Monday Matter: Queen of Kundiman, Bapu and a little love

Your biweekly Foreign Bodies roundup

Every other Monday, I send subscribers and gift recipients of immigrant mental health and storytelling newsletter Foreign Bodies stories I recently inhaled and adored. This is also a chance to do some housekeeping and give shout-outs and all that jazz.

First things first

A little housekeeping

A belated roundup

Thanks to the few of you who reached out last week about a missing roundup. This post was stuck in my scheduled drafts and I never hit publish… but better late than never, right?! Figured I’d just wait it out until today ◡̈

A musical start to your Mondays 🎧

One song to groove to, cry to, drive to and share

This week’s pick, recommended by reader Greta W., is the late Filipino singer, actress and radio celebrity Sylvia Reyes La Torre-Perez de Tagle, who was known as the “Queen of Kundiman” — that is, the queen of Filipino love songs.

Resource(s) of the week

Something helpful and interesting and cool (*storytelling opportunity)

• Bapu Trust for Research on Mind & Discourse: An organization focused on de-colonizing the Indian mental health system by creating, piloting and monitoring community inclusion programs (Hat tip: Rachel Aviv’s book, Strangers to Ourselves)