Women Artists Are Flourishing
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Artwork exhibited at RRRAWRRR!!!WHOA! Where do all these women artists come from? So, so many new young and emergent women artists now...
The Weight of the Unspoken
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Everything is okay until it is not. People greet each other pleasantly until they turn to killing the other. Just like that, everything can change.It is the s...
Mothers At Work
7 min read
Many mothers are finding creative ways to balance family and work. Through freelancing, part-time jobs or starting their own businesses, they trudge forward to...
The Hefty Sacrifices Homemakers Make
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Thirty-nine-year-old Caroline Teoh is armed with a master’s degree in Business Administration and worked as a financial advisor in a multinational company...
Dedicated to Tickling Funny Bones
6 min read
Justin Heyes.Executed well, comedy is as much an art form as music, dance, theatre and visual arts, requiring passion, inspiration, thoughtfulness and rel...
The Fall of Singapore: Answers about Malaysia from the Past
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It is 1938, Malayan Singapore. The last days of happiness for brother and sister pair, Zabir and Zubaida – so sings narrator Shafeeq Shaja...
Relau House: A Sino-Venetian Bungalow That Still Exudes Pride of Its Time and Place
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Relau, once an agricultural area in the south-western district of Penang Island, is today a large modern residential estate. Vestiges of its past linger on though, most notably in the almost century-old Relau House.
Losing the Religion that is Social Media
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Religious Elegance.City of Many Tales.It’s a tech-warped world we’re operating in today. The increasing number of social med...
Where Did Patriarchy Come From – And Does It Have Anywhere to Go?
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Late last year, Deputy Minister of Women, Family and Community Development Hannah Yeoh received a public comment on her Facebook profile asking her to wear lips...
Homemaking Fathers
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David* was working in a management consultancy when his first child, a daughter, was born. “My wife and I believed that we needed at least one parent at h...
Mothers – Queens of Our Hearts
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The saying goes that being a mother is the hardest job in the world – there are no sick days, no rest and no pay. Penang Monthly takes a look at three ins...
Women in Numbers
5 min read
Political representation Malaysia’s 14th general election saw an unprecedented representation of female-elected politicians. However, the overall percen...
