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OPINION: Is it time to find a more environmental/health-friendly alternative to joss paper burning?
As I was scouring the streets around noon on Monday, looking for any street vendor that came to work on the “praying day” of Thailand’s Chinese New Year celebrations, I ended up banging my foot into someone’s burning bucket of joss paper and accidentally getting a big whiff of fresh smoke. There were at least ...
Welcome to the Dark Side: How the whitening industry and media fuel colorism in Thailand
OPINION — “But you aren’t white. How are you able to speak English so well?” That’s an actual question a new classmate asked me on my first day at a Thai school after...
OPINION: Wildly irrelevant questions at feminist event show just how far we have to go
OPINION — Her T-shirt read #DontTellMeHowToDress, so did the billboard at the event to advocate against victim blaming. So naturally, the Thai television crew in attendance...
Off the Rails: 9 ways the BTS should have improved by now
When the BTS opened in 1999, the elevated train network, modeled after Vancouver’s SkyTrain, was supposed to free Bangkokians from endless hours sitting in traffic — a...
Third Culture Kid: What it’s like to be Thai, but not really
I often catch side glances and eye rolls from Thai locals as I switch between Thai and English during conversations with my friends, who are, like me, “third culture kids.”...
#DontTellMeHowToDress: Thai women clap back at govt advice to cover up at Songkran
The hashtags #DontTellMeHowToDress and #TellMenToRespect have gained popularity on Twitter over the past few days in Thailand. The social movement is a rare clapback from Thai...
Dating Despair: Why finding love in Bangkok is hard for foreign men
Dating Despair is a four-part series about why dating in Bangkok, well … sucks. This story is a collection of anecdotes from foreign men who live in the capital. Blah, blah,...
Dating Despair: Why finding love in Bangkok is hard for foreign women
Dating Despair is a four-part series about why dating in Bangkok, well … sucks. This story is a collection of anecdotes from foreign women who live in the capital. From...
Dating Despair: Why finding love is hard in Bangkok for Thai men
Dating Despair is a four-part series about why dating in Bangkok, well … sucks. This story is a collection of anecdotes from Thai men who live in the capital. From girls who...
OPINION: Why students at Thailand’s top uni protesting killing of protected panther matters
In the midst of a mounting public outcry that calls to mind the shooting death of gorilla Harambe at the Cincinnati Zoo in 2016 and the illegal hunting death of Cecil the lion by...