March 2022 - Penang Monthly (Page 2)

Tiger Artists Born in Years of the Tiger

5 min read

Tyger, Tyger, burning bright,In the forests of the night;What immortal hand or eye,Could frame thy fearful symmetry?-       &...

by Ooi Kok Chuen

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

On Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Malaysia

7 min read

HISTORICALLY, in most traditionally patriarchal societies, very few rights are accorded to women. The first global effort to provide a comprehensive view of gen...

by Choong Sim-Poey

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

Respect All Persons, and Gender and Other Equalities Will Follow

3 min read

IT IS UNFORTUNATE that in most minds, the term “Feminism” more often than not, merely raises issues regarding the relatively-disadvantaged status of women as me...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

Preserving a Proud Legacy

2 min read

I ENJOYED READING the article Wu Lien-Teh: The Father of Modern Medicine in China by Koh King Kee when it was first published in Penang Monthly’s Febr...

by Penang Monthly

Women! All They Do is Multitask!

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by Azmi Hussin