Charmaine Poh, Author at RICE

4 Articles

Singapore, Unfiltered

Built on uneasy compromises: The young women behind BooksActually speak up

Built on uneasy compromises: The young women behind BooksActually speak up

For Renée and other young women, BooksActually became a place where professional boundaries were crossed and uneasy compromises made.

by Charmaine Poh

September 25, 2021

On Being ‘Butch’, and the Complexities of Being Neither ‘Manly’ nor ‘Womanly’

On Being ‘Butch’, and the Complexities of Being Neither ‘Manly’ nor ‘Womanly’

The backdrop of Pretty Butch, presented at the Taipei Arts Festival. August 2018. Pretty Butch was first presented at the M1 Singapore Fringe Festival in 2017. All photography by Charmaine Poh. I was reminded that it was summer in Taipei the moment I stepped out of the train station, the ci

by Charmaine Poh

August 28, 2019

Singapore is Small. For Single Mothers, It’s Even Smaller

Singapore is Small. For Single Mothers, It’s Even Smaller

Home is where you need not worry when you'll next have to move.

by Charmaine Poh

April 28, 2019

Amongst Us

Every Christmas, Filipino Helpers Yearn for Time Off to Celebrate

Every Christmas, Filipino Helpers Yearn for Time Off to Celebrate

A glimpse into the most important holiday for Filipinos.

by Charmaine Poh

December 24, 2017