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…
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.
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.
Art-ist/Art-is
Thaqif Aris speaks to multi-talented artist Tan Zi Hao on the politics of his work, and the public significance of art as both an agent and a receptor for change.
VIONA on her new album, and the pangs of influencer
"This project was for me to focus on a body of work within a theme. The ongoing genocide made it hard for me to release light-hearted content. This album reflects issues of past, present and future" explains VIONA in conversation with our Editor-in-Chief, Alia Soraya. In a candid conversation on the pangs of celebrity worship…
B.H.I – An Interview with Badrul Hisham Ismail
"When people who have interesting ideas, want to do interesting things and for some reason are open to me helping or collaborating with them I just say yes,"
Grey is Okay
"What you choose is what will also choose you, in time.". This is one of a string of crystaline words penned down in her moment of quiet in 2018. Creative Director, Artist, Writer, Photographer & Poet, Binti points us into a direction of understanding where Grey, Is Okay.
