RMK11 – better governance, but still racist
Haven’t we moved away from racist policies and discriminatory actions? This is one of the reasons many Malaysians voted out BN – because they were so entrenched in race-based politics.
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Author Archives: fatbidin
The Fat Bidin Film Club (Ep 151) – Wheely
KRU’s latest animated film looks great but, as usual, the story disappoints tremendously.
Langsuir versus Halloween, and advice for Mahathir
I answer all your burning questions in my Talking Edge column at Options, The Edge.
Was this all just for one man to be prime minister?
Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail has always said that if her husband were to be the prime minister, she would resign as deputy. If that was the plan all along, then why didn’t she resign as the MP of Pandan and let Anwar run there instead?
The Fat Bidin Film Club (Ep 150) – Langsuir
Another Osman Ali film that glamorises rape culture.
Recognising refugees and touring with manners
I answer all your burning questions in my Talking Edge column at Options, The Edge.
Francis Wolf’s ‘Kept In Ink’ is a feat in self-publishing
Kept In Ink is the non-fiction tale of Francis Wolf’s journey to Wat Bang Phra, a Buddhist monastery in the Nakhon Chaisi district of Thailand.
Photojournalists: News outlets trump viral citizen photos in credibility
The visual journalism panel I moderated at the Cooler Lumpur Festival was reported on by The Malay Mail.
Sheril gets published in Buku Fixi’s final anthology ‘Little Basket 2018’!
Sheril wrote an essay in 2015 about detudungisation and now it’s been selected to be published in the Little Basket 2018 anthology!
Malaysia’s growing pains – puberty and teenage angst
We have to be patient with the transition process and allow Malaysians to slowly grow and mature together with a political situation that, finally, is also starting to grow and mature.
The Fat Bidin Film Club (Ep 149) – Paskal
A patriotic soldier movie that is surprisingly not too shabby (just a bit of bad acting!).
