Conversations
The Creeping Claws of Incel Culture
Text by Marissa De RozarioEdited by Pravin Nair Having readily available content anywhere and everywhere has been surmised to being a great win for our transcendence into the future. That said, there has been evidence of creeping conservative, right-wing, misogynistic narratives that have popped up greatly in recent years. Though many experts have weighed in…
Tash Aw Takes On The Epic
Even from inside the cafe, our conversation is interrupted by al fresco-dining valley girls lamenting, with a kind of American sadness, their summer pilgrimage slipping away (at least, they’ll always have Paris!). Aw admits his preferred cafe is a smaller, local spot a couple doors down, but this felt more appropriate for our meeting on…
Nicola Dinan Does Not Disappoint
With the release of her latest novel, Nicola Dinan discusses millennial anxieties, her attachment to Southeast and East Asia, and navigating love in the face of disappointment.
The Politics of Quiet Luxury and Anti-Intellectualism in Malaysia
For most of us, the former isn’t an inherited option, and therein lies the rub. Nothing stokes desire like a puppy needing attention quite like the unattainable. It makes wealth we didn’t do anything to earn all the more mouth-watering. Working hard and being labelled “new money rich”? Lame. In an age of get-loaded-quick schemes…
James Seet & Pangrok Sulap on DRIFTing into Connection
Reflecting an island deeply rooted in the history of ‘drifting,’ the 4th Jeju Biennale explores, ‘The Drift of Apagi: The Way of Water, Wind and Stars’ capturing the complex internal world of Jeju Island, South Korea—its people, migration, and the rapid developments shaping its social landscapes. The concept of Drift in Jeju is liminal—existing between the island’s…
Afraid of Forgetting; The Hands Pass Tradition
In hopes of keeping the tradition alive, the writer and photographer documents hands, and spaces as a means to keep tradition alive.
Simmering by ask.
Just last night, I was watching the fireworks from my window and that’s how I said it. But my hands were stabbing the air to barter with Their interest because Their eyebrows, from what little I could see, were creasing together to figure out... The triumph of good over evil; their meanings separated by region…
FINDING DEEPAVALI
THE TRADITIONAL DEEPAVALI, WITH ITS EMPHASIS ON FAMILY, COMMUNITY, AND RELIGIOUS RITUALS, OFTEN EXCLUDES THOSE WHO DON’T CONFORM TO SOCIETAL NORMS. FOR ME, THIS FESTIVAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN A BITTERSWEET AFFAIR.
A Labour of Existence by Shre Maha
Deepavali is two days away. Currently writing this in between some nei urundai making. I can’t feel my fingertips, it feels as though they may have melted off. However, I’d like for you to hear this.
