Nica Glorioso

Philippines, Quezon City, Rajasthan

Features Writer at Nylon Manila

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Doc Z Gains XP As She Brings Her A-Game To Dare-Z

1 week ago | nylonmanila.com | Nica Glorioso

Related: Doc Z Levels Up Her Game As She Finds Comfort and Community In The Online SpaceDoc Z is game for anything. That’s a trait we value in our cover stars, and the dentist, gamer, streamer, and creator gave her all to being the main character for our June 2025 digital cover.
What Does Pride Mean To You As A Member of Generation Now?

1 week ago | nylonmanila.com | Nica Glorioso

Related: Celebrate Loud And Proud At These 10 Pride Events This 2025Though it’s important to celebrate Pride and champion the LGBTQIA+ community all year-round, Pride Month in June serves as a dedicated time of remembrance and resistance. Pride highlights the LGBTQIA+ community—their existence, their identities, their struggles, their joys, their love—and the rights that they continue to fight for even to this day.
How To Deal With Seeing Your Friend As A Different Person

1 week ago | nylonmanila.com | Nica Glorioso

Related: I Finally Understand Why Ending Friendships Feels Like An Actual BreakupSometimes, catching up with a friend or hanging out with them is the perfect moment for you to be hit with the realization that you no longer know them the way you used to. It can be a jarring moment, or a sinking feeling, to observe how different someone has become.
How Doc Z Finds Comfort and Community In The Online Space

2 weeks ago | nylonmanila.com | Nica Glorioso

Related: Meet Doc Z, A Literal Dentist By Day, Gamer And Livestreamer By NightIf you know the game, you know the girl. A stark generalization for sure, but one we’re comfortable making after we heard people from all over the mall talk about our cover star in the building as we went up to the Space & Time Cube+ museum in SM North EDSA for the NYLON Manila June cover shoot. Doc Z Gaming, or Zie Barcelo, has a unique “double life” of sorts.
Show Up And Show Out At These Pride Events This June

2 weeks ago | nylonmanila.com | Nica Glorioso

Related: Gen Z Speaks: Why It’s Important To Celebrate Pride All Year LongThere’s no better time than now to advocate for the LGBTQIA+ community, their freedoms, health, and rights. This Pride Month, it’s pertinent to remember just how much work still needs to be done to secure the safety and freedom of the queer community, especially when we’re at Pride events that celebrate love, identity, queer joy, and liberation.
How To Style A Denim Dress For Any Season And Vibe

2 weeks ago | nylonmanila.com | Nica Glorioso

Related: 7 Summer Style Essentials That Wonâ€™t Let You Down In This HeatThese days, you can enter a store at the mall and we can guarantee they’ve got a denim dress on a rack or on a mannequin somewhere. The classic piece has once again become a spring and summer staple as the country-cutie trend enters the fashion cycle once more. A denim dress comes in many formsâ€”flowy, stiff, long, short, sleeved, strapless, shapeless, structuredâ€”and its versatility knows no bounds.
Which PBB Celebrity Collab Duo is Your Big Winner?

2 weeks ago | nylonmanila.com | Nica Glorioso

Related: A (Quick) Primer On The Celebrity Housemates of PBB Celebrity Collab EditionIt’s down to the wire at Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Collab Edition. With six duos remaining competing for the joint title of Big Winner, the end is nigh for the latest season of the reality competition show—and the pressure is on.
Where To Find The Weekend Markets & Pop-Ups Of June 2025

3 weeks ago | nylonmanila.com | Nica Glorioso

Related: NYLON Manila Picks: Style Pieces That We’re Loving (And Living In) This May 2025As a new month kicks off, the budgets reset…? Is that how it works? Kidding aside, whether you shop or just love strolling around a weekend market, there’s a new selection of pop-ups ready for you—some of them even Pride-themed! Everything from vintage designer pieces to customizable anik-anik, summery pieces from local brands to food and beverages await at these events and pop-ups, ready for your perusal.
Channel Your Inner Crafty Girlie With This and That PH

3 weeks ago | nylonmanila.com | Nica Glorioso

Related: What Went Down At The NYLON Manila MyZine Meetup Celebrating Girlhood These days, we can’t go a few feet wherever we are without seeing something hanging off someone’s bag or belt loop. Whether it’s a keychain, a toy, or a collectible, anik-anik has become a style staple even more so these days.
Angia Is "Back Again" With A Cathartic New Track

3 weeks ago | nylonmanila.com | Nica Glorioso

Related: New Generation Of Music: 10 Filipino Artists On Our RadarLooking for your next scream-worthy track for those days you just want to crash out? Look no further, because Angia just dropped a new version of her debut single. Angia Laurel, or simply Angia, newly signed under Tarsier Records, comes back with a new version of her single Back Again featuring DJ and producer Moophs.