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Air Angels: the sexualised female icons of Singapore Airlines and Thai Airways
In the 1970s, as female flight attendants in the West were fighting gender discrimination, Singapore Airlines and Thai Airways were building brands around their sexualised female icons. Are we willing to accept sexism when it subsidises “the nation”?
Prashant Somosundram, the space creator
After six years at the helm, is The Projector's general manager any closer to defining what exactly it is?
You will know what to do’: Ang Swee Chai’s urgent message
Singaporeans have felt powerless during Israel’s war on Gaza, but Dr Ang Swee Chai, back only for the third time in 47 years, has never felt more hopeful for change.
Young Singaporean men beset with economic anxiety, navigating changing gender norms, and fed on a social media diet of conspicuous consumption are charting new career paths both worrying and brave.
The Singapore Dream fades for the ‘sandwich class’
Some lower-middle-class Singaporeans find themselves adrift in a perfect storm of ageing parents, dependent children, and the rising cost of living.