By living abroad, a Singaporean journalist becomes more aware of her own social conditioning, and attempts to rewire her “authoritarian brain”, in the process opening herself up to more of life’s possibilities.
Essays
"How could I compete when other people’s brain waves march to the beat of a steady hand–and mine dance to jazz?" asks the young writer who was handed an epilepsy diagnosis in childhood.
Thomas Lim's Saturday Night Live sketch comedy equivalent of the National Day Parade cleverly exploits our patriotic socialisation and turns it on its head: same emotional manipulation, different socio-political outcomes.
Singapore must prioritise the creation of clear, transparent pathways that enable transgender Singaporeans, including youths, to access the appropriate care that they need.
Philip Holden uses critical fabulation to tease out the intellectual journey of one of Singapore’s founding fathers from the larger, dominant fabric into which it has been tightly woven.
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The arts critic in Singapore contends with numerous disparate forces pulling at her, all at once.