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Does Singapore need bookstores?
you gotta read 1,000 words to hear me say 'yes'
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January 2024

I'm pro-gatekeeping. Long live gatekeeping.
On being a 2011 hipster, Pitchfork, and those yellow sneakers we can't escape
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December 2023

Celebrity Book Culture: EXPOSED!!! the panel
some thoughts I shared at the Singapore Writers Festival and some thoughts I had later on
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Ruby

November 2022

On BookTok and Bookstagram
More thoughts from my Singapore Writers Festival panel
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Look Who's On The Internet Again
On Bo Burnham's Inside
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March 2022

I read "Minor Feelings" by Cathy Park Hong and Here Are My Thoughts
sorry if i call you corny in this newsletter, it's not personal
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Ruby

February 2022

Reading through Grief
feat. two short story collections and a lot of my tears
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Ruby

December 2021

The Tote Bag Library Gift Guide
no tote bags here
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November 2021

Reading Feminist Thought Part 2
reviews of The Right to Sex, Full Surrogacy Now, and My Body
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Ruby

October 2021

Reading Feminist Thought Part 1
+ some words on BooksActually
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September 2021

The Latest Sally Rooney Novel
A look at the conversation around it + my review of Beautiful World, Where Are You
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Disco Elysium
The best thing I've read this year is this video game + 4 short book reviews
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