Catherine lim short stories pdf

Often described as the doyenne of Singapore literature, Catherine Lim has published 20 books, including short-story collections, novels and essays. As a child, I was drawn to her literature. Whoever coined this name for the vivacious author has yet to encounter her pragmatic, fluff-free approach, I thought. Adopting a modern outlook on gender equality, the former specialist lecturer easily engages in an intellectual debate, answering female-related questions with a good dose of cynicism.

Using exacting words, Catherine sheds light on the complexities surrounding women issues, dissecting factors with precision. It reveals her passionate, yet nurturing sides towards female advancement. What does society need to do next? Catherine: The most important thing to me is that, this expansion of the metoo movement should truly reflect a shattering of the glass ceiling.

It is not just a theoretical, academic or populist movement.

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Its gains should be real, measurable, and translated into actual improvements in pay, working conditions, career prospects and such. If this is already happening, it is a very good thing indeed. We should allow the movement to continue its momentum, keep narrowing the gap in gender inequality. If, on the other hand, it turns out to be just lip service and nothing is happening on the ground, women should draw attention to the falseness of it all, and fight it robustly.

C: The matters that sometimes keep me tossing about in bed are the large existential questions: Who are we? Where did we come from? What is our place in the universe? Where did it come from?