The unmasking of NRICs and the masking of bungalow deals point to the transactional nature of life here, and to potential challenges for the ruling party.
Society
The harrowing, and powerful, testimony of a rape and molest victim underscores the need to embed consent as a cultural norm. This is only possible through greater institutional sensitivity, and sex education that’s both comprehensive and nuanced.
Singapore has made big strides towards gender equality, but more support and backing is needed for women from minority groups.
For many of them, necessities such as stable housing, gainful employment, and affordable childcare remain painfully out of reach.
A look at the grassroots organisers working to platform marginalised issues and democratise Singapore’s political space.
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.