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Rebel Girls: The Filipina Activist So Unstoppable, Her Nickname Was ‘Bullet’

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Rebel Girls

Celebrating the unsung women who helped shape today’s Bay Area.
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In 1982, Filipina activist and community builder Violeta Marasigan was imprisoned under the Marcos regime in Manila. The false charges against her? Bomb-making. Looking back 13 years later, Violeta managed to find humor in the experience. “The only thing explosive about me," she said, "was my mouth and my farts.”

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