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Some Days I Wish I Was A Cat
It’s a confusing time to be a woman in the Philippines.
On the one hand, Filipino women have been put into positions of power. On the other hand, the expectations are still the same, raised to want and pursue the ultimate Filipina millennial monomyth: marry a man, give birth, buy a 2-bedroom house, and start a family. Any other way invites ridicule or worse, pity.
What’s dating like for a millennial Filipina? Why is Romance such a maligned and antagonistic Literary genre? Why is the power dynamics between men and women during sex never in favor of women?
There are no answers to these questions in this collection of personal essays, only accusations and confessions and a guileless, lingering hope that maybe it can get better for women if they keep fighting for their right to be here—and
be whatever the fuck they want
On the one hand, Filipino women have been put into positions of power. On the other hand, the expectations are still the same, raised to want and pursue the ultimate Filipina millennial monomyth: marry a man, give birth, buy a 2-bedroom house, and start a family. Any other way invites ridicule or worse, pity.
What’s dating like for a millennial Filipina? Why is Romance such a maligned and antagonistic Literary genre? Why is the power dynamics between men and women during sex never in favor of women?
There are no answers to these questions in this collection of personal essays, only accusations and confessions and a guileless, lingering hope that maybe it can get better for women if they keep fighting for their right to be here—and
be whatever the fuck they want
252 pages, Paperback
First published October 24, 2025
21 people want to read
About the author
Mica De Leon
7 books70 followersMica De Leon is the author of six books published by Penguin Random House SEA. Her first novel, Love on the Second Read, is a rom-com set in the Philippines about two Filipino book editors. She is also the author of the Seedmage Cycle Trilogy books—Winds Of War, Veins Of Power, and Seeds Of Conquest—which is an epic, high fantasy trilogy inspired by Philippine myths and folklore.
She is a Filipino author of swoony romance comedy novels and epic fantasy novels, and she has won the Don Carlos Palanca Awards for Literature in 2019 and 2022 for her essays on romance, feminism, history, fantasy, and the Filipino identity. She is also the Executive Editor of one of the leading publishing houses in the Philippines and has produced over 200 books in her ten years there.
She likes walking on the beach, dogs, cats, swoony and spicy romance novels, epic, sci-fi-fantasy novels, Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere books, Pierce Brown’s Red Rising, and Taylor Swift. She is still trying (and failing) to meet all the impossible deadlines she gave herself five years ago.
Connect with her on Instagram and Tiktok at @micadeleonwrites and on Threads and X at @micadlwrites.
She is a Filipino author of swoony romance comedy novels and epic fantasy novels, and she has won the Don Carlos Palanca Awards for Literature in 2019 and 2022 for her essays on romance, feminism, history, fantasy, and the Filipino identity. She is also the Executive Editor of one of the leading publishing houses in the Philippines and has produced over 200 books in her ten years there.
She likes walking on the beach, dogs, cats, swoony and spicy romance novels, epic, sci-fi-fantasy novels, Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere books, Pierce Brown’s Red Rising, and Taylor Swift. She is still trying (and failing) to meet all the impossible deadlines she gave herself five years ago.
Connect with her on Instagram and Tiktok at @micadeleonwrites and on Threads and X at @micadlwrites.
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