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Charmaine Poh in Berlin; a tribute to tribute bands; many oddities revealed in public audit; new tools for better discourse around suicides; the stigma endured by cancer survivors returning to work; gendered household work affecting women's health; and more.
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Dear reader, Our team is expanding! We’re looking to hire an arts editor, a part-time position. More details here. Do forward this to friends you think might be suitable. Next, some shout-outs, first to the Jomrades who’ve written new letters in response to our recent essays: C Chee,...
The hefty 1,700-page, four-volume tome replete with the Pang family’s history, biographies and accomplishments reveals itself to a new generation of English-language readers, centuries later.
Re-issued some 54 years later, Wong’s debut book of poems remains pertinent; tender and intimate in its surfacing of questions relating to alienation, belonging and being—as outsider, as Asian, as female.
Dear reader, Since Tharman’s thumping victory on September 1st, the following things have happened: * Vivian Balakrishnan and K Shanmugam, two ministers, have sued Lee Hsien Yang, son of Lee Kuan Yew, for defamation; * POFMA (Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act) directives have been handed out, for the first...
The radical practice gained attention at the start of the pandemic, but participants have discovered that building horizontal relationships is easier said than done.
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Featuring an essay each by members of Jom’s editorial team, and many others, all within the themes of “Activism”, “Ecology” and “Music”.
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