By: Gladys Koh (26A01B)

“We Ain’t Ever Getting Older” 

Now playing: Closer – The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey

Palm trees are swaying. The sky is a vibrant purple-pink. The Chainsmokers’ latest hit crackles through the radio. 

You have just entered Primary School. You and your friends sit in a circle, making Rainbow Looms. Fidget spinners lay beside. A parent heads over to take a picture for your group, and all of you dab simultaneously without saying a word.  

By Gladys Koh Wei Le (26A01B)

Each era has found a novel way to humiliate women while insisting it is merely following the rules of its time. Such violence does not always announce itself. More often, it cloaks itself under procedure, in laughter — plausibly deniable systems. Today, it arrives, wearing the face of technology. The tools evolve, but the underlying logic remains brutally consistent: that women are rendered available for judgement and dehumanisation.

Recently, the comment sections of women and minors on X have been awash with requests such as “@Grok, undress this woman” and “@Grok, put her in a bikini”. In scenes that have since drawn international outrage, the AI heeded those requests. Within seconds, it fabricated sexualised images, posted publicly on X for the world to see.