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A few steps forward, a few steps back
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 28/01/2019
» From the portrayal of sexual diversity in movies to controversies in real life, here is what happened in the LGBTI community in the past month.
Beyond beauty
B Magazine, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 16/12/2018
» The universe will have a new queen tomorrow. For almost 20 days, 94 beauty queens from around the world have descended on Thailand to vie for the crown. They have participated in the pageant's activities in Bangkok, Chon Buri and Krabi that brought them to a rooftop bar, temples, Government House and beaches, and tomorrow morning at 7am, one will be crowned the new Miss Universe by current title-holder Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters.
They know who they are
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 26/11/2018
» In the dim light inside Bangkok Screening Room, Ivan Coyote transfixed the crowd with stories of their childhood, of grandmas and uncles, and of the conversations our dinner group had at the Isan restaurant around the corner from the venue.
The aesthetics of resistance
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 05/11/2018
» For the past four years, we've received a steady diet of the junta's theme songs that preach about "returning happiness" and the virtues of peace, order and nationalism. Since last week, however, the anthem that has stolen the thunderbolt is Prathet Ku Mee (What My Country’s Got), an infectious viral rap by a group called Rap Against Dictatorship.
Glam fest at Tiffany's
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 05/09/2018
» The dressing room was in absolute chaos.
Life, liberty, the pursuit of marriage
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 25/06/2018
» US ambassador hosts Bangkok's annual Pride reception
Mo' better molam
Muse, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 02/06/2018
» Molam singer Rasmee Wayrana was the very picture of comfort as she lounged under a tree’s shade, taking a break from the recording studio and concert venues. Next to her was a glass of red wine. A cigarette was lit. And she was content as she talked about her latest achievement. Just last month, she was named among the 50 Asians To Watch by The Straits Times. Among the five people from Thailand that were named, she was the only woman.
Paradise or paradox?
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 15/05/2018
» The theme of this year's International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (Idahot), which falls on Thursday (May 17) is "Alliances For Solidarity". On the day, events will be held worldwide to celebrate gender diversity, and to raise awareness for LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex) rights violation.
Time traveller
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 04/04/2018
» Period dramas, the sources of romanticisation of the bygone, continue to transfix viewers everywhere. From the South Korean culinary tale Dae Jang Guem, to the dramatisation of UK royalty in The Crown, or the court of Louis XIV in Versailles, or even Thailand's own See Pandin (Four Reigns), these fusions of history and fantasy offer an outlook to the past -- glorified or critical -- while also sparking interest and debate over the portrayals of historical accounts.
Walk tall
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 12/02/2018
» Seeing your pet going under the knife is never an easy sight to watch. But when Panicha Banchongratsena found out last year that Boongky — her nine-year-old Pomeranian — was suffering from hip dysplasia, she swallowed the pain and waited outside the surgery room for six hours for veterinarians to perform total hip replacement surgery on her canine pal — the first such operation ever done in Thailand.