Opinion

Op-Eds, Opinion

No one Mourns the Performative Male: A Reflection
Reading Time: 4 minutes

By: Koh Shin Robbie (26A01A) and Tara Sim Yue (26A01C)

The term “performative male” is one that has been inescapable for the past few months—uttered from the lips of the friends around us and a hot topic of conversation in every corner of the internet, the performative male has become an iconic caricature on social media of a specific archetype of men.

Known for drinking matcha lattes, wearing wired earphones while they listen to Beabadoobee and Clairo, and reading feminist literature, why is this particular breed of men being metaphorically pelted with tomatoes?

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Commentary, Features, Go Where?, Raffles Reviews

The City Of Others: Asian Artists in Paris
Reading Time: 10 minutes

By Ariann Khoo (26S06B) and Jaden Lum (26S05A)

Walking into City of Others, City of Migrants: Art in Paris, 1920-1940s at our National Gallery feels less like entering the closed doors of a museum, and more like stepping into the hidden alleys of history, a world of intricacies of its own. The exhibition, which was held from April to August, turned our gaze toward the quiet sufferings faced by Asian immigrants as they explored the city of love—a city sadly not their own. Their stories reflected here are fragments of their memory: faded photographs, sculptures and landscapes, like whispered recollections of their lives. To walk through City of Others, City of Migrants: Art in Paris, 1920-1940s is to be confronted with the idea of remembering Paris through the eyes of Asian migrant artists. 

“The speakers will examine how artistic consciousness shifts when Asian artists encounter a new city and culture while rediscovering the cultures of their origins.”

National Gallery Singapore
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Music Reviews, Raffles Reviews, Rank It!

Every Beatles Album, From Worst To Best
Reading Time: 13 minutes

By Jaden Lum (26S05A) and Sonia Chang (26A01A)

Thirteen studio albums and half a century later, the Beatles remain the most influential act in music ever. From revolutionising songwriting and production techniques to solidifying youths as a dominant cultural force, they would dramatically alter the course of world history—all in just seven brief years.

But as the sheer magnificence of their discography towers over and peers down at us, which of their works are truly demanding of our time? Technically, the answer is all of them, but regardless, here is our take on the definitive ranking of every Beatles album, from worst to best: 

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Commentary, Op-Eds, Opinion

Signing Off: Graduation ‘25 
Reading Time: 5 minutes

By Betty Ding (25A01B), Cayla Goh (25A01B), Isaac Chan (25A01B)

Everything about this article feels a little messy. At this point, most of us Y6s would have already hung up our signed shirts from graduation, yet we’re still hung up on it, trying to find the words to wrap up two years that were anything but tidy. 

Maybe that’s what makes this article so hard to write: JC life was never built for clean conclusions. Between the chaos of orientation, the blur of CCA activities, and the endless rhythm of lectures, there was always another moment, another memory, another deadline. So how do we even begin to say goodbye to something that never really paused long enough to be captured?

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Commentary, School Life, Student Issues, Subjects

The Absolute Definitive Objective Guide to File Colours 
Reading Time: 6 minutes

By Georgia Ong (26S03O) and Kunchur Bharat (26A01B)

The Catalyst 

It all started when Bharat and Georgia got into a debate over what colour English was. Bharat claimed it was red, but Georgia insisted that it was yellow, since the file she used for English in primary school was yellow. 

This triggered some questions for us: How do we form these colour associations? Are there any links between the subjects we take and the colours we associate with them? 

Being bored (read: deciding to procrastinate on Promos revision), we decided to find some answers to our questions. 

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