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Nature calls
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 24/08/2016
» We are all dogs. Loyal like a dog. Obedient like a dog. Biting like a dog. Barking like a dog. Marking our territory like a dog.
Rich tapestry of Thai society
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 02/02/2015
» All things considered, the 14 stories in the collection translated by Marcel Barang read like a list of social issues a Thai should be aware of: participating in last year's protests without genuine understanding and interest; having an affair with someone of an opposing political colour; the death of red-shirt poet Mai Nueng; violence in the South; hilltop villages; the move from local farms to factory farming. And Buddhism.
Rite and wrong
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 16/01/2015
» Theravada Buddhism is a man’s religion. Thai women have never had an official place in the faith — this is obvious in both theory and practice.
Role play
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 24/10/2014
» The stories of good girls gone wild mirror one another. Britney Spears. Christina Aguilera. Miley Cyrus. Sara Malakul Lane.
The Murakami machine marches on
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 08/09/2014
» Haruki Murakami had an epiphany during a baseball game at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo in April, 1978. He was 29 and the game was between the Yakult Swallows and the Hiroshima Toyo Carp. When player Dave Hilton hit the first ball into left field, Murakami was struck by a sudden realisation that he was going to write a book. He started writing that day.
Men down the lens
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 21/03/2014
» As a form of mass entertainment, films play a complex role in both influencing public perceptions and opinions, while also reflecting the cultural shifts of society. Consider the state of Thai gay-themed films since the commercial success of Iron Ladies (Satree Lek) in 2000, as well as other homosexual-related movies that have won international prizes or scored at the box office, and the issues of identity, representation and cinema all come together. Recently, Nitchapoom Chaianun's independently produced Pi Chai, My Bromance, about the development of love between a boy and his new brother adopted by the family, filled cinemas despite its limited release.
Baring it all
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 26/02/2014
» Talking about sex is awkward — for teenagers, for parents, for teachers. When teenagers need guidance, conversations about sex-related topics are frequently dodged. Sex education in Thailand over the past decades is usually allocated only a few hours per semester as part of a physical education class, and even then consists only of a theoretical component, which hardly answers some of the more frequently asked questions among teens, such as "Why does my penis appear black or darker than my skin tone?", "Is it weird to not last as long as people do in pornos?" or "What is premenstrual syndrome and how do you deal with it?".