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To Be Seen When You’re Invisible: What Intimacy Means To Older Women
Society tends to forget that elderly women exist, let alone that they have inner lives. That’s exactly what Not Grey hopes to explore.
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To Paint a Picture of Chaos: A Look Inside The World of T:> Works’ Cabaret Joy
Top image: Win (@cheetouk) Lights, feathers, action. For a performance that bills itself as being all about unpredictability and spontaneity, the overall aesthetic and costume design of its performers are flawlessly immaculate. Explosions of cabaret, drag, and burlesque dominate the s
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The PAP Stops MPS In Opposition Wards. Does This Signify Fairer Play?
Top image from Shamsul Kamar’s Facebook, at a grocery distribution programme (taken before the pandemic). He is the PAP Kaki Bukit branch chairman in Aljunied GRC, as well as the constituency’s grassroots adviser. A little-known twist has happened quietly within opposition wards:
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![A S$185 Meal Of Food Scraps? Meet the Singaporean Culinary Visionaries Turning Trash Into Treasure]()
A S$185 Meal Of Food Scraps? Meet the Singaporean Culinary Visionaries Turning Trash Into Treasure
All photography by Liang Jin Tey for RICE Media. I was sipping on a glass of Taittinger, staring at the two slabs of seared foie gras in front of me. Wobbling slightly atop the toasted sourdough bread like savoury jelly, they were served with a generous sprinkling of dark brown crumbs and some fruit
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Can The Four-Day Workweek Really Work? Candlenut Says ‘Yes’
This article is part of our series on burnout and work culture, Running on Empty. Stay tuned for the next video episode coming later this month. Images by Zachary Tang save where otherwise stated. It was October 2016, and Malcolm Lee was meant to be having the time of his life. His restaurant, Candl
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Singapore’s Geylang Red-light District—Going Gentle Into That Good Night
Photography by Marisse Caine. I remember the first time I wandered the back alleys of Geylang close to 10 years ago. As a teenager, I knew I had to experience the vice central everyone would chatter about at least once in my life. It was a grim but beautiful si
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8 Takeaways From Raeesah Khan’s Speech About Sexuality Education
On Tuesday July 6, Workers Party MP Raeesah Khan suggested in parliament that mandatory sexuality education should start from preschool. While she acknowledged that the government has introduced harsher penalties for sexual offenders, she said that taking on a criminal justice approach doesn
Random Opinion
Not doing anything to change your hair’s natural greying state is not a symbol of neglect or surrender. It’s simply looking at perfection from a more realistic and reasonable lens.
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Who is responsible for teaching kids about racism? Parents or schools?
2021 has been riddled with incidents of racism, from the Ngee Ann Poly lecturer to the 55-year-old lady who was assaulted while brisk walking. This Racial Harmony Day, we ask: While conversations about racism are advancing in the public sphere, how are we approaching them with our kids? And who i
Families Discuss: COVID-19 Vaccination
The pandemic snatched away our career opportunities, and forced us to live a life of fear and uncertainty for over a year. But with the introduction and subsequent uptake of vaccines in Singapore, the light at the end of the tunnel is finally starting to shine brightly. In this video, two sets of
The Coolest Card Trick Club You’ll Ever Meet
When you have a fear of making mistakes, you start to question everything you do. Growing up with low self-esteem became a self-fulfilling prophecy for Leon, who constantly wondered what went wrong and how he “turned out this way”. Then cardistry happened, and everything shuffled into place.
With Another Year Of Covid In Singapore Comes Another Wave Of Racism
The arrival of the B.1.617 COVID-19 variant from India has put Singapore on heightened alert against not just the virus, but racism and xenophobia. In recent weeks, we’ve seen mounting cases of appalling abuse against both local and foreign-born Indians. But are these sentiments new, or just the la
