It’s been a while since our last episode, but that’s because WE’VE BEEN READING! That’s right, if you’ve come across bookstagram, booktube and now booktok, you’d know that reading is IN now. On this episode, we chat with Amanda Chong, lawyer, poet, and co-founder of ReadAble, to discuss some essential feminist reads - except they aren’t the usual picks you’d expect. From deliberating our existence to the link between feminism and contemporary Singapore, the selection of books discussed will inspire greater inspection of the self, and how we relate to others. Here’s to big brains! 

In collaboration with the National Reading Movement. Download the free NLB Mobile app at https://go.gov.sg/nlbmobile-app. 

Borrow the titles discussed on our episode today!

1. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (https://www.nlb.gov.sg/biblio/13604701) 
2. How to Date Men when you Hate Men by Blythe Roberson (https://nlb.overdrive.com/media/3994785) 
3. All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks (https://nlb.overdrive.com/media/3707748) 
4. Pachinko by Min Jin Lee (https://nlb.overdrive.com/media/2763946) 
5. Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino (https://nlb.overdrive.com/media/4571723) 
6. This is What Inequality Looks Like by Teo Yeo Yann (https://nlb.overdrive.com/media/5300567) 

WE KNOW YOU... endlessly scrolling TikTok before bed every night! Social media is a form of entertainment, escapism, and relaxation for many of us, but we all know consuming too much of it is bad. Depression, anxiety, self-absorption, not to mention feeling overwhelmed from the sheer amount of content, are effects that many of us are learning to grapple with. 

LADY BOSSES, and Mother of Twos Charmaine Seah-Ong and Aarika Lee, tell us how they manage burnout as content creators, what it’s like bringing their children up in this pandemic digital age, and how we can take care of ourselves. TIP: PUT YOUR PHONE DOWN!

This episode was made in collaboration with IMDA, as part of their Digital for Life movement. With digital as a new way of life, how do we take care of our online safety and wellness? Find out more at http://go.gov.sg/digitalwellness.

It usually starts off with a simple "Hello, you're cute", but can quickly escalate to a sexually explicit message. In a generation of tech-savvy individuals, it's hard to imagine that any of us will fall victim to online grooming, and yet two out of three secondary school students in Singapore received unwanted sexual content online, according to Microsoft's Digital Civility Survey conducted in 2019. Between looking out for big age gaps, grand gestures of love, how do we know if it's a case of being groomed?

This episode was made in collaboration with IMDA, as part of their Digital for Life movement. With digital as a new way of life, how do we take care of our online safety and wellness? Find out more at http://go.gov.sg/digitalwellness.