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12 Books in 12 Months: Circa 2024
The reviews are in! Catch a glimpse of my year in books and the journey our book club went on together.
Rebecca Maxwell
Jan 1, 202511 min read
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Welcome to the Cabaret
Popularised by the American TV show, Glee, a show choir is an ensemble of singers who perform choreographed dance numbers that often...
Rebecca Maxwell
Sep 18, 20234 min read
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Assumptions about a skateboarder community leads to harmful sanctioning of freedom
Skateboarding is a noisy sport, but is it inherently destructive?
Rebecca Maxwell
Apr 26, 20228 min read
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Racial Bias fundamental to Singapore’s Rental Discrimination Issue
Racial discrimination as an ironic reality in a country whose foundational principles centre around racial harmony and peace.
Rebecca Maxwell
Jan 22, 20223 min read
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Novaxx Djokovic and questions of privilege
Boris Johnson and Novak Djokovic may seem supposedly unrelated but have both struck up a conversation re: Covid's relationship to privilege
Rebecca Maxwell
Jan 22, 20224 min read
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Public housing as social residualisation or a population's majority?
What’s the first thing you think of when you hear: public housing? The UK says, “gang violence"; Singapore says, "freedom".
Rebecca Maxwell
Aug 13, 20216 min read
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Singapore's journey towards integration through public housing
The policy that revolutionised the way the small but powerful Singapore has conceptualised integration.
Rebecca Maxwell
Jul 22, 20215 min read
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Seaspiracy: a thematic mish-mash of marine injustices
The chaotic storytelling of Seaspiracy has an impractical call-to-action and undermines the work of key marine organisations.
Rebecca Maxwell
Jul 2, 20215 min read
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Humans are funny
The normalisation of violence and what we can do to spark change in our communities.
Rebecca Maxwell
Jun 1, 20215 min read
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Heroines
“If you want to lift up humanity, empower women." - Melinda Gates
Rebecca Maxwell
Jan 7, 20216 min read
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The mask tan
A moment to reflect on the diversity of covid-experiences and the ownership we have over our minds.
Rebecca Maxwell
Dec 30, 20205 min read
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John and Steven, ft. the male gaze
A short comedic play that discusses the male gaze: the prominent vision of the world that has been seen through the eyes of men.
Rebecca Maxwell
Oct 25, 20209 min read
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Language and our perception of reality
Language plays a pivotal role in our perception of reality. As humans, we have harnessed language as a power of great force in our existence
Rebecca Maxwell
Sep 17, 20204 min read
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Love, distance and independence
Despite my desire for close and connected humans, I have not let distance step in the way of someone I want to keep in my life.
Rebecca Maxwell
Sep 4, 20204 min read
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A connected world breeds a disconnected human
What is so fundamentally difficult about working online: the ultimate lack of any human interaction is just not normal.
Rebecca Maxwell
Jul 30, 20203 min read
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5 minute journaling
5 minutes each day to reflect and remind yourself what you're grateful for. It has helped me feel a strange sense of control and I love it.
Rebecca Maxwell
Jul 21, 20202 min read
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'Hollywood' and Social Identity
Everyone has a different story, a struggle and narrative - the more these voices are heard the more people will understand.
Rebecca Maxwell
Jul 9, 20203 min read
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Chloe Ting, I'm taking back control!
It is exhausting to actively hate your body, so let's try and change that. Take control back, this is your body and your journey.
Rebecca Maxwell
Jun 23, 20203 min read
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‘RACE’: not so much a biological phenomenon as a social myth
There was a point in time where people were genuinely trying to prove that there were inferior ‘races’ based on biology.
Rebecca Maxwell
Jun 16, 20203 min read
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PERSPECTIVE
The power of finding perspective. It is important to remove yourself from the small person vision because you don't need to be small.
Rebecca Maxwell
May 27, 20202 min read
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