iWantTFC tackles the meaning of self-love in “Bola-Bola”, streaming starting on March 26

What is “self-love”?  Like chicken adobo, there are as many versions of this concept as there are people defining it.  But most would agree on the basics: that it requires an appreciation of one’s own worth or value without the need for making downward social comparisons.  As folks would say today, “You do you.”

Leading global Filipino streaming platform iWantTFC’s upcoming original series, “Bola-Bola“, which premieres on March 26, presents the journey of Thea Balderama (“Kadenang Ginto” and Gold Squad alum Francine Diaz): a normal teenager focused on her studies while preparing for the future and even for the possibility of falling in love.  But her greatest love has always been food which is matched by her impressive talent in cooking.

Yet in a world where the loveable plus-size foodie Thea is confronted by a diet culture that preaches small figures as the ideal, Thea begins to question herself in the light of society’s cruelly imposed beauty standards and body image.