Feature - Penang Monthly (Page 121)

Invisible No More: Esteeming Housewives and Household Chores

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Ti’s struggles border on stereotype for many Malaysian “housewives” or women who “do not work”. Unlike vocational women, they are seen as having no tangible achievements and thus not deserving of any measurable reward.

by Tan Yu Kai

Accepting Bodily Imperfections and Physical Variations

5 min read

SHOWN, HIDDEN, CELEBRATED, hated. Our bodies have never been more scrutinised in recent years. From advertisements promoting remedies for underarm wrinkles, the...

by Kristina Khoo-Rhodes

The Rise of "Exotic Flowers": A Brief History of Formal Education for Chinese Women in Penang

5 min read

THE PREVIOUS FEW articles on Chinese prostitutes in Penang Monthly cast light on the plight of early Chinese female migrants to Malaya and Singapore. These wome...

by Dr. Kuah Li Feng

Are Local Graduates from Game-related Studies Primed to Perform on the Job?

5 min read

THE INCLINATION TO fixate on the learning of theories and concepts, instead of practical application, has been described as the loose cog in Malaysia’s otherwis...

by Nicole Chang

Women Suffering Pandemic Fatigue More Than Men

4 min read

TWO YEARS ON and with the emergence of new Covid-19 variants, pandemic fatigue has well and fully set in for Malaysians, leaving many vulnerable to burnouts.[1]...

by Yeong Pey Jung

Addressing Cultural Taboos and Alleviating Period Poverty

5 min read

INVENTED BY WARTIME nurses on realising that cellulose is better able to absorb blood from wounds than cloth, sanitary pads as we know them today entered mainst...

by Yong-Yu Huang

Manora: Much More Than Just a Ritualistic Dance

6 min read

PEOPLE FREELY MOVED along the neck of the Malay peninsula before the 1940 Agreement was introduced which necessitated a border pass for crossing between British...

by Izzuddin Ramli

The Female Gaze and Representation of Women in Malaysian Cinema

4 min read

SHUHAIMI BABA’S “Pontianak Harum Sundal Malam” first premiered in cinemas in 2004. The film became a massive box office hit, instantly pushing Maya Karin, its l...

by Kalash Nanda Kumar

Pet Release: An Act Not as Harmless or Merciful as You Think

6 min read

A turtle that has outgrown its bowl, a bird that has outlived its novelty, an ailing arowana, will all too easily prompt their owners to turn to the alleged curative quality of nature, to charitably return their pets “home”.

by Tan Yu Kai

The Japanese Occupation of Penang, Seen from the College General

8 min read

THE COLLEGE GENERAL in Pulau Tikus was a fascinating place. Probably one of the most cosmopolitan places in Penang with more than a dozen nationalities living t...

by Serge Jardin

Serge Jardin

The Proud History of SXI, Saved for Posterity

7 min read

Brother Jason Blaikie, Brother Director of St. Xavier’s Institution, is practising the bagpipes when I arrive to interview him – I hear the distinctive skirl as...

by Julia Tan

Fighting Wildlife Trade: Indigenous Community Participation Should Be Mainstreamed

4 min read

SINCE THE FIRST Covid outbreak in December 2019, more reports and evidence have surfaced tracing the origins of the virus to wildlife trade, adding it to the gr...

by Kalash Nanda Kumar