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Baey Yam Keng; tech and its malcontents; the unseen cost of the US-Israel-Iran war; Singapore versus Bangladesh at the National Stadium; Nathania Ong and Lea Salonga on CNA; and more.
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Singapore’s consistently dizzying PISA rankings point to the latent potential in the nation’s children. But is the system set up to nurture it to its fullest?
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Dear reader, * Jom’s essay of the week: “Boys will be boys? Masculinity in Singapore’s National Service” by Athena Thang is an exploration of NS as a key site for the contestation and reproduction of masculinity in Singapore: its complexities, challenges, and possible ways forward. For their analysis, Thang...
This essay delves into three foundational aspects that constitute (and sometimes limit) conventional understanding of what it means to be a man, and suggests a more flexible concept of masculinity, one that holds space for more than a single version of a man.
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Dear reader, * Jom’s essay of the week: “Affordability in the lion city: is Singapore’s public housing model built to last?” by Jonathan Lin, is a clear, crisp explanation of the great HDB conundrum. Read this now so you’re well informed before chatting with your aunties, uncles, and...
Goh Chok Tong’s son in trouble, SG youth anxious about in-person meetings, a look at Chinese mythology longmen in the year of the dragon, what d/Deaf Singaporeans think about Coldplay’s attempts at inclusivity and access, making non-compete clauses more reasonable, and more.
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