Dassi Erlich

awaresingapore Why are we blaming single women for Singapore’s fertility rate? First, it takes two to tango: Where are the stats on single men? Second, this analysis ignores the true concerns young people have about having children in Singapore: the high cost of living, childcare burdens, environmental concerns, and changing personal aspirations against a backdrop of outdated gender biases and societal norms. We’re ready to move past outdated stereotypes and address the real issues. Are you?

It would be my first date. The matchmaker had called with other offers in the last few months, but my parents had turned them down. They were too far away, lived overseas and wouldn't consider a life in Melbourne; the husband was the head of the home, and he would choose where the couple lived. I'd spent months praying to God that I would meet my husband before I turned 19. The older I got, the more problematic the marriage scene would be for me.

2024, Nib Literary Award, Long-listed Ariane Beeston is a child protection worker and newly registered psychologist when she gives birth to her first child – and very quickly begins to experience scary breaks with reality. Out of fear and shame, she keeps her delusions and hallucinations secret, but as the months pass Ariane gets worse. Much worse. Finally admitted to a mother and baby psychiatric unit, the psychologist is forced to learn how to be the patient.