Objectifying language in ads for domestic workers, work culture at AirAsia enables CEO to attend meeting bare-chested, science fiction mythologies at ArtScience Museum, one giant leap for Singapore’s space exploration ambitions, and more.
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Dear reader, Today, we have a wonderful addition to our line-up of Earth essays, “Lessons from Green Circle Eco Farm: honouring a diverse, biocultural community”, by Ethel Pang, first-time Jom contributor. But I’d like to start by discussing Israel and Palestine. In last week’s newsletter, I spoke about...
‘No’ to all rallies linked to Israel-Palestine conflict, community library shuts due to theft and vandalism, endangered croc culled for public safety, film festival season starts, Grab-Trans-cab anti-competition concerns, and more.
‘Fujian gang’ launderers get charitable, parents charging kids’ rent, Gen Zs putting the ‘fun’ in funemployment, Palestinian-Israeli bloodshed, Drake raps Singapore, cutting e-waste, and more.
Dear reader, It’s been one of those weeks when we’re left gasping for air. First, a shooting in a Bangkok mall, so close to home that we worry about friends who might have been there, and by a perpetrator so young that we’re left with a deep...
Dear reader, Over 100 people have bought tickets for our next “Jom cakap”, at 7pm on October 16th, at The Projector. It features three of Asia’s top journalists: Shibani Mahtani of The Washington Post, Karishma Vaswani of Bloomberg Opinion, and Sue-Lin Wong of The Economist. I think this is...