“Let them eat cake,” Marie Antoinette was rumored to have said once in response to complaints that the peasants she lorded over “had no more bread.” Pretty damn cold, I know. However, this was never established, and Jean-Jacques Rosseau must have been smoking something, or he was alluding to an entirely different person. The point I’m trying to make is that a luxurious life is a distorted reality, if reality was to be seen in terms of universal nakedness: that, underneath all the ruffles and pearls (or ironic “message” T-shirts and slim-fit denims, to the contemporary world), it’s all genitalia. Robert Zimmerman also said something to this effect in “It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)”: “Even the president of the United States must sometimes have to stand naked.” In fleeting moments, however—when one shrugs off the crassness and occasional insensitivity—people like Marie Antoinette are walking canvases that are just amazing to look at. Read more…
For someone who supposedly takes a while to open up to people, former Kitty Girl Tanya Yuquimpo is remarkably up front with UNO about art, music, style and how men should act.
By Jessie Grinter
Things rarely, if ever, go according to plan. Someone is always getting called in to tinker with the script. Extend the chorus. Add a bridge. Whatever.
“Yeah, I left the Kitty Girls about a month ago. I didn’t think it was about the music anymore.”
That’s right. Tanya Yuquimpo is flying solo, and loving it.
We meet at the lovely Attivo restaurant in Makati. Stereotypes and preconceptions disintegrate as we share lunch and discuss everything under the sun. The revelations and revolutions keep on spinning. Read more…
Settle not for short cuts and detours as UNO Magazine lays out its ultimate Travel issue this month of September.
On the cover: television personality and Pinoy Big Brother host Bianca Gonzalez shares her thoughts on politics, public service and remembering the late President Aquino, while self-proclaimed “vodka baby” Veronica Callanta talks aesthetics and true love in this issue’s Bombshell. Also on Red Alert, former Amazing Race Asia 2 standout Vanessa Chong digresses from the hit reality TV show to discuss future projects and kicking butts.
Also featured are UNO’s 10 favorite imaginary places to visit, Her Excellency U.S. Ambassador Kristie Kenney’s tips on how to get a U.S. Visa, plus award-winning journalist Patricia Evangelista writes about the plight of Raymond Manalo for our Point Blank.
All this and more, so grab a copy of UNO! Out on shelves today. As an added treat, we’re putting out the “online version” of the cover sans the cover lines.
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