Mizz Erna

Random thought: The idea that images of Filipina women in the media (or Asians, or people of color in general, but for the sake of this particular "argument" bare with me) are often negative, i.e. the generic Asian mail order bride in "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert", Miss Saigon, general portrayals in the news, elicit much protest from various progressive groups. It's been said that there aren't enough "positive" images of Filipinas. Which is true. But I think something that is over looked is that any attempts at diversifying the image of Filipinas is largely ignored or just plain unsupported by not only the mainstream media, but by the Filipino (or Asian, etc.) community. There are so many (of course there needs to be more though) independent Filipina filmmakers not just in the Philippines, but here and Canada, I'm sure there are more out there that go largely unnoticed...and we need to support them!! Sorry if I'm not being specific here. Which is why it was just a thought. And not a paper. heh.