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Last Friday was a day for celebrating women. In conjunction with International Women’s Day, the Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO) initiated the One Million Men. One Million Promises campaign, asking men to tweet a pledge of action in support of women. R.AGE joined in the International Women’s Day tweetathon to discuss how we perceive women. […]
By JASON LIOH alltherage@thestar.com.my MY trusty five-year-old Canon EOS 40D died on me two months ago. After much consideration (read: budget constrain), I finally got a Canon EOS 6D to replace my work horse. The camera is equipped with a 20.2 megapixel full frame (35.8*23.9mm) CMOS sensor, DIGIC 5+ image processor, ISO range of 100 […]
By SHARMILA NAIR WHIPS and chains excite Rihanna; or at least that’s what her hit song S&M suggests. The singer has no qualms describing her sexual exploits and has openly expressed her needs to be dominated between the sheets. She is also back in a relationship with Chris Brown – the boyfriend who bashed her […]
By SHARMILA NAIR alltherage@thestar.com.my LINDA* remembered feeling like the happiest girl on earth as she was getting ready for her first date with the guy she had a crush on. “I was 22 then. I dressed to the nines and wanted to impress him. Dinner was perfect and he seemed like an absolute gentleman,” said […]
26-year-old engineering graduate, Yu Ren Chung has been in the front line of the battle for women’s rights during his time at Women’s Aid Organisation.
By MELLY LING alltherage@thestar.com.my LAST Saturday, iM4U’s Reach Out Volunteer Celebration brought together about 5000 participants at Taylor’s University Lakeside Campus to celebrate youth volunteerism. Organised to commemorate the Year of Volunteerism 2013, the convention featured local and international icons sharing their experiences in volunteerism, including their innovative efforts to draw attention and garner support […]
Once a BRAT, always a BRAT THERE is no getting rid of the BRATs … trust us, we’ve tried. The BRATs (Bright, Roving, Annoying, Teens) programme has been around for 20 years and with about 120 participants a year, one can only imagine the size of this “family”. Last week, we organised a reunion of […]
By SHARMILA NAIR alltherage@thestar.com.my OUR lives would be oh-so boring without knowing what’s happening to ourricher, hotter and very famous celebs, right?We live vicariously through them and here are some of the interesting things that happened to them last week. Bieber boo-ed Justin Bieber was two hours late for his concert at London’s O2 […]
By CHRISTINE CHEAH alltherage@thestar.com.my For the love of music. That was the melody sung in harmony by three Asian-looking musicians that brought their passion to the fore. Chester See, 29, is a television host, composer and singer who started songwriting at the age of 10. David Choi, 26, comes from a musical family and has […]
By CHRISTINE CHEAH alltherage@thestar.com.my AS much as you think Lindy Hop is trapped in an American time warp some seven decades ago, it is not the case anymore as this genre of swing dance is buzzing up the scene in South East Asia. Last weekend, South East Asian swing dancers gathered here in Kuala Lumpur […]