Do something: A message to our Members of Parliament
I heard the news this morning, coming through on my Twitter feed. Hot on the heels of the Vietnam government’s announcement, New Zealand’s Parliament had voted in favour of legalising same-sex...
View ArticleAuthorities arrest cartoonist; pwns everyone including itself
Last weekend Singapore’s police arrested Leslie Chew, the cartoonist behind the comic series Demon-cratic Singapore. Held for alleged sedition, he spent nights in lock-up and was questioned over two...
View ArticlePolitics, policies and the political arena.
“…we have taken the view that if you are a civic organisation, whether you are an organisation like AMP or whatever, if you want to get yourself involved politically, please get into the political...
View ArticleMEDIA STATEMENT: Major online websites in Singapore to protest against...
The Media Development Authority had, on Tuesday, introduced a “licensing framework” that would require “online news sites” to put up a “performance bond” of $50,000 and “comply within 24 hours to MDA’s...
View ArticleMDA’s licensing regime and me (and you)
I have written about many things throughout this blog’s ‘life’: my travels, my work, my family, etc. But the most important things I have written about – indeed, the very reason I started this blog –...
View Article#FreeMyInternet – Movement against new licensing requirements for online media
MEDIA STATEMENT – 1 JUNE 2013 The blogging community – collectively called Free My Internet – will be organising a protest and online blackout next week against the new licensing requirements imposed...
View ArticleMDA’s licensing scheme: So many questions, no real answers
Towards the end of Channel NewsAsia’s Talking Point show on the new MDA licensing regime, a caller asked Acting Minister of Manpower, Tan Chuan-jin, to confirm on air that blogs would not be subjected...
View ArticleComparing the MDA’s licensing scheme to the UK debate on press regulation
In yet another attempt to defend the MDA’s licensing scheme, Dr Yaacob Ibrahim quoted two examples of other countries looking towards regulating new media: New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Press...
View Article#FreeMyInternet – Solidarity and unity in Singapore
I couldn’t be in Hong Lim Park on the afternoon of 8 June. I was thousands of miles away in central Scotland. But I kept myself updated with the help of live-tweeters at the #FreeMyInternet protest,...
View ArticleMidnight phone calls?
Yesterday I heard from a friend that he had received a phone call – at midnight – from our Law Minister K Shanmugam. It was regarding an article written by Eric Ellis for The Global Mail, entitled ‘Out...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Thou Shalt Also Post The Truth: A response to The New Paper
There was a crazy number of notifications on my phone when I woke up this morning. Apart from the usual comments and likes and alerts, many of them were from friends drawing my attention to an article...
View ArticleOn Medium: Jumbled dissertation-related thoughts
I’ve just started writing on Medium. It’s a beautiful platform and interface, and I’ve also started a collection called The Singapore Conversation for anyone interested in writing about Singapore to...
View ArticleThe National Family Pledge: Bigotry dressed up as national “values”
When it comes to what Singaporeans prioritise in their lives, the government has some ideas. In a Singapore where the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) is miserable and work-life balance a coveted privilege,...
View ArticleCome Out, Come Home
I have never come out. I don’t need to. As a young straight woman my sexual orientation has always been treated as a given, ordinary and boring. I never had to spend any time fretting about how to tell...
View ArticleClik here to view.
This “gay lifestyle” bullshit needs to stop
When it comes to talking about LGBT rights, there’s a frame of reference that is simultaneously confusing and enraging. I’m referring to the concept of the “homosexual lifestyle”, or the “gay...
View ArticleOne Singapore?
The subject of national identity has caught the attention of Singaporeans. Who is a Singaporean? What makes a Singaporean? Some think you have to be born and bred on the island, using terms like “true...
View Article
