Op-Ed
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…
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.
Not Having to Look Over Their Shoulders? Not Today.
This sinking feeling does not escape me. I sit here, unclaimed to an identity, watching this violence enacted upon the women before me. I am filled with disgust. When will it end? When will this stop?
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.
Protecting the Flame
Writer Julia Merican Unleashes a Stream of Conciousness, Reflecting on Her Childhood & What It Means to Find Comfort in Tradition & Family
Running out of Time by Durrah Sharifah Ahmad Azlan
The writer ends the narrative with well-wishes for anyone who relates to the content written and attempts to comfort the readers, or rather, herself, that it's okay to make life choices for the short-term pleasures rather than having to calculate everything just so it adds value to the future.
A Sense of Urgency by Alyssa Krista
Writer Alyssa Krista looks deep within, coming to terms with herself in an exploration of what feels most urgent to her.
Art in Times of Crisis by LingJie Tuang
Albeit heavily criticised for questionable methodology and an unrepresentative sample size of 1000, Singapore’s The Straits Times published an infographic back in June that revealed what the general public perceives as essential or non-essential roles. Photo by Edvard Munch (Norsk, 1863–1944)
