At first glance, a post on the Facebook page “All Skin, Sometimes Shade” (ASSS) yesterday looks like an advertisement for a facial scrub. But a few lines in, and you’ll see that it tackles issues a lot more serious than cleaning your skin.
“Stressdt ako (I was stressed) when I impulsively bought this a few weeks ago and when I used this to clean my face the next morning, parang kinakantahan ng mga anghel ung pores ko (baka feeling ko lang yun dahil bagong gising ako). (It’s like the angels were singing to my pores [or maybe it just felt like that because I just woke up]),” the caption reads.
The post says that the facial scrub also helps remove any residual makeup that wipes can’t take off.
“Sobrang winner eto for make-up enthusiasts kc I also find that this cleansing pad helps remove any residual make-up na hindi natanggal ng (that can’t be removed by) cleanser or make-up wipes ko. Kung kelangan mong magtanggal ng brownface after mong magpanggap as pre-colonial Filipino, this cleansing pad is your friend. (And if you need to remove brownface after pretending to be a pre-colonial Filipino, this cleansing pad is your friend).”
Whoaaa. Did they just go there?
It was only earlier this month that colorism was a hot topic on Filipino Twitter when ABS-CBN TV show Bagani noticeably cast fair-skinned actors for what was supposed to be a series based on Filipino folklore.
READ: New Filipino TV show under fire for casting part-white actors in brownface
After giving instructions on how to use the cleansing pad, the Facebook post then talks about federalism, an issue that’s being tackled in the House of Representatives right now.
“Take note this cleansing pad isn’t the solution to all your skin problems,” the page wrote. “Hindi siya parang federalismo na tinuturing solusyon sa lahat (It’s not like federalism, which is looked at as the solution toe verything): Traffic issues? Federalism. EJK? Federalism. Unemployment? Federalism. Roque’s face? Federalism. Ya boyfriend cheated? F e d e r a l i s m.”
Congress is currently planning to change the government from a unitary system to a federal-parliamentary form of government through charter change, which the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte believes will address the problem of underdevelopment in the countryside and overdevelopment in Metro Manila.
The Facebook post has over 1,400 shares as of today.
Although the page has been around since last year, created by an unknown person, it only had a couple dozen of followers until yesterday.
From 56 followers, the page shot up to over 3,000 in a day.
Does this mean there’s going to be more shade (the kind of shade this government and society needs) from ASSS in the future? We’ll be watching.
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