Culture

Influencer or influenza: What are we spreading online?

Along with the rise of social media platforms ā€“ with Facebook hitting almost 2 billion global monthly active users, more than a quarter of the worldā€™s population ā€“ many have risen to popularity...

Culture

Why was I made a woman?

When I was younger, the only thing I wanted was to be male. I think this impulseĀ beganĀ when I was about 5. I frequently cried in frustration at how differently ā€“ biased, I felt ā€“ my parents...

Faith

Birthday musings of a twenty-something: What is there to celebrate?

ā€œSo, how does it feel on your birthday?ā€ I didn’t know how to respond when someone asked me this last week on my birthday. To be honest, I felt older, that’s all. What are birthdays...

Culture

Thoughts on THAT St Hilda’s video: In an online brawl, are you bully, bystander, or peacemaker?

$%#&@!!! You’ve by now surelyĀ seen the video of theĀ fight that brokeĀ out in a classroom at St Hilda’s Secondary School. It involved threeĀ boys, manyĀ punches,...

Faith

Iā€™m a woman and I struggle with pornography and masturbation

No, you didnā€™t read the title wrongly. Ā Girls are not immediately associated with suchĀ sexual sin, but being female does not make us immune to these things. Iā€™m a woman, and I have struggled...

Culture

Weighing the cost of an iPhone X

I remember my first. It didnā€™t resemble a brick. Instead, it was yellow and black, like a bumblebee; the first mobile phone I remember ever seeing was an Ericsson. This was in 1997. My...

Culture

Angry about the Presidential Election that never was?

Madam Halimah Yacob, former Speaker of Parliament,Ā isĀ Singapore’s 8th President. She’s no stranger to breaking new ground, enteringĀ territories which have been traditionally occupied...

Relationships

What to do when your #OTP breaks up

UPDATE: As of June 27, 2019, Song Joong Ki has announced that he is filing for divorce from Song Hye Kyo. Hailed as one of Korea’s dream couples, the Song-Song pair were married for 20 months....

Culture

Are you playing the game, or is the game playing you?

I grew up playing video games. I blame this lifelong passionĀ on my Dad, really. One of my earliest memories was him teaching me to play some cowboy shooting game ā€“ you had to click on a bad guy...