Two-time Palanca Award winner, Rappler columnist, essayist, and author Shakira Sison wants you to be brave. She doesn’t mean “raging in anger and waving your fists in the air to fight, but the kind of bravery you feel in your chests when you’re reading something that empowers you or makes you feel like you don’t have to stay where you are or wait to be rescued or for what is handed to you. The kind that makes you want to better yourself and find your own way and be independent.” In this episode inspired by a hit Rappler piece she wrote ten years ago, Myrza’s youngest sister finally guests in this podcast and shares the five action steps that have helped her summon up the courage that “makes you get up and decide that today you will do better.” Shakira was listed first in Buzzfeed's 17 Incredible Lesbian Pinays and co-authored Don't Tell Anyone: Literary Smut, a collection of gay and lesbian fiction in 2018. She is currently working on her first book of essays. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.