MY METHODS are unconventional.
I mean, I have always been unconventional, and you would already know that if you have been following my newspaper career since September 2000.
I do not believe in conventional ways.
Look where DepEd has taken us with our conventional education thought processes.
We need to grow.
Times are changing.
Social media is strong.
This continues my piece from last week.
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Why Teen Smut Writers, and Their Defenders, Can’t Win
By Peter Solis Nery
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8. I understand that some people have to write porn (paano na lang ako kapag walang magpakapokpok para isulat ang porn?). Alam ko namang gipit ang ibang tao for money, so if that’s the best that their talent can offer them, that’s their best. I will be sad for them. Hinayang, hindi awa. Pero ‘wag n’yo akong pilitin na respetohin sila. Hindi sila karespe-respeto! Kung ang kaya lang ng politiko ay mangurakot imbes na tumulong sa mga mamamayan, irerespeto ba? I will not beg for your respect. You will give it to me when you realize that I deserve it. Do I need your respect? No! I have survived 52 years without it. You lost your respect for me? Hah! I didn’t even know you respected me!
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9. For me, porn and smut writing is prostitution. Prostitution means “the unworthy or corrupt use of one’s talent for the sake of personal or financial gain.” Sleeping with your boss to get ahead is prostitution. Fucking with your teacher to get passing grades is prostitution. Sleeping with the judges or the pageant promoters to win a beauty contest is prostitution. In literary language, prostitution is “selling your soul to the Devil.” Now, this is my personal opinion after some 52 years on this planet. I will only argue with you when you are 45 years old and older, and have prostituted yourself in the manner that I did.
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10. Have I prostituted myself? Maybe. But to be sure, let’s first assume that it is a Yes. My good and real life friends (as opposed to mere online friends) tell me that I’ve prostituted myself on social media by “stooping low to the level of the lost young generation.” (Their words, not mine.) Well, let’s see. First, I tailored my language on social media to get the attention of young Filipinos. (Sounds like prostitution!) I am such a hit (nakakasabay) when I speak and write in the young people’s kanto or street language. (Gago, tanga, bobo, ampotah, pekpek, titi, fuckshit.) Of course, I’m sorry that these are the only words and language that young people know. But I don’t give up easily. I don’t give up, period.
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11. My young friends think #PSNLangMalakas. So I use that to my advantage. But see, I do not allow this social media attention get to my head for the sake of personal gain. I’m smarter than that. I’m an adult. So I push my agenda of educating, teaching and enlightenment. I start conversations. Conversations that are not discussed by anyone else. I had love-hate affairs with Wattpaders, RP writers, and now, teen smut writers. I mean, if I just want fans and followers, why would I “trigger” and offend my young friends?
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12. So really, God knows where my heart is. I am not controlled by ‘fans.’ I do not just give people dick because they want dick. When I can, I show them possibilities. The smart people, they love my humor. They love my intelligence. They love my braveness and audacity. The bobo, and those who only pick up certain angles and certain issues, well, bobo nga sila. The losers who have followed me and still don’t get it, they can unfriend me. See if I care. 1,000+ friend requests pending. And honestly, toxic ang notifications.
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13. From my Wattpad engagement in October 2020 (smut naman talaga ang issue doon), several people have realized it is wrong to write smut at a young age, or to encourage smut reading among their peers. If you are honest, you can see these confessions on my Facebook wall. For RP writers and everyone else, I established #TheHouseOfPeter. There were lives changed in December, teenagers physically expressing love for their family members for the first time in years (if those seven who shared their Yakap Challenge stories weren’t lying). Now, you can understand why I don’t see myself as prostituting my writing talent, language skills, and intelligence to save a few souls.
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14. Am I ready to lose my “followers” for the sake of one person turning away from smut? You bet. Totally worth it. I will leave the 99, to look and save the one lost sheep. For what does it profit #ThePSN to gain the whole world, and lose one soul that he could have saved? One soul to the right direction, not many souls to the wrong smutty direction. That is all that is needed. That makes things worth it for me. Kahit mamatay ako today. (Damn! And my family getting my $0.5 million life insurance? Bring it!) (To be continued/PN)
