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Mind the generation gap
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 17/07/2016
» They wear deep red lipstick modelled after their idol, Taylor Swift. They worship the Apple and Visa brands, and enjoy music ranging from One Direction, DJ Calvin Harris and The 1975, as well as lesser-known performers with niche followings.
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Looking across the river towards a better future
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 10/04/2016
» Crossing the Thailand-Myanmar border in daylight can be an anxious experience for undocumented migrants.
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Sexual misconduct still little understood
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 14/02/2022
» Last week was dramatic for anyone who is concerned about sexual misconduct -- and the social stigma which is attached to it. A series of news items about women and girls experiencing abuse and sexual harassment were reported in one week. The sufferers came from all walks of life and the abuse took place at various locations -- university, on the street, at school or even in the community.
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Women's work
Asia focus, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 18/10/2021
» Amid wave after wave of Covid-19 in Japan, Mariko, a college lecturer and mother, has been working and raising her four-year-old daughter in an apartment shared by a family of four in Tokyo.
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Online learning falls short in Covid era
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 13/09/2021
» Over one and a half years, millions of Thai students have been forced to forsake their physical classroom, schools, friends, and playground, to study in virtual classes conducted through online platforms.
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Students deserve respect, not scorn
Oped, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 20/08/2020
» The political situation in past weeks attests to the fact that the country is in need of educational reform as a clash of ideas between the younger generation and those phuyai has intensified.
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Schools need reform, not haircuts
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 06/07/2020
» I believe a large number of people my age were subject to humiliation inflicted by their own teacher at least once in their school years.
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Between a rock and a hard place
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 02/04/2017
» It's after midday on the peak of an inhabited island, and somewhere exists a gate to the distant past.
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All the world's a stage
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 04/12/2016
» In rehearsal, I'm given the role of a leading character in the play – a 30-something, Europe-educated lecturer caught up in the corruption of Thailand's higher education system. The rehearsal, run by the Makhampom Theatre Group, is less a practice to prepare for a performance than an experimental workshop -- a unique exercise in empathy and community.
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Damned if you do,damned if you don't
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 08/05/2016
» In the late 1980s, Chatichai Choonhavan's government promised an ambitious water diversion project to provide a constant supply of water to the dry Northeast.
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