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Here are some stories from the past few weeks that’ve made it to your dinner table discussions.
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![Inside the Secretive World of Sensual Home-Based Massages for Men by Men]()
Inside the Secretive World of Sensual Home-Based Massages for Men by Men
Local masseurs let us in on the hush-hush world of male-on-male services.
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![Cleaning the Dying: How Vigil Angels Restore Dignity to Palliative Patients]()
Cleaning the Dying: How Vigil Angels Restore Dignity to Palliative Patients
Vigil Angels offers comfort and dignity to home hospice patients by giving them one final clean. We follow Nurse Amy on one of these sessions.
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![Gig Work Is Evolving With Better Protection and Opportunities. 3 Workers Show How.]()
Gig Work Is Evolving With Better Protection and Opportunities. 3 Workers Show How.
With gig workers across Singapore feeling somewhat left in the lurch, the platforms that employ them are stepping up.
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![When Dating Apps Fail — Inside a Vietnamese Bride Matchmaking Agency]()
When Dating Apps Fail — Inside a Vietnamese Bride Matchmaking Agency
We follow Marcus on his quest to find a wife with True Love Vietnam Bride Matchmaker. Can the 20-year-old love HQ help Marcus find true love?
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![The Worst Decision I Have Ever Made]()
The Worst Decision I Have Ever Made
“I have failed businesses before. It actually led me to one point where I was left with only 60 cents in my bank account.” While it is normal for everyone to make mistakes, some can be extremely expensive and painful to navigate. We sit down with young business owners from the *SCAPE Hubbers
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![The First National Survey on Suicide Was Conducted — The Results Are Chilling]()
The First National Survey on Suicide Was Conducted — The Results Are Chilling
We have shunned away from talking about suicide, and this is the result.
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![This Way Out — Millennials Recall Growing Up Under Toxic Mothers]()
This Way Out — Millennials Recall Growing Up Under Toxic Mothers
The bitter truth is some mothers are simply toxic. But that's on them—not you. And it's okay not to love them fully.
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![School Exams Are Not the Issue — Insufficient Unstructured Time Is]()
School Exams Are Not the Issue — Insufficient Unstructured Time Is
Exams are not the problem. Our students are being asked too much, at too young an age—what they need is more time to do absolutely nothing.
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![Can Singapore Movies Survive Without Product Placements? Local Filmmakers Chime In]()
Can Singapore Movies Survive Without Product Placements? Local Filmmakers Chime In
Uncovering the reason why major local moviemakers (Jack Neo included) have little choice but insert ads into their scripts.
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![When You Reduce the Malay Community to a Caricature, Progress Ceases]()
When You Reduce the Malay Community to a Caricature, Progress Ceases
First, it's the gov.sg Raya video. Then, a scarecrow wearing a songkok. When will the stereotypes of the Singapore Malay community end?
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![What Having English Illiterate Parents Taught Me About Singapore’s Hidden Classism]()
![I Sought The Way Of The Househusband | Sean And The City: Ep 5]()
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![Training To Be An Arm Wrestling Champion | Sean And The City: Ep 4]()
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![Running On Empty: The Junior Lawyer]()
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![The Worst Decision I Have Ever Made]()
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What Having English Illiterate Parents Taught Me About Singapore’s Hidden Classism
In Singapore's quest towards modernization and globalization, have we unconsciously left behind others who can't speak the English language?
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![Perplexingly, in Singapore, Consent is Possible Even If You’re Drunk]()
Perplexingly, in Singapore, Consent is Possible Even If You’re Drunk
Beyond consent, the case of the Grab driver and the inebriated woman he had sex with calls into question issues of social ills and moral decency.
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![Is Feeling Seen Enough? Mental Health Talk On Social Media Is Missing Nuance]()
Is Feeling Seen Enough? Mental Health Talk On Social Media Is Missing Nuance
The double-edged sword of how talking about a disorder online can spread awareness but gloss over the necessary subtleties.
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![Meet Kenneth, the Singaporean Head Chef at the World’s Best Restaurant]()
Meet Kenneth, the Singaporean Head Chef at the World’s Best Restaurant
After growing up in Singapore, Kenneth slowly climbed the ranks to become the head chef at Noma, the best restaurant in the world in Denmark.
Random Opinion
For fear of ridicule and shame, some men keep their emotions under lock and key, even when they’re with their closest friends. And eventually, through sheer force of socialisation, we stop being comfortable with sharing our feelings entirely.
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I Sought The Way Of The Househusband | Sean And The City: Ep 5
A man’s worth has often been tied to his ability to earn money and provide for the family, while it is generally accepted—even expected—for women to become stay-at-home mothers. Despite the progress we’ve seen in gender equality, how much has actually changed? In this episode, Sean quest
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Training To Be An Arm Wrestling Champion | Sean And The City: Ep 4
What makes a man a man? Is it his build, or dedication to working out? We don’t think so. It’s the choices he makes. In this episode, Sean tries to unpack what defines manhood and strength, through the intense world of arm wrestling in Singapore. Sean and the City follows RICE writer Sea
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Running On Empty
Running On Empty: The Junior Lawyer
“You can actually go to court, and change a person’s life.” A once fresh-faced junior lawyer joined Singapore’s judicial system with big dreams of helping people, but ended up helpless in her own mental breakdown. The crushing demands of being a lawyer are widely known, but what pushed
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Singapore, Unfiltered
The Worst Decision I Have Ever Made
“I have failed businesses before. It actually led me to one point where I was left with only 60 cents in my bank account.” While it is normal for everyone to make mistakes, some can be extremely expensive and painful to navigate. We sit down with young business owners from the *SCAPE Hubbers
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