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Recent Articles
Here are some stories from the past few weeks that’ve made it to your dinner table discussions.
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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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![Airport Actually: An Anthropological Investigation of Jewel Changi]()
Airport Actually: An Anthropological Investigation of Jewel Changi
Elegant and understated—for sure. But what exactly is Jewel Changi? A mall? A place of transit? Or actually a Singapore branding personified?
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![What Having English Illiterate Parents Taught Me About Singapore’s Hidden Classism]()
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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![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.
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![Does the Special Position of Malays in the Constitution Mean Anything Today?]()
Does the Special Position of Malays in the Constitution Mean Anything Today?
How effective is Article 152 of Singapore’s Constitution in ensuring equity forthe Malay community? As it turns out, not much.
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![Blue-Ticked By REACH — The Aftermath of the 377A Survey]()
Blue-Ticked By REACH — The Aftermath of the 377A Survey
What does the short-lived REACH survey say about political participation in Singapore, especially amongst youths? Where do we go from here?
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![An Initiation Party for Generation Covid]()
An Initiation Party for Generation Covid
“Singapore is opening up nightlife and extending drinking hours. It feels like this is an initiation.” The Gen Zs of Singapore have been sentenced to almost 2.5 years of social exile as a result of the global pandemic. Major school events, random party conversations, befriending people in per
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![Drained and Gaslit: Junior Doctors in Singapore Have Nothing Left to Give]()
Drained and Gaslit: Junior Doctors in Singapore Have Nothing Left to Give
The hollow promise of being a doctor cannot be more true through the eyes of junior doctors. They are frustrated, disillusioned, and want out.
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![The Woman Behind ‘Nagen’ Nagaenthran — His Sister Fights On]()
![John Shadow: The Teenage Rapper Chasing Fame]()
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![This Is The Cost Of Being Sexually Healthy in Singapore]()
![Shot on iPhone 13 Pro — Poached]()
![Behind Closed Doors: Navigating The Trauma of SA]()
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The Woman Behind ‘Nagen’ Nagaenthran — His Sister Fights On
Sarmila, sister of death row inmate, 'Nagen' Dharmalingam, shares what life has been like in the decade since he was imprisoned.
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![Too Little Too Late: Social Restrictions Have Pushed These Youths Out]()
Too Little Too Late: Social Restrictions Have Pushed These Youths Out
While finally easing, the social restrictions over the past two years have pushed many young Singaporeans to find opportunities abroad.
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![A Millennial’s Regret-Filled Guide to Money for Gen Zs]()
A Millennial’s Regret-Filled Guide to Money for Gen Zs
Battling addictions to avocado toasts, houseplants, and The New Yorker subscriptions in pursuit of stable bank balances.
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![An Open Letter to My Parents About My Passive Suicidal Ideation]()
An Open Letter to My Parents About My Passive Suicidal Ideation
It’s a complicated duality: I'm not interested in being alive, but I don't want to die right now.
Random Opinion
We are losing our “bilingual competitive edge” not because we don’t have a conducive environment to incubate our fluency in both English and our mother tongue, but because all along, our meritocratic upbringing got us thinking that knowing English is the only “way to survive” and enter a better social class.
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John Shadow: The Teenage Rapper Chasing Fame
“My dream is to have many followers and tour the world." A victim of bullying during his schooling days, local rapper John Shadow was driven by loneliness to the point of suicidal ideation. The turning point for him was the discovery of music, and how it allowed him to make sense of his emotion
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Singapore, Unfiltered
This Is The Cost Of Being Sexually Healthy in Singapore
“It’s all your fault, so you should pay for it." In Asia, the conservative culture we’ve been exposed to tends to equate sexually-transmitted illnesses with shameful promiscuity. But as younger generations start to have more open conversations about their sex lives, the importance of protec
Shot on iPhone 13 Pro — Poached
Big ambitions clash in tiny kitchens in the name of Singapore’s beloved chicken rice. Apple presents a documentary about hawker pride and conviction, set in the famous Maxwell Food Centre. From the creator of Chef’s Table and director of Jiro Dreams of Sushi, David Gelb. Shot on iPhone 13 Pro.
Behind Closed Doors: Navigating The Trauma of SA
“A lot of the conversation about SA tends to be warning women to not behave a certain way, or do certain things. But the conversation should really be with men.” These are the words of a male SA victim, who was violated when he thought he was just going for a regular massage. In the journey
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