I just got back from an intense and enlightening evening of Malaysian politics with two beloved friends. I imagine that similar conversations are taking place all over Malaysia as the elections loom near. I feel the winds of change in the air, but I feel a lot of scepticism and fear too. Fear of the unknown? Or […]
Tag: Malaysia
Entertain yourselves with our fake BN politicans
This is the video that finally got me off my ass to say enough is enough, I am not going to let my country be run by a pack of these jokers. I am not going to sit by and watch the opportunity for change slip by and fly out of our hands. I’ve been […]
Finding Power in Words
The Joint-Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG)* will be hosting the “Aiyoh… Wat Lah?! Awards” today, aimed at highlighting sexist, misogynistic, homophobic and/or transphobic statements made by those in authority and published in the media. Yeah so, big deal right? Politicians have been saying silly things for years now, why should we pay attention now, […]
Ana the Foreign Mother
Not long after I started work at a women’s rights organisation, I was alerted by a friend that friend whose husband had taken her kids. This is how I learnt about the broken system in Malaysia and authorities who are quick to wash their hands off anything that smells of domestic problems. It is has […]
My Foray Into the Underground
As a girl of 14, sitting in the backseat of my dad’s car, I remember fuming to myself when I heard him say “Girls can’t do certain things.” “WHY NOT!”” I screamed at him silently in my head. So fueled was I by angsty teenage hormones and self-righteous anger, I actually scribbled down in pencil, […]
International Women’s Day: It Cannot Be Okay
While skimming through tweets, I read one that posed this question: What do we fight for on International Women’s Day? Which issues should we focus on? What does it mean to be a woman? It is officially International Women’s Day in my country. There will be a gathering of women, all sizes and shapes, all […]
Undoing Damage
There are conversations you have with people that you can’t ever forget, even if you are no longer in their lives, or you in theirs. In 2009, I took on the role of editor for the Women’s Edition of Metior, Murdoch Guild’s student magazine. Part of my job constituted of commissioning articles, which is really […]
