Boolean Search
I am
bikini-clad, demure, shy
fetching
#AsianWoman
OR
shoe-obsessed, fashion-forward
#FilipinoWoman
#Filipina #Imelda #shoes
OR
caring, loving, hard-working,
#mom #mother
willing to leave my own children to care for yours
#nanny #childcare #liveincaregiver
I am these
according to a long-dead
mathematician
NOT
to my social network of friends,
and friends of friends
SEARCH: woman Filipino Filipina
You'd think “CorazonAquino”
would rank higher
But no.
NOT
there. You need to hit Next
again and again to find
artists, engineers, inventors, musicians
"Leona Josefa Florentino" "Tandang Sora"
NOT
like searching for
woman Canada
"Canadian women"
where you'll find athletes, politicians
smiling triumphantly on page one
My universe is so much more than #missuniverse 1969, 1973, 2015, 2018
AND
yet this is the
law of logic in the
wide wild world
benign taps on a glass screen
are mightier than you think
algorithms define
#women
in the jumble of search results
a magical virtual sorting hat
creating fictional worlds
ICQ
Rather than
I
see
me
The battle for "I"
begins in Instagram
#resist #Asianwoman #Filipina
Please RT