Entry HLM–007

Your Tongue Is A Wet Archive

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Contributor
Mariam Ella Arcilla
Cultural background
Filipino-Singaporean
Location
This memory hails from conversations I've had with my friend Sancintya who is a descendent of indentured labourers.
Submit Location
Gadigal Land
Received
10 September 2026
Format
Text
Tags
~ reclamation, cultural erasure, indentured labour, blackbirding, liberation

This story lives deep in my medulla, reactivated each time I chew on a bone or pit of a fruit that symbolises empirical ruin.