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![After the Vote: Yulianna Frederika on Choosing Community Over Singapore’s Relentless Growth]()
After The Vote is a RICE Media series where Singaporeans from all walks of life share their hopes for Singapore and the future they want to help shape. For GE2025, RICE is taking a longer-term view towards the nation we are collectively building.
Yulianna Frederika—activist, social media maven and co-founder of Lepak Conversations—has plenty to say about a Singapore that stays rooted in culture, community, and a deeper understanding of who we are.
After the Vote: Yulianna Frederika on Choosing Community Over Singapore’s Relentless Growth
After The Vote is a RICE Media series where Singaporeans from all walks of life share their hopes for Singapore and the future they want to help shape. For GE2025, RICE is taking a longer-term view towards the nation we are collectively building.
Yulianna Frederika—activist, social media maven and co-founder of Lepak Conversations—has plenty to say about a Singapore that stays rooted in culture, community, and a deeper understanding of who we are.
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![Why Singaporeans Are Volunteering for Political Parties]()
Why Singaporeans Are Volunteering for Political Parties
“You have to manage your work, your family commitments. Yet you're putting time aside to help—and you're not being paid.”
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![Gotta Flip ‘Em All: When Singapore’s Scalping Culture and Pokémon Cards Collide]()
Gotta Flip ‘Em All: When Singapore’s Scalping Culture and Pokémon Cards Collide
Childhood nostalgia, adult money.
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![After the Vote: Shawn Lim on Holding Space for Singapore’s Queer and Neurodivergent Communities]()
After the Vote: Shawn Lim on Holding Space for Singapore’s Queer and Neurodivergent Communities
"Imagine a culture where curiosity is paired with kindness, and diversity is met with openness, not discomfort."
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![Lost in Transit: The Wayfinder Who Revamped Singapore’s MRT Station Signs]()
Lost in Transit: The Wayfinder Who Revamped Singapore’s MRT Station Signs
The best directional signs are the one you never think about.
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![What ‘Mission’ Did Goh Meng Seng Really Accomplish?]()
What ‘Mission’ Did Goh Meng Seng Really Accomplish?
What kind of Singapore is he truly advocating for?
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![After The Vote: Suresh Vanaz on How Singapore Can Lift the Burden for Caregivers]()
After The Vote: Suresh Vanaz on How Singapore Can Lift the Burden for Caregivers
"We didn’t choose this life—we’re caring for someone else, and it shouldn’t mean we’re forced into financial hardship."
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![A Sociologist’s Unexpected Lessons From Running a Holland Village Market Stall]()
A Sociologist’s Unexpected Lessons From Running a Holland Village Market Stall
“YOLO, but with your seatbelt on.”
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![The Overachiever’s Guide To Becoming a Red Flag]()
The Overachiever’s Guide To Becoming a Red Flag
(For legal and ethical reasons, this article is a joke.)
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![From PSLE Flop to Global Tech CEO: How Felix Lee is Rewriting the Rules of Opportunity]()
From PSLE Flop to Global Tech CEO: How Felix Lee is Rewriting the Rules of Opportunity
"We don’t need more exams. We need more spaces for creative failure."
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![Meet Gang Kai, the Singaporean Who Moved to the US to Reach for the Stars at NASA]()
Meet Gang Kai, the Singaporean Who Moved to the US to Reach for the Stars at NASA
Live abroad and prosper.
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![Every School Is a Good School Until You Become a Parent]()
![The Art of Coping: What Gen Z Students Get Up To to Get By]()
![In the Afterglow: The Cancer Survivors Finding Light In Their Night Routines]()
![Singapore’s Longest Curved HDB Corridor, and the Distance Between Our Neighbours]()
![In Their Own Skin: Portraits of Eczema in Singapore]()
![The Last Generation of Singapore’s Newspaper Stand Vendors]()
![This Body is Not Mine: Living With Gender Dysphoria]()
Every School Is a Good School Until You Become a Parent
"I'm not sure if the current system is a good system. But I'm also not sure if there's a better one."
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![Living With Vaginismus: Thoughts on Pleasure and Intimacy in Singapore]()
Living With Vaginismus: Thoughts on Pleasure and Intimacy in Singapore
Tania reveals how vaginismus shattered her understanding of intimacy.
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![The Overachievers’ Guide to Being A Proud Single™]()
The Overachievers’ Guide to Being A Proud Single™
Couples are scrambling to secure dinner reservations for Valentine's—but the Proud Single™ knows better.
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![CNY, Family Secrets, and an Identity Crisis: The Malay Who Was Raised Chinese-Christian]()
CNY, Family Secrets, and an Identity Crisis: The Malay Who Was Raised Chinese-Christian
“I grew up thinking I was Chinese, then found out I was Malay. But in actual fact, I can’t really say I belong to either.”
Random Opinion
"How can we move away from binary thinking—of either ruling or opposition, elected or unelected—and embrace the possibility of a new democratic imagination?"
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