006), Visiting Fellow, Sociology Department, National University of Singapore (Jul 2005-Dec 2006), Obermann Summer Research Fellowship (2004), Best Arts Book, Gintong Aklat, (2002), Writer’s Prize, National Commission for Culture and the Arts (2001), Manila Critics Circle Award for Best Film Criticism Book (2001); Gawad Chancellor for Best Literary Work (2001); Lily Monteverde Professorial Chair (2000-2001); UP International Publication Award (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003); Henry Sy Professorial Chair (1998-1999); Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, 1998, 1994, 1991; Research Grant, U.P. Office of Research Coordination, 1998-1999, 1999-2000; Research Grant, U.P. Center for Integrative Development Studies, 1997-1998; Angara Fellowship, U.P. Women’s Studies Center, 1997-1998; Belmonte Creative Writing Grant, U.P. College of Arts and Letters, 1997-1998; Research Grant, Sumitomo Foundation, 1997-1998; CCP Gawad para sa Alternatibong Pelikula at Video, 1996; All University Predoctoral Merit Fellowship, USC, 1993-1996; Fulbright Grant to pursue Ph.D. in area of Critical Theory and Cultural Studies, 1992-1996; Writing Grant, Cultural Center of the Philippines; Thesis Grant, Philippine Social Science Council, 1991.
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February 19, 2013
This book has been with me since 2011. I was only loaned to me by a lady physician friend. I am not sure why I agreed to borrow this. I thought I would have fun reading about same-sex stories. Yes, this anthology is about homosexual stories and the sexual acts are explicitly and graphically tackled or described. The first few ones are delightful, i.e., entertaining (haha no kidding!), but after reading the same thing (how many variations can a homosexual act have?), your sensitivities become jagged and you have no choice but pay attention to the writing and let go of the sex acts. Otherwise, you will not be able to finish the book.
Rolando B. Tolentino is currently a professor at the University of the Philippines Film Institute. He graduated with a degree in economics from De La Salle University. He is a visiting professor at the National University of Singapore's sociology department. He is a member of Manunuri ng Pelikulang Filipino. He is also a contributor to Criticine, an online journal dedicated to elevating discourse on Southeast Asian cinema. He pursued his masters in Philippine studies also at De La Salle. He earned his Ph.D. in film studies at the University of Southern California. He has written extensively on Philippine cinema, literature and popular culture.
So, Tolentino is not some kind of fluke whose main objective is to titillate gays, bisexuals or the adventurous straights, right? Yes. The stories in this anthology are nicely written: "contained" mood, consistent POV's, slices-of-"real"-life (real in quotation because I am not sure if these things happen in real life though) and has beginning-middle-end (thank you, Beverly, see? I learned from you). Also, Tolentino explained that the "hero" or the "main protagonist" in this anthology is the human body so these seem to be a glorification to human body as it is adored by a member of the same sex. Not sure if this sits well with you but I chose to read this so there.
As usual, I put my knee-jerk reactions after reading a story or a bunch of them below:
1) Mortal Kombat sa Shangri La. by Mykel Andrada - 3 STARS
The two young men are sitting inside the Santo Domingo Church. One of them is touching the other's crouch. Since they cannot do "it" inside the church, they go to the toilet. Gee, I go to that church on a weekly basis so I could picture what they were doing haha. There?
2) Neon ni Deo. by Romulo P. Baquiran, Jr. - 3 STARS
I have been to a gay bar but only for a bottle of beer and for a quick while just enough to witness one boy's dance wearing a short-short denims pants. He was holding a bottle of beer while gyrating. This was in 1994 before I got married. I was testing myself I being in a gay bar would change my mind haha.
3) Kuwento ni Jethro. by Kristian S. Cordero. - 3 STARS
One boy has not experience masturbation yet so he is invited by another boy (older than the first boy) to do it together. The boy falls in love with the older one. Unfortunately, the older one is straight.
4) Sa Odd Manila. by Faye Cura - 2 STARS
The first lesbian story and it is too short. No explicit sex scenes. Just some lamentations of a gay girl about a friend who is ignoring her.
5) M2M. by Paul G. Del Rosario - 3 STARS
About a plain-looking gay boy who is in love with another gay boy but this object of his fantasy is too showbiz star handsome. So, the plain gay boy does all the efforts in bed and when it is his turn to be happy, the handsome gay boy just sleeps and excuses himself to be tired. Sad but the way Del Rosario wrote this makes this story too heartfelt.
6) Notas intimas (o, aha, ayan ka na naman, nakakita ka lang ng nota'y hindi ka na naman mapakali, best in religion ka pa naman din noong bata ka). ni Vlad Gonzales - 2 STARS
Gonzales tried hard to make the story different by injecting humor and using a non-linear storytelling. But it just did not fly for me. Easily forgettable.
7) Lorenzo. by Chuckberry Pascual. - 3 STARS
Quite memorable. When the neighbor boy shouts "Bakla!" (Gay!), I thought it would just be ignored by the narrator, a gay boy who has to stop studying because his mother has no money to send him to school. The gay boy is religious but his new neighbor has just moved to that place and he is fond of sleeping with his room's window open while he is only wearing short-shorts in bed. I like gay boys who fight for those who oppressed them.
8) Ang Binatilyong Nalimot. by Louie Jon A. Santos - 1 STAR
A young man is doing a study on people who died in fire accidents. One day, he finds an article mentioning a name of a man who used to have sex with him when he was 12-y/o and that man was 14-y/o. I think this story suffered most because of its brevity. Somewhat ordinary if not pointless.
9) Kislot. by Mari M. Santiago - 2 STAR
The second lesbian love story in the collection. Also short but a bit better than #8. I did not know that lesbian young girls go for physical stuff also. I think this story could have been better if Santiago was more descriptive or brutal so that it goes with the style of the other authors.
10) Hasang. by John Iremil E. Teodoro - 1 STAR
Wait. This one is long and yet it is also ordinary. It tells the story of a 30-y/o medical representative in a pharmaceutical copy so he has to stay in the city. Then one day, he feels burned out so he resigns and looks for his former lover who is now residing in Camiguin, an island city in the Visayas. He finds out that the former lover is already married with 3 children. But wait, there is a good-looking fisherman living nearby, the 25-y/o Luis who has a set of gills. Oh yes, just like a fish!
11) A. (para kay jm). by Rolando B. Tolentino - 2 STAR
This is told by a first person narrator who frequents a gay bar and falls in love with a dancer/entertainer there. That relationship opens his eyes on the reality of being gay and the nature of the relationship that the man he loves might just be taking advantage of him. Nothing new, really but Tolentino's prose seems sincere and a bit stylish. This is my first time to read a book by him and this made me interested to find and read other works by him.
12) Pauline Angela Chavez. by Mylene Tordesillas - 3 STAR
The third lesbian story in the anthology and I liked it. It is told in a light yet very effective way. Not really original. I think I saw this style in Lina Flor's 1936 short story "Five Snapshots."
However, Tordesillas' style is more contemporary and fresh. I think she should write more.
13) Silid. by Camilo M. Villanueva, Jr. - 4 STARS
I enjoyed this. The gay angle is very subtle and something that you have to deduce from the first person narration that seems to be going nowhere. If only all gay writers write this way, I would read more and more gay literature. The ending is tragic or seems to be tragic. It's like a overblown lamentation of love and at first I could not figure it out until it dawned on me that Villanueva was just trying to express the sorrow the narrator was feeling. Very unconventional yet one of the best stories in this collection. Who is this author? I want to read more of his works.
14) Bangus. by Michael Jonathan A. Villar - 3 STARS
Two fitness trainers at the gym are lusting after a beautiful sexy client so they are watching and assisting her doing the exercises. There is also the homosexual TV personality Rey Pumaloy who is distracting one of the fitness trainer. After the work out the two trainers masturbate in the gym's toilet. They are not aware that Rey Pumaloy was also there... Not all out gay story because it does not have a homosexual act. The author knows how to control himself. I liked this!
15) Ang Tauhan Niyang si Emil. by Alvin B. Yapan - 4 STARS
Very different approach in storytelling. Yapan beautifully overextended some points but his mastery of prose allowed him to do this. He is really a joy to read (this is my 3rd time to encounter him). Like #14, this story has almost no homosexual elements. At least on the surface. Because the internal struggle (of coming out) is really bottled inside the main protagonist. Very different technique in storytelling yet very effective. For me, I guess.
Overall, still a nice book. It's just that I was not able to really relate to most of the stories. Too gross for me.
Thank you to Doctor Ranee for lending me this book!
Rolando B. Tolentino is currently a professor at the University of the Philippines Film Institute. He graduated with a degree in economics from De La Salle University. He is a visiting professor at the National University of Singapore's sociology department. He is a member of Manunuri ng Pelikulang Filipino. He is also a contributor to Criticine, an online journal dedicated to elevating discourse on Southeast Asian cinema. He pursued his masters in Philippine studies also at De La Salle. He earned his Ph.D. in film studies at the University of Southern California. He has written extensively on Philippine cinema, literature and popular culture.
So, Tolentino is not some kind of fluke whose main objective is to titillate gays, bisexuals or the adventurous straights, right? Yes. The stories in this anthology are nicely written: "contained" mood, consistent POV's, slices-of-"real"-life (real in quotation because I am not sure if these things happen in real life though) and has beginning-middle-end (thank you, Beverly, see? I learned from you). Also, Tolentino explained that the "hero" or the "main protagonist" in this anthology is the human body so these seem to be a glorification to human body as it is adored by a member of the same sex. Not sure if this sits well with you but I chose to read this so there.
As usual, I put my knee-jerk reactions after reading a story or a bunch of them below:
1) Mortal Kombat sa Shangri La. by Mykel Andrada - 3 STARS
The two young men are sitting inside the Santo Domingo Church. One of them is touching the other's crouch. Since they cannot do "it" inside the church, they go to the toilet. Gee, I go to that church on a weekly basis so I could picture what they were doing haha. There?
2) Neon ni Deo. by Romulo P. Baquiran, Jr. - 3 STARS
I have been to a gay bar but only for a bottle of beer and for a quick while just enough to witness one boy's dance wearing a short-short denims pants. He was holding a bottle of beer while gyrating. This was in 1994 before I got married. I was testing myself I being in a gay bar would change my mind haha.
3) Kuwento ni Jethro. by Kristian S. Cordero. - 3 STARS
One boy has not experience masturbation yet so he is invited by another boy (older than the first boy) to do it together. The boy falls in love with the older one. Unfortunately, the older one is straight.
4) Sa Odd Manila. by Faye Cura - 2 STARS
The first lesbian story and it is too short. No explicit sex scenes. Just some lamentations of a gay girl about a friend who is ignoring her.
5) M2M. by Paul G. Del Rosario - 3 STARS
About a plain-looking gay boy who is in love with another gay boy but this object of his fantasy is too showbiz star handsome. So, the plain gay boy does all the efforts in bed and when it is his turn to be happy, the handsome gay boy just sleeps and excuses himself to be tired. Sad but the way Del Rosario wrote this makes this story too heartfelt.
6) Notas intimas (o, aha, ayan ka na naman, nakakita ka lang ng nota'y hindi ka na naman mapakali, best in religion ka pa naman din noong bata ka). ni Vlad Gonzales - 2 STARS
Gonzales tried hard to make the story different by injecting humor and using a non-linear storytelling. But it just did not fly for me. Easily forgettable.
7) Lorenzo. by Chuckberry Pascual. - 3 STARS
Quite memorable. When the neighbor boy shouts "Bakla!" (Gay!), I thought it would just be ignored by the narrator, a gay boy who has to stop studying because his mother has no money to send him to school. The gay boy is religious but his new neighbor has just moved to that place and he is fond of sleeping with his room's window open while he is only wearing short-shorts in bed. I like gay boys who fight for those who oppressed them.
8) Ang Binatilyong Nalimot. by Louie Jon A. Santos - 1 STAR
A young man is doing a study on people who died in fire accidents. One day, he finds an article mentioning a name of a man who used to have sex with him when he was 12-y/o and that man was 14-y/o. I think this story suffered most because of its brevity. Somewhat ordinary if not pointless.
9) Kislot. by Mari M. Santiago - 2 STAR
The second lesbian love story in the collection. Also short but a bit better than #8. I did not know that lesbian young girls go for physical stuff also. I think this story could have been better if Santiago was more descriptive or brutal so that it goes with the style of the other authors.
10) Hasang. by John Iremil E. Teodoro - 1 STAR
Wait. This one is long and yet it is also ordinary. It tells the story of a 30-y/o medical representative in a pharmaceutical copy so he has to stay in the city. Then one day, he feels burned out so he resigns and looks for his former lover who is now residing in Camiguin, an island city in the Visayas. He finds out that the former lover is already married with 3 children. But wait, there is a good-looking fisherman living nearby, the 25-y/o Luis who has a set of gills. Oh yes, just like a fish!
11) A. (para kay jm). by Rolando B. Tolentino - 2 STAR
This is told by a first person narrator who frequents a gay bar and falls in love with a dancer/entertainer there. That relationship opens his eyes on the reality of being gay and the nature of the relationship that the man he loves might just be taking advantage of him. Nothing new, really but Tolentino's prose seems sincere and a bit stylish. This is my first time to read a book by him and this made me interested to find and read other works by him.
12) Pauline Angela Chavez. by Mylene Tordesillas - 3 STAR
The third lesbian story in the anthology and I liked it. It is told in a light yet very effective way. Not really original. I think I saw this style in Lina Flor's 1936 short story "Five Snapshots."
However, Tordesillas' style is more contemporary and fresh. I think she should write more.
13) Silid. by Camilo M. Villanueva, Jr. - 4 STARS
I enjoyed this. The gay angle is very subtle and something that you have to deduce from the first person narration that seems to be going nowhere. If only all gay writers write this way, I would read more and more gay literature. The ending is tragic or seems to be tragic. It's like a overblown lamentation of love and at first I could not figure it out until it dawned on me that Villanueva was just trying to express the sorrow the narrator was feeling. Very unconventional yet one of the best stories in this collection. Who is this author? I want to read more of his works.
14) Bangus. by Michael Jonathan A. Villar - 3 STARS
Two fitness trainers at the gym are lusting after a beautiful sexy client so they are watching and assisting her doing the exercises. There is also the homosexual TV personality Rey Pumaloy who is distracting one of the fitness trainer. After the work out the two trainers masturbate in the gym's toilet. They are not aware that Rey Pumaloy was also there... Not all out gay story because it does not have a homosexual act. The author knows how to control himself. I liked this!
15) Ang Tauhan Niyang si Emil. by Alvin B. Yapan - 4 STARS
Very different approach in storytelling. Yapan beautifully overextended some points but his mastery of prose allowed him to do this. He is really a joy to read (this is my 3rd time to encounter him). Like #14, this story has almost no homosexual elements. At least on the surface. Because the internal struggle (of coming out) is really bottled inside the main protagonist. Very different technique in storytelling yet very effective. For me, I guess.
Overall, still a nice book. It's just that I was not able to really relate to most of the stories. Too gross for me.
Thank you to Doctor Ranee for lending me this book!
May 28, 2011
Amoy Clorox! Amoy Clorox!
Ito ang katagang tumatak sa isipan ko. Oo nga pala, homoerotika nga pala itong binasa ko. Hindi lalabas si John Lloyd na may dalang pizza na ubod dami ng keso. Clorox ang sinisigaw ng dalawang magkasintahan at hindi si Bea at John Lloyd kungdi dalawang lalake na nag-do sa loob ng sinehan sa
Shangri-la. Unang bungad palang ito, puno na agad ng kakaibang factor.
Talong/Tahong ay binubuo ng mga maikling kwentong hindi pambata dahil sa tema nitong Erotika. Hindi rin ito nararapat sa mga pinanganak na sensitibo at sa mga taong nagdesisyon na manatili sa loob ng kanilang aparador. Ito ay librong para sa mga masaya at marunong umunawa sa ikatlong kasarian. Walang halong pulitika o pangkutsa. Saloobin ito ng isang nagmahal sa kapwa lalake/ sa kapwa babae, kung paano nila binaybay ang buhay at namayagpag or nagdusa sa piniling ka-relasyon. Pero may lalim din itong pinaparating. Nakakubli sa liwanag ng mga neon lights ng mga bahay aliwan, sa sulyap ng pagnanasa ng laman. May pinagmulan ang ulayaw ng dagat, may pasilip sa puso, may kurot sa dibdib (minsan sa labi). May dagok na pilit punuin ng katuwa-tuwang pantasya. Sa huli nawa'y naiparating na ang kwento nila ay di naiiba sa atin, may puso, may tukso, may dusa at pagnanasa. Mga kwentong ito'y kathang isip mang ituring ay hango din sa realidad.
Subalit, ako ay naumay. Meron lang itong higit kumulang na 143 pahina. Kung nanaisin, kaya ito ng isang upuan lamang, isang pasada, isang beses na paghihintay sa na-late na pasyente o makupad na takbo ng dyip sa trapik. Dalawa o tatlong kwento sa isang araw, ito ang hangganan ko. Hindi sa suklam pero sa suya. Pakikipagtalik ba naman ang laman ng bawat kwento, aba'y parang nagmarathon ako ng tatlong pelikulang porno. Hindi ko pala kaya ng ganun. At tila pinaglalaruan ako ng may akda, may isang kwento kung saan inaantay ko na ang eksena na magpapasa-totoo sa titulo nitong "Homoerotika". Laking gulat ko at wala, kahit paglalarawan ng paglalakip ng kanilang labi ay wala. Ang tunay pala niyang pakay ay ang paganahin ang aking imahinasyon ng di kelangan may nabasang "SEX" sa kwento. Naaliw naman ako, naisahan niya ako. May mga mansanas pala na di dapat kagatin kungdi ay paglaruan lamang. At ikinatuwa lalo dahil ini-ayos ito sa gitna ng libro sa pagitan ng pag -aanticipate at ng pagkasuya.
Maselan. Hindi lang ang laman kungdi ang ilang paksa dito. May kwento ng pari, kwento ng sawi sa pag-ibig, kwento ng first -time at kwento ng pagkamulat o pamumukadkad sa kanilang napiling tahakin na buhay kung paru-paru ba o isang gamu-gamu ang lalabas sa kanilang pupa. Homoerotika, akala ko'y wala lang sa akin, mulat naman ako sa nilalaman ng mga sumulat ke Xerex. Ngunit ang pinaghalong homosekswal at erotika ay bago sa akin. May mga kaibigan naman akong mga Gay (may isa ding babae ang ngalan talaga ay Gay) pero siguro ito na muna ang babasahin ko sa ganitong kombinasyon. Iba ang mulat sa nanlaki ang mata. Inosente pa rin pala ako.
Ito ang katagang tumatak sa isipan ko. Oo nga pala, homoerotika nga pala itong binasa ko. Hindi lalabas si John Lloyd na may dalang pizza na ubod dami ng keso. Clorox ang sinisigaw ng dalawang magkasintahan at hindi si Bea at John Lloyd kungdi dalawang lalake na nag-do sa loob ng sinehan sa
Shangri-la. Unang bungad palang ito, puno na agad ng kakaibang factor.
Talong/Tahong ay binubuo ng mga maikling kwentong hindi pambata dahil sa tema nitong Erotika. Hindi rin ito nararapat sa mga pinanganak na sensitibo at sa mga taong nagdesisyon na manatili sa loob ng kanilang aparador. Ito ay librong para sa mga masaya at marunong umunawa sa ikatlong kasarian. Walang halong pulitika o pangkutsa. Saloobin ito ng isang nagmahal sa kapwa lalake/ sa kapwa babae, kung paano nila binaybay ang buhay at namayagpag or nagdusa sa piniling ka-relasyon. Pero may lalim din itong pinaparating. Nakakubli sa liwanag ng mga neon lights ng mga bahay aliwan, sa sulyap ng pagnanasa ng laman. May pinagmulan ang ulayaw ng dagat, may pasilip sa puso, may kurot sa dibdib (minsan sa labi). May dagok na pilit punuin ng katuwa-tuwang pantasya. Sa huli nawa'y naiparating na ang kwento nila ay di naiiba sa atin, may puso, may tukso, may dusa at pagnanasa. Mga kwentong ito'y kathang isip mang ituring ay hango din sa realidad.
Subalit, ako ay naumay. Meron lang itong higit kumulang na 143 pahina. Kung nanaisin, kaya ito ng isang upuan lamang, isang pasada, isang beses na paghihintay sa na-late na pasyente o makupad na takbo ng dyip sa trapik. Dalawa o tatlong kwento sa isang araw, ito ang hangganan ko. Hindi sa suklam pero sa suya. Pakikipagtalik ba naman ang laman ng bawat kwento, aba'y parang nagmarathon ako ng tatlong pelikulang porno. Hindi ko pala kaya ng ganun. At tila pinaglalaruan ako ng may akda, may isang kwento kung saan inaantay ko na ang eksena na magpapasa-totoo sa titulo nitong "Homoerotika". Laking gulat ko at wala, kahit paglalarawan ng paglalakip ng kanilang labi ay wala. Ang tunay pala niyang pakay ay ang paganahin ang aking imahinasyon ng di kelangan may nabasang "SEX" sa kwento. Naaliw naman ako, naisahan niya ako. May mga mansanas pala na di dapat kagatin kungdi ay paglaruan lamang. At ikinatuwa lalo dahil ini-ayos ito sa gitna ng libro sa pagitan ng pag -aanticipate at ng pagkasuya.
Maselan. Hindi lang ang laman kungdi ang ilang paksa dito. May kwento ng pari, kwento ng sawi sa pag-ibig, kwento ng first -time at kwento ng pagkamulat o pamumukadkad sa kanilang napiling tahakin na buhay kung paru-paru ba o isang gamu-gamu ang lalabas sa kanilang pupa. Homoerotika, akala ko'y wala lang sa akin, mulat naman ako sa nilalaman ng mga sumulat ke Xerex. Ngunit ang pinaghalong homosekswal at erotika ay bago sa akin. May mga kaibigan naman akong mga Gay (may isa ding babae ang ngalan talaga ay Gay) pero siguro ito na muna ang babasahin ko sa ganitong kombinasyon. Iba ang mulat sa nanlaki ang mata. Inosente pa rin pala ako.
December 13, 2019
"para tayong mga ahas nag-iiwan ng balat tuwing nahahayok sa laman."
Lagpas sa salitang libog ang mga kuwento sa koleksyong ito. Parang nanonood ako ng pornograpiya na punom-puno ng pag-ibig ang mga kasangkot. Napapakambiyo ako sa bawat ungol. Nanggagahasa ang mga salita at pangungusap. Nalalasahan ng dila ang lapot ng katas. Nanunuot sa kokote ang linamnam. Isang masarap na putahe ng homoerotikong mga kuwento na paulit-ulit mong titikman kapag nalasahan.
Lagpas sa salitang libog ang mga kuwento sa koleksyong ito. Parang nanonood ako ng pornograpiya na punom-puno ng pag-ibig ang mga kasangkot. Napapakambiyo ako sa bawat ungol. Nanggagahasa ang mga salita at pangungusap. Nalalasahan ng dila ang lapot ng katas. Nanunuot sa kokote ang linamnam. Isang masarap na putahe ng homoerotikong mga kuwento na paulit-ulit mong titikman kapag nalasahan.
August 29, 2022
May pagkakaiba ang erotika at pornograpiya. Orgasm ang layunin ng huli na nakakamit sa pamamagitan ng lantarang pagsasalarawan ng sex, at madalas na mayroong formula: magtatagpo ang magtatalik, maghuhubad, foreplay, magtatalik, at saka maghihiwalay (Benilda Santos, “Ang pagsasasalita sa laman”). Samantala, sa tingin ko, ang tunguhin naman ng erotika ay (1) ang paggising sa pagnanasa (arousal) ng mambabasa habang (2) inuunawa ang relasyong sekswal-romantiko sa pagitan ng mga tauhan sa kwento. Dahil may dimensyong homoerotiko, i.e. queer, ang mga kwento, ang layunin nito at tulungan ang mambabasa na unawain ang mga relasyong same-sex. Kung nasapul ng isang kwento ang dalawang bagay na ito, sa tingin ko’y tagumpay na erotika ang kwento.
Nakamit ng ilang mga kwento sa “Talong/Tahong” ang layuning ito. Pinakagusto ko ang: (1) “Lazaro” ni Chuckberry Pascual dahil sa paghahalo ng imahen ng rosaryo (relihiyon) at ng ari ng lalaki; (2) “Hasang” ni John Iremil Teodoro kung saan mababasa ang pagkahulog ng loob ng dalawang lalaki sa isang paraiso; at (3) “Kislot” ni Mari Santiago kung saan inaalala ng isang babae ang kanyang mga nakarelasyong babae noon, habang nililikot siya sa kasalukuyan ni Steve (isang madalang na pagkakataong makababasa ng bisexual na tauhan sa Filipino). Mayroon din namang mga kwentong hindi gaanong katagumpay sa una o ikalawang layunin, kung saan nagkulang o sumobra sa pareho.
Sa lipunang gaya ng atin, itinatago ng mga queer ang kanilang pagnanasa sa katawan, relasyon, at sa pag-ibig na ipinagbabawal at itinuturing na kasalanan at imoral. Awtomatiko na sa mga akdang queer ang pagtunggali sa heteronormative na pananaw sa kasarian, pero siguro’y pinakamapangahas ang erotika dahil itong pagnanasa sa katawan ng kapwa-lalaki, kapwa-babae, at sa mga kasariang hindi pasok sa heteronormativong pag-iisip, ang isang bagay na gugustuhin nilang itago na lamang sa halip na lantarang dinadakila at ipinagdiriwang.
Nakamit ng ilang mga kwento sa “Talong/Tahong” ang layuning ito. Pinakagusto ko ang: (1) “Lazaro” ni Chuckberry Pascual dahil sa paghahalo ng imahen ng rosaryo (relihiyon) at ng ari ng lalaki; (2) “Hasang” ni John Iremil Teodoro kung saan mababasa ang pagkahulog ng loob ng dalawang lalaki sa isang paraiso; at (3) “Kislot” ni Mari Santiago kung saan inaalala ng isang babae ang kanyang mga nakarelasyong babae noon, habang nililikot siya sa kasalukuyan ni Steve (isang madalang na pagkakataong makababasa ng bisexual na tauhan sa Filipino). Mayroon din namang mga kwentong hindi gaanong katagumpay sa una o ikalawang layunin, kung saan nagkulang o sumobra sa pareho.
Sa lipunang gaya ng atin, itinatago ng mga queer ang kanilang pagnanasa sa katawan, relasyon, at sa pag-ibig na ipinagbabawal at itinuturing na kasalanan at imoral. Awtomatiko na sa mga akdang queer ang pagtunggali sa heteronormative na pananaw sa kasarian, pero siguro’y pinakamapangahas ang erotika dahil itong pagnanasa sa katawan ng kapwa-lalaki, kapwa-babae, at sa mga kasariang hindi pasok sa heteronormativong pag-iisip, ang isang bagay na gugustuhin nilang itago na lamang sa halip na lantarang dinadakila at ipinagdiriwang.
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