This page was inspired by Ann Friedman, whose newsletter and podcast I’m a huge fan of.
My collaborators 🤜🏽🤛🏽
- Cass Grant, storytelling, community development, zines, tarot
- Dhany Soehartono, badass maker and gardening guru, personal lipstick advisor
- Dhiyanah Hassan, volcanic artist, writer, healer and energy worker
- Liy Yusof, writer, voice talent, the best information organizer and synthesizer I know
- Nadia Mohd Rasidi, incisive writer, editor and academic focused on popular culture & fat positivity
- Samantha Cheh, powerhouse writer and Zoom pub quiz organiser extraordinaire
Some of my fave creators 💎
- Al Ibrahim, photographer and writer
- Al Siew, inclusive barber
- Alexandra Duguid, florist
- Apoh Paurine, tattoo artist
- Boon, visionary hair stylist
- Catherhea, photographer focused on representation
- Charis Loke, illustrator and educator
- Eleanor Goroh, beadworks, music/poetry and handtap tattoos
- Engku Iman, artist
- Erin Malikhain, tarot reader, content creator, organiser
- Grace Wong, beauty and lifestyle writer and makeup magician
- Juana Jaafar, unflinching voice on media and politics
- Khairani Barokka, writer, poet and interdisciplinary artist
- Lim Paik Yin, interdisciplinary artist and photographer (she took the photo on the left!)
- Ling Low, writer, filmmaker, super-professional project coordinator
- Marina Tan, writer, actor, director
- Melizarani T.Selva, spoken word poet, educator and journalist
- Mooza Mohd, youth and community worker, drama educator
- Munkao, illustrator, visual artist, responsible for the amazing card game Politiko
- Nadira Ilana, filmmaker and writer
- Nidhi and her beautiful newsletter on healing
- Nydia Hartono, filmmaker and photographer
- Ren Xin Lee, dancer and choreographer
- Richa Kaul Padte, writer and editor
- Shafina Sukiman, who will one day soon set up that inclusive and feminist comedy night/space in KL
- Shahir, tarot, dance and spirituality
- Sharanya Manivannan, go read her books now because I can’t do service to how she works with words
- Sharon Chin, her art and writing make my spine straight and my heart brave
- Shika Corona (also known as Shieko Reto), artist, zinemaker, musician
- Shh…Diam! & Tingtongketz, Malaysian queer bands
- Shreya Ila Anasuya, writer and managing editor of Skin Stories
- Sonaksha, illustrator, book designer & graphic recorder
- Wildwood Needle & Craft, beautiful embroidery, postcards & Instagram!
- Zedeck Siew, fiction writer with a good instagram
Initiatives I support 💌
- Art for Grabs
- Arts-ED Penang
- Baju by Sharina
- Bendang Studio
- Bentarakata
- Borneo Art Collective
- Cempaka Collective
- Dari Mulut Ke Mulut
- Earth Heir
- Feminist Principles of the Internet
- Five Arts Centre
- Free Tree Society Malaysia
- Freedom Film Network
- Generation Meme
- Hin Bus Depot
- Jane’s Walk KL
- Justice For Sisters
- Klima Action Malaysia (KAMY)
- Luchadoras
- Malaysia Design Archive
- New Naratif
- Periuk
- Queer Lapis
- SEED Foundation
- Sigunoma
- Sisters in Islam
- Sketch Post
- Tenaganita
- Tintabudi
- The Zhongshan Building