Author: Kent Reymark Toyacon

Kent Reymark Suela Tocayon is a part-time instructor in a state university based in Ormoc City, Leyte. He graduated from UP Tacloban with a degree in BA Communication Arts. His interests include geohumanities, queer literature, as well as folk and postcolonial studies. To further his cultural work, Reymark believes that centering our narratives on the plights of workers not only attracts solidarity, but also enables the agency of the proletariat characters. For him, it is vital to fill the cultural sphere with narratives that challenge the decadent elite and oppose the ploys of imperialist agents. What he is now is a winding road, rugged and unknowing. He wants to be someone’s destination when he grows up.

  • Biting Mouths, Bitten Hands

    During the day I am an employee of a budding fast-food chain, the one on Magsaysay Street. I deliver orders to tables. I appease complaints. I attend to trivial requests, things I thought customers could do themselves, but I guess their listless bodies hinder them from doing so. Sometimes I think the customers just want…