From the performative male to basic girl -- what compels us to distance from "conformity" and design eccentricity? Follow our writer Erin, as she investigates our desires for individualism and why we run away from the labels of being "basic". In a world swirling with labels, tropes, and types, we are just dying to compartmentalise and label everything and anything. Mainstream music? Basic. Like matcha? Basic. Enjoy romance books? Take a guess what I’m going to say next… Wikip

From gold trophies to self-liberation: Join our writer, Helene, as she explores escaping Singapore’s ruthless rat race to reclaim joy, passion, and purpose.

Oh group projects…They are a rite of passage for any student in SMU, but there’s always more to them than what is written on the...