Laurence Marvin S. Castillo is an associate professor at the Department of Humanities, University of the Philippines Los Baños. He holds a PhD in cultural studies from the University of Melbourne. He is the author of the Digmaan ng mga Alaala: Rebolusyon at Pagkakamali sa mga Talang-Gunita (War of Memories: Revolution and Error in Memoirs, University of the Philippines Press, 2021), finalist for the Philippine National Book Award for Literary Criticism and Cultural Studies, and co-editor of Hindi Nangyari Dahil Wala sa Social Media (Did Not Happen Because Not On Social Media, Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2021), winner of the Philippine National Book Award for Media Studies.