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The School Never Asked
Initiated by Felicia Low, story by Felicia Low and the Three, illustrated by Joy Ho, colours by Xiao Yan
2014
Singapore
The School Never Asked
Initiated by Felicia Low, story by Felicia Low and the Three, illustrated by Joy Ho, colours by Xiao Yan
2014
Singapore
“The School Never Asked” is a comic book is available free online as a resource for other teenagers who are finding out about love and relationships. It contains true stories and advise about love and relationships, as told by three young women from a vocational educational stream, who were perceived to be less academically inclined. Each of these young women identified as heterosexual, bisexual and homosexual respectively. Together, they told stories of how they fell in love as teenagers, regardless of state and school policies on non-heterogenous sexual identities and celibacy for youth.
“The School Never Asked” highlights the reality that growing up exceeds the limits of governmental and institutional policies. The young will always be the authors of their own culture.
Dr. Felicia Low, a graduate of Goldsmith’s College has been a practicing visual artist since 1999. Her projects have mostly been site-specific, performative and community-specific as she works collaboratively with different sectors of society. A Lee Kong Chian scholar of the National University of Singapore, Felicia obtained a PhD in Cultural Studies in Asia in 2015. Her research focused on the politics of participatory visual art practices with subaltern communities in Singapore. Felicia has also developed research and written a pedagogical guide on Person-centred Arts Practices with Communities.
The School Never Asked, 2014, digital comic book. Courtesy of Felicia Low & The Three, Joy Ho, Xiao Yan.