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COOLER LUMPUR

t is a Southeast Asias first festival

of ideas.
First established in 2013, this festival act
as a platform to bring writers, artists,
musicians and thinkers from all around
the world in a an attempt to create new
connections as well as to share and
spread new ideas and to serve as a
catalyst to our cultural conversation.

and grapple with the ideas and issues

that constantly confront our society.
This Year, TCLF will re-examine just
what it means to be independent;
whether we are still able to decide what
to control and how much of ourselves
we want to allow to be controlled as a
person, as people.

It is a public place for thought leaders

from around the globe to engage in
meaningful discussions. Powered by
writers and thinkers, by artists and
musicians, ours is a gathering that aims
to challenge people to debate and learn

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Background of

Crossing
Paths
Spiritual Resources for
Queer/Trans Empowerment

iscussion

around social justice

and
rights
for
LGBTQI people have
been and are still used
as pawns in political
rhetorics that have an
interest
in
perpetuating
this
vision

Transgender life
is a scarifying life.
Most importantly,
we must live
authentically

of a world of religious,
cultural and civilizational
clashes.

In
a
one-on-one
conversation with Leyla
Jagiella, they created a

discourse that enabled us
to dismantle the lies of
the oppressor and to find empowerment
and intellectual freedom.

- Leyla Jagiella

Moderator: Joseph N. Goh

Speaker: Leyla Jagiella

Boys and Girls, both

BIG

and Small

How to become a
better storyteller:

anna Alkaf speaks to three

extraordinary storytellers about the

importance of telling stories and the role
it plays in enriching the way we live and
work and love.

We must take risk and learn to

overcome problem in connecting people,
put ourselves out of the comfort zone
Nat Whitman
Connect and communicate more with
people
Jen Whitman
Understand the expression of stories
and express it out in writing
Shamini Flint

Moderator: Hanna Alkaf

Panelists: Jen and Nat Whitman, Shamini Flint

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STORIES
for

iterature is still very much a

mans world. Whether in English or not,

books by women are still rarely in the
spotlight of publishers, critics and award
panels.
Umapagan Ampikaipakan sits down
with two women in literature for a
conversation about how each went about
finding their own unique literary voice
and why is it critical to our social,
political and literary landscapes.

An introspection
question mentioned in
the conversation:

Moderator: Umapagan Ampikaipakan

Panelists: Cherly Lu-Lien Tan and Shamini Flint

Are we showing a different self

according to the group of
people we meet? Why we do
so?

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Chic Lit
Why Women Should
Rule The World

A JASEE Weekly Produced Magazine

Nur Izzati Sabrina Jemat
Aqilah Nur Nokman
Amirul Ezzat Ismail
Jasmine Siw
Ethan Wong