How to Recognise if You’re Gaslighting Your Friends and Family
We may have seen discussions on how to recognise if you’re being gaslit, but what about situations when you’re the gaslighter? We all have...
Zinc Tan (Nanyang Tech ‘21)
Zinc Tan (Nanyang Tech ‘21)
Zinc (she/her) is a Sociology undergraduate at Nanyang Technological University and the Senior Editor for HC Nanyang Tech. During her free time, you can find her drinking tea, sewing, or watching films (and often commenting on them). A proud intersectional feminist, she has a passion for creating discourse on inclusivity.
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Why Ghosting Is Acceptable
In this digital age, we show interest in someone by initiating conversations through DMs, agonising over the subtext of our crush’s every...
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Seriously Hummus Review: Hummus Where the Heart Is
Seriously Hummus Launched last July, Seriously Hummus is a home-based business that sells, you guessed it, hummus. Currently, NTU student,...
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High Maintenance Women: Empowered and Proud
What’s the big deal with this term, “high maintenance?” Well, “high maintenance” is used as an insult rather than praise or an objective...
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My Experiences Being Harassed by Men
Content/Trigger warning: Sexual harassment I have been reflecting on incidences where I’ve gotten harassed by men, and in light of recent...
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Hentai: A Commentary on Consent
Hentai, as most of us know it, is Japanese animated pornography. Directly translated, it refers specifically to “abnormal sexual desires”...
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Assault, Body Autonomy, and Consent in Wonder Woman 1984
Wonder Woman 1984 (WW84) comes during the rise of women-centred superhero films like Captain Marvel and Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey ...
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Actually Useful Questions to Ask on Your First Date
There are tons of guides out there on questions to ask on a first date, but they may be unhelpful since they’re so general. While I’m sure...
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I Went on a Blind Friendship Date and You Should Too
Many of us have heard of our friends going on first dates with internet strangers as well as blind dates, but what about blind friendships...
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My Experience in an All-Gender Toilet
In Singapore, most of the toilets we encounter are distinguished by the pink or blue signs, or if there’s a triangle or not. It’s rare,...
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Navigating NTU as a Transgender Student
To clarify, I am cisgender and am not an authority on the transgender experience. But what I want to do by writing this piece is to...
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A How-to Guide to Sex Toys
What is your relationship with self-pleasure? This may be one of the most difficult things to talk about as a person with vulva in...
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The Ultimate Guide to Getting Your First Tattoo
Getting a tattoo can be an immensely intimidating process when the storefronts tend to be dimly-lit and full of people with menacing...
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HCNTU X STAY WICKED: A Review
This article is part of a giveaway in partnership with Stay Wicked candles. The views and opinions expressed in this article are that of...
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10 Ways To Keep Your Beauty Routine Waste Free
There are many tips out there to reduce waste in your life, but there aren’t that many to do the same for beauty when it’s one of the...
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HC Nanyang Tech: Our Affordable Beauty Favourites
Now that you’ve met our team , get to know us better through our favourite budget-friendly beauty products ranging from a DIY setting spray...
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Sexual Health: Where You Can Get Contraception in Singapore
Though we’ve written on the types of contraception available previously , how can we get it, especially in Singapore? It’s actually not as...
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NTU Perspectives Film Festival
Perspectives is a curated film festival by the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information (WKWSCI). It’s also a 4AU practicum...
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Tips to Improve the Effects of Extended Screen Time
There is no denying that an individual’s screen time has increased exponentially in the past decade. In fact, a 2014 Nielsen report found...
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Stressing About Dressing?
You’re not alone. I never truly understood why school uniforms were needed. It may teach us how to dress appropriately, but the dull sets...
