By Catherine Zou (17A01B)
Reading fashion magazines has always been, personally, a faintly confusing affair. Mostly for the seemingly-endless positions that models can contort their bodies into, or the niggling sense that all the sultry gazes and upturned chins are meant to express some sort of profound message. But all this is personal — the cries of “cultural appropriation” and of “fetishism” are not, in general, the first thing that comes to mind. But it seems I am mistaken.
By Asfar Alim (18S03J), Bill Puah (17S06B), and Liu Enqi (18S03C)
Photos by Leong Kay Mei (17S07C) and Teh Wenqi (17S06P), Raffles Photography Society
“Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What’s a sundial in the shade?” -Benjamin Franklin
What a better way to end the term than with a “Britain’s Got Talent” inspired talent show with the aim to allow students to showcase their talents and bring the school together to enjoy these performances?
by Noor Adilah (17S06B), Marilyn Kang (17A01B), Abdul Qayyum (17A01B), Liu Enqi (18S03C), Angus Yip (18A01A), Asfar Alim (18S03J), Soh Gek Shuen (18S03B)
This year, Raffles Reviews is honoured to receive books and support from the folks over at Singapore’s beloved local bookstore, BooksActually!
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After recent feedback from the school community, we have withdrawn our recent April Fools’ article, “Waffle Woes: Diets of a Better Age”, from our site, and have henceforth decided to discontinue our tradition of writing April Fool’s articles. Press would furthermore like to sincerely apologise for any distress or confusion previous articles may have caused.
By Yang Siqi (17A01C)
“Stop thinking about it, and just move on.” You might have heard someone say this to you before. Maybe you’ve said it yourself, to a despairing friend. The tone of which it was uttered could have been concerned, or dismissive, and most of us are likely to have been both victim and perpetrator of this phrase.
