When a woman is raped, who is responsible? An ostensibly simple question, but ‘responsible’ has many meanings, and supporters of SlutWalk seem to use different definitions. The inconsistencies of SlutWalk betray a greater crisis: the way we selectively fight for our beliefs for issues we care about more deeply, while pretending the rest don’t exist.
Archive | August, 2011
Philosophy, Society
Responsibility
by Yoong Ren Yan | 27 August 2011
Tags: anders breivik, belief, blame, choices, clothing, crime, crime prevention, decision, dilemma, feminism, freedom, gender equality, guilt, hamid karzai, harm principle, innocence, jewellery, liberty, Michael Sanguinetti, norway, oslo, perpetrator, principle, promiscuous, rape, rapist, responsibility, rights, singapore, slut, slutwalk, toronto, victim
Opinion
Footnotes from a small island
by Thia Shanzhi | 27 August 2011
Upon leaving, I realise I’ve become so connected with my country, that I’m afraid I’ll come back to find that it’s changed
Tags: angmoh, char siew rice, chinatown, football, haw par villa, lau pa sat, leaving, neil humphrey, overseas, raffles city, singapore, singapore day, studies, sungei buloh, university
Politics, Society
London Falling
by Huang Jiahui | 26 August 2011
Singapore is not and will not become London. But even safe and secure Singapore should have something to learn from London’s dimming light.
Tags: anders breivik, big society, britain, david cameron, dispossessed, gloucester, london, national day, norway, open, poor, poverty, rich, riots, singapore, social issues, social mobility, stake, streets, tottenham, UK, unrest, violence, welfare
Featured, Politics, Society
Beyond the money: The global economy and its future direction
by Nigel Fong | 26 August 2011
There has never really been a global recovery since 2008, only a big and desperate gamble to spend our way out. But it’s not just about the money, money, money
Tags: austerity, china, credit crunch, deficit, demographics, depression, developed world, developing world, economics, economy, euro, eurozone, financial crisis, foreclosure, germany, globalisation, greece, growth, inter-generational, macroeconomics, merkel, obama, patient, PIGS, politics, quality of life, recession, stimulus, tea party, tensions, Tobin tax, unemployment, united states, war on talent
Economics
The technology myth
by Hou Shi Hang | 26 August 2011
Our belief that we can innovate ourselves out of real-world crises may lead us astray
Opinion, Society
S.A.M.: Singapore Acronym Madness
by Wong Yong Sheng | 26 August 2011
HDB, CPF, PSLE and LKY: few nations do acronyms as well as Singapore. Why acronyms thrive, and why they refuse to die
Tags: A*STAR, acronyms, BGR, COE, CPF, DBS, electronic road pricing, english, ERP, GEP, HDB, IR, ISA, ITE, language, LGBT, linguistics, NASA, NEA, NKF, NS, NUS, ORD, PAP, PATRIOT, pride, PSC, PSLE, roosevelt, SBS, SDU, SIA, singapore, SMRT, social glue, uniquely singapore
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