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Recent Articles
From a very healthy lifestyle to a craftsmen breathing life into some unloved objects, here are some of our favourite stories from the past few weeks.
Singapore, Unfiltered
![I Walked Through Jalan Besar With Ghosts From Hotel New World]()
The collapse of Hotel New World is an enduring hallmark of the Singapore story. It’s a tale of failure and incompetence from a period of modernisation and prosperity. 35 years on, it remains a fixture in our collective imagination. Why?
I Walked Through Jalan Besar With Ghosts From Hotel New World
The collapse of Hotel New World is an enduring hallmark of the Singapore story. It’s a tale of failure and incompetence from a period of modernisation and prosperity. 35 years on, it remains a fixture in our collective imagination. Why?
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![Malay/Muslim women are still held back by domestic expectations. This needs to change.]()
Malay/Muslim women are still held back by domestic expectations. This needs to change.
Can the community move past old cultural mindsets on gender roles and shared responsibilities?
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![Meet The Mothers Supporting Their Gay Sons at Substance Addiction Recovery Centre, The Greenhouse]()
Meet The Mothers Supporting Their Gay Sons at Substance Addiction Recovery Centre, The Greenhouse
The mothers from The Greenhouse Caregiver Support Group shares what life is like as a caregiver to gay sons recovering from Substance Addiction Recovery.
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![A Guide to Every Singaporean Anti-Vaccine Telegram Group]()
A Guide to Every Singaporean Anti-Vaccine Telegram Group
Pretending to be an anti-vaxxer, in the name of science.
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![These migrant worker-shot photographs were inspired by movement and freedom]()
These migrant worker-shot photographs were inspired by movement and freedom
Migrant Workers Photography Festival, Moving, gives migrant workers a public canvas to articulate the experiences of working in a foreign country.
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![‘For Most Mums, Self-love is a Forgotten Art’: Meet the Mothers who Masturbate]()
‘For Most Mums, Self-love is a Forgotten Art’: Meet the Mothers who Masturbate
With all that busyness that defines motherhood, are mums orgasming enough?
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![As it Turns Out, Getting Vaccinated Affects Your Luck in Dating Apps]()
As it Turns Out, Getting Vaccinated Affects Your Luck in Dating Apps
If ethics and decency aren’t enough to entice people to get vaxxed, what could? Perhaps the chance to get lucky in love and lovemaking.
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![Sengkang in Pictures: The Secret Life of the North East]()
Sengkang in Pictures: The Secret Life of the North East
“In Sengkang, hardly anyone is out of their house after 9pm. It’s like everyone here has gotten the hang of work life balance.”
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![How Young Singaporean Fathers Are Parenting Differently Than Their Dads]()
How Young Singaporean Fathers Are Parenting Differently Than Their Dads
After being raised by past generations of Singaporean men, young fathers of today are doing things differently.
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![Inter-Ethnic Households in Singapore: How a Chinese-Indian Family Celebrates Their Differences]()
![Tackling Social Inequality With Literacy]()
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![What Do Singaporeans Feel About Covid-19 Becoming Endemic?]()
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![“Breakfast, lunch, it’s on us.”]()
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![What Will Your Neighbourhood Look Like In 2071?]()
Inter-Ethnic Households in Singapore: How a Chinese-Indian Family Celebrates Their Differences
For the Murugeshes, every holiday is a choose-your-own-adventure.
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![What I Learned About Sugar Dating Through The Sugar Dads I Dated]()
What I Learned About Sugar Dating Through The Sugar Dads I Dated
Sugar dads share why they prefer to pay for sugar babies rather than be tethered to romantic commitment.
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![Dear Uncles, We’re Sorry. Your Crocs Are Really Cool Again.]()
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![We Asked a Bioethicist: Is It Discriminatory To Have Differentiated Measures By Vaccine Status?]()
We Asked a Bioethicist: Is It Discriminatory To Have Differentiated Measures By Vaccine Status?
Fears that ‘vaccine passports’ will exclude the unvaccinated from public life have surfaced. Are these justified?
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![Where The Wild Things Are: On The Road With ACRES’ Wildlife Rescue Team (Part 1)]()
Where The Wild Things Are: On The Road With ACRES’ Wildlife Rescue Team (Part 1)
Pythons. Lizards. Pink-necked green pigeons. If you thought Singapore lacks urban wildlife, you’re wrong.
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![“The Only Certainty Here Is Change”: Finbarr Fallon’s Dreamlike Architectural Portraits of Singapore]()
“The Only Certainty Here Is Change”: Finbarr Fallon’s Dreamlike Architectural Portraits of Singapore
In this new RICE series, we invite photographers from the region deserving of our admiration and attention to curate a series of images from their body of work, from which serves as a starting point for an in-depth conversation about their work.
Random Opinion
With vaccination, it’s not just about protecting yourself, but wanting certain collective benefits. Until enough of the population has been vaccinated to achieve herd protection, these are the restrictions that we impose temporarily and in a way that creates the least burdens possible.
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Tackling Social Inequality With Literacy
Kids from low-income backgrounds don’t compete on an equal footing with those who come from privilege – this is an uncomfortable truth that is not discussed enough. Stephanie believes that one step to correcting social inequality starts with literacy, and she has made it her personal mission
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Singapore, Unfiltered
What Do Singaporeans Feel About Covid-19 Becoming Endemic?
With rising COVID-19 infections in September, the sentiment on the ground is divided: some Singaporeans have been confused by the government’s mixed signals, while others think we should cut them some slack. But the question remains: are we ready to embrace Covid-19 as endemic? Can Singaporeans r
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“Breakfast, lunch, it’s on us.”
Warm meals and warmer greetings are what individuals receive at Krsna’s Free Meals, a soup kitchen in the heart of Little India. For over 1 and a half years, Dutch volunteer Sabine has been spending her Friday mornings at Krsna’s, where she takes pride in serving food from the heart to our
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What Will Your Neighbourhood Look Like In 2071?
What if we were to tell you that the local landmarks etched in our hearts such as Gardens By the Bay, Sembawang hot springs, and even Haji Lane are at risk of being completely submerged by seawater forever? It might sound impossible, but as things stand, this could very well be our reality in 50 yea
