In support of Filipino Farmers

Product Features

A set of (5) 3-inch custom-cut stickers printed on a thick vinyl with a matte finish.

These designs include the following Tagalog phrases:

1. Bahala ako sa buhay ko: A twist to "Bahala ka sa buhay mo", reclaimed as "I am in charge of my own life"

2. Malakas, Matapang, Palaban: Strong, Brave, Fighter

3. Suplada, Mataray, Maldita: Snob, Snappy, Bitchy,

4. Pekpek Power: Pussy power!

5. Maarte, Maldita, Maganda: Extra, Bitchy, Beautiful

Proceeds

15% of the profits from each sale of this product goes to Sugarfolks' Unity for Genuine Agricultural Reform (SUGAR). SUGAR is an organization advocating for the rights and livelihoods of Sugarfolks' and farmers in Batangas, Philippines. Learn more about this partnership here. For the updated donation amounts and transparency report, please check out this link.

Beyond the Word

In Filipino culture, punyeta is an expression often used when someone’s frustrated or agitated. But if we trace its roots, the word doesn’t actually exist in Spanish (aka our colonizer’s) dictionaries. The closest term is “puño,” which means a closed fist. That might explain why punyeta hits as hard as a punch when you say it. There’s no clear record of how the word took on its meaning, but it’s often mistaken as a softer version of puta (whore), like a “little whore.”

Among our culture’s curse words, punyeta is obviously seen as offensive. But as we turn this word into art and merch, we see an opportunity. As women, we reclaim punyeta to express emotions that society tells us to suppress. Instead of letting it sting when it’s thrown at us, we wear it as a badge of defiance. If someone calls us punyeta to put us down, we’ll take that word and use it to declare that we won’t shrink, that we’re done playing by society’s rules of “quiet”, “submissive”, and “nice.” Reclaiming punyeta is our way of flipping the script—it’s not an insult if we choose to own it. So, call me punyeta? Damn right I am—and I’m powerful because of it.

Proceeds

15% of the profits from each sale of this product goes to Sugarfolks' Unity for Genuine Agricultural Reform (SUGAR). SUGAR is an organization advocating for the rights and livelihoods of Sugarfolks' and farmers in Batangas, Philippines. Learn more about this partnership here. For the updated donation amounts and transparency report, please check out this link.

Product Features:

• Olive Green hooded sweatshirt made with soft, mid weight fleece and loose fit for comfort. 
• Print at the back of the sweater only
• Features a jersey-lined hood and 1x1 ribbing at cuffs and waistband.
• 50/50 cotton/polyester blend
• Pouch pocket; Double-ply hood with grommets and matching drawcord
• Wash in cold & hang to dry to prevent shrinking and fading
• Length is measured from the highest point on the collar down to the bottom hem
• Width is measured across the body of the shirt, one-way

Size Chart (in inches)

Looking for a size but can't find it in our chart? Please send us an email at hello@pinaycollection.com and we'll try our best to accommodate your sizing requests!

Ingat palagi translates to take care always.

Filipino significance of the word Ingat: “Ingat became the word of goodbye, replacing the old “sige”, during the martial law years. It was the last word uttered between and among those meeting to discuss what had to be done, in ways big and small, to end the Marcos Dictatorship. It was said with all the love and respect one was capable of. Because chances were one would meet again only in a prison cell, or a torture house, or at a wake.” - Ninotchka Rosca

Ingat - a word so thoughtful and endearing that also represents triumph and resistance. 

The front left chest design says "Ingatan natin ang isa't isa" which translates to "Let us take care of each other." The back design is a Banig (weave) illustration by Jovie Galit. In this design, “Ingat Palagi” embodies the interconnectedness of community care, the tenderness of caring for one’s self, and the privileges we hold now as Filipinos because of the work of the revolutionaries that came before us.

The background photo was captured in Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, Philippines.

15% of the profits from each sale of this product goes to Sugarfolks' Unity for Genuine Agricultural Reform (SUGAR). SUGAR is an organization advocating for the rights and livelihoods of Sugarfolks' and farmers in Batangas, Philippines. Learn more about this partnership here. For the updated donation amounts and transparency report, please check out this link.

Product Features

• White sweater with 50% cotton, 50% polyester
• Soft feel and reduced pilling for no loose thread
• Set-in sleeves for a relaxed fit
• Wash in cold & hang to dry to prevent shrinking and fading
• Length is measured from the highest point on the collar down to the bottom hem
• Width is measured across the body of the sweater, one-way

Size Chart (in inches)

Looking for a size but can't find it in our chart? Please send us an email at hello@pinaycollection.com and we'll try our best to accommodate your sizing requests!

Ingat palagi translates to Take care always.

Filipino significance of the word Ingat: “Ingat became the word of goodbye, replacing the old “sige”, during the martial law years. It was the last word uttered between and among those meeting to discuss what had to be done, in ways big and small, to end the Marcos Dictatorship. It was said with all the love and respect one was capable of. Because chances were one would meet again only in a prison cell, or a torture house, or at a wake.” - Ninotchka Rosca

Ingat - a word so thoughtful and endearing that also represents triumph and resistance.

The front left chest design says "Ingatan natin ang isa't isa" which translates to "Let us take care of each other." The back design is a Banig (weave) illustration by Jovie Galit. In this design, “Ingat Palagi” embodies the interconnectedness of community care, the tenderness of caring for one’s self, and the privileges we hold now as Filipinos because of the work of the revolutionaries that came before us.

Proceeds

15% of the profits from each sale of this product goes to  Sugarfolks' Unity for Genuine Agricultural Reform (SUGAR). SUGAR is an organization advocating for the rights and livelihoods of Sugarfolks' and farmers in Batangas, Philippines. Learn more about this partnership here. For the updated donation amounts and transparency report, please check out this link.

Product Description 

• Color: White
• 100% cotton
• Our designs are heat-pressed onto fabric. To ensure they last a long time, please only wash and tumble dry inside out. If you need to iron, only iron on the backside of the clothing. 
• Wash in cold & hang to dry to prevent shrinking and fading.

Size Chart (in inches)

• Length is measured from the highest point on the collar down to the bottom hem.
• Width is measured across the body of the shirt, one way. 

Unisex Sizing

Ingat Palagi translates to Take Care Always.

Filipino significance of the word Ingat: “Ingat became the word of goodbye, replacing the old “sige”, during the martial law years. It was the last word uttered between and among those meeting to discuss what had to be done, in ways big and small, to end the Marcos Dictatorship. It was said with all the love and respect one was capable of. Because chances were one would meet again only in a prison cell, or a torture house, or at a wake.” - Ninotchka Rosca

Ingat - a word so thoughtful and endearing that also represents triumph and resistance.

This design is a banig (weave) illustration by Jovie Galit. In this design, “Ingat Palagi” embodies the interconnectedness of community care, the tenderness of caring for one’s self, and the privileges we hold now as Filipinos because of the work of the revolutionaries that came before us.

Proceeds

15% of the profits from each sale of this product goes to  Sugarfolks' Unity for Genuine Agricultural Reform (SUGAR). SUGAR is an organization advocating for the rights and livelihoods of Sugarfolks' and farmers in Batangas, Philippines. Learn more about this partnership here. For the updated donation amounts and transparency report, please check out this link.

Product Features

• White/Cream, 100% natural cotton canvas
• Lightweight Tote
• Dimensions: 13 x 15 inches; 8" drop

Beyond the Word

A broken heart will make us face all our truths. Some of which Jen Maramba calls, “the truth of a lie” because sometimes the world will vibrate in the frequency that tells us, we’re the problem. Due to our own personal reasons we’re going to accept that vibration and believe the truth of a lie.

This is the truth: There was never ever anything wrong with us. We were made perfect as is. So we don’t have to prove this to the world or to ourselves that we are anything but what we are. We don’t have to overcompensate or minimize our light or try too hard.

We just be, be loved. Act like we’re loved. And we will remember and forget this over and over again because life is truly a series of loud challenges and small joys (at least right now). We are so receptive to either because we are creatures meant for connection. Unless we deeply embody the truths of being loved and being whole, our effort will stray us towards these truths of a lie and will make us behave in some whackshit ways.

Our receptivity to how people perceive us is that direct link to our gift of human sensitivity tuned in for connection. It is our embodied truths that are the filtration system to how we will respond to our reality. 

The Bumalik sa Sarili anting-anting (amulet) is about returning back to ourselves and being rooted to our real truth. The ones that stem from a deep understanding of who and what we are in the midst of everything that’s happening around us. It is about cultivating a deep trust in ourselves by being clear and radically honest about our prevailing truths that lead us to do the things we do. The design is a figure who is so connected to themselves that their actions and their words align. The prayer, bumalik sa sarili (return to self), is embedded in the design in Baybayin written in purple partially obscured as an invitation to cultivate this through embodiment.

Design and artist statement by Althea Balmes

Proceeds

15% of the profits from each sale of this product goes to Sugarfolks' Unity for Genuine Agricultural Reform (SUGAR). SUGAR is an organization advocating for the rights and livelihoods of Sugarfolks' and farmers in Batangas, Philippines. Learn more about this partnership here. For the updated donation amounts and transparency report, please check out this link.

Product Features

1.5 x 1.3 inch, acrylic pin with gold coloured-lock

Beyond the Word

Hinga at Pahinga translates to breathe and rest.

The design for hinga at pahinga is inspired by the sitting position of one who is practicing mindfulness. It is a stylized illustration of one who is at ease and in connection with their breath. As you look in more detail, the mouth is fully opened, a reminder that we are always whole. The hand comes together to form a heart, an homage to the overall message of self-love, and self-compassion in the practice of breathing mindfully.

This figure is created by writing the prayer, hinga at pahinga written in blue in contrast to the peach colour. By intentionally obscuring the prayer from our vision you are invited to feel and embody this prayer instead. Underneath the image is the word pahinga written in Baybayin. A direct reminder to return to our breath so we can reset to our natural easeful state of being.

Thich Nhat Hanh said that the path of coming home is with the breath. Breathing mindfully helps us listen to our own suffering. And the act of acknowledging our feelings without judgment is an act of homecoming (in the here, the now, in the present & in the body). 

Our own ancestors understood the significance of breath or air. I will always be in awe and gratitude to them for giving us the code to good relations through our script, Baybayin. I reflect on the Baybayin HA (doesn’t this look like how you would draw wind?). HA is the foundation syllable for any words rooted in air, wind (hangin) and breath (hinga). Such as ginhawa, the Tagalog word for wellbeing. In many Filipino indigenous teachings, the breath is understood as our spirit, our essence. Our diverse teachings emphasize our well-being depends on our harmonious relation to self, nature, spirits and community. Our breathing tells us when we are not in harmony in these realms, so it is good to pay attention to our breath and the air in our body.

To return to our breath is to return to our essence. I see this to mean, reset our nervous system and to realign back to the rhythm of mother nature. The act of rest (magpahinga) is to give attention to our breath so we can reset to our natural harmonious easeful state.

Design and artist statement by Althea Balmes

Proceeds

15% of the profits from each sale of this product goes to Sugarfolks' Unity for Genuine Agricultural Reform (SUGAR). SUGAR is an organization advocating for the rights and livelihoods of Sugarfolks' and farmers in Batangas, Philippines. Learn more about this partnership here. For the updated donation amounts and transparency report, please check out this link.

Product Features 

• Corduroy style bucket hat
• Adjustable
• Hat circumference: 22.83 inches
• Adjustable strap included inside

This anti-capitalist stickers are brought to you by Mako Micropress - Philippine based artists that aim to contribute to the growth of counter-hegemonic cultures and narratives through the creation and self-publishing of zines, stickers, prints, and other DIY artworks.

Product Features

• Non-vinyl, glossy paper stickers, made and designed by Mako Micropress in Metro Manila, Philippines.
• Size: 3x4 inches

Proceeds

15% of the profits from each sale of this product goes to Sugarfolks' Unity for Genuine Agricultural Reform (SUGAR). SUGAR is an organization advocating for the rights and livelihoods of Sugarfolks' and farmers in Batangas, Philippines. Learn more about this partnership here. For the updated donation amounts and transparency report, please check out this link.

This anti-capitalist stickers are brought to you by Mako Micropress - Philippine based artists that aim to contribute to the growth of counter-hegemonic cultures and narratives through the creation and self-publishing of zines, stickers, prints, and other DIY artworks.

Product Features

• Non-vinyl, glossy paper stickers, made and designed by Mako Micropress in Metro Manila, Philippines.
• Size: 2 x 1 inches

Proceeds

15% of the profits from each sale of this product goes to Sugarfolks' Unity for Genuine Agricultural Reform (SUGAR). SUGAR is an organization advocating for the rights and livelihoods of Sugarfolks' and farmers in Batangas, Philippines. Learn more about this partnership here. For the updated donation amounts and transparency report, please check out this link.

Beyond the Word

In Filipino culture, punyeta is an expression often used when someone’s frustrated or agitated. But if we trace its roots, the word doesn’t actually exist in Spanish (aka our colonizer’s) dictionaries. The closest term is “puño,” which means a closed fist. That might explain why punyeta hits as hard as a punch when you say it. There’s no clear record of how the word took on its meaning, but it’s often mistaken as a softer version of puta (whore), like a “little whore.”

Among our culture’s curse words, punyeta is obviously seen as offensive. But as we turn this word into art and merch, we see an opportunity. As women, we reclaim punyeta to express emotions that society tells us to suppress. Instead of letting it sting when it’s thrown at us, we wear it as a badge of defiance. If someone calls us punyeta to put us down, we’ll take that word and use it to declare that we won’t shrink, that we’re done playing by society’s rules of “quiet”, “submissive”, and “nice.” Reclaiming punyeta is our way of flipping the script—it’s not an insult if we choose to own it. So, call me punyeta? Damn right I am—and I’m powerful because of it.

15% of the profits from each sale of this product goes to Sugarfolks' Unity for Genuine Agricultural Reform (SUGAR). SUGAR is an organization advocating for the rights and livelihoods of Sugarfolks' and farmers in Batangas, Philippines. Learn more about this partnership here. For the updated donation amounts and transparency report, please check out this link.

Product Features

• 100% Heavy Cotton Shirt
• Color: Forest Green

Care Instructions

Our designs are heat-pressed onto fabric. To ensure they last a long time, please only wash and tumble dry inside out. If you need to iron, only iron on the backside of the clothing. Wash in cold & hang to dry to prevent shrinking and fading.

Size Chart (in inches)

• Length is measured from the highest point on the collar down to the bottom hem.
• Width is measured across the body of the shirt, one way. 

Unisex Sizing