Posted On: September 25, 2014
Social media the world over exploded in discussion over one speech on Sept 20. It is none other than Emma Watson‘s HeForShe Speech at the United Nations. The Speech On Everyone’s Lips The newly minted UN Goodwill Ambassador for Women, Watson is best known as the actress who played Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter […]
Posted On: September 25, 2014
I am on my fourth of four week-long retreats for 2014 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia this week (Sept 24 – Oct 1, 2014). Read an earlier post elaborating about this retreat here. On the way up from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur, I watched two movies on the bus. They were: Jobs, and Brave. The former […]
Posted On: August 17, 2014
You might have heard of the raise in the power of the female dollar. Any person who has been in relationship with a woman knows that she seems to think quite differently from a man. If so, what are the difference? What would a marketer give to look into the mind and inner workings of […]
Posted On: June 25, 2014
As more people around me are having kids, I find myself increasingly in the company of their young. They express surprise that their kids seem to take to me easily and say so. These are 15 of my tips in relating to any young person, not necessarily just a 5-year-old. Don’t speak louder. Too many […]
Posted On: October 4, 2013
This is the book I wish I could have written! Dr. Gloria Brame graduated from the same school as I did – Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality. She holds a Ph.D in Human Sexuality and has however years more experience and accolades than I do. In SEX FOR GROWN-UPS, Dr. Gloria Brame explained […]
Posted On: December 19, 2012
My speech at the second SlutWalk Singapore held at Hong Lim Park on Saturday 15 Dec 2012. Two days ago, I went dancing with two of my friends at Clarke Quay. Now there are people who go dancing for different reasons: some of them to make new friends, some of them, they’re just looking for […]
Posted On: December 12, 2012
*BECAUSE WE’VE HAD ENOUGH* from SlutWalkSG on Vimeo. SlutWalk Singapore 2012 Main Event! We are proudly taking a stand against sexual violence and the bully tactics of victim-blaming, as we are tired of being oppressed by slut-shaming; of being judged by our sexuality and feeling unsafe as a result. We recognize that we need to […]
Posted On: May 5, 2012
Published with permission by the poet Stephanie Chan. She read this poem at the Opening Reception of Portraits of Defacement at Your Mother Gallery 91A Hindoo Road, Singapore. Organised by SlutWalk Singapore and Eros Coaching. Portraits of Dfacement runs till May 12. You can request for a private viewing by contacting Vanessa at +65 91254467. […]
Posted On: May 4, 2012
Published with permission by the poet Stephanie Chan. She read this poem at the Opening Reception of Portraits of Defacement at Your Mother Gallery 91A Hindoo Road, Singapore. Organised by SlutWalk Singapore and Eros Coaching. Portraits of Dfacement runs till May 12. You can request for a private viewing by contacting Vanessa at +65 91254467. This […]
Posted On: January 20, 2011
This article first appeared on The Online Citizen. There is a new beauty pageant in Singapore. It’s named TruMe, an online transgender beauty pageant organised by Action for Aids; it will be officially launched next month. The moderator of Sggurls, a transgender activist who identifies herself as Nicole Singslave, told me that she coined the […]
Posted On: December 27, 2010
The trailer of the new Singaporean film ‘When Hainan Meets Teochew’ was enough to persuade me that I had to watch it. The movie was premised as a romantic comedy between a ‘manly’ woman, and a ‘womanly’ man, as opposed to the usual Hollywood cliché where a handsome man meets a pretty lady and […]
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